Philadelphia, clear your Sunday schedules. The Birds are back.

The Eagles officially kick off the 2026 regular season this Sunday, September 13, welcoming the Washington Commanders to Lincoln Financial Field for a 4:25 p.m. showdown.

If you managed to snag tickets, congratulations. If you didn't, don't worry. You can still spend Sunday surrounded by giant TVs cold drinks, wings, and crab fries. Plus, considering tickets to this year's opener are going for hundreds of dollars, watching from a bar might be the considerably cheaper way to experience the Birds.

Hey Philly, it's just about that time again, the time to trade your summer bar crawl for a spooky one.

Because Craftsman Row Saloon's Nightmare Before Christmas pop-up is back, and it kicks off this Thursday, September 10.

If you thought it was too early to start celebrating Halloween, we're going to need you to relax. However, does your ideal fall night involves a little Jack Skellington, a lot of Halloween decorations, themed cocktails, oversized milkshakes, and no interest in subtle seasonal décor? In that case, you're going to want to make your way to Center City this weekend. 

There's a specific night every fall when it happens…you step outside after dinner and the air bites a little. And that there is your very first signal: fall is coming. Summer's rooftop-and-frozen-cocktail season is winding down, and it's time to trade patios for fireplaces. There's something exquisitely old-fashioned about seeking out a bar specifically because it has a fireplace, but that's the appeal once fall sets in. Philadelphia has more of these than you'd expect, found in every neighborhood. Here's where to go when the temperature finally drops.

Somewhere around 5:15 on a Tuesday, Frankford Avenue stops behaving like a weeknight.This is Fishtown Taps, and it has become the neighborhood's best-kept open secret: a two-hour window, once a week, where half of Fishtown decides the week is pretty much over.

The wait is over. Mixteca, the agave bar and restaurant from Please Don’t Tell’s (a long-standing NYC favorite and award-winning cocktail bar) Jeff Bell and Victor Lopez, officially opened its doors on Frankford Avenue today. Now, after months of watching the former Martha space get quietly transformed, Philadelphia finally gets to see what all the buildup was about.

The best parts of a formal, a step show, and Sunday brunch are all landing in one basement nightclub this weekend, ball pit included. Philly Greek Takeover is happening this Sunday, August 30, from 2 to 8 p.m. at Concourse Dance Bar, with a brunch buffet, bottomless mimosas, and three DJs standing between you and the dance floor.

Countless beer festivals ask you to stand around a parking lot. This one is begging you to stand next to a snow leopard enclosure with a flight of hard cider in hand, which is either the strangest or the best pitch for a Saturday night in Philadelphia, depending on how you feel about animals watching you drink. The Philadelphia Zoo's Summer Ale Festival returns this weekend, and if you haven't been, clear your schedule.

Somewhere in a Philadelphia planning meeting, someone pitched "let's build an entire weekend around a Nick Cage movie from 2004" and it became an actual three-day event with a director's appearance, an escape-room-style heist game, and two outdoor screenings on the exact lawn where half the movie was filmed. That's National Treasure Weekend, running August 20 through 22 across Carpenters' Hall and Independence Mall, and it turns out the Historic District's tight footprint makes it unusually easy to build a real crawl around.

Rittenhouse is getting another reason to cancel your plans to go home after work.

Bar Cicci, the newest concept from acclaimed Philadelphia restaurateur Ellen Yin and High Street Hospitality Group, is coming to 1620 Sansom Street with a refreshingly simple idea: slow down, order a spritz, grab a few bites, and stay awhile.

Every neighborhood has one bar that everyone thinks they know the whole story of, and in Old City, that was Mac's Tavern — the place tourists wandered into hoping to spot Danny DeVito, mostly because the internet told them Rob McElhenney used to own it. Fifteen years and one closure later, 226 Market Street has a new occupant.

Philadelphia's most recognizable vacant building just got a reason to stop being vacant. Broad Street Brewing opened a beer garden on the plaza surrounding LOVE Park's long-shuttered "flying saucer" pavilion, and it's quickly becoming one of the easiest additions to any Center City crawl.

This Sunday, Synthicide and Shadowplay PHL are teaming up to throw the very first annual TROPIGOTH Festival at Liberty Point, and it might be the most delightfully out-of-the-norm party concept Philly's waterfront has seen all summer.

If your Saturday plans are still a question mark, let Queen Bey answer it for you. Tomorrow night, Underground Arts is splitting itself in two for a double room takeover: Beyoncé Night in the main room, and Sweet Revenge, a pop/emo party, in the Black Box. Inside us are two wolves, and this night perfectly caters to both of them.

Light up the night at River Glow on Saturday, August 1 at Cavanaugh’s River Deck! DJ Sitch will keep the waterfront party moving while you enjoy free glow sticks, sparklers, neon vibes, drink specials, swag, and giveaways. Buy Tickets for the $10 one-hour open bar, plus enjoy $6 Super Lytes, $5 Fireball shots, and $4 Miller Lites all night long.

We’ve got a new cocktail bar up on the docket for you, Philadelphia. Known Associates has opened in Washington Square West, bringing together creative cocktails and one of the city's most respected culinary teams under one roof. 

Known Associates isn't trying to transport you back to Prohibition. There are no secret passwords, hidden entrances, or over-the-top themes. Instead, the city's newest cocktail destination lets the drinks, food, and atmosphere do the talking, proving that creativity doesn't need to be gimmicky, and, because of that, Known Associates is already shaping up to be one of the openings cocktail lovers will be talking about all year.

Philadelphia's nightlife scene has had a bit of an explosiveness to it over the last decade, and now you've got two solid paths to choose from on a night out: the hoppy world of craft beer, or the polished world of craft cocktails. Both scenes are thriving in this city, but they attract very different crowds and price points. So how do you pick?

We don't need plane tickets or beach vacations to try cocktails inspired by destinations across the globe.

Just head down beneath Philadelphia's historic Divine Lorraine, and you’ll find Philly Surf Club, one of the city's newest cocktail bars that feels quite unlike anywhere else in the city.

Created by beverage director Nico Diaz and culinary director Natalie Maronski, Philly Surf Club blends flavors and cocktail techniques in such a way that Philadelphia has been lacking.

FORGET waiting until December, because on Friday, July 24, the Armentani Bros are bringing Christmas to the middle of a Philadelphia summer with their Christmas in July partyatCavanaugh’s River Deck.

Christmas? In July? On the waterfront? We’ve made plans for much less convincing reasons.

Philadelphia has plenty of places to grab a cocktail, but what it doesn’t have enough of are bars with a story.Recently opened at the corner of 19th and Mifflin Streets in Point Breeze, Lillian’s is a cozy new South Philly bar and bistro built around inventive drinks and a food program that isn’t meant to stay the same forever. Instead of locking itself into one permanent restaurant identity, the new neighborhood spot plans to regularly welcome chefs for residencies and special dinners, giving Philadelphians a reason to keep coming back to see what’s happening next.

Saturday night belongs to the fight fans.

After much anticipation, Conor McGregor finally returns to the Octagon to face Max Holloway in the long awaited rematch at UFC 329, and if you're looking for somewhere to catch every knockout, submission, and staredown, Philadelphia has a few great spots showing the action. The main card is scheduled to begin Saturday evening, July 11, with McGregor and Holloway headlining one of the biggest UFC events of the year, so here are four places to watch the fights.