This weekend, 9/28-9/30:

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FRIDAY 9/28:

General Events - you have 3 pretty awesome events to choose from tonight, and they're all right in Wilmington.  Seriously - unless there's a hurricane this night, you have no excuse to stay inside catching up on Breaking Bad or Game of Thrones:

• Friday Fresh Market, Nemours Plaza, 11th & Tatnall. 9am-5pm.
• FINAL Carousel Park Farmers' Market of the year (Rt. 7 in Pike Creek), Fridays 2-6pm.

• "Brew at the Zoo": enjoy animal-themed craft beers and food samples from several local restaurants at the Brandywine Zoo, while walking around the zoo. Rain or shine. 21+. 5:30-8:30pm. $25-$40. More info.

• Day 2 of Film Brothers' Festival of Shorts, at Theatre N. Short films from around the world. 7pm, $12.   "Friday night's ticket includes live music from the Joe Trainor Trio.  Stop in at Ernest & Scott's after the film!"  More info on festival.

• Ed. pick: Art Is Social party at the Delaware Art Museum.  Free beer & wine tastings, $1-$4 full-sized drinks, Multiple DJs. Plus: "Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School of Philadelphia returns this September! Amateur and inexperienced artists alike are invited to sketch Victorian-era costumed models in a series of quick poses".

"Register in advance by clicking here: https://www.signup82north.com/beventLive.aspx?EventID=NBI11107340 (you can also register and pay at the door--either way is fine--it just helps us get an accurate head count!)"  This takes place 8-11pm, and is a measly $5 (free for DAM members). 

Concerts:

• Spark Summer Series: Winners Showcase, at the Queen Theatre. Featuring Bullbuckers, Modern Exile, Hippocampus, and DJ EA. 8pm-12:30.  $5. More info.
• The Scovilles ("influenced by pre-psychedelic garage rock from the 60s" such as The Kinks), at Mojo Main. 2nd of 3 bands. The other 2 do not have bios to speak of.  9pm, $5.

~And in Philly:~

• Minus the Bear at the Electric Factory, with Cursive and Caspian. $25.
• Mark Kozelek at the First Unitarian Church Sanctuary. $16.
• The Bad Plus at Chris' Jazz Cafe.  1st night of 2. $25-$30.
• Shemekia Copeland at WCL Philly (also doing a Free At Noon there the same day). She is coming to the Arden Gild Hall this season, too.  $25.

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SATURDAY 9/29:

General Events:

• Podcamp East at Del Tech Wilmington: "brings together some of the best speakers, thinkers, and innovators in business, arts, education, and social media. It’s a place where ideas are born and nurtured." 8am reg., 9am-5pm program. $20. More info. 
• "Freaky Flea Market" at Mojo Main. 11am, free. As of 9/25, Mojo Main didn't include any description of this event on their website.  But I would guess they mean it to be something like the Punk Rock Flea Market that happens a couple of times a year in Philly.  Which would be awesome. Or maybe it's Halloween-themed.  Who knows. Check the link: maybe they'll have updated since Tuesday: http://www.mojomain.com/event/162891/
• Ignite Wilmington 7: "Ignite Wilmington is a night of presentations with a twist. Presenting on a subject of their choice, speakers have exactly five minutes to teach something, enlighten us, or simply inspire—backed by twenty slides auto-advancing every fifteen seconds." Grand Opera House, 7-11pm, $10. More info.
• Dr. Who marathon at Mojo Main. 9pm, free.
• Beach: FINAL Lewes Farmers' Market, 8-noon.
• Showings at Theatre N: TBA. http://www.theatern.org/Films

Concerts:

• Tric Town September, featuring: Obits (Sub Pop), The Stiffs, and Larhonda at Mojo Main. 18 and over, 9pm, $5.
• Splashing Pearls cd release party at The Blue Parrot. The cd, their 3rd, is called Stories From The Bottle.  9pm, no cover advertised.
• Rod Kim and Vince Cirino birthday bash at the Queen. Also playing: Mean Lady (who've been playing a lot in NYC lately. Good for them!), Evangelina Guajardo, Hot Breakfast, Joel Fredricks, and Jake Wilder Chapman. Upstairs, 7pm, $5.
• Red Hands (from Pittsburgh) and Sheep and the Shears (from Reading), both post hardcore bands, at Mojo 13. 8pm, $5.
• Brian Vander Ark (former lead singer of The Verve Pipe) at the Kennett Flash. Doors at 7, $20-$23.
• In The Light (Joe Trainor and other area musicians) perform Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti at the Queen. $25-$35. For a locally-based tribute band?
• New Sweden and The Bullbuckers on the rooftop of the riverfront ShopRite. This is an after party for a Kalmar-Nyckel gala. 9pm, $10.  Wow.  These two bands - both good, no disrespect meant - have been booked at events like this a TON lately.  Literally every weekend this month.  Are there no comparable MD, NJ or PA bands that could be thrown in the mix, just for some variety at these shindigs?

~And in Philly:~

• Melody Gardot at the Merriam Theatre. $37-$47.
• Gotye at Susquehanna Bank Center. $40-$45.
• The Bad Plus at Chris' Jazz Cafe, night 2 of 2. $25-$30.
• Two Door Cinema Club at the Electric Factory. Ticket link.
• Jazz jam session at The Nomad Bar at 9th & Orange.  Every Saturday, 4-7:30pm, FREE.

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SUNDAY 9/30:

General Events:

• Final event of the Taiwan Film Festival at the Delaware Art Museum. Showing of 2007's  The Song of Cha-Tian Mountain, which "depicts life in a Japanese-occupied Taiwanese mountain town at the end of WWII". 1pm, with Q&A with film's director at 3pm. Free. More info.
• Open-to-the-public class at the DE College of Art & Design: "Mixed Media Mash-up". 1-4pm, $40. http://www.dcad.edu/site/continuing_education/course_listing/special_events
• Co-Op Farmers' Market, Sundays 10-2. East Main St, Newark. Taste of Newark demos/samples at noon and 2pm.
• Cult Movie Night at Mojo Main: Get Carter, 9pm, free.
• Showings at Theatre N: Eagles vs. Giants game at 8:20, free. http://www.theatern.org/Films

Concerts:

• Los Lobos at the Keswick Theatre, performing Kiko. With Amy Helm. $38-$48. I was in a city over the summer where there Los Lobos happened to be performing at a street festival.  They noodle around a lot, don't they. 

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Upcoming: Tennis at UT Mon. Crystal Castles at the EF Tues. Godspeed You! Black Emperor sold out at UT Tues. Animal Collective at the Mann Wed. Ben Harper at the Merriam Wed. Los Straightjackets at the Queen Thurs. Rasputina at JB's Thurs. The Raveonettes at UT Thurs. This American Life's Sleepwalk With Me at Theatre N next weekend. Adam Ant at the Troc Fri. Frightened Rabbit sold-out at JBs Fri. The Walkmen & The War On Drugs at EF 10/6.