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September 2025
Next In Line Comedy: Free F#ckin’ Comedy Show // September 2025
Recently voted “Best Comedy Night” by Philly Mag, Next In Line Comedy is a Philly-based comedy collective run by comedians Manny Brown and Tyler Wolf. The group has also been featured in Philadelphia Inquirer, Thrillist, and PhillyVoice.
Perfect for a date night or just a night out. The shows feature quickly rising comedians, who are ‘next in line,’ and gives Philly audiences a chance to watch incredible stand-up comedy at a low price (FREEEE!). The comics come from NYC, LA, Philly, and beyond, with credits from Comedy Central, Netflix, HBO, MTV, and more!
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH
DOORS @ 7PM + SHOW @ 8PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN
RSVP: EVENTBRITE
Featuring:
Follow @nextinlinecomedy on Instagram.
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What’s Up at TMoms:
• Wednesday, 4-10pm | they’re a smash hit for a reason. Smash Burgers (classic or vegan) every Wednesday for just $6!! u heard that right! + $3 PBR! RUN!!!
• Daily Happy Hour | $4 drafts every day from 4-6pm, everybody cheered!
• Daily Menu | Tattooed Mom will also be serving tasty eats and ice cold drinks all evening.
• Upstairs dining, bar access, and event entry is 21+ w/ valid ID.
• Accessibility at TMoms | Due to the construction of our historical building, Tattooed Mom is only partially accessible. Our event space is on the second floor, which is only accessible via a flight of stairs (20 steps, 3 feet wide, railing on the left side only). For more information, please visit our Accessibility page.
Find out more »Sip City Mixer: Cherry Bomb // September 2025
If you’ve been to a Sip City Mixer at TMoms, you know what a great night it truly is!
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH
6-10PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN
Follow Sip City Mixer on Instagram.
We meet upstairs and always stay past 10pm if you can’t make it til a little later. Pool table is first come, first serve. Bartenders are swift, food is tasty with lots of veggie options too, and the company is absolutely queer and joyful. The downstairs is also a welcoming spot for those looking for a quieter scene or who want no stair climbing.
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What’s Up at TMoms:
• Thursdays, 4-10pm | we support bad decisions but this isn’t one of them. 75¢ pierogis all day for Pierogi Thursday … with all the toppings & sauces ur heart desires + $3 cans of tecate!!!
• Daily Happy Hour | $4 drafts every day from 4-6pm, everybody cheered!
• Daily Menu | Tattooed Mom will also be serving tasty eats and ice cold drinks all evening.
• Upstairs dining, bar access, and event entry is 21+ w/ valid ID.
• Accessibility at TMoms | Due to the construction of our historical building, Tattooed Mom is only partially accessible. Our event space is on the second floor, which is only accessible via a flight of stairs (20 steps, 3 feet wide, railing on the left side only). For more information, please visit our Accessibility page.
Find out more »Tutu Mary’s Sando & Fries Pop Up • Sunday, September 14
WHAT: Tutu Mary’s Sando & Fries Pop-Up @ TMoms
WHEN: Sunday, September 14 | 12 noon – 10pm
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Tutu Mary really outdid herself this time! She is one of Philly Mag’s 7 Food Pop-Ups You Need To Know About Right Now and a Wooder Ice Local Scoop. And now she’s back at TMoms to celebrate with a onolicious plant based Hawaiian soul food menu full of ALOHA!
Sunday September 14: Tutu Mary’s Sando & Fries Pop-Up
September’s Tutu Mary’s Pop-Up includes:
• Plant Based Chickn Katsu Sando •
Vegan Panko Fried Chickn Katsu, Japanese Red Cabbage Slaw, Bacon Bits, Lettuce, Tomato, Onion, Katsu Sauce, Merzbacher’s Sweet Potato Brioche Bun
• Plant Based Japanese Curry Pork Waffle Fries •
TMom’s Famous Waffle Fries, Vegan Ground Pork, House Made Japanese Curry Sauce, Toasted Sesame Seed, Fresh Green Onion
• Shaka Mango Hibiscus Herbal Iced Tea •
> ORDERS OPEN AT 10AM ON 9/14 AT TMOMSTOGO.COM <
MomDotCom: 90s and 00s Drag Show
Rewind to the dawn of the new millennium and revel in the nostalgia of the 90s and 00s. So what if your low riders were devoured by moths, your favorite artists in pop, rock and rhythm and blues music have stood the test of time (for the most part…). Who said you can’t spend your life sequestered in a dark room listening to classical music? Why not do it in an abandoned bumper car surrounded by drag queens?
Witness Y2K! Hosted by Philadelphia Magazine’s Best Drag Queen with a Twist and Slayher’s mother of midnight, Lamia The Cursed Queen.
Starring local Philadelphia drag icons, emcees and beauty queens, Mia the Body Bombshell and Dalyla Mizani Cristal.
Featuring the premiere of the mom.dot.com slash y2k runway, where the best y2slay outfit of the night will receive a prize package courtesy of our sick and hella righteous Tattooed Mom. Enjoy our variety of vegan and nonvegan munchies with a choice selection of cocktails and mocktails.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14
DOORS @ 6PM + SHOW @ 7PM
NOTAFLOF // RSVP TICKETS
Lineup:
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What’s Up at TMoms:
• Sundays, All Day Long | if u didn’t get glitter in ur drink did you even craft sunday? Craft Sundays at TMoms every sunday, play both upstairs and downstairs. u heard me, both.
• Daily Happy Hour | $4 drafts every day from 4-6pm, everybody cheered!
• Daily Menu | Tattooed Mom will also be serving tasty eats and ice cold drinks all evening.
• Upstairs dining, bar access, and event entry is 21+ w/ valid ID.
• Accessibility at TMoms | Due to the construction of our historical building, Tattooed Mom is only partially accessible. Our event space is on the second floor, which is only accessible via a flight of stairs (20 steps, 3 feet wide, railing on the left side only). For more information, please visit our Accessibility page.
Find out more »Big Ass Bitties // September 2025
Pals! Big Ass Bitties is a wild ride, a night of comedic risks, feats of glory, attempts of epic proportions. You will be rewarded! You will get what you came for. You will see Bettys Bits.
The night is filled with adventure and misadventure from amazeballs comics. Won’t you come thru, and share your open arms with our vulnerable goofs? Come see this show! A line up of wild proportions!
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH
DOORS @ 6:30PM + SHOW @ 7:30PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN
Host:
The Bit Lord, @bettyjsmithsonian
Featuring:
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What’s Up at TMoms:
• Mondays, 4-11pm | mom’s marvelous meatless mondays?? Say it 3 times fast and see what happens. we dare u. Meatless Monday is here at TMoms from open ’till close. See what’s on special this month!
• Mondays, Upstairs 6-11pm | cue ball as bright as ur future. Free Pool Mondays upstairs at TMoms continues!
• Daily Happy Hour | $4 drafts every day from 4-6pm, everybody cheered!
• Daily Menu | Tattooed Mom will also be serving tasty eats and ice cold drinks all evening.
• Upstairs dining, bar access, and event entry is 21+ w/ valid ID.
• Accessibility at TMoms | Due to the construction of our historical building, Tattooed Mom is only partially accessible. Our event space is on the second floor, which is only accessible via a flight of stairs (20 steps, 3 feet wide, railing on the left side only). For more information, please visit our Accessibility page.
Find out more »You Can’t Kill A Poet // September 2025
A reading for queer and trans poets.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH
DOORS @ 7:30PM + SHOW @ 8PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN
Alexa Vallejo is a transfemme child of Filipino immigrants living in West Philadelphia. Her writing has appeared in Illuminations, Discount Guillotine, swamp pink, Black Fox Literary Magazine, and TriQuarterly, among others. Her first chapbook, Girls Love, was recently published by Bottlecap Press. Alexa is also a musician who performs in musical theater pit orchestras and cabarets throughout the Philadelphia region, as well as the goth band Morgue Arcana. She grew up in Newark, Delaware.
Allen Means is a queer, trans poet from Boulder, CO, currently living in Philadelphia with his partner, Carlos, and cat, Chihiro. He holds an MFA from the University of Miami, where he was a James A. Michener Fellow. His work appears in South Florida Poetry Journal, Voicemail Poems, Variant Lit, and Seventh Wave Mag, among others. He hopes that his poems leave you with delight and hope for something new.
Emily Rose Reed is a queer trans chaotic mess of a DIY musician, writer, and all around sweetie from Philly/South Jersey who makes music under the name How I Became Invisible. If you have a band she’s probably in it, and she might also be your girlfriend. Find her music at howibecameinvisible.com, and everywhere except Spotify because they’re a garbage company.
Viveca loves to write and is just happy to be here.
Mateo Souada (they/them) is a Queer Muslim poet whose experiences as a gender non-conforming child of immigrants, eldest daughter, and survivor color their work. Using poetry, Mateo asserts the fact that Queer Muslims, trans people, and BIPOC often work tirelessly to curate safe environments and provide space for the marginalized to move beyond survival. Mateo is a 2019 Pink Door fellow, Collegiate Union Poetry Slam Invitational (CUPSI) 2017 Co-Champion, Feminine Empowerment Movement Slam 2018 Runner-Up, and currently performs with the Philly Pigeon poetry collective. They have been published in What Are Birds Journal, Rigorous Journal, Ghost Heart Literary Journal, Colorbloq Mag, and more. Recently, they won the Leeway Transformation Award from the Leeway Foundation in Philadelphia.
Mariah Ayscue (he/him/king) is a Black, Trans, Intersex, Artist, Activist, and mental health advocate from Montclair NJ. He also identifies as a Christian Witch, Disco Ball Dyke, Pansexual pancake, and a Demisexual dream that is expressed through his poetry. His full-length book WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN is published with Beyond 28 Publishing. King was also chosen to perform his poetry for the 2024 Dodge Poetry Festival with NJPAC. He is also the founder of the Bearded Lady Rebellion Collective which focuses on reclaiming the narratives, education, and healing of Trans and Intersex people with an emphasis on QTBIPOC lives. It is the work he wants to do for the rest of his life.
Tyrell Brown (They/Them) is a Philadelphia-based advocate, organizer, and community leader who has served as the City’s Director of LGBTQ+ Affairs and as Executive Director of GALAEI. They are the Founder and current Executive Director of Philly Pride 365, where they reimagined Pride as a year-round movement centered on inclusivity, cultural vibrancy, and community care. Through their work, Tyrell continues to build spaces where joy, justice, and representation thrive for LGBTQIA+ communities.
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What’s Up at TMoms:
• Tuesdays, 4-10pm | it’s tacos. it’s tecate. it’s tuesdays. what more can we say. $1.50 beef or bean tacos every Taco Tuesday + $3 tecate!
• Daily Happy Hour | $4 drafts every day from 4-6pm, everybody cheered!
• Daily Menu | Tattooed Mom will also be serving tasty eats and ice cold drinks all evening.
• Upstairs dining, bar access, and event entry is 21+ w/ valid ID.
• Accessibility at TMoms | Due to the construction of our historical building, Tattooed Mom is only partially accessible. Our event space is on the second floor, which is only accessible via a flight of stairs (20 steps, 3 feet wide, railing on the left side only). For more information, please visit our Accessibility page.
Find out more »The Parent Trap: A Live Reading
Being young and beautiful is not a crime you know…
Oh…we know that’s true. Just look at us. You know what else is true though? Theatre Contra is headed to TMoms on September 17th to meet our long lost twin as we take the script of The Parent Trap and do it LIVE! That’s right, this Lindsay Lohan classic is coming a bumper car near you!
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH
7-9PM
VIP TICKETS: $16
>> NOTAFLOF <<
Follow Theatre Contra on Instagram.
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What’s Up at TMoms:
• Wednesday, 4-10pm | they’re a smash hit for a reason. Smash Burgers (classic or vegan) every Wednesday for just $6!! u heard that right! + $3 PBR! RUN!!!
• Daily Happy Hour | $4 drafts every day from 4-6pm, everybody cheered!
• Daily Menu | Tattooed Mom will also be serving tasty eats and ice cold drinks all evening.
• Upstairs dining, bar access, and event entry is 21+ w/ valid ID.
• Accessibility at TMoms | Due to the construction of our historical building, Tattooed Mom is only partially accessible. Our event space is on the second floor, which is only accessible via a flight of stairs (20 steps, 3 feet wide, railing on the left side only). For more information, please visit our Accessibility page.
Find out more »Thirsty Walls: An Artist Meet Up • September 2025
Calling artists of all kinds! Come out for an evening of slapping stickers, drawing on the walls, making art, and meeting other local artists! Thirsty Walls is a meet-up for artists to create and add to the beautiful chaos Upstairs at Tattooed Mom. Bring your stickers, wheatpastes, stencils, installations, imaginations & friends because these walls are THIRSTY.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
5-11PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN
EVERYTHING GOES (except spray paint & aerosols)
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POSTER ART CREDIT: @botanical_funk + @ofdeathandtaxes
What’s Up at TMoms:
• Thursdays, 4-10pm | we support bad decisions but this isn’t one of them. 75¢ pierogis all day for Pierogi Thursday … with all the toppings & sauces ur heart desires + $3 cans of tecate!!!
• Daily Happy Hour | $4 drafts every day from 4-6pm, everybody cheered!
• Daily Menu | Tattooed Mom will also be serving tasty eats and ice cold drinks all evening.
• Upstairs dining, bar access, and event entry is 21+ w/ valid ID.
• Accessibility at TMoms | Due to the construction of our historical building, Tattooed Mom is only partially accessible. Our event space is on the second floor, which is only accessible via a flight of stairs (20 steps, 3 feet wide, railing on the left side only). For more information, please visit our Accessibility page.
Find out more »A Reading of Queers in a Thrift Story with Monsters by Eliana Berson
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST
7PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN
Lineup:
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What’s Up at TMoms:
• Sundays, All Day Long | if u didn’t get glitter in ur drink did you even craft sunday? Craft Sundays at TMoms every sunday, play both upstairs and downstairs. u heard me, both.
• Daily Happy Hour | $4 drafts every day from 4-6pm, everybody cheered!
• Daily Menu | Tattooed Mom will also be serving tasty eats and ice cold drinks all evening.
• Upstairs dining, bar access, and event entry is 21+ w/ valid ID.
• Accessibility at TMoms | Due to the construction of our historical building, Tattooed Mom is only partially accessible. Our event space is on the second floor, which is only accessible via a flight of stairs (20 steps, 3 feet wide, railing on the left side only). For more information, please visit our Accessibility page.
Find out more »Mini Moment: A Queer Variety Show
A free queer variety show hosted by Nightshade the Glow, featuring drag, music, and performance art from some of Philly’s most vibrant LGBTQ+ talent.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22ND
DOORS @ 6PM + SHOW @ 7PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN
RSVP: EVENTBRITE
Lineup:
Leech // Grotesque beauty and body-horror drag with surreal storytelling.
Alyssa Marie // Live vocals and heartfelt drag performances.
King Gerard Slay // Emo-edge drag king blending alternative style with raw presence.
Miss Kinky Kitty // High-glam burlesque drag with bold femme energy.
Oktober Third // Horror-camp drag artist with satirical flair.
Salaam Kitty // Pole drag + cultural pride from this trailblazing drag king.
Adeline Outtasite // Alien glam and cosmic choreography.
Barbella Whiskey // Bodybuilding drag king with big energy.
Mx. Mossteria // Nonbinary drag artist channeling soft power and cosmic storytelling.
Host: Nightshade the Glow // Singer, dancer, and emcee bringing cunty stunty energy to the stage.
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What’s Up at TMoms:
• Mondays, 4-11pm | mom’s marvelous meatless mondays?? Say it 3 times fast and see what happens. we dare u. Meatless Monday is here at TMoms from open ’till close. See what’s on special this month!
• Mondays, Upstairs 6-11pm | cue ball as bright as ur future. Free Pool Mondays upstairs at TMoms continues!
• Daily Happy Hour | $4 drafts every day from 4-6pm, everybody cheered!
• Daily Menu | Tattooed Mom will also be serving tasty eats and ice cold drinks all evening.
• Upstairs dining, bar access, and event entry is 21+ w/ valid ID.
• Accessibility at TMoms | Due to the construction of our historical building, Tattooed Mom is only partially accessible. Our event space is on the second floor, which is only accessible via a flight of stairs (20 steps, 3 feet wide, railing on the left side only). For more information, please visit our Accessibility page.
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