Update (8/21/14): Due to the weather forecast for Thursday night, Bat Night at the Woodlands has been canceled.
Here’s our roundup of outdoor events in the area where you can enjoy this nice August weather and food and drinks with your friends, listen to some great music and even learn a thing or two about nature:
Wednesday, Aug 20
Penn Museum’s Summer Nights Concert Series presents Brazilian duo Minas
Penn Museum, 3260 South St, 5:00 p.m.
Celebrating 30 years since moving from Rio de Janeiro to the Philadelphia area, Minas’s innovative yet timeless sound blends folk, blues, jazz, scat, and samba, with a unique combination of Brazilian and American roots. The concert will take place in the museum’s Stoner Courtyard. $10.
Thursday, Aug 21
Dîner En Sweatpants
Clark Park “A”, 43rd and Baltimore, 5:30-8:30 p.m.
Ticketleap invites folks to a silly, FREE event this Thursday in Clark Park. Bring your picnic blankets and baskets or buy some delicious food from the food trucks after the regular Thursday Farmer’s Market! http://events.ticketleap.com/diner/
The Woodlands Cemetery, 40th and Woodland, 6:00 p.m.
Bring some dinner and your flashlight on Thursday from 6-9 p.m. for a rare chance to spend the evening in the Cemetery after dark and see the resident bats! Also, take a walk with a bat expert and learn about special plants that will attract bats to your garden. This is a free event and sweet treats from Lil’ Pop Shop will be available for sale.
Saturday, Aug 23
Outdoor Concert feat. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah w/ Illinois, and Mo Lowda and the Humble
City Tap House, 39th and Walnut, 3:00-8:00 p.m.
City Tap House is joining forces with the booking and production team from The Blockley and Brooklyn Brewing Company to throw a couple of August, Saturday afternoon concerts on their beautiful outdoor patio space. The first concert, on Aug 23, features local indie rockers Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, led by longtime frontman Alec Ounsworth. They’ll be sharing the stage with Illinois, also Philly-based rockers. Mo Lowda and the Humble, one of the city‘s finest up-and-coming groups, will open the show at 3:30 p.m. $15. 21+. Tickets are available here.
August 20th, 2014 at 4:38 pm
Bat Night at the Woodlands sounds like a great event! Bats are dying at dangerous levels during the winter hibernation months so it’s good to spread awareness. When I was moving, with eversafemoving.com, a tiny brown bat was in the moving truck and scared the daylights out of the movers when they opened it – it was nice to see the bats so active still in the city!