Friday, July 13

Free Philly summer fun

With some of my spare time, I organized a list of fun summer events for free (or SUPER cheap) in Philadelphia. Let me know if you're interested in one, and we'll go!

Tuesday nights at dusk
Liberty Lands Lawn Chair Movies
Event: Free outdoor movies
Schedule:
July 17 The Atomic Kid
July 24 The Fabulous World of Jules Verne
July 31 Rainbow Round My Shoulder
August 7 Son of Kong
August 14 War Games
August 21 The Kid Brother

Wednesday evenings from 5-7PM

Center City Sips
Event: Cheap food and drinks at different bars
$1 appetizers
$2 beer
$3 wine
$4 cocktails

Wednesday nights at 7PM
Society Hill Dance Academy at 409 S 2nd St.
Event: Free dance lessons/movie in covered area.
Schedule:
6/13 Hairspray Madison
6/20 West Side Story Mambo
6/27 Grease Hand Jive
7/04 Saturday Night Fever Hustle
7/11 Dirty Dancing Merengue
7/18 Swingers Swing/Jitterbug
7/25 Cabaret performance only
8/01 Strictly Ballroom Foxtrot/Waltz
8/08 Chicago Charleston
8/15 Goonies Truffle Shuffle Contest
8/22 Priscilla, Queen of the Desert drag show
8/29 The Rocky Horror Picture Show The Time Warp

Wednesday nights at 7:30PM
PhillyCarShare sponsored drive-in movies
Free movies, popcorn, and refreshments!
7/18 Annie Hall at Liberty Lands Park
7/25 James and the Giant Peach at Vernon Park
8/1 Breakin' 2: Electirc Boogaloo at 22nd and Montrose Streets
8/8 The Wiz at Clark Park
8/15 3 Amigos at Pretzel Park
8/22 Rocky I at Capitolo Park
8/29 An Inconvenient Truth at 23rd and Pine
9/5 Ghostbusters at Eastern State Penitentiary
9/12 Spaceballs at UPenn
9/19 Double feature! Cars & The Princess Bride on South St. Whole Foods on top of parking lot

Thursday nights from 7:30-10:30PM
The Commodore Barry Club, 6815 Emlen Street, Philadelphia, 19119 (West Mount Airy) (www.freestepping.com)
Event: Free step dancing

Thursday nights from 7:30-11PM
Art Museum Steps (http://www.rakdan.com)
Event: Free Israeli Dancing

Thursday nights at 6:30PM
Penn's Landing at Columbus and Market
Event: Free movies and themed activities
Schedule:
July 5 - Bruce Almighty
July 12 - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
July 19 - To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything!
July 26 - It's Christmas in July! How the Grinch Stole Christmas
August 2 - The Wiz
August 9 - The Nutty Professor
August 16 - Kicking and Screaming
August 23 - Curious George
August 30 - Happy Feet

Friday nights at 7:30PM
Penn's Landing at Columbus and Market
Event: Free concerts
Schedule:
July is R&B month
July 6 - Jazmine Sullivan and Eric Roberson
July 13 - Featuring Donnie
July 20 - Featuring Musiq Soulchild and Raul Midon
July 27 - Kindred the Family Soul

August is Smooth Jazz month
August 3 - Jeff Kashiwa and Ken Navarro
August 10 - Jeff Lorber and Paul Jackson, Jr.
August 17 - Steve Cole featuring Cool World
August 24 - Chieli Minucci and Special EFX featuring Nelson Rangell
August 31 - Bobby Caldwell and the Smooth Summer All-Stars

Sunday afternoons from 1-5PM
Penn's Landing at Columbus and Market
Event: Free concerts
Schedule:
July 22 - KeKe Palmer
July 29 - The Jonas Brothers
August 5 - Paul Green School of Rock
August 12 - Lisa Loeb

No comments: