Saturday is the day this weekend: 73 and partly sunny. Sunday and Monday both look like showers, so every pick below works on Saturday. Monday is Indigenous Peoples' Day, and the Museum of the American Revolution is marking it all weekend.

Saturday · 12 to 8 PM
Dilworth Park · Center City · · All ages
🟢Right on top of the City Hall SEPTA stop · Pumpkin carving 12 to 1:30 · Cider while supplies last
Center City District sets up its fall maker market in Dilworth Park, and Saturday is the day with the extras. Pumpkin carving with Roger Wing runs 12 to 1:30, apple cider making runs 1:30 to 4 while supplies last, and Philly singer-songwriters Alex Savoth, Max Davey and Barney Cortez play from 4 to 7. Lawn games go all day, and there's a beer garden for the grown-ups. The market is also open Friday 12 to 8 and Sunday 12 to 6, but those days are just the market and lawn games. 1 S 15th St.
See details →Sunday, indoors, a short walk up Broad
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts · Center City · Sunday · 1 to 3 PM
Free art workshops led by professional artists, and museum admission is free with it. All ages, though kids under 5 may need a hand. PAFA recommends registering to guarantee a spot.
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Saturday through Monday · Saturday at 11 AM and 1 PM
Museum of the American Revolution · Old City · · All ages
🟢Plaza dances are free · Sat at 11 and 1 · Sun and Mon add a 3 PM set
For Indigenous Peoples Weekend, dancers from the Delaware Tribe of Indians perform traditional Lenape social dances on the museum's outdoor plaza, free and open to the public. Saturday's sets are at 11 and 1, and Sunday and Monday add one at 3. Inside, Mohawk living-history interpreters Kehala and Jordan Smith show wampum belts, woven baskets and slippery elm bark from 11 to 4, and kids can color their own wampum belt in Revolution Place, the museum's family discovery center on the first floor. The inside programs are in the museum, so check admission on their site. 101 S 3rd St.
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Penn Museum · University City · Saturday · 11 AM to 4 PM
Free all day. Delaware Nation Lenape artist Holly Wilson talks about her Native Futurism installation at 11:30, and there are hands-on activities plus the Native North America Gallery's 250-plus objects. It's across town from Old City, so pick one.
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Saturday · 11:30 AM (pre-concert fun at 10:30)
Marian Anderson Hall, Kimmel Center · Center City · · All ages
🟡Paid: tickets $30 to $67 · Sensory-friendly performance · Costume contest at 10:30
The Philadelphia Orchestra's Children's Halloween Spectacular starts with pre-concert fun at 10:30 in Commonwealth Plaza, including a costume contest with prizes. The concert is at 11:30 and runs about an hour: music from Ghostbusters, Harry Potter and Coco plus Bach's Toccata and Fugue, with conductor Austin Chanu, speaker M'Balia Singley and Ballet Folklórico Yaretzi. It's a sensory-friendly performance, with mid-level lighting, open doors, cool-down spaces, and noise-canceling headphones and fidgets on hand. When it lets out, Dilworth Park and the cider making are about a 10-minute walk up Broad.
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Saturday · 12 to 2 PM
Bartram's Garden · Southwest Philly · · Kids and adults
🟡Free · Bikes are first-come, first-served · Register ahead for weather updates
The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia runs free biking days at Bartram's Garden: walk-up bike and helmet rentals for kids and adults, from the bike container between 12 and 2. Bikes are first-come, first-served, so earlier is better. You ride Bartram's Mile, the trail along the Schuylkill. Bring your own bike and they'll do simple repairs like flats, chains and brake adjustments. Registering ahead doesn't hold a bike, but it gets you word if weather cancels it. It runs Sunday too, but Sunday looks rainy. Heads up: the free kids' learn-to-ride class that morning is a separate program, and it's already full. 5400 Lindbergh Blvd.
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