We suggest the Keswick Theater in Glenside,PA (just over the city limits) or in N.J at the Scottish Rite Theater Collinswood,NJ. Both are locations Great Big Sea have played. There is also the Tower Theater in Upper Darby,Pa (again just over the city line)--it's not a good neighborhood but it is more accessible. There is also the Electric Factory in center city Phila. but there are only a few seats in the upper balcony +bar area but unlike August 2001 when TOFOG played there it should not be so hot.  It literally is an old factory and has no A/C just fans for ventilation.  It's a venue geared towards young adults, room for dancing etc. and a large bar.
   There is a House of Blues in Atlantic City,NJ--not a bad commute & very familiar to Phila--also plenty of hotels & access by road,train, bus or small airport in AC itself. The Tweeter Center in Camdeen ,NJ can be sectioned off for smaller audiences.   There are tons of colleges& universities in the area--many of them rent out theater/auditoriums--West Chester University's  Asplundh Hall  Immacculata University, Villanova,St Joseph's, Cabrini,Temple, and the University of  Pennsylvania have multiple campuses at Brandywine,Great Valley etc. Not sure what size venue TOFOG would be looking at--- hope this helps.
  Please pass along our glee that TOFOG will be playing close to our home--my sister & I have travelled to New York city, Chicago and San Diego as well as Phila (2001) and enjoyed all the people we met along the way.
  Thank you Mary for all of your work to keep us up on Russell & TOFOG's doings--we don't post on the internet but we do read almost daily.  We also appeciate your warning if something is negative in nature-because then usually we don't care to read it. Russell is a favorite actor& musician--so following him is something we do for enjoyment, negative writers need not apply--so again many  thanks---Beth & Winnie Allen, West Chester, PA