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October 2025
Scribes on South // October 2025
SCRIBES ON SOUTH is a poetry reading and open mic. Open mic readers have 5 minutes.
SCRIBES ON SOUTH seeks to create community through poetry. Show out, share, and meet some new friends by sharing your work!
Read poems. Kick ass.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26TH
DOORS @ 6PM + SHOW @ 7PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN
JAX SIMINERIO: IG @ JAX.ETC
BIO: Jax Siminerio is a graduate from University of the Arts with a BFA in Creative Writing. Their “Jax” of all trades mentality is cemented by their expansive videography portfolio, backlog of original music, and fiber and fine art projects that linger half-finished. Their work tackles addiction, self-esteem, sexuality, queerness, body horror, and beyond. You’ll also catch them pole dancing to emo music, collecting trinkets galore, and indulging in every type of cheese under the sun.
SEAN HANRAHAN: IG @ GAYCAKEPOET
BIO: Sean Hanrahan (he, him, his) is a Philadelphian poet originally hailing from Dale City, Virginia. He is the author of Headless (Collapse Press), the full-length collections Safer Behind Popcorn (2019 Cajun Mutt) and Ghost Signs (2023 Alien Buddha), and the chapbooks Hardened Eyes on the Scan (2018 Moonstone) and Gay Cake (2020 Toho). His work has also been included in various anthologies and journals. He has taught classes titled A Chapbook in 49 Days, Ekphrastic Poetry, Poetry Embodied, and has hosted and read at poetry events throughout Philadelphia. He can be found on Instagram as gaycakepoet.
Follow @scribesonsouth on Instagram.
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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 »Punk Rock Karaoke // October 2025
Join us for Punk Rock Karaoke at Tattooed Mom! Hosted by Mike Yak in the Upstairs back room at Tattooed Mom.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 27TH
8-10PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN
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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 »TATTOOED MOMEDY // October 2025
Accept no imitations! Philly’s favorite alternative showcase returns once again for an unforgettable night of FREE live comedy!
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28TH
DOORS @ 7PM + SHOW @ 8PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN
featuring:
Claire Gill
John Deary
Samantha Ruddy
Finessica
and headliner
Joe Bell
Hosted by Tan Hoang
Art by Joe Bell
Tattooed Momedy is the LAST TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH exclusively at TATTOOED MOM!
Doors at 7:00 pm. Be sure to get here early to snag that comfy armchair or bumper car…this event fills up QUICKLY!
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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 »Philly Vegan Restaurant Week 2025: Tattooed Mom Specials!
WHAT: Philly Vegan Restaurant Week Pop-Up @ TMoms
WHEN: Wednesday, October 29th – Saturday, November 1st
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Philly Vegan Restaurant Week 2025 celebrates Philadelphia’s plant-based dining!
This year’s event is in support of Juntos, a community-led immigrant organization in South Philadelphia fighting for human rights
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Tattooed Mom’s MomRib & Fries
• The MomRib Sandwich •
• Elote Fries •
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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!!!
• 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 »Wild Wild West: A Live Reading
Shoot first, shoot later, shoot some more and then when everybody’s dead try to ask a question or two…
Or we could just…get along in the wild wild west, right? Theatre Contra is getting WESTERN in this weird and wild Will Smith classic. That’s right, we’re taking the INSANE script of Wild Wild West and doing it LIVE – robotic spiders included.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29TH
7-9PM
VIP TICKETS: $16
>> NOTAFLOF <<
CAST:
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 »Haus of Them: Twas the Night Before Halloween
‘Twas the night before Halloween…
and all through @tmoms,
were freaks and queerdos
ready to perform their butts off!
at a Haus Of Them Variety Show,
October 30th,
doors at 7 show at 8,
you won’t wanna miss this.
Come in a costume
for a free raffle ticket
and bring those dollars
cuz you’ll wanna be tippin
Enjoy your mischief night with Haus Of Them to get into the Halloween spirit with an epic variety show with drag, burlesque, live vocals, a raffle & costume contest!
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30TH
DOORS @ 7PM + SHOW @ 8PM
SUGGESTED DONATION $10-20
>> NOTAFLOF <<
RSVP/TICKETS: EVENTBRITE
Hosted by The ZanyThing 
Starring:
Headliner Mister Sister!! (Baltimore)
Dinah Loneliness (Stage Manager)
Frida N. Slip
MANiC! (Baltimore)
Oberon The Demon (Baltimore)
Tickets from $10 to $20 but no one turned away for lack of funds!!! Get reserved seating online.
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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 »November 2025
The Craft Collective Collage Kickoff: Eagles Edition
Bring all your Eagles junk — we’re putting it on paper, baby! 
It’s always GO BIRDS!
Join The Craft Collective, a BIPOC craft club where creativity meets community. This is a safe space to unwind, be yourself, and connect — no code switch needed. We’re here to craft, vibe, and build together.
We’ll have Eagles-themed stickers, pictures, football-inspired backgrounds, and cardstock for you to make your own Eagles journal spread or collage masterpiece.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND
1-3PM
SUGGESTED DONATION $5
>> NOTAFLOF <<
RSVP / TICKETS
This is a free event, but you can choose to donate $5 to support The Craft Collective. Either way, you’re helping us keep the creativity (and the Birds spirit) alive while supporting the bar hosting us.
Let’s craft, cheer, and fly high together. 
Follow The Craft Collective on Instagram and TikTok.
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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 »Horror in the Arts and Womanhood Panel Discussion and Mixer
Because it’s ALWAYS spooky season for women in America, join us for a special panel discussion on horror in theatre & film and being a woman today. This panel will feature Philly locals Alyssandra Docherty (award winning Philadelphia freelance lighting designer) Christina Acevedo (founder of Girls Like Horror, an inclusive film club shining light on horror films made by women AND scary/haunting/grotesque movies with strong, complex, multidimensional female protagonists), and Priyanka Shetty (award winning actor, playwright, and director based in Philadelphia).
Be sure to come at 7pm and also stay after the discussion for time to mix and mingle, as well as experience tarot card readings from Christina Rosso-Schneider and shop spooky wares from A Novel Idea on Passyunk and local artisans.
Please note this is a 21+ event. ID is required for entrance.
This event is pay what you decide with a suggested donation price of $10.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH
7-10PM
SUGGESTED DONATION $10
>> NOTAFLOF <<
TICKET LINK
PANELISTS:
Alyssandra Docherty
Priyanka Shetty
Christina Acevedo
TAROT CARD READER:
Christina Rosso-Schneider
VENDOR:
A Novel Idea on Passyunk
ABOUT US: The Philly Women’s Theatre Festival fosters and encourages women in the performing arts by offering unique opportunities for exposure, professional, artistic and personal development and a platform for performance.
Follow Philly Women’s Theatre Festival on Instagram.
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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 »Positive Negative: An Art Show
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9TH
1-5PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN
Featured artists:
@kitchensinkstickers
@painted_thingies
@redheadjawn
@invader.chuck
@obomber_kiw
@_no_ego_
@yu_backroad_baboon_8
@sn_icp_lordz
@pmslaps
@recovery_done_simple
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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 »Pitch A Pal (Queer Edition)
DO YOU HAVE A FRIEND WHO IS SINGLE? ARE YOU SINGLE? COME PITCH OR BE PITCHED!!!! Come out and pitch your single friends, or get a friend to pitch you. It’s cuffing season, get cuffed.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9TH
6-10PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN
RSVP: EVENTBRITE
Follow The Big Gay Writing Project on Instagram.
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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.
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