Some of the events are FREE and kid friendly!
Others hold a ticket price as high as $55 a person and might be a little too racy for your young ones. As parents, you want to expose your children to culture and new experiences, preferably special events that are neither too pricey nor too spicy!
Because “The Philly Fringe is an unfiltered festival, where a platform is provided for new and established artists to present their work free of a selection process”, it’s good to do a little research before you explore “the world's most cutting-edge, high-quality performing arts groups” with your kids.
You and your family don’t have to miss out on theater, dance, music and other art forms that the 15th Annual Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe have to offer.
Here are some family friendly events to get you started:
Multi-media Art Installation by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Gilles Delmas
Former Pumping Station
140 North Columbus Boulevard
September 2, September 6-9 and September 12-16 from 5:00 pm–8:00 pm
September 3-5, 10, 11 and 17 from noon–8:00 pm
This FREE event is opposite the Race Street Pier and inside a former pumping station. You’ll discover inside, “a house of screens some 20 feet high and wide, which you walk around looking at films of dancers performing in their homes—in bedrooms, kitchens, bathrooms, under and above their furniture, by their windows, playing with notions of what home life means to them.”
Run Grunt Sing: An Open Air Theatric
OMBELICO Mask Ensemble
Liberty Lands Park
913-961 North 3rd Street
September 2-11 at 6:00 pm
It’s a FREE “commedia show—which means daring feats of comedy in fantastical masks at breakneck speed—set to stompin’ live music in three languages, and all for your enjoyment. Kids love us. Adults love us. Old people and teenagers are skeptical... but then love us. BYO (bring your own) chair/picnic!”
60 minute show
FREE
Philadelphia School of Circus Arts
5900A Green Street
Philadelphia, PA 19144
Saturday, September 10 at 12:00pm
Enjoy a full hour of entertainment from the Green Fairy, a clown, an acrobatic duo, jugglers, aerial ladder climbers, and trapeze performers. Affix your eyes to the “Green Fairy” as she soars above you. Enjoy her comedic, juggling and spectacular physical skills.
60 minute show
Children under 12 are FREE
Children 12 and older admission ticket cost: $15
Adult admission ticket cost: $20
www.livearts-fringe.org or call 215-413-1318
Call Me Crazy Dancers
Conwell Theater, Temple University
1801 North Broad Street 5th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19122
September 9 at 9:00 pm
September 10 at 2:00 pm and 8:00 pm
“The Call Me Crazy Dancers combine ballet, jazz, modern, and tap to take you on a dancing journey through time, remembering the kids we were, the adults we became, and the dreams we’re still chasing. The ensemble features Kicks Academy of Dance and Institute of Dance Artistry.”
80 minute show
General admission ticket cost: $15
www.livearts-fringe.org or call 215-413-1318
Peruse the Festival Guide for more family friendly shows.
Download the Festival Guide or pick up a hard copy at any Festival venue as well as at key “Hot Spots” throughout the city.
Some Hot Spots:
Bella Vista
929 South Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147
Open 8am to 10pm, 7 days a week
Center City
204 S 12th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
TLA Video
1520 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Open 12pm to 10pm, 7 days a week
Fairmount
2106 Fairmount Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 1930
2831 W. Girard Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19130
Manayunk
110 Cotton Street
Philadelphia, PA 19127
Northern Liberties
1050 N. Hancock Street
Philadelphia, PA 19123
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