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Wednesday May 21, 2025

4 – 5 pm

Mindfulness Meditation | Practice Session

Classes
Free

Parkway Central LibraryPhiladelphia

5 – 6:30 pm

Teen Art Class

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Classes
Family

Cherry Street PierPhiladelphia

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5 – 8 pm

WOMEN’S WAY 47th Annual Celebration

Crystal Tea RoomPhiladelphia

Thursday May 22

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All day

Exhibition – Unforeseen Matter

Art
Free

East MarketPhiladelphia

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9 am – 5 pm

Wayne Art Center 2025 Plein Air Festival Exhibition

Art
Free

Wayne Art CenterWayne

Beautiful effect with Shibori Dying process

10 am – 4 pm

Through the Eyes of Philadelphia’s New Americans: Art, Resilience, and Community

American Swedish Historical MuseumPhiladelphia

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5 – 7 pm

Exhibit Opening: Across the Atlantic: Sloopers and the First Organized Emigration from Norway to America

Art
Boating

American Swedish Historical MuseumPhiladelphia

5 pm

L.E.A.D. Fest Carnival

Westfield Garden State PlazaParamus

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6 – 8 pm

KOP Town Center Presents: Live Music on the Green

Free
Music

King of Prussia Town CenterKing of Prussia

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6:30 – 8 pm

National Tap Dance Day

Cherry Street PierPhiladelphia

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7:30 – 9 pm

Old Crow Medicine Show

Music

Annenberg CenterPhiladelphia

Chris Kasper Photo

7:30 – 9:30 pm

Chris Kasper at Lansdowne Folk Club on May 22

Music

Lansdowne Folk ClubLansdowne

8 – 10 pm

An Evening with Steve Poltz

Music

Arden Gild HallArden

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8 pm

Lucius

Music

Union TransferPhiladelphia

Friday May 23

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All day

Metallica’s M72 World Tour ’25

Music

Lincoln Financial FieldStadium District

Poster_UnforeseenMatter (1)

All day

Exhibition – Unforeseen Matter

Art
Free

East MarketPhiladelphia

Plein Air_25_Logo_Peri_Rasb_Grape Air_Stacked (1)

9 am – 5 pm

Wayne Art Center 2025 Plein Air Festival Exhibition

Art
Free

Wayne Art CenterWayne

Beautiful effect with Shibori Dying process

10 am – 4 pm

Through the Eyes of Philadelphia’s New Americans: Art, Resilience, and Community

American Swedish Historical MuseumPhiladelphia

Philadelphia Marketplace 2025

Noon – 6 pm

Philadelphia Marketplace at Dilworth Park

Free

dilworth ParkPhiladelphia

15VP_Franklin

1 – 2:30 pm

The Great Philadelphia Comedy Magic Walking Tour

Ages: 9 and up
Attractions
Comedy
Family

Philly Magic ToursPhiladelphia

4 pm

Memorial Day Workshop

Ages: 5 – 12
Caribbean
Craft & DIY
Family

Stew Leonard’s Farm Fresh Food & WineParamus

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5 – 6 pm

Remember the Ladies

Christ Church Burial GroundPhiladelphia

5 pm

L.E.A.D. Fest Carnival

Westfield Garden State PlazaParamus

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7 – 9:30 pm

The Murder Mystery Co’s Dinner Theater Show

cavanaugh’s headhousePhiladelphia

7 pm

cinéSPEAK Under The Stars 2025

clark parkPhiladelphia

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8 pm

SOUND TYPE CONCERT: Kengchakaj

Asian Arts InitiativePhiladelphia

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8 – 11 pm

Shedrick Mitchell Trio featuring Ashley Jayy

Music

Brvsh Cul7ur3Teaneck

Saturday May 24

Poster_UnforeseenMatter (1)

All day

Exhibition – Unforeseen Matter

Art
Free

East MarketPhiladelphia

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Various

Grossology: The (Impolite) Science of the Human Body

Ages: All
Attractions
Family

Liberty Science CenterJersey City

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9 am – 5 pm

Wayne Art Center 2025 Plein Air Festival Exhibition

Art
Free

Wayne Art CenterWayne

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9 am – 1 pm

Opening Weekend Farmers Market

Free

Veterans LandingLansdowne

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