Social Sessions Open Jam Hosted by DJ HA
September edition of the Uptown open jam. Players sign up, DJ HA keeps it moving, and the room turns over every few numbers.
More at Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center
AM Radio Tribute Band
AM Radio replays the 1960s and early-70s hit parade at Uptown Knauer on Saturday, September 5, curtain at 7:30. Buy through the theater's own site; Uptown warns that resale listings are the only fakes in the building.
West Chester Comedy Festival: Thursday Showcase at Uptown
The festival's big-room Thursday show, five comics including Samantha Ruddy. Starts half an hour after the Turks Head set, so you can only pick one.
Bye Bye Birdie
Revival Productions stages the 1950s rock-and-roll sendup Bye Bye Birdie at Uptown Knauer, ten performances from September 11 to 27. Opening night tacks on a dress-up cocktail party with an open bar before the 7:30 show, and the September 24 performance is open-captioned.
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Friday live music at Animated Brewing
Local artists play the Mount Airy Road taproom every Friday. The brewery does not post set times ahead, so check the taproom page or call before you drive out.
SALT Performing Arts presents Carousel
Rodgers and Hammerstein's carnival barker and mill worker, staged Fridays through Sundays in Chester Springs across three weeks. A dollar from every ticket goes to the Chester County Food Bank.
Labor Day Weekend Train Excursions on the New Hope Railroad
Vintage coaches running out of the Bridge Street station all three days of the holiday weekend. Roughly forty-five minutes through Solebury farmland and back, and the last stretch of summer to do it in short sleeves.
