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Friday, June 29th, 2007

Made it through another week of work, now what?

Bar Specials
It made not be the 4th of July yet, but Finnigin’s Wake is ready to party like it is! Finnigin’s (3rd and spring garden) is hosting a 4th of July VIP celebration. $10 gets you in with an open bar of Coors Light, mixed well drinks, and food from 9PM-11PM. Sign up at philly2night.com to get on the list!

Suburbanites, don’t feel like going into the city? Reed’s in Blue Bell(1486 skipback pk) offers $1 Coors light bottles all night long. You can even get your groove on to DJ MIAMI and some great local bands. Tonight’s live band is The Union.

And tommorow night…
Hungry for some authentic cajun and southern grub? Check out Bourbon Blue on main st in Manayunk. Now featuring Party bands every Saturday night 10pm-2am, with $2.50 Coors light.

And thats just a quick sample of whats going on at philly’s bars. You can find out more specials at Philly2Night.com. They let you search events based on date, atmosphere and neighborhood.

Music
** June 29th at 7:30, World Cafe Live (3025 walnut street) is hosting The Kin, Australian brothers Isaac and Thorry Koren. The Kin will be performing songs from their new CD Rise and Fall. Billboard calls their live performance a humbling experience. Come witness their unique sound, complete with their drummer (named Shakerleg) who plays without sticks! Tickets $10-14.

*** Sat. June 30th 11am-6 pm (raindate 7/14), is the first realizePhiladelphia Music & Arts Festival, a FREE community/family event benefiting PennFuture, and will be held in the 2-acre Liberty Lands Park, 3rd & poplar, in Northern Liberties. For a full schedule of activities that will be held continuously throughout the day visit realizePhiladelphia.net. The festival will exemplify emerging Philadelphia culture by providing a forum for networking and collaboration among various communities in the region. There will be an exchange of cultural resources, involving: music, multimedia, art installations, fashion, poetry, clowns, comedy, environmental and health advocates, local politics, spiritual groups, organizations and forward thinking businesses.

***Family/ Kid Friendly
Friday June 29th through Sunday July 1st, Penn’s Landing Corporation is sponsoring the Super Scooper Ice Cream Festival(Penn’s Landing - Great Plaza, Chestnut Street and Columbus Boulevard- on the Riverfront ). A $5 donation earns you all the ice cream you can eat and all proceeds go towards Joshua Kahan Fund, fighting to cure Pediatric Leukemia. The Super Scooper Ice Cream Pavilion is open from 12-5 pm and 6-10 pm on June 29 and 30, and July 1 from 12-5 pm.
ice cream
Photo credited to phillyfunguide.com

I’ve only highlighted a few events that happened to strike my fancy, but theres plenty more going on in the Philly area. For a full calendar of events, you can visit gophila.com or phillyfunguide.com.

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