The Rolling Stone Philippines Weekend Guide offers anything from your favorite international films being screened at your local cinema to your dimly lit music venues showcasing some headbanging and moshpit-inducing rock music.
This lineup of weekend shows would remind all attendees to pack light, stay comfortable in the last of the cold breeze, and relax to the tunes and flicks at these events. The shows must go on, and so do we on the weekend.
I Be Like Music Video Launch
Tab Wine Lounge, Amorsolo Street, Legazpi Village, Makati City
March 6
9:00 p.m.
P500
Greenhouse Records’ very own producer-rapper Gaspari will launch the music video for “I Be Like (Damn I Feel Good)” alongside O $ide Mafia’s Cashman, with opening performances from the roster’s hardboiled trap hip-hop lineup. Expect slick performances from artists such as Gat Putch, Slick V, Godd Patron, Louie Grammz, and many more.
3 Cheers for 3 Years
123Block, Mandala Park, Shaw Boulevard, Mandaluyong City
March 7
6:00 p.m.
P600
Laguna-based independent production outfit Pusangkatol is celebrating its third anniversary with a party that brings together both the Laguna scene and the wider Metro Manila crowd. With alternative acts such as (e)motion engine, hardcore band Badwave, and surf-rock outfit bird. joining the stacked lineup, it’s safe to say Pusangkatol will be raising their glasses for more years to come.
Headlocks and Headbangs….and Heartbreaks
Sari Sari Bar, 5661 Washington St. cor. Dela Rosa St., Makati City
March 7
8:00 p.m.
P500 (presale tickets)
Puso Wrestling returns with a lineup that goes beyond wrestlers brawling inside a speakeasy bar late into the night. New Pinoy Music Collective will handle the music programming, booking alternative acts such as fitterkarma, Shirebound, Super P and the Space Bandits, and more. The matches will unfold alongside live performances, adding another layer to the sensory overload. It may sound chaotic on paper, but for a physical sport that has long moved alongside music culture, the pairing makes perfect sense.
Remain in Light
Garapata Store, Cubao Expo, Quezon City
On view from March 6 to 20
Opening night on March 8, from 5:00 to 11:00 p.m.
Event is free and open to the public
Garapata Store’s exhibition, “Remain in Light,” brings together the works of three writers and 31 artists for a two-week fine arts show celebrating local creativity. Participating artists and writers include 2008 Ateneo Arts Awardee Poklong Anading, musician and poet Lourd De Veyra, CCP 13 Artists Awardee Zeus Bascon, and more. The opening night of the exhibition will feature special performances from Dong Abay and Vinty Lava.
Graphika Manila
SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia Complex, Seashell Ln., Pasay City
March 7 and 8
More information on ticket pricing can be found here
Over the past two decades, Graphika Manila has served as one of Asia’s most anticipated conventions for design, the arts, and creativity across the region. This year, speakers at the event include photographer Geloy Concepcion, Brooklyn-based creative duo Wade Jeffree & Leta Sobierajski, Sony Pictures Animation’s Wendell Dalit (who recently served as the art director of KPop Demon Hunters), Stockholm-based creative agency Snask, and more.
Clap Back: Half the Sky, All the Rage
Mejo Kitchen Bar, 690 Road 1, Matandang Balara, Diliman, Quezon City
March 5
7:00 p.m. onwards
Pay what you can
What better way to celebrate International Working Women’s Day than with a women-led benefit gig? Clap Back brings together performances by SHNTI, Noa Mal, T33G33, Stef Arañas, and more, while also inviting advocacy speakers, such as Rep. Sarah Elago, to speak more about widening the reach of women’s advocacy.
