PhilaMOCA

PhilaMOCA Philadelphia Mausoleum of Contemporary Art. PhilaMOCA hosts 250+ events a year ranging from film premieres to burlesque performances to fashion showcases.
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Housed in the historic Finney & Son building, a former showroom for tombstones and mausoleums that dates back to 1865, The Philadelphia Mausoleum of Contemporary Art (PhilaMOCA) is a multipurpose art space that proudly showcases the best in underground, alternative, and DIY culture with a concentration on film and performance. The mission is to provide a creative and low cost outlet for the local

community, as well as bring new and interesting art and performance to Philadelphia. PhilaMOCA was named Best of Philly 2013 - Best Performance Venue. PhilaMOCA / 531 N. 12th Street /
Philadelphia, PA 19123

Tomorrow night (TUE 8/18) we host the Philly Premiere of Tim Kasher's (Cursive) new horror film WHO'S WATCHING featuring...
08/17/2026

Tomorrow night (TUE 8/18) we host the Philly Premiere of Tim Kasher's (Cursive) new horror film WHO'S WATCHING featuring a post-screening acoustic set and Q&A moderated by Sadie Dupuis (Speedy Ortiz)! About 30 tickets left, available here:
https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/83495603/

Cursive and The Good Life frontman Tim Kashers takes his cinematic narrative chops off the the track with a new horror movie you can watch soon. Details and trailer inside.

Tonight at 8:00 PM fom the team that brought you last years's "spellbinding!" (Kevin Smith,  Dogma), "absolutely stunnin...
07/31/2026

Tonight at 8:00 PM fom the team that brought you last years's "spellbinding!" (Kevin Smith, Dogma), "absolutely stunning" (Reactor), "weird and wonderful!" (Daniel Kraus, Angel Down, winner of the 2026 Pulitzer Prize), "BADASS vaudeville show!" (Rue Morgue Magazine), The Devil & Daisy Dirt, comes a brand new feverdream hoedown, featuring the critically acclaimed writer/performer Alex Dawson (The Devil & Daisy Dirt, Welcome to White Hart) and the award-winning folk singer Arlan Feiles (Come Sunday Morning, Diaspora).

Like Waylon Jennings' memoiristic "Man Called Hoss," Alex and Arlan use spoken word and ten biographical ballads to pull you through the mud and blood of Dawson's harsh but magical life on a haunted horse farm in rural Alabama. Beginning with the morning his stepdad, a rancher named Doc, hit him in the head with a 5-pound Fireside Friend; ending with the old man dead, buried by bucket loader, among his horses, whose legs had to be chainsawed off before they could be dug in. There are witches in the woods, snakes in the lake, ghosts in the barn, and trapped in every bent tree is the soul of someone who died wrong. Big Fish meets Blaze Foley. Memoiristic monodrama. Southern Gothic song cycle. Audio-biography. Book/Lyrics by Alex Dawson. Music by Arlan Feiles.

"There is no one like Alex Dawson. A riveting, one-of-a-kind storyteller." - Joyce Carol Oates

Tickets available at the door and online here:
https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/34922230/

07/14/2026

CORONER OF THE STARS, a new documentary on famed Hollywood coroner Dr. Thomas Noguchi, screens tonight at 7:30 PM, tickets available at the door and online here:
https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/50722810/

07/12/2026

Learn the secrets of fan favorite bad movie studio The Asylum TONIGHT in MOCKUMENTARY! Screens at 7:30 PM, tickets available at the door and online here:
https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/36037363/

06/19/2026

Tomorrow night we host the Philly Premiere of the new documentary STOLEN KINGDOM, the story of Disney park explorers and the heist of a forgotten mascot, tickets here:
https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/85620183/

By popular demand, we're hosting an additional screening of WILDWOOD, NJ on Tuesday, June 23 with co-director Ruth Leitm...
06/18/2026

By popular demand, we're hosting an additional screening of WILDWOOD, NJ on Tuesday, June 23 with co-director Ruth Leitman in attendance, tickets are available here:
https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/36584906/

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