By Shannon McDonald

Simply the Best, a tribute to Tina Turner, will play Pennypack Park’s Summer Music Festival tonight at 7 p.m. Don’t forget your chairs, blankets, snacks and bugspray.

Next up are the Hooligans and the Bogside Rogues for Irish Night on July 8. You can see the full list of events here, or check back with us for updates. Need directions? We’ve got ‘em.

Check back with us later today for weather updates.

By Shannon McDonald

Here is the list of the remaining performances for this summer’s Pennypack Park Concert Series. All events begin at 7 p.m. and usually run until 9:30. Chairs, blankets, food and drinks are permitted, but alcohol is not. Need directions? We’ve got ‘em.

• June 24 – Simply the Best, a Tina Turner tribute
• July  8 – The Hooligans and the Bogside Rogues (Irish Night)
• July 15 – The Fantastic Party Dolls, popular ’60s, ’70s and ’80s covers
• July 22 – The B Street Band, a tribute to Bruce Springsteen
• Aug. 5  – Liberation, a tribute to Chicago and Kick it Out, a Heart tribute band
• Aug. 19 – Guitar Legends Night: tributes to Eric Clapton and Cream, Stevie Ray Vaughn and Jimi Hendrix
• Sept. 2 – Forever Young’s tribute to Rod Stewart
• Sept. 16 – The Soul Cruisers

Check back with NEastPhilly every Wednesday afternoon for a peek at who’s playing that night.

By Shannon McDonald

Danny V’s 52nd Street Band, a Billy Joel tribute, played last night as part of Pennypack Park Summer Concert Series. The audience seemed smaller than previous years’, but the threats of rain weren’t enough to keep away the thousands of people who came out to hear the classics.

The crowd grew as the night went on, maintained by park rangers and Philadelphia Police Explorers, and more and more people got up to dance in front of the stage.

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By Shannon McDonald

Danny V’s 52nd Street Band, a tribute to Billy Joel, will play Pennypack Park’s Summer Music Festival tonight at 7 p.m. Don’t forget your chairs, blankets, snacks and bugspray.

Next up is , the Tina Turner tribute, Simly the Best, on June 24. You can see the full list of events here, or check back with us for updates. Need directions? We’ve got ‘em.

UPDATE: As of 5 p.m., the concert is still on! But, there’s a chance of rain, so bring your umbrella and a thicker blanket for the wet ground.

By Shannon McDonald

The Glimmer Twins, a Rolling Stones tribute band, will play Pennypack Park’s Summer Music Festival tonight at 7 p.m. Don’t forget your chairs, blankets, snacks and bugspray.

Next up is Danny V’s 52nd Street Band, a tribute to Billy Joel, on June 10. You can see the full list of events here, or check back with us for updates. Need directions? We’ve got ‘em.

By Shannon McDonald

Think Pink Floyd, the Pink Floyd tribute band, will play Pennypack Park’s Summer Music Festival tonight at 7 p.m. Don’t forget your chairs, blankets, snacks and bugspray.

Frankford High School’s band will also play tonight, since that concert was previously rained out.

Next up is the Glimmer Twins, the Rolling Stones tribute band, on May 27. You can see the full list of events here, or check back with us for updates. Need directions? We’ve got ‘em.

By Shannon McDonald

Father Judge grad Mike LeCompt will play Pennypack Park’s Summer Music Festival tonight at 7 p.m. Don’t forget your chairs, blankets, snacks and bugspray.

This will be the first official week of the concert series, as last week’s scheduled performance, the high school bands, were cancelled due to inclement weather. They may be rescheduled.

Next up is the Glimmer Twins, the Rolling Stones tribute band, on May 27. You can see the full list of events here, or check back with us for updates. Need directions? We’ve got ‘em.

The 11-building Globe Dye Works complex, portions of which are more than 140 years old, is given new life.

By Christopher Wink

Signs throughout Philadelphia point to the slow development of an industrialization long since gone — even in Frankford.

Tomorrow night, the opening reception of an art show will be held at the old Globe Dye Works on Torresdale Avenue above Kinsey Street. The show, called “Layers” features a host of established and upcoming artists from other Philadelphia neighborhoods and outside the region.

The show is curated by Veronica Scarpellino.

If you have interest in a free art show or not, Globe Dye Works, once the home of a fifth-generation textile dying factory,  is worth the visit. You’d never know it, driving north on Torresdale, passing another old brick relic of Philadelphia’s historic manufacturing past, but the Globe is alive.

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By Shannon McDonald

Even though it’s been cold and rainy all week, one sure sign Spring has arrived is the beginning of Pennypack Park’s music festival. Every other Wednesday through September, gather your friends and meet by the park’s stage (enter on Holmehurst Avenue off Rhawn Street) for free live music.

First up are the high school bands. Tonight, hear the All Catholic High School Band and the Frankford High School Band. The following week (the only consecutive weeks all season), catch Mike LeCompt.

Concerts start at 7 p.m. and generally end around 9:30 p.m. Bring your chairs, blankets, snacks and coolers, but leave the beer at home, as alcohol is prohobited by the Fairmount Park Commission. You can see the full list of events here, or check back with us for updates.

By Shannon McDonald

Tomorrow is the grand opening of JT’s Philadelphia House, a new restaurant at 7312 Castor Ave. off Cottman.

The day begins at 1 p.m., and the live music starts at 7 p.m. with Sue Teears Trio and Charlie Gracie. There’s no cover in honor of the grand opening, so use the extra money to sample some things from the pretty varied menu and let us know what’s good. We’re especially interested in the funnel cake.

Plus, don’t miss the meet and greet with members of The Orlons, one of Philly’s own hit music groups. At the very least, stop in for a break from the heat.