Philly Weekend Picks: 10/9-10/11

It’s Friday so it’s time for Jawnville’s Philly Weekend Picks. We’ve combed through event listings and here are our picks for the best bets for a good time!

ALL WEEKEND:

The PhillyPOPS open their new season by celebrating Frank Sinatra all weekend long with SINATRA: A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATIONS. Conductor Michael Krajewski leads the way. Can Frank’s music sound any better than by the PhillyPOPS at the Kimmel Center?

FRIDAY:

NITRO CIRCUS LIVE hits Wells Fargo Center Friday night. If you have a kid like my nephew, who is obsessed with daredevils on BMX bikes, motocross, and skateboarding, this show is a must. 40 action sport athletes do all kinds of crazy and dangerous stunts on various contraptions including bath tubs, tricycles, snow skis. There’s a 50-foot high Nitro Gigant-A-Ramp.

SATURDAY:

The 8th Annual RIVERCITY FESTIVAL is Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. at Penn Treaty Park in Fishtown. The Festival is free and open to the public. It’s mission is to foster community and promote local businesses and showcase the best of Fishtown. The Festival will have more than 100 local arts and food vendors. Live music happens all day long.

Interested in Yoga? Already practice? Lululemon presents Re.Viv.al all day Saturday in LOVE Park. This is a full day of yoga along with food, and music by dj SYLO. Some of the best local Yoga Teachers are taking part. The festival goes from noon to 6:29 p.m. and has different classes pretty much every hour. I would recommend checking out classes by Alex Holmes at 12:30 and then Jean-Jacques at 4:40. Free classes by either of these instructors is a steal!! Do your body good! FREE!

Memphis Taproom brings the city THIRSTOBERFEST Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. This is a day of beer garden bliss! They will be pouring more than 25 flagship and limited release beers from local and stateside craft breweries. They also promise some rare international gems. If you did the craft beer movement, you gotta check this event out.

Philly’s Black Horse Motel is at Kung Fu Necktie Saturday night. They are a five-piece Americana band that’s been around since 2008. They put on an entertaining show that’s worth checking out. And, you can stop by the new Front Street Cafe that just opened across the street. Doors are at 8:00 p.m.

SUNDAY:

OLD CITY FEST is Sunday from noon to 6 p.m. at 3rd and Arch. The festival is a celebration of art and design, fashion and food, creativity and culture on the streets of America’s most historic square mile— Old City, Philadelphia. This event highlights the region’s premier art and design district, showcasing local designers, creative firms, restaurants, retailers, galleries, theater, culture, history and architecture.

VIVISECTIONS INTERNATIONAL HORROR SHORTS is at PhilaMOCA this Sunday. Dig horror movies? It’s Halloween season so this is a perfect way to end the weekend on Sunday night. The shorts festival runs 7:30-9:30 p.m. The festival will include a bunch of Philadelphia premieres and a documentary with The Morbid Anatomy Museum’s debut production, Walter Potter: The Man Who Married Kitten.