Eliot Lewis at The Royal
The multi-instrumentalist from Live From Daryl's House builds songs on stage with live looping, moving between guitar, keys and drums. Doors at 6:30, 21 and over, $20 ahead.
More at The Royal Music & Arts Center
Michael London & Friends at The Royal
Guitarist Michael London plays Rumi-inspired originals with sax player Ken Ulansey, bassist Dylan Taylor and drummer Bill Marconi. Doors at 7:30, $20 ahead or $25 at the door, $10 for kids.
Open Mic Night at The Royal
Doors at 7:15, lottery sign ups at 7:30, first act at eight. Musicians, poets and comics each get ten to twelve minutes on a full backline. Free to sit and listen.
Open Mic Night at The Royal
Free every Wednesday at the nonprofit music room on South Easton Road. Doors at 7:15, lottery sign-up, first performer at 8. Bring an instrument or just a seat.
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Acoustic Sunday on the Patio: Trashcan Margaritas
The patio sets run May through September and this is the first of the three left. Trashcan Margaritas play, the tables are outdoors, and the restaurant serves right through it.
We Are Skeletons
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.
Jurassic Park (1993)
Last day of the Jurassic Park run over Labor Day weekend. Good rainy-Sunday fallback if the holiday plans collapse.