— 2026 Garden Concert Series Show #2 - June 13th - Gates 6:30PM Music 7:00PM - Rachel Andie & Hadley Whittle (Dream Boat)
— 2026 Garden Concert Series Show #2 - June 13th - Gates 6:30PM Music 7:00PM - Rachel Andie & Hadley Whittle (Dream Boat)
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THE PERCH MUSIC & ARTS WORKSHOP
Chill Choir
Chill Choir is a choir for adults 21+ looking for a place to chill, sing, meet new people, and have fun! We make choir “chill,” removing the barriers of a traditional choir and creating welcoming environment for all — even those who “can’t sing!”
Join us every Wednesday evening from 6:30-8pm at the Perch! Join in advance, or just show up to check it out!
Community Stage Open Mic
The Community Stage: our creative take on an open mic—music, poetry, stories, comedy, magic & more in a welcoming space. Perform or just enjoy the night!
The Community Stage Open Mic is a monthly gathering for artists, creatives, hobbyists, and curious humans to share work, try something new, and experience live art together. Come take the stage, test out an idea, hear something unexpected, discover a featured artist, or simply enjoy a night of creativity and connection.
You don’t have to perform to belong here! Come hear local artists, discover someone new, support a friend, get inspired, and experience the unexpected mix of creativity that happens when an open stage is shared by a whole community.
Chill Choir
Chill Choir is a choir for adults 21+ looking for a place to chill, sing, meet new people, and have fun! We make choir “chill,” removing the barriers of a traditional choir and creating welcoming environment for all — even those who “can’t sing!”
Join us every Wednesday evening from 6:30-8pm at the Perch! Join in advance, or just show up to check it out!
Whimwham
This is the first iteration of a series developed by Hanah Davenport called Whimwham, a platform for exploration in time-based works that favor the fanciful. More specifically, it will be a series for performers of all practices (music, dance, clowning, monologues, storytelling, etc.) and levels of experience to test out new pieces that are interdisciplinary and unrefined (works in progress or improvisatory pieces), and possess an element of playfulness, curiosity, and whimsy (hence, the name whimwham).
Whimwham 01 will feature Adib Ghorbani (Los Angeles) + Hanah Davenport (Philadelphia), Mai Khôi (Philadelphia) + Mark Micchelli (Philadelphia), Parsa Ferdowsi (Philadelphia), and Niyayesh Shibabi (Minneapolis).
When
Date: Monday, September 21
Doors: 7:00 pm
Show Start: 7:15/7:20
Length: We expect the performance to run roughly 1 hour and 15 minutes - 1 hour and 30 minutes
Chill Choir
Chill Choir is a choir for adults 21+ looking for a place to chill, sing, meet new people, and have fun! We make choir “chill,” removing the barriers of a traditional choir and creating welcoming environment for all — even those who “can’t sing!”
Join us every Wednesday evening from 6:30-8pm at the Perch! Join in advance, or just show up to check it out!
American Village
American Village is an opportunity to create and dissolve a community in real time. The process has one underlying assumption: America is still forming and each of us who lives here can contribute to that forming. As we explore through this group movement practice, we live into the questions:
What kind of America might we create together, 10 minutes at a time?
How do we feel about what we have created together?
What might we learn about our inner world, how we connect to others, and the larger implications of what we see in our temporary social field?
Through our actions and nonactions, we are always creating the future, so how might we practice becoming more aware of that in our daily lives?
Utilizing elements of Social Presencing Theater and Theory U, participants will engage in movement and embodiment practices that reawaken our ability to sense ourselves as integral elements of an interconnected eco-system, with power to create shifts in ourselves that ripple throughout our organizations, communities, and the larger world. Expect to spend time connecting to your body and becoming aware of authentic impulses for movement.
Chill Choir
Chill Choir is a choir for adults 21+ looking for a place to chill, sing, meet new people, and have fun! We make choir “chill,” removing the barriers of a traditional choir and creating welcoming environment for all — even those who “can’t sing!”
Join us every Wednesday evening from 6:30-8pm at the Perch! Join in advance, or just show up to check it out!
Community Stage Open Mic
The Community Stage: our creative take on an open mic—music, poetry, stories, comedy, magic & more in a welcoming space. Perform or just enjoy the night!
The Community Stage Open Mic is a monthly gathering for artists, creatives, hobbyists, and curious humans to share work, try something new, and experience live art together. Come take the stage, test out an idea, hear something unexpected, discover a featured artist, or simply enjoy a night of creativity and connection.
You don’t have to perform to belong here! Come hear local artists, discover someone new, support a friend, get inspired, and experience the unexpected mix of creativity that happens when an open stage is shared by a whole community.
Chill Choir
Chill Choir is a choir for adults 21+ looking for a place to chill, sing, meet new people, and have fun! We make choir “chill,” removing the barriers of a traditional choir and creating welcoming environment for all — even those who “can’t sing!”
Join us every Wednesday evening from 6:30-8pm at the Perch! Join in advance, or just show up to check it out!
Chill Choir
Chill Choir is a choir for adults 21+ looking for a place to chill, sing, meet new people, and have fun! We make choir “chill,” removing the barriers of a traditional choir and creating welcoming environment for all — even those who “can’t sing!”
Join us every Wednesday evening from 6:30-8pm at the Perch! Join in advance, or just show up to check it out!
Chill Choir
Chill Choir is a choir for adults 21+ looking for a place to chill, sing, meet new people, and have fun! We make choir “chill,” removing the barriers of a traditional choir and creating welcoming environment for all — even those who “can’t sing!”
Join us every Wednesday evening from 6:30-8pm at the Perch! Join in advance, or just show up to check it out!
Chill Choir
Chill Choir is a choir for adults 21+ looking for a place to chill, sing, meet new people, and have fun! We make choir “chill,” removing the barriers of a traditional choir and creating welcoming environment for all — even those who “can’t sing!”
Join us every Wednesday evening from 6:30-8pm at the Perch! Join in advance, or just show up to check it out!
Chill Choir
Chill Choir is a choir for adults 21+ looking for a place to chill, sing, meet new people, and have fun! We make choir “chill,” removing the barriers of a traditional choir and creating welcoming environment for all — even those who “can’t sing!”
Join us every Wednesday evening from 6:30-8pm at the Perch! Join in advance, or just show up to check it out!
Community Stage Open Mic
The Community Stage: our creative take on an open mic—music, poetry, stories, comedy, magic & more in a welcoming space. Perform or just enjoy the night!
The Community Stage Open Mic is a monthly gathering for artists, creatives, hobbyists, and curious humans to share work, try something new, and experience live art together. Come take the stage, test out an idea, hear something unexpected, discover a featured artist, or simply enjoy a night of creativity and connection.
You don’t have to perform to belong here! Come hear local artists, discover someone new, support a friend, get inspired, and experience the unexpected mix of creativity that happens when an open stage is shared by a whole community.
BIRDBATH SESSIONS
Birdbath Sessions
Ep. 1: Morphology
Tuesday Nov 10, 2026
Doors: 7 | Downbeat: 7:30
@ The Perch
BIRDBATH SESSIONS brings four artists from different corners of Philly’s musical ecosystem together to form a temporary ensemble. The format is simple: each artist brings music from their own world, and then the group uses those different musical languages as a starting point for collective composition. Welcome to the birdbath.
Episode 1: Morphology will feature:
Carlos Santiago -- violin
Asia Mieleszko -- voice, accordion
Salina Kuo -- vibraphone, guzheng
Pamela Fucello -- flute
Come enjoy works by Erin Gee, Claude Debussy, Georges Aperghis, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros, as well as collectively composed pieces. Food & open jam to follow!
Chill Choir
Chill Choir is a choir for adults 21+ looking for a place to chill, sing, meet new people, and have fun! We make choir “chill,” removing the barriers of a traditional choir and creating welcoming environment for all — even those who “can’t sing!”
Join us every Wednesday evening from 6:30-8pm at the Perch! Join in advance, or just show up to check it out!
Chill Choir
Chill Choir is a choir for adults 21+ looking for a place to chill, sing, meet new people, and have fun! We make choir “chill,” removing the barriers of a traditional choir and creating welcoming environment for all — even those who “can’t sing!”
Join us every Wednesday evening from 6:30-8pm at the Perch! Join in advance, or just show up to check it out!
Chill Choir
Chill Choir is a choir for adults 21+ looking for a place to chill, sing, meet new people, and have fun! We make choir “chill,” removing the barriers of a traditional choir and creating welcoming environment for all — even those who “can’t sing!”
Join us every Wednesday evening from 6:30-8pm at the Perch! Join in advance, or just show up to check it out!
Community Stage Open Mic
The Community Stage: our creative take on an open mic—music, poetry, stories, comedy, magic & more in a welcoming space. Perform or just enjoy the night!
The Community Stage Open Mic is a monthly gathering for artists, creatives, hobbyists, and curious humans to share work, try something new, and experience live art together. Come take the stage, test out an idea, hear something unexpected, discover a featured artist, or simply enjoy a night of creativity and connection.
You don’t have to perform to belong here! Come hear local artists, discover someone new, support a friend, get inspired, and experience the unexpected mix of creativity that happens when an open stage is shared by a whole community.
Chill Choir
Chill Choir is a choir for adults 21+ looking for a place to chill, sing, meet new people, and have fun! We make choir “chill,” removing the barriers of a traditional choir and creating welcoming environment for all — even those who “can’t sing!”
Join us every Wednesday evening from 6:30-8pm at the Perch! Join in advance, or just show up to check it out!
Group improvised music at the Perch: Googone / Webb Crawford Trio / Obliterati Ensemble
Conducted by improviser/songwriter/movement artist Tara Toms, with members spread across Pennsylvania, acoustic drone choir Obliterati Ensemble comes to the Perch in Philadelphia with microtonal voices, bellows, strings, horns, and woodwinds.
Philadelphia-based ensemble Gugon will bring its special brand of group improvisation to the stage, and Brooklyn-based guitarist/improviser/instrument builder Webb Crawford returns to Philadelphia with a trio of mysterious origins.
Tickets available at the door - Sliding scale of 10-15 dollars
Chill Choir Showcase
Celebrate the season with an afternoon of music, community, and summer fun! Join Chill Choir as we wrap up our summer session with a laid-back showcase featuring Beach Boys favorites, sunny singalongs, and performances from our incredible community of singers. Enjoy summer-inspired treats, beachy vibes, and an uplifting afternoon that's perfect for the whole family.
Whether you're cheering on a loved one or simply looking for a joyful way to spend a Sunday, we'd love to welcome you to Chill Choir's Endless Summer Showcase!
NO TICKETS NEEDED (family friendly)
About Chill Choir
Chill Choir is a choir for adults 21+ looking for a place to chill, sing, meet new people, and have fun! We make choir “chill,” removing the barriers of a traditional choir and creating welcoming environment for all — even those who “can’t sing!”
Join us every Wednesday evening from 6:30-8pm at the Perch! Join in advance, or just show up to check it out!
Sunflower Summit "Keep on Hoping" Tour with Valentina Sounds and Rachel Eve
Join us for an evening of hope and community through song with Sunflower Summit, Rachel Eve & Valentina Sounds
Sunflower Summit "Keep on Hoping" Summer 2026 Tour with Valentina Sounds and Rachel Eve
PERCH MUSIC AND ARTS welcomes Chicago-based band Sunflower Summit to their premier Philly show! Joined by local singer-songwriters Rachel Eve & Valentina Sounds, this will be an evening of song that will give you the feels, get you singing and dancing and celebrating our capactiy for connection, solidarity and resilience in community.
Tickets are available in advance and at the door. Sliding scale suggested donation of $15-30 with NOTAFLOF
Ilgenfritz x Buckner, Resonant Edge w/ Tom Kraines
Improvising woodwind Quartet is joined by the superb cellist Tom Kraines. Fresh off their duo album "Automatic Thinking" Tom Buckner and James Ilgenfritz perform duo Improvisations
7:30 Doors
8pm Music
Fred Frith & Walnut Brain
Fred Frith & Walnut Brain
Wednesday, June 24, 2026 | 8:00pmAdd to cal
The Perch (Large Room)
(2008 E. Arizona Street, Philadelphia PA 19125)
$15-25 sliding scale
GARDEN CONCERT #2 - Rachel Andie & Hadley Whittle (Dream Home)
Under the pseudonym Dream Home, Hadley Whittle produces numinous art-folk, using elements of commercial melodies and found sound that center around themes of faith, birth, paradox, and the natural world. After completing studies in the humanities, she has spent time living in a variety of ecumenical communities around the world where she has written and produced alternative musical projects and continued to develop her craft in reclaimed-wood carpentry. She now lives in Northwest Philadelphia among friends who, like her, are concerned with cultivating community beyond online presence and towards a deeper reality.
Rachel Andie is a Japanese-American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and visual artist from Philadelphia. Her work weaves together elements of folk, jazz, and rock to create music that feels both introspective and cinematic. Rooted in her diverse heritage and personal history, her artistry connects across cultures and lived experiences, offering a perspective that resonates with audiences around the world. Through layered arrangements and emotionally rich storytelling, she invites listeners into soundscapes that linger long after the music ends.
The Community Stage: Our Monthly Open Mic
The Community Stage is our creative take on an open mic—music, poetry, storytelling & more in a welcoming space. Formerly called Monthly Open Mic, it’s the same inspiring monthly gathering with a fresh name. Perform or just enjoy the show—everyone’s part of the community. Learn more here.
The Judith Shakespeare Writers Group
A low-pressure, community oriented group of writers and creatives committed to growing our creative practice through support, accountability, practice, and encouragement. All are welcome. Facilitated by Olivia Broderick. Learn more here.
Daniel Carter/Matt Lavelle/Julius Masri/Pete Dennis quartet & Jason Stein/Damon Smith/Adam Shead trio
Fire Museum presents
Daniel Carter/Matt Lavelle/Julius Masri/Pete Dennis quartet & Jason Stein/Damon Smith/Adam Shead trio
Wednesday, May 27, 2026 | 8:00pm
The Perch (Large Room)
(2008 E. Arizona Street, Philadelphia PA 19125)
$15-25 sliding scale
The Judith Shakespeare Writers Group
A low-pressure, community oriented group of writers and creatives committed to growing our creative practice through support, accountability, practice, and encouragement. All are welcome. Facilitated by Olivia Broderick. Learn more here.
The Judith Shakespeare Writers Group
A low-pressure, community oriented group of writers and creatives committed to growing our creative practice through support, accountability, practice, and encouragement. All are welcome. Facilitated by Olivia Broderick. Learn more here.
The Community Stage: Our Monthly Open Mic
The Community Stage is our creative take on an open mic—music, poetry, storytelling & more in a welcoming space. Formerly called Monthly Open Mic, it’s the same inspiring monthly gathering with a fresh name. Perform or just enjoy the show—everyone’s part of the community. Learn more here.
The Judith Shakespeare Writers Group
A low-pressure, community oriented group of writers and creatives committed to growing our creative practice through support, accountability, practice, and encouragement. All are welcome. Facilitated by Olivia Broderick. Learn more here.
Peni Candra Rini with Shahzad Ismaily & Andy McGraw
Fire Museum presents
Peni Candra Rini with Shahzad Ismaily & Andy McGraw
Sunday, April 26, 2026 | 7:30pm
The Perch (Large Room)
(2008 E. Arizona Street, Philadelphia PA 19125)
$15-25 sliding scale
Chill Choir Showcase
Chill Choir is a choir for adults 21+ looking for a place to chill, sing, meet new people, and have fun! We make choir “chill,” removing the barriers of a traditional choir and creating welcoming environment for all — even those who “can’t sing!”
Join us every Wednesday evening from 6:30-8pm at the Perch! Join in advance, or just show up to check it out!
JENder Bender
Travel back to the Golden Age of Musical Theater and live it as never before —
JEN FELLMANreclaims the roles andrepertoire once written for men
and interprets them through a queer lens in 2026.
As boundaries blur… gender is examined and flipped, identity is reimagined,
and these glorious songs take on new meaning in today’s world.
The Golden Age that could have been — The Golden Age through the female gaze.
With the music of Rodgers & Hammerstein, Lerner & Loewe, Stephen Sondheim and more.
Alex Harding/Lucian Ban duo & David Dzubinski/Carlos Santiago duo
Fire Museum Presents, Alex Harding/Lucian Ban duo & David Dzubinski/Carlos Santiago duo
Get Tickets
The Perch (2321 Emerald St,, Philadelphia, PA. 19125)
$15-25 sliding scale
Chill Choir
Chill Choir is a choir for adults 21+ looking for a place to chill, sing, meet new people, and have fun! We make choir “chill,” removing the barriers of a traditional choir and creating welcoming environment for all — even those who “can’t sing!”
Join us every Wednesday evening from 6:30-8pm at the Perch! Join in advance, or just show up to check it out!
The Judith Shakespeare Writers Group
A low-pressure, community oriented group of writers and creatives committed to growing our creative practice through support, accountability, practice, and encouragement. All are welcome. Facilitated by Olivia Broderick. Learn more here.
Chill Choir
Chill Choir is a choir for adults 21+ looking for a place to chill, sing, meet new people, and have fun! We make choir “chill,” removing the barriers of a traditional choir and creating welcoming environment for all — even those who “can’t sing!”
Join us every Wednesday evening from 6:30-8pm at the Perch! Join in advance, or just show up to check it out!
Messier by Kory Reeder
Penn State University's 12-piece experimental music ensemble joins forces with composer-performer-producer Kory Reeder (Wandelweiser, Sawyer Editions, Saroyer Spaces) for a 3-hour interstellar meditation for mixed ensemble inspired by the 18th-century French astronomer Charles Messier.
The Community Stage: Our Monthly Open Mic
The Community Stage is our creative take on an open mic—music, poetry, storytelling & more in a welcoming space. Formerly called Monthly Open Mic, it’s the same inspiring monthly gathering with a fresh name. Perform or just enjoy the show—everyone’s part of the community. Learn more here.
The Judith Shakespeare Writers Group
A low-pressure, community oriented group of writers and creatives committed to growing our creative practice through support, accountability, practice, and encouragement. All are welcome. Facilitated by Olivia Broderick. Learn more here.
Chill Choir
Chill Choir is a choir for adults 21+ looking for a place to chill, sing, meet new people, and have fun! We make choir “chill,” removing the barriers of a traditional choir and creating welcoming environment for all — even those who “can’t sing!”
Join us every Wednesday evening from 6:30-8pm at the Perch! Join in advance, or just show up to check it out!
John Vogel - Buffalo Stance - ialive - Tidal Prism
Schedule:
Tidal Prism - 6:00pm
ialive - 6:45pm
Buffalo Stance - 7:30pm
John Vogel - 8:15pm
$10-$20 suggested, NOTAFLOF
An Evening with Settled Arrows and Travis Woodson
Doors at 7pm. First performance begins at 8pm.
Travis Woodson and Empress Mars of Settled Arrows will each be performing solo sets on the beautiful grand piano in the Warehouse Space at The Perch.
Suggested Donation $10
No-One Turned Away.
Give More if You're Able.
Food and Refreshments will be provided by the venue.
See You There!
Bring Friends!
Chill Choir
Chill Choir is a choir for adults 21+ looking for a place to chill, sing, meet new people, and have fun! We make choir “chill,” removing the barriers of a traditional choir and creating welcoming environment for all — even those who “can’t sing!”
Join us every Wednesday evening from 6:30-8pm at the Perch! Join in advance, or just show up to check it out!
The Judith Shakespeare Writers Group
A low-pressure, community oriented group of writers and creatives committed to growing our creative practice through support, accountability, practice, and encouragement. All are welcome. Facilitated by Olivia Broderick. Learn more here.
Chill Choir
Chill Choir is a choir for adults 21+ looking for a place to chill, sing, meet new people, and have fun! We make choir “chill,” removing the barriers of a traditional choir and creating welcoming environment for all — even those who “can’t sing!”
Join us every Wednesday evening from 6:30-8pm at the Perch! Join in advance, or just show up to check it out!