When the lineup for this 12 months’s Philly Music Fest was announced in the spring, there was one gaping gap within the schedule.
Loads of worthy acts are amongst these initially introduced, from Philly emo standouts the Marvel Years, to a solo set by Matt Quinn of Mt. Pleasure, to the Fest’s first ever steel evening headlined by Deadguy.
However there was a TBA on the marquee for the PMF’s first two nights at Ardmore Music Corridor on Oct. 13-14. No headliner or opening acts had been introduced, who’d start the 2025 version of the nonprofit “Philly is our style” unbiased fest, which raises cash for native music training organizations.
Greg Seltzer, the PMF founder who can also be a Ballard Spahr legal professional, stated in Could that the headliner could be a Philly artist of lengthy standing that he had been making an attempt to ebook for the reason that fest’s inception in 2017. “Seems,” he stated, “the ninth 12 months is the allure.
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Now it may be revealed: this 12 months’s thriller headliner is Dr. Canine.
The id of the Scott McMicken- and Toby Leaman-led band couldn’t be introduced till the band hit the stage for its greatest ever Philly present, opening for the Lumineers at Residents Financial institution Park on Friday evening.
Dr. Canine introduced in 2022 that it was giving up full scale touring, however has continued to do a handful of gigs every year. In 2024, they launched a self-titled album, and performed a offered out present at the Mann Center in Fairmount Park.
This 12 months, the five-piece band, that additionally consists of Frank McElroy, Zach Miller, and Eric Slick, made an annual cease at Purple Rocks in Colorado, and performed a date at Forest Hills Stadium in New York in June. The quintet additionally has two exhibits scheduled on the Austin Metropolis Limits pageant in October.
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The PMF dates — for which there will probably be no opening act — will probably be considerably extra intimate than these different live shows, reflecting the band’s progress in recognition regardless of taking part in dwell much less.
Purple Rocks holds 9,500, and Residents Financial institution Park over 40,000. Ardmore Music Corridor can match 600.
Tickets for the Ardmore present for subscribers to the Dr. Canine electronic mail listing go on sale Monday, and on sale to most people is Tuesday at 10. a.m. on phillymusicfest.com.
