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April 2026
A Show of Hope: A Night of LGBT+ Storytelling
Join us for Philly Voices for Equality – a fun, heartfelt night of LGBT+ storytelling right here in Philly! This is an in-person event where you’ll hear amazing stories that celebrate community, courage, and pride. The theme of this month is hope. We will hear stories of who and what inspires us, stories of perseverance, and moments of queer joy. Come connect, laugh, and be inspired by voices that uplift and empower. The show is free, and open to anyone over age 21 with a valid ID. Guests may begin to check-in at 7:00pm, and the show will begin promptly at 7:30pm. Cast list to be announced soon.
MONDAY, APRIL 20TH
DOORS @ 7PM + SHOW @ 7:30PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN
RSVP: EVENTBRITE
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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 »YES! Sex Ed Trivia Night
This event is a Sexuality Trivia Night. The goals are to raise awareness for YES!, build community, educate people about sexuality, and have a fun night!
TUESDAY, APRIL 21ST
6-9PM
SUGGESTED DONATION $10-20
>> NOTAFLOF <<
TICKETS: EVENTBRITE
Follow YES! on Instagram.
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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 Big Gay Writing Project: Petty Poetry
Feeling petty? Want to write a poem? Want to read it out loud to a bunch of fellow petty people? Join us.
Petty Poetry Workshop ~ 6:30pm
*write some petty poetry, or bring some to revise, facilitated by the folks at BGWP
Open Mic ~ 7:30-10:00pm
*read some shit, share some shit, or listen
DAY OF THE WEEK, MONTH DAY
WORKSHOP @ 6:30PM + OPEN MIC @ 7:30PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN
RSVP: EVENTBRITE
Follow The Big Gay Writing Project 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 »We! Want! Freedom! Trivia Night Teach-In
War with Iran got you irritated? Capital excess got you in distress? Questioning the state of the world? Mumia’s got the answers!
Join local luminaries and organizing communities alike for an evening of game show foibles, bar food and friendly competition as we learn from our political prisoners, dive into some minigames, and dissect the systems of separation and extraction stacked against us. Don’t worry though, they may have the watches, but we have the time! Assemble a squad, share a drink, and learn a thing or two!
Whether you’re a first time player, a burgeoning anti-imperialist, or a seasoned community steward, one thing is for sure. Everyone knows:
WE! WANT! FREEDOM!!!
THURSDAY, APRIL 23RD
6:30PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN
RSVP: LUMA
Featured vendors:
Mobilization4Muma
Philly Palestine Coalition
Black Alliance For Peace
Samantha Rise
Camp of Hope
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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 »TMoms @ 29: A Tattooed Mom Themed Art Show!
It’s Tattooed Mom’s 29th birthday! To celebrate, we’re throwing a one-night-only party & open call art show featuring TMoms-themed & TMoms-inspired art!
Every year, hundreds of artists from around the world visit Tattooed Mom to put their work on the walls and see the art of other creatives who have recently passed through. This event is a celebration of the uncurated & uninhibited community behind Tattooed Mom, featuring art of all forms, including photography, painting, drawing, sculpture, and multimedia pieces (all relating to Tattooed Mom)!
FRIDAY, APRIL 24TH
5PM-2AM
NO COVER // FREE FUN
ARTIST LIST TBA // SUBMISSIONS OPEN UNTIL APRIL 17, 2026.
Call for Entries Illustration & Show Flyer by @sadcowboychar.
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What’s Up at TMoms:
• 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 Mochiko Chicken Sando + Curry Fries Pop-Up! April 26
WHAT: Tutu Mary’s Mochiko Chicken Sando + Curry Fries Pop-Up @ TMoms
WHEN: Sunday, April 26 | 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, April 26
Tutu Mary’s Mochiko Chicken Sando + Curry Fries Pop-Up
April’s Tutu Mary’s Plate Lunch Pop-Up includes:
• Plant Based Mochiko Chickn Sando •
Vegan Mochiko Chickn, Hawaiian Mac Salad, Gochujang Aioli, Su-Miso Sauce on a Merzbacher’s Sweet Potato Brioche Bun
• Japanese Curry Pork Fries •
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What’s Up at TMoms:
• Sundays, All Day Long | Craft Sundays at TMoms? BACK. Googly eyes? BACK. Coloring pages? BACK? Your creative spirit? BACK. Come thru every Sunday for FREE arts & crafts upstairs and downstairs at Tattooed Mom!
• Daily Happy Hour | All drafts are just $4 every day from 4-6pm!
• 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 »Excalibur Poetry // April 26th
Excalibur happens in the same time and place as Scribes on South, the last Sunday of each month on the second floor of Tattooed Mom.
Excalibur is the sword given to Arthur by the lady in the lake. It is the legendary sword used to defend against colonialism and oppression. Our guiding principles are the same. This is a place to wield your words against the forces that would rather see us dead.
SUNDAY, APRIL 26TH
DOORS @ 6PM + SHOW @ 7PM
OPEN MIC LIST OPENS AT 6PM SHARP
NO COVER // FREE FUN
Christopher Clauss (he/him) is a poet, organizer, ocean explorer, middle school science teacher, and “pretty ok dad” from rural New Hampshire. His work has appeared in more than 60 publications, including New York Quarterly, Plants and Poetry Journal, Sylvia, FreezeRay, and Bureau of Complaint. As a performance poet he has competed at the national level for over a decade, most recently being a member of the winning team at the 2024 Ohio Meatgrinder Poetry Slam. Nominated for 2025 NH Teacher of the Year, his pre-teen science students rave that Mr. Clauss is “Fine, I guess. Whatever.” Christopher’s first book of poetry, Photosynthesis & Respiration (Silver Bow Press, 2022) explores the bliss and turmoil of relationships at the intersection of life, love, and science.
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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 »TATTOOED MOMEDY // April 2026
Accept no imitations! Philly’s favorite alternative showcase returns once again for an unforgettable night of FREE live comedy!
TUESDAY, APRIL 28TH
DOORS @ 7PM + SHOW @ 8PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN
featuring:
Moira
Andrew Shearer
Gordon Baker Bone
Moira Goree
Hosted by Tan Hoang & 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 »Heathers: A Live Reading
My Son’s A Homosexual, And I Love Him…
There’s ONE true queen bee of high-school dark comedy, and that’s HEATHERS. And now, Theatre Contra is taking this cult-classic script of teen angst, croquet, and casual homicide and performing it LIVE!
Get ready for a night of savage one-liners, color-coded tyranny, and a love story so toxic only Winona Ryder could pull it off. So pull on your scrunchies, hop in a go-kart and prepare for an evening of beautifully bitchy mayhem as we bring this deliciously dark masterpiece to life.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29TH
7-9PM
VIP TICKETS: $15
>> NOTAFLOF <<
Directed by John Patouhas
Artists/Performers:
Arthur Robinson
Eliza Waterman
Liz Crino
Mariah Ghant
Tay Sconiers
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 »May 2026
Star Jawn: Star Wars Themed Art Show
MONDAY, MAY 4TH
7-10PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN
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.
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