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The Northern Liberties Winter Music Festival at The Fire is finishing up this weekend with two big shows tonight, another tomorrow night, and the climactic Radiohead Tribute Sunday night. It all sounds awesome to us, but we wanted to give a particular heads up to you guys about one of the many bands playing Saturday night: Peasant. Peasant is actually less a band and more a guy: Damien DeRose of Doylestown. We've been listening to his latest release, On the Ground, and we're pretty impressed. He's got the whole folksy, singer-songwriter, indie pop thing going on, but not in an annoying way. His work is compared to that of Elliott Smith, and while we understand and agree with that comparison, we actually enjoy this album more than most of the stuff we've heard by Smith. Every one of the thirteen tracks is lovely, melodic, catchy, and deeply felt. Peasant isn't really going to help you get your rock on, but he might warm you up on a cold winter's night.

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Is it fall already? Must be, 'cause tomorrow's the Fall Northern Liberties Music Festival. This all ages, free festival kicks off around three, with musical performances starting at 4:30.

Happy first weekend of September - and happy Labor Day weekend, too, for our American cities! Let's take a look at what's been happening around the Ist-a-verse.

Next weekend's XPoNential Music Festival - featuring artists such as The Fratellis, Fountains of Wayne, Eastern Conference Champions, The A-Sides, Bob Mould, Dr. Dog, The Smithereens, Hoots and Hellmouth, and local-musician Anthony Riley - is going to be three days worth of sun and great music. You can find out all of the details by going to the WXPN website for times, dates, and of course parking. Today, though, is the last day to purchase...

We're going to make this week's Suburban Fun column quick and to the point. This weekend is The Blobfest at the Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville.

Starting in 1999 as an artist development showcase by Mercedes Martinez and Tracey Moore, of the Jazzyfatnastees, Black Lily serves as a sounding board and promotional organization for women in the arts. To date, it has helped launch the careers of such artists as Jill Scott, Floetry and Jaguar Wright.

What's new and/or interesting in Philly theaters this weekend.

The spring concert season is upon us. From choral, to avant-garde chamber groups, many local groups seem to have something to play. In addition, Bach-o-rama (aka the Bach Festival of Philadelphia) still continues, with a full list of events here.

The Bryn Mawr Film Institute will screen Scene Not Heard: Women in Philadelphia Hip-Hop this Wednesday night at 7:30. A documentary brought to life by Maori Karmael Holmes of Black Lily fame, the film examines the unique place of women in the local hip-hop scene and the special challenges they face in a culture that doesn't always appreciate a strong female voice. The "cast" includes favorites Floetry, Bahamadia, and Lady B; there's also some rare performance footage; and we hear Michele Byrd-McPhee of Montäzh (a group of whom Phillyist is very fond--first date with the husband doncha know) drops some insight as well. Ursula Rucker's even in there; the thing's chock full of delightfulness!

We submit, not much. And check it out, there's one going on tomorrow, Saturday the 21st! It's The Clark Park Picnic and Mid-Fall Music Festival, and it's happening in Clark Park's lower bowl at 43rd and Chester in West Philly from 11:30AM-7PM. Like we said, the event is free, but if you shell out $20 you can also get access to an all-you-can-eat barbecue featuring food and beverages by some of Philly's most skilled chefs, with part of the proceeds going to improvement of the park. "Blah blah blah," you're saying, "but who's playing?!" Well, a number of Philly locals, for one. Early acts include Adrienne Hamilton, The GetArounds, and Kiss Kiss Kill. DJ Joey Prajna will be spinning records between acts from 1PM on. The later, bigger acts include Paul Edelman and the Jangling Sparrows, Adam Arcuragi, Himalaya, Enon, and King Britt. We're particularly excited about Enon, because they rock. Anyway, for more info check out UCityPhila.org, ClarkPark.info, or call 215-243-0555.

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Improv with the N Crowd: The N Crowd performs at The Actor's Center (257 North 3rd Street) at 8PM. $10

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Negative Space: Negative Space, Streetcar, Appy Polly Logic & The Tweakers 8PM at The Kyhber (56 S. 2nd Street). $8. 21+ Headhouse Square Movie: Free screening of The Sting on Headhouse Square. Giveaways at 7PM - movie at 8PM. Pennypack Park Music Festival: Billy Joel tribute act 52nd Street performs free 7PM to 9:30PM in Pennypack Park. Got a frugal tip? Don't be stingy! Send it here and share the wealth!

If you listen to WXPN, you already know all about this, but there's another festival coming to the area next weekend: XPN's All About the Music Festival. The title would seem to indicate that this is a festival that's not about high-priced snacks and memorabilia, or drugs and spirituality. It's just about music, and we like the sound of that. Of course, just because it's all about the music doesn't mean it can't also be for the whole family; it opens Friday night with two stages of performers, but Saturday and Sunday there will be a third Kids Corner Stage featuring tunes for the children. And if the kids get bored of just sitting around, there's always the nearby Camden Children's Garden to occupy them - the folks from XPN will apparently be taking it over.

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Sometimes you need to clean yourself up, get serious, and move in with daddie for a few months before you head to Latin America for a new gig. The District bid's Jenna Bush adios. D.C.-based television shows have an elderly audience and DCist has Butterstick the panda bear a birthday bash.

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It's supposed to be comfortably cool this weekend, instead of hideously hot like it's been, so you might want to take a quick trip over the bridge into Jersey tomorrow and enjoy the weather, amongst other things, at the 18th Annual Appel Farm Arts & Music Festival. It runs pretty much all day and features performances by tons of musicians, like Richard Thompson, Fountains of Wayne, Toad the Wet Sprocket (remember them??), and Duncan Sheik. And that's not to mention all the fun stuff for kids and the Craft Fair. The festival is sponsored in part by Comcast, one of our most loved and hated local institutions, as well as our favorite local radio station, WXPN. So go check it out. Sounds like a good way to waste a lazy Saturday.

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- PhillyBits has a few words say about the President's self-proclaimed best and worst moments in his presidency. (And really, when the best moment of a president's term has to do with a recreational pursuit, few words are necessary.)

It's been a week or so now since the Philadelphia Film Festival ended, and maybe now you're looking for another festival to go to. Or maybe you're tired of hearing how great recent, distant music fests like SXSW were. Well, fear not, bored fellow city-goer! The third Thrilladelphia Music Festival is here! It starts tonight and goes through next Saturday with indie-rock shows featuring over 60 bands at most of the regular local venues, including The M-Room, The Khyber, the North Star Bar, and the First Unitarian Church, among others. You may not have heard of a lot of the bands playing, but they're local and they're playing for cheap, so you should support them. Still not sure whether you'll like it? Well, you can check out songs by some of the bands by downloading free MP3s at the bottom of this page. That link is to WXPN's website; the local radio station is supporting the festival with plenty of air-time and a live broadcast from the final event. Also on that XPN page is a handy PDF with a schedule for the whole festival. Well, almost the whole festival; some of the performers and locations are a secret, only to be announced at select events. For the location and performers of tonight's secret show, you'll need to e-mail rsvp AT figureheadproductions DOT com. Space is limited and it's first-come-first-served, so hop to it.

Looking to get your groove on this weekend, all weekend long? Then you're in luck, as Phillyist has scoped out *two* weekend-long music events to take you from today through Sunday: