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Open Jam with The Basement Apes and Mike Chevalier

Ardmore live music

Thursday open jam with The Basement Apes sitting in and comedian Mike Chevalier on the bill. Musicians are welcome on stage. Loud and late, the sort of room where five bands on a bill is normal.

When: Thu, Sep 24 Where: Rusty Nail Nightclub

More at Rusty Nail Nightclub

Jug Carver, Jonny Alba, Ben D Straw and Steven Singer

live music

Fri, Sep 4 · Rusty Nail Nightclub

Four acts on the Haverford Road stage, Jug Carver through Steven Singer. The Nail has booked original bands on Friday and Saturday nights for seventy-odd years and shows no sign of stopping.

Resolver, Chiseled Lilies, Palinoia and Opossom

live music

Sat, Sep 5 · Rusty Nail Nightclub

Four band Saturday at the Nail, all original material. A small stage on Haverford Road with a long habit of booking bands nobody else will.

We Are Skeletons

live music

Sun, Sep 6 · Rusty Nail Nightclub

We Are Skeletons take the Sunday slot at the Nail, the Haverford Road room that calls its Sunday night just chillin' and still puts a band on the stage.

Around the same time

Fall Fest Weekend

West Chester festival

Sun, Sep 20 · Highland Orchards

The farm switches to fall mode for the weekend: hayrides, the corn maze, apple picking and cider donuts out of the bakery. Runs weekends into November.

Public Arts Program Guided Walking Tour

New Hope arts

Sun, Sep 20 · Lenape Park

Free docent walk through the outdoor sculptures scattered around town, part of a rotating program running since 2003. Registration encouraged, and it covers ground on foot.

Gay Street Open-Air Market

West Chester market

Sun, Sep 20 · Gay Street between Matlack and Darlington Streets

Four blocks of Gay Street close to cars so restaurants push tables into the road. Walk down the middle of the street, eat outside, and browse the shops on either side.