Over the past few years Dock Street Brew Pub has been wrapping up Philly Beer Week in style with an always well-attended music festival that has featured the likes of The Extraordinaires, Skeletonbreath, Bardo Pond, and Stinking Lizaveta. This Sunday the festival returns with a lineup that hosts an eclectic dose of jazzy orchestral pop, Eastern European folk, and stoney hip hop, all while staying true to the fest’s West Philly roots. Grandchildren are no strangers to performing at the Dock Street Festival. However, the last time they played was before they released the tight melodic beats of their last opus Golden Age. West Philadelphia Orchestra will be bringing the good vibes with their multiple horns and Balkan dance beats. And while he may be the younger cousin of Questlove, Gliss has come into his own, and impressed with tracks like “Inner Visions”and “Same Shit,”and he should be the perfect way to round out this diverse lineup. Add in plenty of wood-fired pizzas, brews like Pimp My Rye, and a ton of outdoor games, and you have the perfect way to end Philly Beer Week in style. Dock Street Brewery, 701 S. 50th St., 2pm, Free, All Ages - Bill McThrill

 

More places to enjoy the beautiful weather this weekend…

 

Johnny Brenda’s (1201 N. Frankford Ave.) SAT The Philly Opry w/Birdie Busch

 

The Boot & Saddle (1131 S. Broad St.) FRI Divers, Kate Faust, Sonja Sofya, SAT Cheerleader, Langor, Dream Safari, SUN Nothing, Superheaven, Sad Actor

 

Kung Fu Necktie (1250 N. Front St.) FRI (Early) OhBree, Moonshine Heather, Boss Logic/Jeremiah Tall, (Late) Many Arms (Record Release), Space Whale Orchestra, Chris Forsyth, SAT Goddamnit, Assemble, Jantones/Drums Like Machine Guns, Material, SUN The Love Club/Dead Tenors, Eyes Shock Swelter

 

Underground Arts (1200 Callowhill St.) FRI The Beating, Risky Disko

 

The Trocadero (1003 Arch St.) FRI Avenue Kings, Community Service Band

 

TLA (334 South St.) FRI Buried Beds, Our Griffins

 

Electric Factory (421 N. 7th St.)

 

World Café Live (3025 Walnut St.) SAT The Smites

 

The Barbary (951 N. Frankford Ave.) SAT Suicide Pact (Reunion Show), Sun Grande Marshall, Chase Allen

 

The Fire (412 W. Girard Ave.) FRI W. C. Lindsay (Record Release), Secret Plot to Destroy the Entire Universe, Plainview, SAT Something Like A Monument, North End, SUN The Wanderers, Merring, Avataria

 

MilkBoy Philly (1100 Chestnut St.) FRI We are Fauna (Release Show), School Dance, Meddlesome, Meddlesome Meddlesome Bells, SAT Val De Val (Final Show)

 

Ortlieb’s Lounge (847 N. 3rd St.) FRI Psalmships, SAT The Chelsea Kills

 

North Star Bar (2639 Poplar St.) SAT Defiant Systems, SUN Big Tusk, Like Crazy

 

M Room (15 W. Girard Ave.) FRI Dead: Stop, Skyline The City, Mercy Starts With Me, These Polar Opposites

 

Tin Angel (20 S. 2nd St.) FRI Philadelphia Folk Festival Showcase SAT(Late) Kai Botak, Sarah Alexandra, Hannah Zaic

 

Bourbon & Branch (705 N. 2^nd St.) FRI Sound for Sustainability: Alps Held, The Weaks, The Retinas, Underwater Country Club, Pine Barons Sat Brian McGee (Release Show), Shitty Summer (Leta of Ex-Friends)

 

Fergie’s (1214 Sansom St.) FRI John Train SUN Rusty Cadillac

 

The Legendary Dobbs (304 South St.) FRI Standouts From Songbird Season 2: Larisa Bunch, Jovan Chaney, Chris McGinnis, Dan Callahan, Brianna Marie/ Emily Mineo, Chris Gennett, Bickel Brothers, Wave Radio, SAT Metal for Mikki: Release, Black Sun Rising, Citadel, Ketosis, We Our War, StarSkream, Sutter Cane, SUN Amber Ladd

 

Connie’s Ric Rac (1132 S. 9th St.) FRI The Hawkeyes, James Hearne

 

Voltage Lounge (421 N. 7th St.) SAT S.I.N. Sun Entropy

 

The Grape Room (105 Grape St.) FRI The Funky T, Agent Moosehead, Evil at the Beach, Missing Elements, SAT A Victim of Good Times, Dave Joyce, SUN Willow Talk, The Gang Age, Silverton

 

The Random Tea Room (713 N. 4^th St.) Sun Laura Baird

 

JR’s Bar (2337 S. Croskey St.) SAT Shitty Friends, Repellers, Black Friday Death Count

 

Golden Tea House (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) FRI The Spirit of the Beehive, Sheer Mag, SAT Nona, Twin Pines

 

Mount Misery (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) SAT Cousin Brian, Seismic Thrust

 

Glitoria (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) SAT Bad Energy, Bad Canoes

 

The Petting Zoo (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) SAT Family Vacation, The Retinas, Horsecops

 

Hot Topic (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) SAT Blood Sound, Corporate Hearts, The Stone Furs, Triceratoplis (Release Show)

 

Tonight, we’ll be presenting the final show of Night Panther’s residency at Bourbon & Branch, and we might have saved the best for last! If you caught any of the run so far, then you know that our favorite sex-pop group are at the top of their game so panties will be dropping. They’ll be bringing along West Philly’s favorite sons Grandchildren and Doylestown pals Commonwealth Choir for the ride. And if that wasn’t badass enough, experimental-pop duo Pattern is Movement has been announced as the  very special guest for this evening. Yeah, there is a lot going on in Philly this evening, but trust me when I say, “Nothing else happening tonight matters.” BTW: If you don’t have your tix already, then you better get there early! Bourbon & Branch, 705 N. 2nd St., 8pm, $10, 21+ - Q.D. Tran

 

Other places to get out and enjoy the beautiful weather this weekend…

 

Johnny Brenda’s (1201 N. Frankford Ave.) FRI Low Cut Connie, Shark Week, Satellite Hearts

 

The Boot & Saddle (1131 S. Broad St.) SAT Tin Horses, SUN You Do You

 

Kung Fu Necktie (1250 N. Front St.) FRI Gliss, Taylor Dunn, Kylledge, SAT (Early) Clamfight, (Upstairs) Tungsten, Tea Club, SUN Marc Neibauer, Edison

 

Underground Arts (1200 Callowhill St.) SAT Plastic Little, Swaetheart, Needle Points, SUN Red 40 and the last Groovement, Galvanize

 

The Barbary (951 N. Frankford Ave.) FRI Man on a Mountain

 

The Fire (412 W. Girard Ave.) FRI Memphis Hat, Jesus' Older Brother, ialive, SAT Sunshine Riot, Soundwavves, The People, SUN The Wondershop Showdown, StoopSide

 

MilkBoy Philly (1100 Chestnut St.) SUN Brotherly Arms: A Live Music Tribute to Todd Marrone w/Astronuats Really Fly, McRad, Bev Haven

 

Ortlieb’s Lounge (847 N. 3rd St.) SAT Southwork

 

North Star Bar (2639 Poplar St.) FRI Desoto Jones

 

Silk City (435 Spring Garden St.) SUN Chase Allen, Pooda Dappa, STS

 

Tin Angel (20 S. 2nd St.) FRI Paige Allbritton, SAT Paige Allbritton, SUN Lily Mae

 

Fergie’s (1214 Sansom St.) FRI John Train, Somewhere South, SAT Dr. Ketchup

 

The Legendary Dobbs (304 South St.) FRI Limecell, St. James & the Apostles

 

Connie’s Ric Rac (1132 S. 9th St.) SAT Goddamnit

 

The Rotunda (4014 Walnut St.) FRI Village, Deathmonger A.D., House of Geary

 

JR’s (1554 McKean St.) FRI Reef'd, SAT Twin Pines

 

The Grape Room (105 Grape St.) FRI Vibe Deta, Montoj, SAT Rowboat Casino, The Beta Phase, Caalypso

 

Ardmore Music Hall (23 E. Lancaster Ave.) SAT Up the Chain

 

First Unitarian Church (2125 Chestnut St.) FRI +HIRS+, SUN Lattimore/Zeigler Duo

 

Pageant Soloveev Gallery (607 Bainbridge St.) SUN Kate Ferencz

 

Wolf Cycles (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) FRI War Emblem

 

Safety Safety (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) FRI Zach Fay, Laura Szklarski

 

So I’ve been really looking forward to attending this weekend’s Weekend Warrior pick. Not only is it a sweet, stacked, locals-only lineup this Saturday with Grandchildren, Night Panther and Purples (ex-Teeth), but it will also take place in my favorite sounding room in Philly, The Boot and Saddle. (Sorry folks, sounds like there might be a new sheriff in town so it might be time for other venues to step up their game.) You should already know how great Grandchildren and Night Panther are live on stage from our anniversary showcases. And older heads (in the know) might still remember how The Teeth helped Philly build its reputation as a “hot” music scene (well, according to Rolling Stone many moons ago) before the floodgates opened. Don’t sleep on this one! You don’t want to leave 2013 like that because I know you’re better than that. The Boot and Saddle, 1131 S. Broad St., 9pm, $10, 21+ - Q.D. Tran

 

Other places to escape the chill (again) this weekend…

 

The Boot & Saddle (1131 S. Broad St.) FRI The Reckless Dodgers, Johnny Neutrino and The Secret Weapon, Witch Fist, SAT Clamfight, Wizard Eye, Screaming Rattler, SUN Bel Heir

 

Johnny Brenda’s (1201 N. Frankford Ave.) SAT Frog Holler, Mason Porter, Ataloft, SUN mewithoutYou

 

Kung Fu Necktie (1250 N. Front St.) (Upstairs) Limecell, Thee Nosebleeds, (Downstairs) Sunburster, SAT Time Hitler, SUN (Upstairs) Gatherings, (Downstairs) Drone Ranger

 

Underground Arts (1200 Callowhill St.) SUN Man Man, Banned Books

 

North Star Bar (2639 Poplar St.) FRI RK$TDY

 

The Fire (412 W. Girard Ave.) FRI Black Stars, The Once Was, Air Is Human, SAT Adlib, Mercy Gang, Split Divo, SUN (All Ages) Marietta, Smoother, Leaky Soups, (Late) Combine, Timbers

 

MilkBoy Philly (1100 Chestnut St.) FRI Black Dirty, SAT Ryan Tennis and the Clubhouse Band, Casey Alvarez

 

World Café Live (3025 Walnut St.) FRI The WhiskeyHickon Boys, SAT (Downstairs) The Parsnip Revolt, Fooling April, (Upstairs) Brethren, Canyon, Jake Lewis and The Clergy, Wayfarer Experiment, Jesse Baker, SUN Philadelphia Jug Band

 

The Blockley (3801 Chestnut St.) SAT Long Miles, The Racket Boys, SUN A Funky Farewell w/Everyone Orchestra, Luke the Knife, The Underwater Sounds, CARLsound, The Bailey Hounds

 

TLA (334 South St.) FRI Swift Techinque, SUN Illinois, Underwater Window Garden

 

The Trocadero (1003 Arch St.) FRI Ghost Ghang Holiday Charity Show w/P64, Andy Kavanaugh, SAT Makhaira, Gape, Transonic, Big Stall, Native Frequencies

 

M Room (15 W. Girard Ave.) FRI I Am Khalif, Custelo, Dan Exactly, SAT FLINTface, Working Class Villians

 

Tin Angel (20 S. 2nd St.) FRI Ken Kweder, SAT The Ben Vaughn Quintet, Dan Montgomery

 

Fergie’s (1214 Sansom St.) FRI Keystone Mountain Boys, SAT Sylvia Platypus

 

Connie’s Ric Rac (1132 S. 9th St.) FRI SandCastle, Friends with Murder, Time Hitler and the Assholes from Space, Combine

 

JR's Bar (2327 S. Croskey St.) SAT Spent Flesh, Ruby Buff

 

The Grape Room (105 Grape St.) SAT Underwater Country Club, Skeleton Frames, Band Books (Feat. Steph Hayes)

 

Golden Tea House (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) SAT The Hundred Acre Woods, Young & Heartless