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October 16, 2026

🤠 Sixties hits at the Keswick

🤠 Jenkintown: sixties hits at the Keswick
Plus 123 more things on today across the burbs.
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Friday, October 16 · Nº 12 · a 2-minute read
🌧️  79°, chance rain showers · sun 7:11 to 6:21
 
 
 

Morning, burbs.

Friday holds a sixties package at the Keswick, patio guitar in Kennett Square, and Skippack's night market if the showers hold off.

Today in short

🎯Four sixties acts on one Keswick bill tonight
📰Patio guitar in Kennett Square, Skippack after dark
✨John Woo late Saturday, Caligari with a live organ Sunday
📍Plus 124 things on today, all below

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on today

403

on this week

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your evening, below

 

01 · The lead 🎯

Tonight: four sixties acts at the Keswick

Jenkintown · 7 pm · four acts, one bill

The My Generation Tour
Photo: Keswick Theatre

Four sixties acts on one bill: The Lovin' Spoonful, Gary Lewis and The Playboys, The Hollies Greatest Hits with Terry Sylvester, and Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels.

The Lovin' Spoonful and Gary Lewis and The Playboys share the bill. Pick this if you want a night of sixties music.

Full details →

 

02 · Today, out here 📍

What’s on, day by day

Today
Live Music: Mark Margolies
Photo: The Creamery of Kennett Square Restaurant & Beer Garden

Live Music: Mark Margolies

Solo guitar and vocals on the patio stage behind the old milk plant.

Kennett Square · 7 to 10 pm

Live Music: East Branch Revival

Live set an hour into 3rd Friday, self-pour taps and the kitchen running.

Souderton · 7 to 10 pm

Robert P. Ottone: Amityville Awakens

A new Amityville novel, two guest writers, and a bookshop two weeks out from Halloween.

Doylestown · 6:30 pm

Josh Blue: The Road Dog Tour
Photo: Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center

Josh Blue: The Road Dog Tour

One Friday show on the Uptown mainstage, tickets only through the theater.

West Chester · 7:30 pm

Parry Mansion House Tour (Fridays)

Guided walk through the 1784 house, furnished room by room for five generations.

New Hope · 4 pm

October Night Markets

Music, food stands and vendor tables along the pike, shops open late.

Skippack · 6 to 9 pm

Brandon Foy

The dining room fills first; try the bar if you arrive without a reservation.

Exton · 6 to 9 pm

Tomorrow
Five For Fighting with String Quartet
Photo: Sellersville Theater

Five For Fighting with String Quartet

Superman and 100 Years backed by a string quartet instead of a band.

Sellersville · Saturday 8 pm

Hard Boiled

Chow Yun-Fat, a teahouse shootout, Cantonese with subtitles, late Cult Cinema.

Jenkintown · Saturday 9:45 pm

Fall Festival & Connect

Artisans in the barnyard, a craft corner, and costume contests for kids, adults and dogs.

West Chester · Saturday 1 to 5 pm

The weekend

Sunday Fun Day Trivia

Two hours in the taproom, kitchen running until an hour before last call.

Malvern · Sunday 5 to 7 pm

Music in the Loft

Local acoustic players in the loft above the tasting room, no cover.

Newtown · Sunday 1:30 to 4:30 pm

Poetry Group

Bring something you wrote or come to listen; all ages are welcome.

Exton · Sunday 3 to 5 pm

The full calendar

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Worth keeping

The full calendarFind your burbBest restaurants in Kennett SquareNew Hope antique shops, one market running 150 years
 

03 · Worth knowing 📰

Seven things worth knowing today

Antje Duvekot and Robby Hecht
Photo: Kennett Flash

Tonight 🎶

Kennett Square: Antje Duvekot and Robby Hecht trade verses at The Kennett Flash, a room built for hearing lyrics.

Today is 📅

Quakertown Farmers Market starts its Thanksgiving Food Drive today, collecting food on its open days ahead of Thanksgiving.

Today is 📅

Kennett Square: Emerald City Weekend brings Oz-themed fountains to Longwood Gardens, following the yellow brick road after dark.

On the list 🍽️

Maize Restaurant sits first on the Perkasie list, tasting menus from chef-owner Matt McPhelin.

On the list 🍽️

The Perk is second on the Perkasie restaurants list; order the Big Ram burger on the pub side.

Tonight 🎶

Jordan Allen plays the Evansburg Vineyards patio in Skippack, folk-rock covers and originals from the 1950s to now.

Outdoors 🌲

Slamm Acoustic Duo sets up on The Patio at Horsham at six, a mid-October Friday set outdoors.

 

04 · The good part ✨

Sunday: Caligari, with the organ playing

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari brings its crooked painted sets to The Colonial Theatre, scored live on the theatre organ.

A silent film with a live score. Save this one for Sunday.

The story →

 

05 · Seen out here 📸

Post of the day, from Instagram

A Napa night, booked in Ambler

Bridgets Steakhouse has a Clos Pegase wine dinner coming up. The details are in its post.

@bridgetssteakhouse on Instagram →
 

06 · The wrap 👋

If you make it to the night market, reply and tell me what you found. Pass this along to someone still deciding what to do.

See you out here. 🤠

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