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Performing Arts

Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age performs
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AC/DC, Foo Fighters and Queens of the Stone Age among rock acts coming to Philly area in summer 2026

Rock concerts in the Philadelphia region are shaping up for next summer as we near the end of 2025.

5 months ago

A display of costumes Ruth Carter worked on
Arts & Entertainment

‘Ruth E. Carter: Afrofuturism in Costume Design’ exhibit comes to the African American Museum in Philadelphia

Making its Philadelphia debut, the exhibit will display various aspects of Carter’s 40-year career as a designer.

5 months ago

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outside The Mann Cente
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Mann Center in Fairmount Park sells naming rights to Highmark insurance

Now known as Highmark Mann Center for the Performing Arts, the facility is raising $70 million for campus improvements.

6 months ago

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D'Angelo performs at the
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D’Angelo, Grammy-winning R&B singer who became an icon with ‘Untitled (How Does It Feel),’ dies

D'Angelo's real name was Michael Eugene Archer. His family confirmed in a statement that he died after a prolonged battle with cancer.

6 months ago

Ivan McClellan, founder of 8 Seconds Rodeo
Arts & Entertainment

Black urban rodeo returns to Philly at Temple’s Liacouras Center

The Liacouras Center at Temple University will host 8 Seconds Rodeo on Saturday night, bringing the “three B’s” to North Philly.

6 months ago

Two actors on stage during a performance
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Billy Penn

Embark on a live DUNGEONS & DRAGONS quest at the Miller Theater this weekend

The Twenty-Sided Tavern show is interactive, improvisational, and a space to build community.

6 months ago

Hundreds gathered for a daylong organ concert on Saturday, March 22, 2025 at the Wanamaker Building in Philadelphia
Arts & Entertainment

Despite setbacks, Opera Philadelphia to press on with Wanamaker building performances

Overdue inspections threw a wrench in Opera Philadelphia’s plans to activate the vacant Macy’s building.

6 months ago

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Clarence Spady and The Philly Blues Kings will be playing at the first-ever Philadelphia Blues Society Blues Festival on Oct. 11, 2025. (Emily Neil/WHYY)
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The Philadelphia Blues Society to host its first-ever annual blues festival this month

Six sets from local artists and internationally renowned musicians will feature acoustic and electric blues.

6 months ago

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Jess Conda performing at Beard Ladies Cabaret
Arts & Entertainment

The Fringe Fest has ended for 2025. Here is what you were not able to see

New federal visa rules and the long arm of Philadelphia’s Licenses and Inspections thwarted productions in the Fringe.

6 months ago

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Kathryn Grody on stage reaching an arm up
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For Kathryn Grody’s new play in Malvern, getting angry about aging isn’t just for older adults

The world premiere of “The Unexpected 3rd,” at the People’s Light theater in Chester County, is partly due to Grody’s unexpected, online pandemic stardom.

7 months ago

Melanie Hsu plays a ukulele
Billy Penn
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

The new season at Journey Arts explores themes of identity, community in Philadelphia

The West Philly-based arts organization kicks off its season on Nov. 6, with “Miwa.”

7 months ago

Ray Didinger posing for a photo in front of the theater
Arts & Entertainment

Ray Didinger’s hockey drama tells the true story of Brian Spencer on Wilmington stage

The new play recounts the history of when a man took several CBC employees hostage in an effort to force them to broadcast a Toronto Maple Leafs game.

7 months ago

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Inside the Wanamaker Building
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

A basement, a garage, a vacant department store: Philly Fringe Festival continues to bring drama to unusual spaces

This year’s festival continues the tradition of nontraditional settings. Here is a list of unusual ones.

7 months ago

Alice Yorke and Scott Sheppard in the studio at WHYY speaking with Jennifer Lynn
Arts & Entertainment

In ‘Lions,’ Philadelphia artists turn the loss of their fathers into a bold new Fringe Festival production

Drawing from personal loss, Lightning Rod Special’s new work takes audiences through the chaos of end-of-life care, memory and legacy at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival.

7 months ago

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Jess Conda performing at Beard Ladies Cabaret
Arts & Entertainment

Macy’s building is both setting and inspiration for a Philly Fringe Fest cabaret

The Bearded Ladies Cabaret’s “The Layaway” is a cheeky and mischievous take on opulence and commerce.

7 months ago

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