# The Philly Bulletin — Tuesday, September 22, 2026 — Philadelphia (57 events)

Line format: name — time · venue · neighborhood · cost · score/10 ↻ — the judge's one-line reason. Scores are 0–10 community potential (six-dimension rubric, judged per recurring series). ↻ = recurs weekly/biweekly/monthly — go twice and you're a regular.
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- Navy Yard Running Club — 5:45 PM · Navy Yard · South Philly · 7.4/10 ↻ — Running clubs are built exactly for a stranger to show up alone and fall in with the pack.
- Philly DSA New Member Social — 6:00 PM · 7.3/10 — Framed as a welcome for people who don't know anyone yet.
- Queer Craft Night — 6:00 PM · 7.2/10 ↻ — Shared table crafting plus a meal is built for chatting with whoever's sitting nearby.
- Board Game Nights — 6:00 PM · Dilworth Park · Center City East · 6.8/10 — Free public game night.
- Plant Power Hour — 5:00 PM · Kensington Engagement Center · Kensington · 6.5/10 ↻ — Free, including a snack and seeds to take home, is excellent value.
- Silver Sneakers in the Park! — 10:30 AM · Borski Park · Northeast Philly · Free · 6.3/10 — Free outdoor fitness class.
- Chesco workshop — 5:30 PM · 6.2/10 — A monthly dinner-and-work session explicitly welcomes members regardless of current project involvement, building real branch cohesion.
- Center City Fit Presented by Rothman Orthopaedics: Zumba ® — 6:00 PM · Dilworth Park · Center City East · 6.0/10 ↻ — Free professional-led Zumba classes are excellent value.
- Line Dancing 101 — 5:00 PM · FDR Park · South Philly · 5.9/10 — Free and funded by a foundation grant.
- 4A | Exploring Abstraction (3/4) — 9:30 AM · Woodmere Art Museum · Northwest Philly · 5.6/10 ↻ — A structured class with an instructor is exactly the solo-friendly format the rubric flags — easy to show up alone and find your footing.
- Fall Equinox Night Hike — 7:00 PM · The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education · Northwest Philly · $10 · 5.6/10 — At $5 for members or $10 for non-members, a guided evening nature hike is a strong value.
- Tuesday Nite Music Club w/ FRIENDS OF JERRY — 7:00 PM · 48 Record Bar · Old City · 5.6/10 ↻ — Casual bar cover for a live set plus a curated listening session.
- From Day One: Philadelphia 2026 — 8:30 AM · The Union League of Philadelphia · Rittenhouse · 5.4/10 — A professional conference at the Union League includes networking breaks between sessions, encouraging some cross-attendee conversation.
- An Evening in the Garden: A Benefit for Christ Church Preservation Trust — 5:30 PM · Christ Church · Old City · 5.4/10 — A one-night annual benefit built around a specific author and topic.
- EPZ AAZK Spaghetti Dinner 2026 — 6:00 PM · Elmwood Park Zoo · 5.4/10 — A communal spaghetti dinner fundraiser at Elmwood Park Zoo puts supporters at shared tables together, more social than a passive show.
- SHOULDER SEASON: GREAT WINES FOR TRANSITIONAL TIMES — 6:00 PM · Bloomsday · Society Hill · 5.3/10 — Tasting eight wines around a shared table and then eating a family-style meal together means you're talking to your tablemates all evening.
- Communications Committee Meeting — 6:00 PM · 5.3/10 — Free organizing meeting.
- FDR Park Walking Tour — 5:00 PM · 5.1/10 — An outdoor public park tour draws a mixed, not-pre-selected crowd of passersby and enthusiasts.
- Rooftop Yoga with KG Strong — 6:30 PM · Bok · South Philly · 5.1/10 ↻ — A drop-in class with a post-class happy hour makes solo attendance comfortable.
- Artist-led Workshops / Overboard! — all day · FringeArts · Delaware Waterfront · 5.0/10 — Hands-on workshops and late-night hangouts encourage mingling among attendees.
- Live & Local Concert Series presented by 4333 — 7:00 PM · Spruce Street Harbor Park · Delaware Waterfront · 4.8/10 — Free live local music with waterfront skyline views — excellent value.
- Open Mic - All Ages — 7:00 PM · Claude's Comedy Club & Bar · Passyunk Square · 4.8/10 ↻ — An all-ages open mic where performers and family/friends mingle between sets.
- Open Mic - 21+ — 9:00 PM · Claude's Comedy Club & Bar · Passyunk Square · 4.8/10 ↻ — Performers and audience mingle between sets at an open mic, more casual than a headliner show.
- Yoga On The Pier — 6:00 PM · Pennypack on the Delaware · Northeast Philly · 4.7/10 ↻ — A public pier setting draws a mixed walk-up crowd rather than a private studio's regulars.
- Emily Wilson Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea — 7:00 PM · Parkway Central Library · Logan Square · Free · 4.7/10 — A sold-out conversation with the translator behind a generation-defining Odyssey, a rare booking.
- Trivia with Philthy Phil (7PM - 10PM) — 7:00 PM · Lucy's · Rittenhouse · 4.6/10 ↻ — Free to play, just buy food and drinks.
- A Murder Most Felt; or, It’s Not Easy Bleeding Green — all day · FringeArts · Delaware Waterfront · 4.6/10 — A one-run absurdist puppet murder mystery, won't come back after the festival.
- The Borscht Belt — 4:00 PM · Wissahickon Brewing Company - East Falls · Northwest Philly · 4.3/10 — Deli-style food pricing, reasonable for a taproom pop-up.
- BAD CLAY — all day · FringeArts · Delaware Waterfront · 4.3/10 — Live ceramic construction merged with dance and personal poetry on migration is a rare, singular concept.
- Sprouts — 9:30 AM · The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education · Northwest Philly · $20 – $25 · 4.2/10 — A registered, recurring 22-session run builds a familiar group of regular families over the season.
- “Travels on the Edge”: An Illustrated Lecture by Robert McCracken Peck — 6:00 PM · American Philosophical Society · Old City · 4.2/10 — A free lecture from a photographer-historian who has named frogs after his travels.
- CANCELED: The Women’s Film Festival 2026 — all day · FringeArts · Delaware Waterfront · 4.2/10 — An annual women's film festival grown into a substantial 10-day event.
- Automatic — 8:00 PM · First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia · Rittenhouse · 3.8/10 — It's a single date for this touring band, though the venue books similar shows most weeks.
- Wish Wall at Parkway Central Library — 9:00 AM · Parkway Central Library · Logan Square · Free · 3.5/10 — Free access to a civic-engagement art installation is good value.
- (Daily) The Declaration’s Journey at the Museum of the American Revolution — 10:00 AM · Museum of the American Revolution · Old City · 3.4/10 — No price listed; standard museum admission for a marquee 250th-anniversary exhibit is a reasonable trade.
- Ministry of Awe — 11:00 AM · Ministry of Awe · Old City · 3.4/10 — Cost isn't listed; immersive art experiences like this typically carry a real ticket price, so value is uncertain.
- John Miller Giltner’s A Christmas Carol — all day · FringeArts · Delaware Waterfront · 3.4/10 — A one-person original show playing a short festival run.
- Otto Benson — 8:00 PM · PhilaMOCA · North Philly · 3.3/10 — One touring date, unlikely to repeat soon.
- Meat Cute — all day · FringeArts · Delaware Waterfront · 3.2/10 — Pairing two original short plays on bodies-as-meat is a distinct one-off bill.
- CANCELED: Online & Personal — all day · FringeArts · Delaware Waterfront · 1.0/10 — Show is canceled, so no gathering happens at all.
- BAD APPLES — 4:00 PM · PFS East Theater · Old City
- Drew Nugent & The Midnight Society — 5:00 PM · The Bellevue Hotel · Rittenhouse ↻
- Not Just Jazz: Best Kept Soul — 6:00 PM · FDR Park · South Philly
- Sewing Machine Basics — 6:30 PM · West Philly Tool Library - WPTL · South Philly ↻
- Vibe-A-Delphia featuring Jason Blythe — 6:30 PM · Maja Park · Logan Square
- HOPE — 6:45 PM · PFS East Theater · Old City
- PRACTICAL MAGIC 2 — 7:00 PM · PFS East Theater · Old City
- Philly Jazz Voice Series — 7:00 PM · Cellar Dog · Rittenhouse
- Nick Lombardelli Quintet — 7:00 PM · Nostalgia Fishtown · Fishtown - Lower Kensington
- Matt Kahn Quartet — 7:30 PM · Chris’ Jazz Cafe · Rittenhouse
- COYOTE VS ACME — 8:30 PM · PFS Bourse Theater · Old City
- Open Mic Night w/Chris Farrell & The Ritmo Collective — 9:00 PM · Time Restaurant · Washington Square West ↻
- THE WEIGHT — 9:10 PM · PFS Bourse Theater · Old City
- TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA (BOURSE) — 9:15 PM · PFS Bourse Theater · Old City
- RESIDENT EVIL — 9:30 PM · PFS Bourse Theater · Old City
- Dickie Dickie Dicky Donnie — all day · FringeArts · Delaware Waterfront
- Something Old, Something Blue: The Color of Innovation — all day · Penn Museum, 3260 South St. · University City