The first official First Friday of summer arrives this month, so get out there and enjoy exhibition openings, parties and more in neighborhoods like Old City (shown here), Fishtown and Manayunk. (Photo by B. Krist for Visit Philadelphia)
It's time to celebrate the weekend, arts and urban nightlife as another First Friday arrives in neighborhoods throughout Philadelphia on July 3.
Vampires, burning wood, ice cream, and art are just some of the pre-holiday treats up for display. While a number of your staple haunts might be closed in preparation for the Fourth of July, there are plenty of more revolutionary choices.
Remember, beyond our picks there's tons more action on arts corridors in Old City and Fishtown, in particular.
Our July First Friday picks, below.
Projections and Everything is Interesting
Friday, July 3, 5-9 p.m., 3rd Street Gallery, 45 N. Second Street
It's apples and oranges well, actually apples and houses in an exhibition at 3rd Street Gallery. Photographer Keith Sharp and painter Bettina Clowney merge the real world with the surreal, and vice versa through nature-scapes and simple still life. MORE INFO
First Friday! Sax and the Beat: A Dynamic Duologue
Friday, July 3, 6-9 p.m., The Barnes Foundation, 2025 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Sometimes a one-on-one duel offers more than a full-blown battle-of-the-bands, especially when surrounded by The Barnes collection. Saxophonist Steve Wilson and drummer Lewis Nash jazz up your First Friday night, while watermelon mojitos cool it down. MORE INFO
Free Pops! Concert on Independence Mall
Friday, July 3, 8 p.m., Independence Mall, 6th and Market streets
Listen to songs of independence at the birthplace of it all as the Philly Pops! perform the annual Pops on Independence show, a free concert for Wawa Welcome America's July 4th programming. Guests can sing along to songs like God Bless the USA, Stars and Stripes Forever, I'm a Yankee Doddle Dandy, Y.M.C.A. and many more. MORE INFO
More First Friday picks, below.
Summer Salon
Friday, July 3, 5-9 p.m., Rodger LaPelle Galleries, 122 N. Third Street
Tip your sunhat to the tradition of the salon with the current exhibition at Rodger LaPelle. Featuring artists established to emerging, keep it eclectic on the holiday weekend with a group show. MORE INFO
Happy First Friday, Philadelphia. The Philly Pops! play a free patriotic concert on Independence Mall on Friday, July 3. (Photo by J. Smith for Visit Philadelphia)
Dualities in Perspective
Friday, July 3, 5-8 p.m., Muse Gallery, 52 N. Second Street
By stripping clay down to basics, abstract form and white color, Leora Brecher attacks the multiplicities of life. Find a new perspective through this ceramic challenge.
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Monica O and Weckerly's Ice Cream
Friday, July 3, 6-8 p.m., Philadelphia Independents, 35 N. 3rd Street
While fireworks burn their place into the skyline, Monico O burns Philadelphia buildings into wood. Visit Philadelphia Independents to check out her work while cooling down with Weckerly's Ice Cream. MORE INFO
BYOB Inaugural Art Party
Friday, July 3, 7-10 p.m., FJORD, 2419 Frankford Avenue
Find your individual independence with an art exhibition turned political manifesto. The multimedia art project by Sarah Secunda and Rebecca Katherine Hirsch tackles heavy themes with humor. MORE INFO
History and Horror
Friday, July 3, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Christ Church Burial Ground, 5th and Arch streets
What better way to spend Independence Day eve than with the ghosts of the city's history? Stop by Christ Church Burial Ground and the Betsy Ross House for a tour and screening of the science fiction vampire movie Not of this Earth fittingly at dusk. MORE INFO
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