{"id":170918,"date":"2026-04-20T16:17:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T16:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/170918\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T16:17:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T16:17:06","slug":"philadelphias-magic-gardens-goes-after-hours-on-fourth-fridays-with-live-music-art-workshops-and-byob-picnics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/170918\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia&#8217;s Magic Gardens goes after hours on Fourth Fridays with live music, art workshops and BYOB picnics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Philadelphia&#8217;s Magic Gardens is bringing back its Twilight in the Gardens series, running every fourth Friday from May through October. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the evening wraps at 10 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Each event features a live musical performance in the courtyard from 8 to 9 p.m. and a guided art workshop outside under a covered area. A teaching artist and volunteers lead each activity, and attendees take their finished work home.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"richtext-image full-width\" data-original=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/301-GM9A3119.width-704.jpg\" width=\"704\" height=\"469\" alt=\"Magic Gardens - Twilight Art\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"richtext-image full-width\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/301-GM9A3119.width-704.jpg\" width=\"704\" height=\"469\" alt=\"Magic Gardens - Twilight Art\"\/><br \/>Both indoor galleries are open to explore throughout the evening, along with the mosaicked basement accessible through the gift shop.<\/p>\n<p>Attendees are encouraged to bring their own drinks, blankets and snacks. Picnicking is welcome indoors or outdoors.<\/p>\n<p>The full lineup for the 2026 season:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 May 22: Maya Simone performs; Linda Shen leads an agamograph workshop.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 June 26: Estratos performs; Lauren Trainer leads a quilling workshop.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 July 24: Tre. Charles performs; Eustace Mamba leads a collage workshop.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 August 28: Tipsy Wicked performs; Kristina Bickford leads a printmaking workshop.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 September 25: Hamoon Ensemble performs; Erin McGill leads a watercolor workshop.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 October 23: Mixed People performs; Avery Demarest leads a bug taxidermy workshop.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are $30 for adults and $25 for students and seniors. Tickets go on sale online two weeks before the date at phillymagicgardens.org.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a data-original-title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phillymagicgardens.org\/events\/twilight-in-the-gardens\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twilight in the Gardens<\/a>Fourth Fridays, May through October | 7 to 10 p.m. <br \/>Philadelphia&#8217;s Magic Gardens<br \/>1020 South Street<br \/>Philadelphia, PA 19147 <br \/>$30 adults; $25 students and seniors<\/p>\n<p>This content was generated by PhillyVoice Media Events, not by the newsroom staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Philadelphia&#8217;s Magic Gardens is bringing back its Twilight in the Gardens series, running every fourth Friday from May&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":170919,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[6889,56318,13517,69,71,70,76721],"class_list":["post-170918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-art","tag-magic-gardens","tag-performances","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-workshops"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170918\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}