Balena Canto Presents: Content Warning – Bad TV // A Drag & Burlesque Tribute to The CW

The CW may have a reputation for producing less than quality television, BUT this cast of Drag & Burlesque artists are here to pay TRIBUTE to the shows that WE (and YOU) LOVE!

We cannot wait to bring to life some of your CW favorites from past and present like, “Supernatural,” “Charmed,” “Riverdale,” “Gossip Girl,” “Gilmore Girls,” “America’s Next Top Model,” “Girlicious,” and SO MANY MORE!

So come on down to Tmoms on Thursday, 8/17! ‘Tis sure to be packed with the most heightened drama and comedy that only a CW show can provide!

In addition to the show, we’ll play a themed game, where you chance to win a Tattooed Mom prize pack (includes a $30 Tmoms gift card, t shirt, and more)!

 

THURSDAY, AUGUST 17TH
DOORS @ 7PM + SHOW @ 8PM
SUGGESTED DONATION $15-20 | VIP SEATING $25 (ONLY AVAILABLE ONLINE)
>> NOTAFLOF <<

 

 

STARRING:
Balena Canto  (Host)
Esmerelda May
Harley Honey
Henlo Bullfrog
Louie a la Mode
Mae Rose
Sydney Gorgeous
The ZanyThing

Enbie Deecie (Door)
Brettzo (DJ)

 

Online sales end at 6 pm on show day; however, you can purchase tickets at the door with cash, Venmo, or Cash App. We advise you buy ahead of time should we sell out at the event. Tickets are non-refundable once purchased.

 

Follow the performers and producers on Instagram using the links above!

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What’s Up at TMoms:

• All hail Pierogi Thursday! Munch and crunch on 75¢ pierogi (vegan, obvi) plus $3 cans of Tecate every Thursday!! And don’t forget ur toppingsThursdays, 4-11pm.

• Enjoy our happy hour! All drafts are just $4 every day from 4-6pm!

• 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.

Twilight Saga: Eclipse // A Live Reading

Some say the world will end in fire. Some say in ice.

Maybe it’ll end at TMoms?

Vampires. Werewolves. Newborn Armies. Awkward love triangles. Is there more we need to say? We can’t wait to perform the third movie in the 100% critically acclaimed series: The Twilight Saga. Join us at Tattooed Mom on August 14th…it’s callled a compromise…or maybe coercion.

Directed by Ryann Carey.

 

MONDAY, AUGUST 14TH
7-9PM
$10 SUGGESTED DONATION | $15 VIP RESERVED SEATS
>> NOTAFLOF <<

 

Guarantee yourself a prime seat with a VIP ticket for $15 (or a 4 pack for $50!)
All VIP tickets come with 4 complimentary raffle tickets per ticket!

 

Cast:
Anna Lieberman
Ezra Ali-Dow
Mariah Ghant
Natajia Sconiers
Brennen Malone 
Jenna Kuerzi
Sarah Heddins

Follow Theatre Contra on Instagram.

 

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What’s Up at TMoms:

• Prepare yourselves—Meatless Monday is back at Tattooed Mom (with a twist)!!!!!!!!! Every two months we’ll be highlighting a different vegan menu item every Monday. See what’s on special this month! Mondays, 4-11pm.

• Enjoy our happy hour! All drafts are just $4 every day from 4-6pm!

• 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.

Naughty Trivia Night

Think you already know everything there is to know with your naughty knowledge? Come out to Naughty Trivia Night to test that!!

This trivia night will test your knowledge on things you know, things you don’t, and things you didn’t even know you don’t know. Teams will be lead through four rounds of general questions related to sex ed, anatomy, history, LGBTQ+ facts, and more!

 

TUESDAY, AUGUST 8TH
DOORS @ 7PM + TRIVIA @ 7:30PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN
RSVP: EVENTBRITE

 

No matter how much you know (or don’t), come out and play! Plus, you will definitely walk away with some new fun facts and hopefully a prize (from fellow South Street business Passional Boutique and Sexploratorium)! Hosted by Cass XO.

 

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What’s Up at TMoms:

• The triumphant return of Taco Tuesday is finally here! Y’all better zoom down for $1.50 beef or bean tacos every Tuesday!! And wash it all down with $3 Tecate! Tuesdays, 4-11pm.

• Enjoy our happy hour! All drafts are just $4 every day from 4-6pm!

• 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.

Fast and Furious: A Live Reading

We live our lives a quarter of a mile at a time…
We’re fast. We’re furious. And we’re back with another reading in our Summer Movie Reading Series. What happens in the Fast and Furious franchise? Who knows, but we’re excited to do it all, live at Tattooed Mom!

Want to guarantee one of the best seats in the house? We offer limited VIP tickets which include 4 free raffle tickets, the best views in the house, and no stress about finding a seat. Available individually or at a discounted 4-pack price.

 

SUNDAY, JULY 23RD
7-9PM
$10 SUGGESTED DONATION | $15 VIP RESERVED SEATS
>> NOTAFLOF <<
RSVP: FB EVENT

 

Directed by Liz Crino (she/her)

Cast:
Natajia Sconiers (she/her)
John Patouhas (he/him)
Leslie Miller (she/her)
Adam Howard (he/him)
and more!

Follow Theatre Contra on Instagram.

 

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What’s Up at TMoms:

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! Sundays, All Day Long.

• Enjoy our happy hour! All drafts are just $4 every day from 4-6pm!

• 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.

South Philly Pun Off

Come on out to Tattooed Mom for the wordiest, nerdiest pub trivia and improv challenge you’ve ever seen! BRING A TEAM!

In ROUND 1, you and your team will do some punny pub trivia: come up with headlines for batty news stories, complete the dad joke, and other exciting word nerdery(!).

In ROUND 2, otherwise known as PUNDEMONIUM, contestants go head to head in an improvised pun tournament, picking topics out of a hat and riffing.

 

TUESDAY, JULY 18TH
DOORS @ 6PM + SHOW @ 7XPM
NO COVER // FREE FUN
RSVP: FB EVENT

 

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What’s Up at TMoms:

• The triumphant return of Taco Tuesday is finally here! Y’all better zoom down for $1.50 beef or bean tacos every Tuesday!! And wash it all down with $3 Tecate! Tuesdays, 4-11pm.

• Enjoy our happy hour! All drafts are just $4 every day from 4-6pm!

• 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.

BULLSHIT LIT’S Second Anthology Release Party

BULLSHIT celebrates the release of their second print anthology with a reading and party @ tmoms! with readings from fourteen all-star writers, books for sale, and maybe even an open mic. 😉

 

SUNDAY, JULY 16TH
DOORS @ 6PM + SHOW @ 7PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN
RSVP: FB EVENT

 

Ryan Aliapoulios
L. Amariti
Jackie Domenus
Kat Giordano
Timothy C. Goodwin
finch greene
John Pinto
nat raum
Noah David Roberts
Leticia Priebe Rocha
Rory Strong
Eric Turner
Han Defeo Waldman
Isabella Willms-Jones

Hosted by Veronica Bennett!

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What’s Up at TMoms:

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! Sundays, All Day Long.

• Enjoy our happy hour! All drafts are just $4 every day from 4-6pm!

• 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.

Vegan Geeks Unite Market

It’s been OVER THREE YEARS since we did a Philly Vegan Pop Flea. So why not do it on EMBRACE YOUR GEEKNESS DAY & NATIONAL FRENCH FRY DAY!

Join us for the VEGAN GEEKS UNITE MARKET on THURSDAY, JULY 13, 2023 6PM-10PM! It’s going to be a fun evening celebrating community & enjoying all the good good that’s vegan & plant-based under one roof!

We’ll be at TATTOOED MOM on the second floor with a great line-up of vendors. SUPPORT SMALL & VEGAN BUSINESS IN PHILLY!

This event will also be a fundraiser for FOOD EMPOWERMENT PROJECT, making great strides in promoting veganism, ethical living, workers’ rights, food security and more! Learn more at foodispower.org!

 

THURSDAY, JULY 13TH
6-10PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN
RSVP: FB EVENT | EVENTBRITE

 

Vendors include:
8213 Desserts
Bad Therapy Art
Blobs
Earth Kandy Nail Polish
Ladybug Deli
Onje Sea Gold Seamoss
Plant-Based Human
Randuart
The Art of Ladies ‘N Gents by Inez Santos
South Street Art Mart
Strega Negra
more to be named…

And celebrate National French Fry Day with Tutu Mary’s Vegan Pork Dan Dan Fries! Available for one night ONLY at the Vegan Geeks Unite Market!

 

 

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What’s Up at TMoms:

• All hail Pierogi Thursday! Munch and crunch on 75¢ pierogi (vegan, obvi) plus $3 cans of Tecate every Thursday!! And don’t forget ur toppingsThursdays, 4-11pm.

• Enjoy our happy hour! All drafts are just $4 every day from 4-6pm!

• 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.

Big Ass Bitties // July 2023

Pals! Big Ass Bitties is a wild ride, a night of comedic risks, feats of glory, attempts of epic proportions. You will be rewarded! You will get what you came for. You will see Bettys Bits.

The night is filled with adventure and misadventure from amazeballs comics. Won’t you come thru, and share your open arms with our vulnerable goofs? Come see this show! A line up of wild proportions!

 

MONDAY, JULY 10TH
DOORS @ 6PM + SHOW @ 7PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN
RSVP: EVENTBRITE

 

LINEUP:
@sclmency
@brandongorin
@hottestpollypocket
@thebriancraig
@raiuhn_paydurr

HOSTED BY @bettyjsmithsonian!

 

RESERVE UR BIG ASS A FREE TICKET THIS SECOND!~

 

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What’s Up at TMoms:

• Enjoy our happy hour! All drafts are just $4 every day from 4-6pm!

• 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.

Jerks Productions Presents: FUSED UNDERGROUND // July 2023

Join us for a night of ART, HORROR, & BOOZE at Tattooed Mom! See some of Philadelphia (and the surrounding area)’s best local underground artists!

 

FRIDAY, JULY 7TH
5-11PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN
RSVP: FB EVENT

 

Participating Artists:
8213 Desserts
Art by JAL
Charmed
Corvid Alternative Art Store
Josh Allain
Lillian Bones Art
Lounge LizZard Designs
Lucy Stackhouse
Mark Brandstetter
Meldar16
Nahcroll Illustration LLC
Necromantic Creations
Rainbow Brain Splatterings
Randuart
Shayna J Feinstein
Weird Amiga
X Knight Productions

 

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What’s Up at TMoms:

• Enjoy our new happy hour! All drafts are just $4 every day from 4-6pm!

• 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.

Balena Canto Presents: One Clit Wonders! A Drag & Burlesque Tribute

We love to love ’em and sometimes we love to hate ’em! See and hear your favorite On-Hit Wonders from every decade and musical genre brought to life by our cast of Philly’s finest nightlife performers!

We cannot wait to present these classic songs to you with a new and queer twist! So come on (Eileen) and (Harlem) shake it on down to Tmoms on Thursday, 7/6 for a show that will answer the tough questions like, “What is love?” and will have you facing your fears as you stare right into the, “eye of the tiger!”….Okay, i’m done, I promise!

In addition to the show, we’ll play a themed game, where you chance to win a Tattooed Mom prize pack (includes a $30 Tmoms gift card, t shirt, and more)!

 

THURSDAY, JULY 6TH
DOORS @ 7PM + SHOW @ 8PM
SUGGESTED DONATION $15-20 | VIP SEATING $25 (ONLY AVAILABLE ONLINE)
>> NOTAFLOF <<
RSVP: FB EVENT | VIP: EVENTBRITE

 

STARRING:
Balena Canto (Host)
Daelicious
Dalyla Mizani Cristal
Little Piece
Lulu Blue
Monty Caldo
Pilar Salt
The ZanyThing

 

Online sales end at 6 pm on show day; however, you can purchase tickets at the door with cash, Venmo, or Cash App. We advise you buy ahead of time should we sell out at the event. Tickets are non-refundable once purchased.

***

What’s Up at TMoms:

• All hail Pierogi Thursday! Munch and crunch on 75¢ pierogi (vegan, obvi) plus $3 cans of Tecate every Thursday!! And don’t forget ur toppingsThursdays, 4-11pm.

• Enjoy our happy hour! All drafts are just $4 every day from 4-6pm!

• 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.