# The Philly Bulletin — Friday, October 23, 2026 — Philadelphia (87 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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- Cure Violence Kensington Friday Drop-In Hours — 2:00 PM · Kensington Engagement Center · Kensington · 6.9/10 ↻ — Case-management style support — housing, ID, legal, employment help — builds a genuine ongoing relationship with staff and regulars.
- Fiber Craft Fridays at Kingsessing Library — 3:30 PM · Kingsessing Library · West Philly · 4.6/10 ↻ — Free, with yarn and materials supplied — excellent value.
- Halloween Hikes and Hayrides — 5:30 PM · The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education · Northwest Philly · $20 – $33 · 4.3/10 — An outdoor evening festival at the Schuylkill Center draws a broad family crowd from across the region.
- Clint Coley — 9:00 PM · Claude's Comedy Club & Bar · Passyunk Square · 3.1/10 — A Philly-connected touring comedian with his own special, not a recurring local act.
- Sphinx Virtuosi w/ J'Nai Bridges, mezzo — 3:30 PM · Kimmel Cultural Campus · Center City East · 2.7/10 — The 'American Dialogues 250' program includes a Philadelphia premiere of a Geter work, making it a distinct one-time show.
- Future Moments: The Music of Ornette Coleman — 6:00 PM · Woodmere Art Museum · Northwest Philly · 2.6/10 — A specific Ornette Coleman tribute program, not a recurring weekly show.
- We Walk Philly — 8:30 AM · Clark Park · West Philly
- Coffee & Connect @ Curtain Call — 9:00 AM
- Friday Volunteer Days with Riverfront North - Lardner's Point Park — 9:00 AM · Lardner's Point Park · Northeast Philly · Free
- A Tree Planting Celebration: Plant Placing Volunteering — 9:30 AM · Kensington Engagement Center · Kensington
- Capital House — 10:00 AM · $150
- Independence Park Walking Tour — 10:00 AM · Independence National Historical Park · Old City · Free
- Members' Hour: Marcel Duchamp — 10:00 AM · Philadelphia Museum of Art · Fairmount Park
- Archery at the Lakes — 10:00 AM · FDR Park · South Philly ↻
- Volunteer Hours at the Former Greensgrow Farms — 10:00 AM · Kensington Engagement Center · Kensington
- Online Member Orientation — 10:30 AM · Barnes Foundation · Logan Square
- [SOLD OUT] The Rosenbach Presents | The Vampyre Tea: Afternoon Tea and Opera Performance with Opera on Tap Philadelphia | In Person — 10:30 AM · The Rosenbach · Rittenhouse
- Kelly Starling Lyons and E. B. Lewis Author and Illustrator Visit — 10:30 AM · Parkway Central Library · Logan Square · Free
- Love Market at the Love Lab (Vendors) — 11:00 AM · 932 Market St · Washington Square West ↻
- Exhibition Tour: Marcel Duchamp — 12:00 PM · Philadelphia Museum of Art · Fairmount Park
- Sketching in the Galleries — 12:00 PM · Philadelphia Museum of Art · Fairmount Park
- Impressionism & Beyond — 12:00 PM · Philadelphia Museum of Art · Fairmount Park
- 10-Minute Talk: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow — 12:30 PM · Museum of the American Revolution · Old City
- A Nation of Artists Tour — 1:00 PM · Philadelphia Museum of Art · Fairmount Park
- Exhibition Tour: Rodin’s Hands — 1:00 PM · Rodin Museum · Logan Square
- Remembering Albert "Al" Gury — 1:00 PM · Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts · Center City East
- 3 Stories in 30 Minutes Tour — 1:30 PM · Philadelphia Museum of Art · Fairmount Park
- Architecture Tour — 2:00 PM · Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts · Center City East
- SUSANNAH JOFFE Signing / Meet n Greet 10/23/26 — 2:00 PM · Repo Records · Queen Village
- Art and Artists of Latin America Tour — 2:00 PM · Philadelphia Museum of Art · Fairmount Park
- Al Gury: Painting and Purpose — 2:00 PM · Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts · Center City East
- Philadelphia's Famous Founding Father - Benjamin Franklin — 2:15 PM · Independence National Historical Park · Old City · Free
- Dueling Pianos — 3:00 PM · Lucy's · Rittenhouse ↻
- Dos Hermanos — 4:00 PM · Wissahickon Brewing Company - East Falls · Northwest Philly
- A Tree Planting Celebration: Plant Guide Volunteering — 4:00 PM · Kensington Engagement Center · Kensington
- Friday Nights — 5:00 PM · Philadelphia Museum of Art · Fairmount Park ↻
- Public Exhibition Tour: The Long Ride Home, Black Cowboys in America — 5:30 PM · The Print Center · Rittenhouse ↻
- Highlights of the Museum — 6:00 PM · Philadelphia Museum of Art · Fairmount Park
- Tacony LAB Birthday Party — 6:00 PM · Free
- Herbert Holler's Freedom Party: Philly's Fourth Friday — 6:00 PM · Fabrika · Fishtown - Lower Kensington
- Legendary October Art Show 4 — 6:00 PM · Braid Mill · Northwest Philly
- LEDROK & Friends — 6:00 PM · Time Restaurant · Washington Square West
- The Hired Man - Film Presentation *CLOSING RECEPTION* — 6:30 PM · Plays & Players Theatre · Rittenhouse
- Date Night @ WPTL - Make Your Own Cutting Board! — 6:30 PM · West Philly Tool Library - WPTL · South Philly ↻
- BOOOlesque: a Halloween burlesque extravaganza — 7:00 PM · Free
- Candlelight Ghost Tours at Fort Mifflin — 7:00 PM · Schuylkill River Banks · Rittenhouse ↻
- ¡Bailar en FDR! Salsa Class and Social Dance — 7:00 PM · FDR Park · South Philly ↻
- $5 Fridays — 7:00 PM · Franky Bradley's · Washington Square West · $6.75 ↻
- Two Locals Comedy Open Mic — 7:00 PM · Two Locals Brewing · University City ↻
- Alex Bugnon — 7:00 PM · South Jazz Kitchen · Spring Garden
- JONILL — 7:00 PM · Cellar Dog · Rittenhouse
- Chopin, Debussy, and more — 7:30 PM · Curtis Institute of Music · Rittenhouse · Free
- Sphinx Virtuosi: Sold Out — 7:30 PM · Kimmel Cultural Campus · Center City East
- The Great Gatsby — 7:30 PM · Academy of Music · Rittenhouse
- Murder Mystery Dinner Theater Show at Casey's Drexel Hill in Metro Philly — 7:30 PM · Casey's Drexel Hill
- Tommy Bayer (NY Comedy Festival, Winner Funniest Person Minneapolis) — 7:30 PM · Next In Line Comedy · Callowhill
- Philly's Best Comedy Show at Next In Line Comedy Club — 7:30 PM · Next In Line Comedy · Callowhill ↻
- Aaron Matson Quintet — 7:30 PM · Chris’ Jazz Cafe · Rittenhouse
- Duo Tesserae — 8:00 PM · $15 – $25
- Camp Dread — 8:00 PM · SideQuest Theater · Rittenhouse · $25.00
- The Magicians Table: Immersive Magic, Live Music, & Handcrafted Cocktails — 8:00 PM · Kimmel Cultural Campus · Center City East
- Dafnis Prieto Sí o Sí Quartet — 8:00 PM · Solar Myth · Passyunk Square
- ivri - The "Evidence of You" Tour — 8:00 PM · The Foundry · Northern Liberties
- The DIVINE FEMININE showcase — 8:00 PM · Club 624 · Bella Vista · $10
- Roger Lee Dance Company presents: Gallery — 8:00 PM · Performance Garage · Spring Garden
- LIVE PREFORMANCE: Amir ElSaffar & Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch: Inner Spaces — 8:00 PM · Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture · Kensington
- Our Tactics Were Simple — 8:00 PM · Vox Populi · Callowhill
- Thrillerween — 9:00 PM · Brooklyn Bowl Philadelphia · Northern Liberties · 18+
- Voltage — 9:00 PM · The Dolphin · Passyunk Square · $11.84-$17.25
- Party Girl Halloween - A Night of Party Girl Anthems — 9:00 PM · Underground Arts · Old City · $10-$20, 21+
- Baddies after Dark! — 9:00 PM · Vera Cherry Hill
- Katie Neary Quintet — 9:00 PM · Cellar Dog · Rittenhouse
- Cory Cross — 9:30 PM · Secondhand Ranch · Fishtown - Lower Kensington · $5
- Crank That Comedy — 9:30 PM · Next In Line Comedy · Callowhill
- Gareth Emery: 2026 Cyberpunk Tour — 10:00 PM · NOTO Philadelphia · Callowhill · $15-$30
- Kev Nichols — 10:00 PM · VINYL · Rittenhouse · Free
- Gareth Emery: Cyberpunk Tour @ NOTO Philadelphia — 10:00 PM · NOTO Philadelphia · Callowhill
- SOUNDGASM.INTL FRIDAYS @RESERVE LOUNGE — 10:00 PM · Reserve Lounge · Old City ↻
- MOSHULU: A NIGHT OF AFRO HOUSE — OCTOBER 23 - Two Rooms - Two DJs — 10:00 PM · Moshulu · Delaware Waterfront
- Mirror — 10:00 PM · Time Restaurant · Washington Square West
- Oliver Mayman Jam Session — 11:00 PM · Chris’ Jazz Cafe · Rittenhouse ↻
- Last Call Comedy Showcase — 11:30 PM · Ortlieb's · Northern Liberties · Free ↻
- SAS Commons: The Mathematics of Elections & Voting — all day · Penn Museum, 3260 South St. · University City
- Fourth Friday at Fitz on 4th | Extended Happy Hour — all day · Fitz on 4th · Queen Village ↻
- Fourth Friday at 3rd Street Gallery — all day · 3rd Street Gallery · Queen Village
- Roach Show Closing Reception at STITCH AND DESTROY — all day · STITCH AND DESTROY · Society Hill
- Fourth Friday at Full Moon Blends | Hunter’s Moon Aromatic Yoga — all day · Full Moon Blends · Queen Village