WEIRDO:

The East Kensington Arts and Oddities Festival

This year we’re partnering with Philadelphia Brewing Company and the other great businesses of the 2400 block of Martha Street and beyond to blow your mind with our glorious celebration of all that is ART AND WEIRD!!! 4 performance areas and a ton of art, odd object vendors, and food, with community and art organizations in between. Hundreds of weird projects converge into a meltdown of mystical proportions that bends reality itself!

WEIRDO is our loveletter to our home, EAST KENSINGTON and the surrounding area. Everything is curated by someone who lives in the greater neighborhood and almost everyone involved is some weirdo who wants you to see how great this place can be. Be WEIRD with us!

Use Philadelphia Brewing Company’s address for directions,
2440 Frankford Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19125
The event is from 2pm - 9pm. See you on OCTOBER 8th!

There are 4 performance areas this year. See the schedule below for details on each:

 

Martha and York Perfomance Area

Cotton Candy Circus Arts Presents: Roller Circus

2 performances, 2:45pm and 4:45pm

Skates on the ground and in the air! Feats of skill, flame and a giant steel cube!

@rollercircus.official

 

Philly Talking Drums 3:45 - 4:15

Julius Rivera brings Philly Talking Drums to WEIRDO! A great interactive activity for kids and adults! Syllabic rhythms offer an engaging way of experiencing the joy of drumming! Words and phrases are used as scaffolds to help participants access rhythm patterns. Equipment supplied!

phillytalkingdrums.com

 

The Monkey Club

(2101 E York St)

ArcheDream for HUMANKIND

2 performances, 6pm and 6:45pm

ArcheDream for HUMANKIND is an internationally touring blacklight mask and dance theatre company that explores universal ideas and emotions through original performances for audiences of all ages. Merging ancient ritual, magical storytelling, puppetry, mask theater, and music in black light, ADHK’s uniquely tailored performances and educational workshops inspire and enchant audiences of all ages.

adhk.org

@archedream


Courtyard Stage

(outside at Philadelphia Brewing Company)

 

School of Rock House Band 2:15 - 3pm

@schoolofrockphilly

schoolofrock.com

Rugrat Nami 3:15 - 4pm

A creator of unique sonic experiences - Rugrat Nami is a Pennsylvania born Philadelphia based music artist, producer, and dancer.

Easily identifiable by their jazz inspired vocals and off-kilter production, Nami’s music can be best described as psychedelic RnB.

@rugratnami

rugratnami.com

 

Global Sounds Curated by Fire Museum Presents 4:15 - 7pm

An amazing block of local musicians creating sounds from around the world!

4:15 - 5pm Siddharth Ashokkumar (violin) and Dr. Ravi Iyer (mridangam)

5:15 - 6pm Roger Mgrdichian (oud) & Julius Masri (percussion)

6:15 - 7pm Uriol Korean Percussion Ensemble

Facebook Event

@fire_museum_presents

firemuseumpresents.com

 
 

Front Lot Performance Area

(Frankford and Hagert at Philadelphia Brewing Company)

 

Charger Port - 2:15 - 2:45

(Mechanicsville, VA): solo drummer performing live drums over noise pop and punk

chargerport.bandcamp.com

 

Modular On The Spot 3-5pm

The picnic of modular synthesis lovers and learners comes to WEIRDO!

Various artists take part thoughout the set.

@modularonthespotphilly

 

Benjamin & Thom present: the Vino Show! 5:15 - 6:15pm

World famous jugglers Thom Wall and Benjamin Domask are performing their current show at WEIRDO?!? Yes, that is exactly what’s happening! Thom also lives here :). Does gravity actually exist? We shall see!

thomwall.com

youtube link

 

AWFUL Wrestling 7-9pm

The greatest wrestling comedy parody show in the world returns to WEIRDO! There is no better example of the collison of art and weird! DO NOT MISS THIS!

@awfulwrestling

THE MIDWAY OF WEIRD

Martha Street from York to Hagert

and the beer garden at Philadelphia Brewing Company