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Wednesday June 18, 2025

3 – 5 pm

Bonnets for Beginners with Fashions by Shida

Art
Classes

Utility Works – Creative CommunityLansdowne

Thursday June 19

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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

Tull, 24 x 30 inches, casien and clay ground on panel, 2025

10 am – 5 pm

Working Pattern, a solo exhibition by artist Gianna Commito

Art
Free

PentimentiPhiladelphia

Invisible Strings Front

10 am – 5 pm

“Invisible Strings”, a group exhibition featuring six gallery- represented artists.

Free

Philadelphia

Magnolia_Buns

10 am – 6 pm

Free art exhibit- Feelings of Home- Hui-yi Kuo

Art
Free

Black Moth GalleryArdmore

Lincoln Park Music Fest dancing

2:30 – 3 pm

Festivals United Newark (FUN) News Conference

Harriet Tubman SquareNewark

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5 – 10 pm

Passyunk Passeggiata: An Italian-Style Promenade

East Passyunk AvenuePhiladelphia

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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

Spruce Street Harbor Dancing

7 – 10 pm

Live and Local Concert Series in Partnership with 4333 Collective at Spruce Street Harbor Park

Spruce Street Harbor ParkPhiladelphia

Friday June 20

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

Tull, 24 x 30 inches, casien and clay ground on panel, 2025

10 am – 5 pm

Working Pattern, a solo exhibition by artist Gianna Commito

Art
Free

PentimentiPhiladelphia

Invisible Strings Front

10 am – 5 pm

“Invisible Strings”, a group exhibition featuring six gallery- represented artists.

Free

Philadelphia

Magnolia_Buns

10 am – 6 pm

Free art exhibit- Feelings of Home- Hui-yi Kuo

Art
Free

Black Moth GalleryArdmore

Philadelphia Marketplace 2025

Noon – 6 pm

Philadelphia Marketplace at Dilworth Park

Free

dilworth ParkPhiladelphia

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6 – 8 pm

Music In The Park

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Konrad SquarePhiladelphia

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7 – 10 pm

Pride Party at Wissahickon Brewing Co.

Wissahickon Brewing Co.Philadelphia

Saturday June 21

Poster_UnforeseenMatter (1)

All day

Exhibition – Unforeseen Matter

Art
Free

East MarketPhiladelphia

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All day

Summer Solstice on 4th Street

South Street Headhouse DistrictPhiladelphia

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

Cutloose-KOPTC-2025

9 – 10 am

Summer Sweat Series at King of Prussia Town Center

King of Prussia Town CenterKing of Prussia

NGM Archaeology Screening Soil

10 am – 3 pm

Public Archaeology at Newlin Grist Mill

Newlin Grist MillGlen Mills

Tull, 24 x 30 inches, casien and clay ground on panel, 2025

10 am – 5 pm

Working Pattern, a solo exhibition by artist Gianna Commito

Art
Free

PentimentiPhiladelphia

Invisible Strings Front

10 am – 5 pm

“Invisible Strings”, a group exhibition featuring six gallery- represented artists.

Free

Philadelphia

Magnolia_Buns

10 am – 6 pm

Free art exhibit- Feelings of Home- Hui-yi Kuo

Art
Free

Black Moth GalleryArdmore

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10:30 am – 1 pm

World Cafe Live presents: Fandango, a family Bridge Session

Free

World Cafe LivePhiladelphia

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11 am – 1 pm

Kids’ Drop-In Craft

Ages: 5 – 8
Art
Family
Free

Historic St. George’s Museum and ArchivesPhiladelphia

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11 am – 1 pm

How to Train Your Dragon Release Party

Ages: All
Family
Film
Free

MarketFairPrinceton

Philadelphia Marketplace 2025

Noon – 6 pm

Philadelphia Marketplace at Dilworth Park

Free

dilworth ParkPhiladelphia

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Noon – 7 pm

Pridefest at Barnes & Noble Philly

Barnes & Noble PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia PA 19103

ElMercado

Noon – 5 pm

El Mercado Cultural in Collaboration with Fleisher Art Memorial at Cherry Street Pier

Ages: All
Family
Free
Markets

Cherry Street PierPhiladelphia

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