CATCH JOHN LEGEND
Sep 26. John Legend is performing a one-night-only on Friday. Dubbed “An Evening with John Legend,” the concert promises to be intimate, acoustic, and very much stripped down. Bring a date and you’ll both be swooning and crooning and falling in love before the night ends. 8pm. Araneta Coliseum, Cubao, Quezon City. Ticketnet. Tickets start at PHP845
ATTEND A LOCAL GIG
Sep 26. Flippin Soul Stompers, Taken by Cars, Flying Ipis, and Radioactive Sago Project are headlining this massive display of Pinoy Rock on Friday. If you need anymore evidence that the scene is alive, this should be it! 9pm. B-Side at the Collective, 7472 Malugay St., San Antonio Village, Makati. Free
GO TO QUIZ NIGHT
Sep 26. If work has turned your brains into mustard, we say spend your Friday at the Mind Museum where its pub quiz night happens! Beer and bar chow accompany questions about current events, pop culture, all twisted to include science! Sounds like an interesting thing to do! 7pm. Mind Museum Lobby, J.Y. Campos Park, 3rd Avenue, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig. PHP300
GET A TASTE OF NEGROS
Sep 26-28. It’s the closing weekend of the annual Negros Trade Fair so if you haven’t been, make sure to drop by this weekend! Lots of cool finds from the best that the province has to offer. Jewelry, clothes, furniture, and food! But this year is even better: this year’s fair intends to help Negro’s calamity-stricken neighbors in the Visayas. 10am-10pm. G/F Glorietta Activity Center, Ayala Center, Makati. Free
GO TO AN OKTOBERFEST FEST!
Sep 27. Brotzeit German Bier Bar & Restaurant is celebrating a massive Okberfest party on Saturday! Sausages, beer, music, games, prizes, and sausages, and beer! Sounds like our kind of party. 4pm. 112 Streetscape, Shangri-La Plaza Mall, Mandaluyong. Free
LAUGH
Sep 27. Comedy Manila hits the South with the country’s top stand-up comedians. LOLs care of James Caraan, Ryan Sarita, Red Ollero, Victor Anastacio, Alex Calleja, and GB Labrador. If you’re wondering what’s with all the fuss around stand-up comedy, you should totally swing by. 7pm. 19 East, East Service Road, Sucat. PHP200
WATCH AN INDIE
Sep 27. Treat yourself to indie goodness with Teatrino Film Series. This will be the last Saturday of the series so if you haven’t seen Marie Jamora’s Ang Nawawala or Jerrold Tarog’s Sana Dati in a theater, this could be your last chance. 5pm & 7:30pm. Teatrino, Promenade, Greenhills Shopping Center, San Juan. +63 2 7224501 loc 116
BUY ART
Sep 27-28. The BGC Art Mart is happening this weekend at the Bonifacio High Street. Acquire lots of little-known, hard-to-finds from local talents like illustrator Arlene Sy, before they become the toast of the international crowd! 4-9pm. Bonifacio High Street, Taguig. Free
SPLURGE
Sep 27-28. You know what a closing-out sale promises? Huge discounts. Ginormous. This is exactly what you’re getting at Hotel Celeste this coming weekend. Luxury brands like Vita Fede, Gorjana, and CC are going up to 90% off. If you’re wondering how to spulrge that paycheck, let this be your sign. Sep 26 1-8pm. Sep 27-28 10am-8pm. Hotel Celeste, Pasay Road, Makati. Free
GO ON A DOCUMENTARY BINGE
Until Sep 30. The first Philippine International Documentary film festival of the country is ongoing until the 30th. Two screenings in three malls are showing the eleven finalists of the documentary competition held in December last year. If you’re up for something different and worthwhile, this should be it. 6:30pm & 8:45pm. SM Megamall, SM City Manila, and Trinoma. Website. PHP100
