6 fun things for the weekend!

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PHILADELPHIA - August 9, 2013 (WPVI) -- Here are some great ideas to get out and have some fun in the Philadelphia region!

COMPLETE LISTS OF EVENTS IN THE DELAWARE AND LEHIGH VALLEYS:

• GARAGE SALES: Before you bargain hunt, see where the deals are!
• COMMUNITY CALENDAR: Dance/Music Events
• COMMUNITY CALENDAR: Galleries/Exhibitions
• COMMUNITY CALENDAR: Games
• COMMUNITY CALENDAR: Religious Events
• COMMUNITY CALENDAR: Recreation/Sports

Musikfest
through Sunday
Bethlehem, Pa.
The Lehigh Valley's famous multi-stage music event continues through the weekend. Darius Rucker headlines Friday at the SteelStacks Stage (he's also playing the Showboat in Atlantic City Saturday nightr). Kids' favorite Trout Fishing in America has a Saturday afternoon show. Ke$ha is featured Saturday night. 6abc is proud to be a major sponsor of the festival.

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Black Sabbath
Saturday @ 7:30pm
Wells Fargo Center
Legendary rock band Black Sabbath will reunite and perform live at the Wells Fargo Center on Saturday, August 10 as part of a 20-show North American tour. Black Sabbath -- Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler -- are previewing music from their album, 13. On the album, the band that defined heavy metal picks up immediately where they left off with eight sprawling songs (five of them are over eight minutes) that possess every ounce of the maniacal vitality of the Grammy-winning, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees' trailblazing work in the '70s.

Broadway Dreams
Saturday @ 3:00 & 8:00pm
Sunday @ 3:00pm
Perelman Theater
Kimmel Center
The Broadway Dreams Foundation presents a thrilling concert experience! A colorful band of Broadway gypsies perform spectacular music and choreography sure to astonish and astound. Follow your dreams and join the troupe, for there's magic to do and all that's missing is you!

The Black Crowes and Tedeschi Trucks Band
Sunday @ 6:00pm
Mann Center
Fairmount Park
The Black Crowes and Tedeschi Trucks Band tour together for the first time with a live performance at the Mann on Sunday, featuring special guests The London Souls. The Black Crowes have sold over 20 million albums and are known as one of rock's best live acts. On March 19th the band released their fourth live album, Wiser for the Time. Tedeschi Trucks Band is an 11-piece blues rock group from Jacksonville, Florida. Their 2011 debut album Revelator received a Grammy Award for Best Blues Album.

Blake Shelton
Ten Times Crazier Tour
Saturday @ 7:00pm
Susquehanna Bank Center
Camden, N.J.
Blake Shelton hit the road July 19th in Virginia on a U.S. headlining tour. Mercury Recording artist, Easton Corbin, and ACM New Female Vocalist of the Year nominee, Jana Kramer, join him this summer on a crisscross journey across the U.S. "Ten Times Crazier" is the featured track on his latest album but you'll enjoy all his hits as part of this show.

Matchbox Twenty and The Goo Goo Dolls
Sunday @ 7:30pm
Susquehanna Bank Center
Camden, N.J.
When Rob Thomas broke off as a solo act eight years ago, he told fans Matchbox Twenty would get back together and he was right. They're on tour with the Goo Goo Dolls...both live on stage at the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden Sunday night.

Diamond Rio & Restless Heart
Friday @ 8:00pm
American Music Theatre
Lancaster, Pa.
Forming in 1984, country super-group Diamond Rio can boast three platinum records, four CMA awards, two ACM awards and 13 Grammy nominations. Their 1991 smash, "Meet in the Middle," reached #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, making Diamond Rio the first country music group in history to reach #1 with a debut single. The five-part harmony of legendary country music group Restless Heart helped lift six songs to the top of the Billboard country charts. Restless Heart has earned multiple Grammy, CMA and ACM award nominations, was named ACM Vocal Group of the Year in 1990, and put 26 songs on the charts.

Jay Leno
Saturday @ 8:00pm
Borgata
Atlantic City, N.J.
Sunday @ 7:00pm
Sands Bethlehem event Center
Bethlehem, Pa.
He's planning to wrap up a long television career, but what got him there still keeps him going. Jay Leno brings his brand of standup comedy to the region. He plays the Borgata in Atlantic City Saturday night, then the Sands Bethlehem Event Center Sunday night...each one show only.

Atlantic City Casinos
Donny and Marie - nightly through Sunday at Caesars
Jeff Foxworthy - Friday at Trump Taj Mahal
Wayne Brady - Friday at the Borgata
Rich Little - Friday and Saturday at The Atlantic Club
Artie Lange - Saturday at the Borgata
Jay Leno - Saturday at the Borgata (separate show; also Sunday at Sands Bethlehem)
Darius Rucker - Saturday, House of Blues at the Showboat (also Friday night at Musikfest)
Ted Nugent - Saturday at Resorts
Peter Frampton's Guitar Circus (with BB King) - Saturday at Trump Taj Mahal


A.J. Meerwald
Visits daily through Sunday
Historic Gardner's Basin
Atlantic City, N.J.
The A.J. Meerwald is a Delaware Bay Oyster Schooner, built in 1928 to meet the needs of New Jersey's oyster fishing industry, which, at the time, was the backbone of the region's economy and culture. The Meerwald was one of hundreds of schooners built along South Jersey's Delaware Bayshore before the decline of the shipbuilding industry that coincided with the Great Depression. She was authentically restored and is operated by the Bayshore Center at Bivalve.

Southeast Asian Dragon Boat Festival
Saturday 12:00 Noon - 8:00pm
Penn's Landing
The Southeast Dragon Boat Festival features an understanding and appreciation of the rich cultural heritage of the people of Southeast Asia. The tradition of Dragon Boat Racing celebrates both the Water Festival holiday and commemorates the use of these boats for maritime and naval activities. During the festival, the RiverStage comes alive with Southeast Asian-inspired traditional entertainment, as well as contemporary and non-traditional performances.

Harlem Globetrotters
Friday & Saturday @ 7:00pm
The Wildwoods Convention Center
Wildwood, N.J.
The Globetrotters infuse each game with their signature antics, yet they usually manage to win. They'll be playing games Friday and Saturday night at the Wildwoods Convention Center...ticketed events, of course. But there's more! The team also plans skills clinics at the convention center Friday and Saturday at 2:00pm. That's a limited-enrollment event and costs $75 per child (age 6-12) but each child enrolled gets a voucher good for a game ticket.

Jo Dee Messina
Sunday @ 4:00 & 6:30pm
Music Box Theatre
Hersheypark
Hershey, Pa.
This two--time Grammy nominee brings her own style to country music. She's spent enough time atop the charts, too. She brings her show to the Music Box Theatre at Hersheypark Sunday. You can see her at 4:00 or 6:30 pm. Reserved seats are $10.00 and may be purchased in advance...even the day of the show. Unsold tickets are released free to park goers just before each show...first--come, first-served.

Peach Festival and Sidewalk Sale
Saturday & Sunday 10:00am - 6:00pm
Peddler's Village
Lahaska, Pa.
It's peach mania all weekend with plenty of fantastic food, sizzling shopping deals and traditional peach pie eating contests. Savor the flavors of all things peach from peach fritters, peach pies, peach muffins, peach strudel and peach kuchen to peach cakes and cupcakes, peach dumplings, peach turnover, peach strudel, peach tea breads, peach pull apart bread, peach tarts, and peach butter cake. Pick up some locally grown peaches from Bucks County fruit orchards and sample some Pennsylvania Dutch peach butters.

Bug Fest
Saturday & Sunday 10:00am - 5:00pm
Academy of Natural Sciences
19th & Ben Franklin Parkway
You can see live bugs. You can even taste bugs if you dare. These are just two of the possibilities as the Academy of Natural Sciences hosts it is annual Bug Fest. One weekend every summer celebrates the world's most-diverse collection of creatures. Other events include a bug magician, bug races, and how to care for your own insect collection. Bug fest is free with your regular admission.

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