Events 9/15 – 9/20: FEAST IN the Fields, Jazz Fest, Fringe Arts, Making Space: Leeway at 25 & More!

The latest and greatest things happening in Philly from Friday, September 15 to Thursday, September 20. Share your event by tweeting us @citywidestories or tagging us on Facebook.

 

Philadelphia United Jazz Festival

Saturday, September 15

2 – 10 pm

15th and South St.

Cost: Free

Festival season is just getting started! Come out to the 6th Annual Philadelphia United Jazz Festival featuring Jeff Bradshaw, Arpeggio Jazz Ensemble, Sam Reed and even more talented musicians. Bring a chair and your festival spirit for a guaranteed great Saturday!

 

FEAST IN the Fields

Sunday, September 16

4 – 7 pm

Springdale Farm Market

1638 Springdale Rd., Cherry Hill, NJ

Cost: $125

The Camden Children’s Garden is hosting a culinary experience amongst the cornfields. Chef Mark Smith of Tortilla Press will be cooking up a feast at Springdale Farms. Menu items include vegetable and goat cheese empanadas, grilled chicken breast with peach sauce, and homemade fresh peach and apple ice cream!

 

Philadelphia International Unity Cup Block Party

Sunday, September 16

2 – 6 pm

Master St Between 13th and Broad St.

Cost: Pay-as-you-go

As part of Welcoming Week, the City is hosting the 2nd Annual Philadelphia International Unity Cup Block Party! Celebrate Philadelphia’s diversity while enjoying live performances, a beer garden, food trucks and more!

 

天问 TIAN WEN: Heavenly Questions for Modern Times (CityWide Fringe Pick)

September 19 & 20

7:30 – 8:30 pm

1219 Vine St.  

Cost: $15

This puppet performance, inspired by a classic Chinese poem, TIAN WEN, uses Asian and Western puppet art to explore universal themes and ideas. Don’t miss this experimental performance which uses puppetry, sculpture, movement, and live music to explore difficult questions we face in modern times.

 

Making Space: Leeway at 25 Opening Reception & Conversation

Thursday, September 20

5:30 – 8 pm

Moore College of Art & Design

1916 Race St.

Cost: Free

Making Space: Leeway @ 25  is an exhibition celebrating Leeway Foundation’s 25 years of supporting artists, cultural producers and organizers in Philadelphia. The exhibition kicks off with an artist talk featuring Zanele Muholi and local artists from the Women’s Mobile Museum, and will be followed immediately by the exhibition’s opening reception.  

 

The Art on Our Streets – Artist Talks

Thursday, September 20  

6 – 7:30 pm

Temple University Paley Library

1210 Polett Walk

Cost: Free

What is public art anyways? Come out for a  series of short talks from four artists, Sheldon Abba, Michelle Angela, Ortiz Keir Johnston (of Amber Public Art), and Ginger Rudolph (of HAHA x Paradigm) who create work in Philly’s public spaces. This series is organized by Streets Depts Conrad Benner and Cindy M. Ngo (of Eat Up The Borders) in partnership with Temple University Libraries.

 

Whiskey Bonanza  

Thursday, September 20  

7 – 10 pm

The Twisted Tail

509 S 2nd St.  

Cost: $60-75

Love whiskey? Come out to the 5th annual Whiskey Bonanza and sample over 70 different whiskeys, witness an amazing cocktail competition, and chow down on delicious treats from some local food trucks. Bottoms Up!

 

Pillow Talk (CityWide Fringe Pick)

September 20 & 21

8 – 9 pm

Philly Improv Theater at the Adrienne

2030 Samson St.  

Cost: $20  

Join ‘the most renowned sketch troupe of them all’ (The Independent) as they embark on another exceptional world tour, performing to over twenty thousand people across two continents. You can see them at their Philadelphia performance as a part of the Fringe Festival.