• Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe Visits The Blockley Sept. 20th

    The Blockley welcomes Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe with special guests The Soul Rebels on Friday Sept. 20th Tickets go onsale Tues. August 6th, 1pm EST. $21 in advance, $25 day of show.   The Blockley is proud to announce the debut engagement of soul-funk titans Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, on Friday September 20th, 2013. The

  • PSA Concert Series at The Blockley

    The Blockley is teaming up with GRIOT Urban & Social Consultants and RECLAIM Marketing to produce a monthly concert series and public awareness campaign to inform and educate the public about issues that are of concern to them… This installment is dedicated to educating people about Solitary Confinement, Mass Incarceration, senior citizens and women prisoners.

  • GRATEFUL DEAD CELEBRATION is ON at The Blockley!

    In Celebration of the life and music of Jerry Garcia and his various projects, The Blockley has lined up a slate of shows to make any Deadhead or Garcia-fan salivate, sending off the Summer of 2013 in the most righteous of fashions! Beginning on Friday August 2nd with the Jerry Garcia B-Day Bash, Philly’s renowned Grateful Dead

  • FUNK Chicken Soup, Gimme That SOULIVE… That Good Stuff!

      Whose got the funk?  The Blockley has got the funk!  That was oh so clear on Thursday, July18th as Philadelphia’s own eclectic, high-energy funk band, Swift Technique, warmed up the stage for jazz-funk fusion legends, Soulive.  Now let me tell you, when I say warmed up I really mean heated!  Soulive could probably see

  • John Scofield uberjam Band

    John Scofield uberjam Band Friday, Oct. 25, 2013 The Blockley- 38th & Chestnut Streets. Philadelphia   A decade after John Scofield last assembled his supremely funky Uberjam quartet, the legendary guitarist is getting back on the groove train. In the late 1990s, when every college town seemed to boast a bevy of jambands, Sco showed the kids that when

  • SOULIVE & OMAHA DINER This Weekend 7/18-7/19 at THE BLOCKLEY!

    This is a reminder of the big weekend of funky jazz grooves coming thru The Blockley! One of the biggest names to ever take our stage- SOULIVE will be here this coming Thursday for one of their only club engagements remaining in 2013! The trio will be blazing hotter than THIS July! Local Philly funk phenoms Swift Technique open the show!

  • Soulive Hits the Blockley with the Liberty Ball Part 2

    Philadelphia’s own intimate venue, The Blockley, has been hosting a number of groovy, funk jazz-fusion shows lately, allowing the groovin’ inhabitants of Philly to get down with their funky selve’s all summer long.  Lettuce of the Royal Family Records performed at the venue on Thursday May 16, 2013, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong took the stage

  • Besotted by Bassnectar: A First Time Account of Experiencing Bassculture Live

    On May 1st I had my first true Bassnectar experience at The Electric Factory and could not have been more ecstatic to make an encore performance at the same venue the following night.  The Electric Factory  was an exceptional venue for the show being easily accessible from public transportation as well as having a parking

  • Dop-A-Pong Double Header. . . The Blockley Goes Psycho

      Those in the Philadelphia area who headed to The Blockley on Thursday, June 20 to catch Pigeons Playing Ping Pong and Dopapod were not disappointed.  Both bands have gained the attention of concert-goers through aggressive tour schedules with frequent festival appearances and the event drew a crowd eager to get down.  Double D, Philadelphia’s

  • Visit the Heart of the Town at the SHAKEDOWN

    The Shakedown Flea Market at The Blockley   “Don’t tell me this town ain’t got no heart.  When I can hear it beat out loud!”  Well Philadelphia, that sound may be emanating from the walls of one of our favorite venues, The Blockley, as it hosts its own rendition of Shakedown Street this Sunday, June