Philly Events June 19-25

FESTIVALS

Manayunk Arts Festival

Driving to this street-fair-style display of juried arts and crafts? Park at 555 City Ave. or Ivy Ridge (4996 Umbria St.), and hop a free shuttle.

Main Street between Carson Street and Shurs Lane, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. tomorrow, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday, free, manayunk.com.

Steampunk Expo

Trendy combination of Victorian mechanics and '80s fashion goes al fresco, family style, with science-y activities, invention show, storytelling, dance party.

Morris Arboretum, 100 E. Northwestern Ave., 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Sunday, $8-$16 plus activity fees, under 3 free, 215-247-5777, morrisarboretum.org.

Make Music Philly

How to choose among the 100 free concerts - including Philly Drum Project (The Porch at 30th Street, noon), R&B (Philly Uptown Theater, 2226 N. Broad St., noon-5:30 p.m.), Mass Appeal Ukeleles (710 South St., 7 p.m.) - at this international celebration of music? There's an app for that.

Various locations and times,

Sunday, free, makemusicday.org.

DOWN

THE SHORE

Skimmer Weekend

Sea Isle's old-timey beach fest kicks off summer with sand sculpting, gift and food vending, a Sunday antique car show and a parade.

Various locations, Sea Isle City, N.J., 9 a.m.-4 p.m. tomorrow,

9 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Sunday, free, visitsicnj.com.

Roar at the Jersey Shore

Not Wildwood's famous bike rally, it's a powerboat race, fast (up to 150 mph) and noisy enough to delight enthusiasts, just in time for dads and kids who love such sea-top shenanigans.

Farley's State Marina (across from Golden Nugget), Atlantic City, noon-4 p.m. Sunday, free, 888-228-4748, njpowerboat.com.

National Marbles Tournament

Mibsters (marble shooters) ages 8 to 14 compete in 1,200 games at 92 year-old tourney in stadium built atop the beach.

Ringer Stadium, Wildwood Avenue and the beach, Wildwood, N.J., 8 a.m.-noon Monday-Thursday, free to

attend, 304-337-2764, nationalmarblestournament.org.

MUSIC

Firefly Music Festival

Legends Paul McCartney, Morrissey and Snoop join up-and-comers Clean Bandit, Sylvan Esso, How to Dress Well and more at this four-day campout, the East Coast's rootsy answer to Coachella, now in day two. Hope you're there already. Sold out.

Woodlands of Dover International Speedway, Dover, Del., through Sunday, sold out, fireflyfestival.com.

NKOTB

Go 'head: Mock their age. Joey, Jordan, Donnie and those other two still have better abs than your average 40-somethings, and still hang tough for their devoted Blockheads. TLC and Nelly open.

Wells Fargo Center, 3601 S.

Broad St., 7 tonight, $20-$115, 800-298-4200, comcasttix.com.

Amos Lee & David Gray

Full of bluesy feelings, singer-songwriters (including South Philly's own Lee, a/k/a Ryan Massaro) on regular WXPN rotation share a bill, bare their souls.

Mann Center, 5201 Parkside Ave., 7:30 tonight, $35-$69.50, 800-745-3000, ticketmaster.com.

Aretha Franklin

Queen of Soul, diva over all, survivor extraordinaire brings what she's still got - a lot.

Caesars, 2100 Pacific Ave., Atlantic City, 9 p.m. tomorrow, $55-$105, 800-745-3000, ticketmaster.com.

The Crossing

The middle Month of Moderns program by Donald Nally's excellent chorus includes a world premiere, "A Child Said, What is the Grass?" by Estonian composer Toivo Tulev. Also on the bill: local composer James Primosch's "Mass for the Day of St. Thomas Didymus" and Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen's "Green" and "Three Stages."

Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, 8855 Germantown Ave., 4 p.m. Sunday, $30, 267-627-4306, crossingchoir.com.

Steve Coleman

What dad wants: One of 100 available tickets to edgy jazzy alto saxophonist playing inside Philly's oldest barn, followed by a quiet stroll in the birthplace of American botany.

Bartram's Garden, 5400 Lindberg Blvd., 5 & 7 p.m. (two performances) Sunday, $20 each, arsnovaworkshop.com.

D'Angelo & The Vanguard

Identity crisis abated, R&B singer and multi-instrumentalist is back from Europe to virtuoso-out on "Black Messiah," latest modern soul coup.

Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave., Glenside, 8 p.m. Tuesday, $75-$175, 215-572-7650, keswicktheatre.org.

Philadelphia Orchestra

The Orchestra's annual Tchaikovsky evening, led by Cristian Macelaru, includes the "Romeo and Juliet" Fantasy-Overture, music from "Swan Lake" and, of course, the "1812 Overture" to summon the fireworks.

Mann Center, 5201 Parkside Ave., 8 p.m. Tuesday, $20-$35, 800-745-3000, manncenter.org.

STAGE + SCREEN

'Company'

Last weekend to catch "American Idol" runner-up, Doylestown's own Justin Guarini in circa-1970 Sondheim-Furth musical about a confirmed bachelor on his 35th birthday.

Bucks County Playhouse, 70

S. Main St., New Hope, 8 tonight,

2 & 8 p.m. tomorrow, 2 p.m. Sunday, $29-$85, 215-862-2121, bcptheater.org.

Philadelphia Orchestra

Nino Rota's brilliant score for "The Godfather" will be led by Justin Freer, accompanying Francis Ford Coppola's classic film. Few scores in movie history have captured so perfectly the atmosphere of a film's message.

Mann Center, 5201 Parkside Ave., 8 p.m. Thursday, $20-$85, 800-745-3000, manncenter.org.

- Compiled by Tom Di Nardo,

Lauren McCutcheon