Events Calendar

Join us for open mic at our new venue at 6156 Ridge Ave, Philly with Co-op Member The Gene Smith Band as our host and featured performer!

Start time is later as there is a closed Board of Directors meeting at 7pm.
Doors open at 8pm. Sign-ups begin at 8pm. Open Mic starts at 8:15pm.
Artist will perform 2 songs.

We ask for a donation of $3 for members and $5 for non-members in order to continue our programming.
PFS Venue events are BYOB. BYO wristbands are $2 and require proof of ID.

Open mics will be held every Wednesday and will feature different hosts and different artists. If you would like to host an open mic or have your act considered as a featured act, please email dhaney@pfs.org (featured acts perform 4 songs around mid-evening).

Join the Philadelphia Folksong Society teaching artist Karen L. Smith for two FREE lunchtime percussion workshops! Attendees will learn basic rhythms with a special emphasis on building confidence through playing instruments and playing together. All ages welcome at either session for the celebration of Make Music Day.

Session 1: 12pm
Session 2: 1pm

*Drums will be provided by teacher Karen*

RSVP here!

Learn more about Make Music Philly here! 

Join us for open mic at our new venue at 6156 Ridge Ave, Philly with Co-op Member Joshua Fialkoff as our host and featured performer!

Doors open at 7pm. Sign-ups begin at 7:15. Open Mic starts at 7:30pm.
Artist will perform 2 songs.

We ask for a donation of $3 for members and $5 for non-members in order to continue our programming.
PFS Venue events are BYOB. BYO wristbands are $2 and require proof of ID.

Open mics will be held every Wednesday and will feature different hosts and different artists. If you would like to host an open mic or have your act considered as a featured act, please email dhaney@pfs.org (featured acts perform 4 songs around mid-evening).

Please join us to celebrate the Solstice and all things Summer at our first full band show of the season. We loved Jamey’s last time, and can’t wait to go back. The sound is awesome, the food is yummy, and the room gets rocking…when you’re in it!

Advance tickets highly recommended.

Tickets available here

Please join us at the Philadelphia Folksong Society for Co-op First Fridays!

Featuring: Apes of the State and Driftwood Soldier

Doors: 6:00 pm
Music: 6:30 pm

PFS celebrates some of Philadelphia’s most talented folk musicians from the Philadelphia Music Co-op. Join us for music and art!

We aim to provide tickets at a price that is accessible to the community while still being able to support our musicians. The suggested donation price for the advance tickets are $5 for members and $8 for not-yet-members. Tickets at the door will be $10 for everyone.

All PFS events are BYO – must show ID, $2 for BYO wristband

PFS July Monthly Concert with Christine Lavin

MUSIC at 7:30pm

**FREE FOR MEMBERS**
**$15 For Non-members**

CLICK HERE TO WATCH A PERFORMANCE OF CHRISTINE LAVIN

CLICK HERE TO RSVP ON FACEBOOK

About Christine Lavin

Christine Lavin is a singer/songwriter/guitarist/recording artist who has been based in New York City since 1984. She has just released her 23rd solo album, SPAGHETTIFICATION, which was #5 for the month of September according to the International FolkDJ chart.

She has produced ten compilation CDs JUST ONE ANGEL v2.0being the latest, showcasing the holiday songs of 19 songwriters whose work she loves. The food-themed compilaiion One Meat Ball, includes a 96-page cookbook that Christine edited. For four years she hosted “Slipped Disks” on XM satellite radio, playing CDs slipped to her backstage by compatriots, and is the occasional guest host for the City Folk Sunday Sunday Supper on WFUV-FM at Fordham University.

Christine performs concerts all over the US, Canada, and points beyond (Australia, Germany, Israel), and hosts knitting circles backstage prior to each show. Songs of hers have been performed by artists as diverse as Broadway stars Betty Buckley, Sutton Foster, and David Burnham, cabaret divas Andrea Marcovicci. Barbara Brussell, and Colleen McHugh, the college a cappella Dartmouth Decibelles, and The Accidentals, winners of the National Harmony Sweepstakes championship.

CLICK HERE TO VISIT CHRISTINE LAVIN ON SPOTIFY

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT CHRISTINE LAVIN

Secure your tickets here!

Please join us at the Philadelphia Folksong Society for PFS Presents: Co-op Kicking Down Doors Album Release

Long time Philadelphia Music Co-op members Kicking Down Doors are happy to share the night with these talented Co-op musicians:

Almquist
Bethlehem and Sad Patrick
Katherine Rondeau
Driftwood Soldier

Each ticket sale comes with a download or physical copy of their new album, Truth. Get your tickets here!

Event is BYO, $2 for wristband with valid ID

PFS Presents Jill Sobule

Saturday, July 14
Doors 7pm | Music 8pm

Secure your tickets here!

$20 for Members | $25 Not-Yet-Members | $30 Doors

CLICK HERE TO WATCH A MUSIC VIDEO OF JILL SOBULE

CLICK HERE TO RSVP ON FACEBOOK

About Jill Sobule

Jill Sobule is a Denver-born singer, songwriter, storyteller, guitarist and gypsy. Over seven albums and nearly two decades of recording, Jill has mused on topics such as the death penalty, anorexia, shoplifting, reproduction, the French resistance movement, adolescence and the Christian right.

Her recording career began in 1990 with her debut album Things Here are Different, recorded by Todd Rundgren. Her 1995 self-titled album, Jill Sobule, yielded the hit songs I Kissed A Girl (the original) and Supermodel. Since then, she has continued to record, produce and tour with an ever-growing loyal fan base. Jill is considered a pioneer in crowd sourcing, with her 2009 fan-funded record, California Years. She continues to be at the forefront of exploring and creating new models for artists in an ever-changing changing music industry.

She’s performed with Neil Young, Billy Bragg, Steve Earle, Cyndi Lauper, Tom Morello and Warren Zevon and inducted Neil Diamond into the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame. She can be seen live as a solo performer as well as the co-star of the Jill & Julia Show, an unusual and mesmerizing combination of song and storytelling in collaboration with comedian/actress Julia Sweeney. She also served as songwriter/composer for the hit Nickelodeon network show Unfabulous during that show’s three-season run. She composed the music for the off-Broadway show Prozak and Platypus and her songs have appeared in a multitude of films including Mind the Gap, in which Jill herself co-starred. She has been a political troubadour for NPR stations across America and most recently performed original music at the keynote session for Netroots Nation. Jill is a longtime participant as well as musical contributor at TED.

A veritable gypsy, Jill divides her time between a busy touring schedule and a variety of other projects. The recently released A Day at the Pass finally captures an ongoing collaboration between Jill and John Doe (from the iconic punk band X) and was recorded live at The Pass studio on one fine day in Los Angeles. She is currently recording her next record, Dottie’s Charm’s – a collaboration between her and 11 of her favorite authors, including: Rick Moody, David Hajdu and Jonathon Lathem, Jill is also working with Steve Cossin (The Civillians), Jim Lewis (FELA) and Robin Eaton (a longtime collaborator) on the musical, Times Square.

In the words of New York Times pop music critic Jon Pareles, “Jill Sobule can claim her place among the stellar New York singer-songwriters of the last decade. Topical, funny and more than a little poignant…grown-up music for an adolescent age.”

She’s an American original.

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO JILL SOBULE ON SPOTIFY

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT JILL SOBULE

Tickets available here

Please join us at the Philadelphia Folksong Society for Co-op First Fridays!

Featuring: Apes of the State and Driftwood Soldier

Doors: 6:00 pm
Music: 6:30 pm

PFS celebrates some of Philadelphia’s most talented folk musicians from the Philadelphia Music Co-op. Join us for music and art!

We aim to provide tickets at a price that is accessible to the community while still being able to support our musicians. The suggested donation price for the advance tickets are $5 for members and $8 for not-yet-members. Tickets at the door will be $10 for everyone.

All PFS events are BYO – must show ID, $2 for BYO wristband