Literary Art events in Philadelphia

Check out happening literary art events all around Philadelphia, PA

Monthly Open Mic

 Fri, 02 May, 2025 at 07:00 pm 2321 Emerald St Free

Calling All Authors and Vendors for the Indie Author Bookfest!

 Sat, 09 Aug, 2025 at 10:00 am Pennsylvania Convention Center USD 130 to 181

Using | Doing | Teaching Black History

 Fri, 25 Apr, 2025 at 06:30 pm Historical Society of Pennsylvania USD 11 to 21

Ode to Joy: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9

 Sat, 24 May, 2025 at 07:00 pm Marian Anderson Hall, 300 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 19102

Philly Indie Books and Jazz Festival

 Sat, 07 Jun, 2025 at 11:00 am Miles Mack Playground USD 0 to 71

TANTRA WISDOM: Blissful BREATH

 Wed, 16 Apr, 2025 at 07:00 pm Center City Breathe USD 33

Understories Video Program Showcase

 Sat, 19 Apr, 2025 at 07:00 pm PhillyCAM Free

2 Lines National Poetry Month Open Mic Feat. Street Hymns

 Fri, 25 Apr, 2025 at 07:00 pm MaKen Studios North USD 0 to 13

Liquid, Love and Dreams: A Talk by Wanda Nanibush

 Fri, 25 Apr, 2025 at 07:00 pm Ulises Free

Uhuru African Liberation Day Health Festival + Flea Market

 Sat, 17 May, 2025 at 09:00 am Clark Park Free

Ode to Joy: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9

 Fri, 23 May, 2025 at 02:00 pm Marian Anderson Hall, 300 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 19102

Ghost Harmonics April

 Sat, 26 Apr, 2025 at 07:00 pm The Perch Music & Arts Workshop Free

Souletri Sunday's Open Mic

 Sun, 27 Apr, 2025 at 02:00 pm Two Locals Brewing Free

A Timeless Journey: Then, Now & Ahead

 Fri, 02 May, 2025 at 06:00 pm African American Museum in Philadelphia Free

Ode to Joy: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9

 Thu, 29 May, 2025 at 07:30 pm Marian Anderson Hall, 300 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 19102

PECO Free First Sunday Family Day: Freedom Rain Speaks

 Sun, 04 May, 2025 at 10:00 am 2025 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy, Philadelphia, PA

ECBACC 2025 – The 24th Annual East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention

 Sat, 17 May, 2025 at 11:00 am Temple University / Student Faculty Center Free

Rent Romus' Actual/Actual, Laurent Estoppey + Daniel Levin duo & PurePly

 Sat, 19 Apr, 2025 at 08:00 pm The Perch Music & Arts Community

Artist Talk: Sean 9 Lugo "Storyteller"

 Sat, 19 Apr, 2025 at 02:30 pm 12 N 3rd St Free

Germantown Sound Sessions

 Fri, 25 Apr, 2025 at 07:00 pm Our House Culture Center USD 18 to 23

Author Event: Kara Perez

 Wed, 23 Apr, 2025 at 07:00 pm 8511 Germantown Ave Free

Fantasy Local Author Signing

 Sat, 19 Apr, 2025 at 01:00 pm Tinker & Trade Co USD 23

Half Halt: Screening & Reading

 Fri, 18 Apr, 2025 at 07:00 pm Ulises Free

Nightshift (New Restoration)

Wed, 23 Apr, 2025 at 07:00 pm 800 Mifflin St, Philadelphia, PA 19148-16ND, United States

Old City Untapped

 Thu, 24 Apr, 2025 at 05:00 pm A Man Full of Trouble Free

Zelzeleh (Faraway Ghost & Sunken Cages) /// Ishtar Sr.

 Fri, 18 Apr, 2025 at 08:00 pm The Rotunda

Penny and Sparrow - Lefty Spring Tour '25 at Union Transfer - Philadelphia 4/17

 Thu, 17 Apr, 2025 at 07:00 pm Union Transfer

OPEN MIC NIGHT w/ NEEKA G & FRIENDS

 Sat, 26 Apr, 2025 at 05:30 pm Malelani Cafe USD 7

Poetry Open Mic & Reading by Ahmad Almallah

 Tue, 22 Apr, 2025 at 06:00 pm Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture Free

OPEN DOOM CRESCENDO - Philly Premiere at PhilaMOCA

 Thu, 01 May, 2025 at 07:00 pm PhilaMOCA

April Story Time with Ms. AJ!

 Sun, 27 Apr, 2025 at 11:00 am The Head & The Hand Books Free

Joshua Turek (HULU, Comedy Central)

 Fri, 27 Jun, 2025 at 07:30 pm Next In Line Comedy USD 11 to 40

Judith Shakespeare Writer's Circle for Womxn

 Sat, 26 Apr, 2025 at 11:30 am 2321 Emerald St USD 29

Peter Conn discusses Thomas Sully's Philadelphians

 Thu, 24 Apr, 2025 at 05:30 pm 3601 Walnut St Free

Body Images Zine Re-release

 Sat, 19 Apr, 2025 at 02:00 pm Ulises Free

Book Signing - LATE TO THE GAME BUT WINNING

 Sat, 03 May, 2025 at 05:00 pm 6196 Limekiln Pike Free

AL Brody Talks Weddings & Witchcraft w/ Hannah Nicole Maehrer @ BN Philly

 Mon, 21 Apr, 2025 at 06:00 pm Barnes & Noble - Philadelphia Free

Chuck Wendig Talks The Staircase in the Woods w/ M.L. Rio - 5/3 at 5pm

 Sat, 03 May, 2025 at 05:00 pm Barnes & Noble - Philadelphia USD 0 to 36

Author's Event: Judee M. von Seldeneck and Aileen K. Alexander

 Wed, 30 Apr, 2025 at 05:30 pm 8511 Germantown Ave Free

Lunch & Poetry Thursdays

 Thu, 17 Apr, 2025 at 03:00 pm Charles L. Durham Library Free

Apex Poetry League Presents QUILLADELPHIA POETRY INVITATIONAL

 Sat, 26 Apr, 2025 at 07:00 pm Hero's Mark Enterprise USD 23

The Sisters

 Fri, 13 Jun, 2025 at 07:00 pm Neighborhood House USD 0 to 71

Humans: A Monstrous History

 Thu, 17 Apr, 2025 at 06:00 pm Science History Institute Free

DTL Poetry: People's Choice Competition

 Sat, 19 Apr, 2025 at 06:00 pm 433 W Girard Ave USD 0 to 55

Poetry & Motion: A Yoga + Open Mic Experience

 Sat, 19 Apr, 2025 at 04:00 pm 1300 S 50th St USD 29

SPEAK LIFE GOSPEL OPEN MIC NIGHT

 Fri, 02 May, 2025 at 07:00 pm 7510 Brous Ave USD 23

Lunch & Poetry Thursdays

 Thu, 24 Apr, 2025 at 03:00 pm Charles L. Durham Library Free

Souletri Sunday's Open Mic

 Sun, 18 May, 2025 at 02:00 pm Two Locals Brewing Free

Chase Books: Father's Day Read-a-Thon

 Sat, 14 Jun, 2025 at 12:30 pm The Academy of Natural Sciences Free

Producers' Forum with Ashley Tyner and William Tyner

 Fri, 02 May, 2025 at 07:00 pm Scribe Video Center USD 6 to 10

Transformation to Recovery 6th Annual Benefit Dinner

 Sat, 26 Apr, 2025 at 05:00 pm Christ Church USD 45

Souletri Sunday's Open Mic

 Sun, 27 Jul, 2025 at 02:00 pm Two Locals Brewing Free

Guy Branum: BE FRUITFUL at PhilaMOCA

 Thu, 12 Jun, 2025 at 08:00 pm PhilaMOCA

Launching a New DevLab@Penn and IOM Policy Project

 Fri, 18 Apr, 2025 at 03:45 pm Perry World House Free

Why not now? Why not you?

Wed, 23 Apr, 2025 at 05:30 pm The Rotunda

Uncle Bobbie's X Tourmaline - Marsha Book Tour

 Wed, 21 May, 2025 at 07:00 pm First United Methodist Church of Germantown USD 11 to 37

How Do You Flow? Open Mic

 Fri, 18 Apr, 2025 at 05:00 pm REC Studios USD 7

RHYTHM & VERSE: Where Poetry Meets Jazz Pop-up Exhibition

 Sat, 26 Apr, 2025 at 01:00 pm Cherry Street Pier Free

Art poetry & music Night

 Mon, 28 Apr, 2025 at 06:00 pm 2832 W Girard Ave USD 23

East Kensington Spring Festival with Mariposas Galácticas, Hodgepodge & Darling Damselfly

 Sun, 01 Jun, 2025 at 03:00 pm Philadelphia Brewing Co.

Common Sense Diplomacy

 Tue, 15 Apr, 2025 at 12:00 pm Perry World House Free

The Write Stuff: Writing Poetry at B&N Philly on 4/17 at 6pm

 Thu, 17 Apr, 2025 at 06:00 pm Barnes & Noble - Philadelphia Free

Bob Log III / Jim E. Brown / Ecology: HomeStones at PhilaMOCA

 Sun, 06 Jul, 2025 at 08:00 pm PhilaMOCA

ArtWell Poetry and Art Show

 Sat, 17 May, 2025 at 04:00 pm The Galleries At Moore Free

Poetry N Melodies

 Fri, 25 Apr, 2025 at 08:00 pm 4326 N American St USD 18

Jahan e Urdu 2

 Sun, 04 May, 2025 at 04:00 pm Settlement Music School (Mary Louise Curtis Branch)

Jeremy Gordon Presents SEE FRIENDSHIP with Sadie Dupuis

 Tue, 15 Apr, 2025 at 07:00 pm The Head & The Hand Books Free

Ian Fidance

 Sat, 17 May, 2025 at 07:00 pm Punch Line Philly

Harriett's DEEPLY ROOTED TROLLEY TOUR_BLK BOOKSTORE EDITION

 Sat, 26 Apr, 2025 at 11:00 am 258 E. Girard Ave. 19125

Lydia Artymiw and Cynthia Raim celebrate Ravel in Germantown with PCMS

 Sun, 04 May, 2025 at 03:00 pm First Presbyterian Church USD 7 to 18

Strange Spring: Readings by Em Frank, Emily Hunt, and Mia Kang

 Sat, 26 Apr, 2025 at 03:00 pm Ulises Free

April 17 BSR "Office Hours" at the Wilma

 Thu, 17 Apr, 2025 at 04:00 pm The Wilma Theater Free

Laugh The Pain Away April 18th( a poetically infused comedy experience)

 Fri, 18 Apr, 2025 at 08:00 pm Heros mark enterprise USD 13 to 34

Charm City Slam Philadelphia Edition

 Fri, 09 May, 2025 at 07:00 pm 3721 Midvale Ave USD 23 to 34

Eric Heinze discusses Coming Clean

 Thu, 17 Apr, 2025 at 05:30 pm 3601 Walnut St Free

Mourning [A] BLKstar

 Sun, 01 Jun, 2025 at 08:00 pm The Rotunda

Amity Gaige Celebrates HEARTWOOD - 5/1 @ 6pm - B&N Philly

 Thu, 01 May, 2025 at 06:00 pm Barnes & Noble - Philadelphia Free

JUNEteenth: A June Jordan Inspired Literary Family Reunion

 Sat, 21 Jun, 2025 at 10:30 am Harriett's Bookshop USD 100

Marie-Helene Bertino Celebrates the Release of Exit Zero 4/25 @ B&N Philly

 Fri, 25 Apr, 2025 at 06:00 pm Barnes & Noble - Philadelphia USD 0 to 24

Poetry Open Mic Night w/ the Drexel MFA Program at BN Philly

 Tue, 15 Apr, 2025 at 06:00 pm Barnes & Noble - Philadelphia Free

Pizza From the Heart Book Signing Party

 Wed, 16 Apr, 2025 at 06:30 pm Paulie Gee’s Soul City Slice Shop USD 7 to 39

Coffee & Conversations, an open mic spoken word night

 Tue, 22 Apr, 2025 at 04:30 pm Walnut Street West Library Free

Brandon Copeland discusses Your Money Playbook

 Mon, 21 Apr, 2025 at 05:30 pm 3601 Walnut St Free

Souletri Sunday's Open Mic

 Sun, 22 Jun, 2025 at 02:00 pm Two Locals Brewing Free

Life Surge Philadelphia

 Sat, 31 May, 2025 at 08:30 am Wells Fargo Center

Charles Lattimore Howard discusses Uncovering Your Path

 Tue, 22 Apr, 2025 at 05:30 pm 3601 Walnut St Free

Semi-Annual Women's Author Panel

 Thu, 08 May, 2025 at 06:00 pm Pyramid Club USD 29 to 45

Uncle Bobbie's X Tracey Michae’l Lewis-Giggetts - Black Joy Workshop

 Thu, 24 Apr, 2025 at 07:00 pm Uncle Bobbie's Coffee & Books USD 23

Uncle Bobbie's X Ibram X. Kendi - Malcolm Lives! Book Tour

 Sat, 10 May, 2025 at 03:00 pm Greene Street Friends School USD 23 to 27

The Sisters

 Sun, 15 Jun, 2025 at 04:00 pm Neighborhood House USD 0 to 71

Joiri Minaya: Venus Flytrap

 Thu, 29 May, 2025 at 07:00 pm Bartram's Garden

Jim Murphy celebrates Inner Excellence - May 2nd at 5pm B&N Philly

 Fri, 02 May, 2025 at 05:00 pm Barnes & Noble - Philadelphia USD 25

The Moment

 Mon, 12 May, 2025 at 06:00 pm Tattooed Mom Free

Producers' Forum: Michael Mabbott and Lucah Rosenberg-Lee

 Fri, 13 Jun, 2025 at 07:00 pm Scribe Video Center USD 6 to 10

Fort Mifflin w/ Steve, Tango, Dustin, Kris and John!

 Sat, 21 Jun, 2025 at 01:00 pm Fort Mifflin USD 55 to 269

The Write Stuff: Inside New York Review Books - May 13th at 6pm

 Tue, 13 May, 2025 at 06:00 pm Barnes & Noble - Philadelphia Free

Judith Shakespeare Writer's Circle for Womxn

 Sat, 17 May, 2025 at 11:30 am 2321 Emerald St USD 29

Ed Helms celebrates SNAFU at B&N Philadelphia

 Wed, 30 Apr, 2025 at 06:00 pm Barnes & Noble - Philadelphia USD 36

DTL Poetic Vibez Open Mic & Showcase

 Sun, 11 May, 2025 at 01:00 pm KANVAS USD 0 to 285

Nature Book Club: The ServiceBerry by Robin Wall Kimmerer

 Thu, 24 Apr, 2025 at 03:00 pm Wissahickon Environmental Center (Tree House) Free