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A weekend class has no school pickup, so this list goes by where the class is. Any child can sign up, whichever school they go to.
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Music (2)
Mister John’s Music
Group piano and guitar classes meet on Saturdays, about 9:30 am to 1:45 pm, and percussion and piano groups on Sundays, about 10 am to 2:30 pm, for roughly ages 4 to 10. Music SaturdaysSundaysBella VistaTemple Music Prep: Community Music Scholars
Low-cost Saturday morning instrument lessons, theory and ensembles at Temple University Music SaturdaysNorth PhiladelphiaTheater (5)
Arden Drama School
Arden Theatre’s school: full-day theater camps on days off, and Saturday classes Theater SaturdaysOld CityMacGuffin Theatre & Film Company
Saturday theatre classes by age group near Rittenhouse Square Theater SaturdaysRittenhouseMusic Theatre Philly
Grades 1–4: Musical Theatre on Saturdays at 9 am, and Tap, Group Voice and the Finding Nemo Kids musical on Sunday mornings. Grades 5–8: Tap, High School Musical Jr. and Advanced Group Voice on Saturdays, 9 am to 1 pm. TheaterMusicSports & movement SaturdaysSundaysWashington Square WestPhilly PACK
A theatre and dance school for kids at Federal and Moyamensing: creative movement on Saturdays for ages 3–5, and K–8 classes on weekday afternoons TheaterSports & movement SaturdaysPennsportWalnut Street Theatre School
Saturday acting and musical theatre classes for kids and teens at the Walnut Street Theatre Theater SaturdaysWashington Square WestArt & making (6)
Fleisher Art Memorial
Young Artists Program classes for ages 5 to 18 meet mainly on Saturdays: drawing and painting, mixed media and sculpture for grades K–5, and other classes for grades 6–12. Art & making SaturdaysBella VistaMADE Institute: Sunday Sewing
Sunday sewing classes for kids and teens at a West Philly sewing school Art & making SundaysWest PhiladelphiaMoore Young Artists Workshop
Three-hour Saturday studio courses for grades 6–12 at Moore College of Art & Design Art & making SaturdaysLogan SquarePAFA Saturday Studio Art
Saturday morning drawing classes for middle schoolers at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Art & making SaturdaysCenter CityPhiladelphia Museum of Art: Art Kids Classes
Weekly Saturday art classes by age group in the museum’s classrooms Art & making SaturdaysFairmountPhiladelphia’s Magic Gardens: Family Jams
Drop-in family art-making at the mosaic museum on South Street, on the second Sunday of each month Art & making SundaysBella VistaSports & movement (17)
Blue Chip Flag football, South Philadelphia
A Sunday no-contact flag football league for ages 3 to 17 on the fields at South 10th Street, with a fall and a spring season Sports & movement SundaysPacker ParkEquilibrium Dance Academy
A dance studio on South Broad with ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop and acro from age 3, including Saturday classes Sports & movement SaturdaysNewboldFitness Alive: swim lessons in South Philly
Swim lessons for ages 3 and up in the pool at 714 Reed Street, on weekends and weekdays Sports & movement SaturdaysSundaysPassyunk SquareFlips 4 Kidz
Gymnastics for ages 4 to 12 inside East Passyunk Community Center, with three Saturday classes Sports & movement SaturdaysEast PassyunkKoresh School of Dance
A Saturday morning pre-ballet class for ages 4 to 6 near Rittenhouse Square Sports & movement SaturdaysRittenhouseMoveMakers Philly
Saturday hip hop and breaking classes run 10:15 am to 1 pm at 2100 Chestnut St. Hip hop (K–2nd, and 8 and up) and martial arts and parkour (8 and up) run 10 to 11:30 am at 812 Chestnut St. Sports & movement SaturdaysWashington Square WestPenn Ice Rink
Sunday learn-to-skate group lessons from age 5 at the University of Pennsylvania’s rink Sports & movement SundaysUniversity CityPennsport School of Dance
A neighborhood dance school on South 3rd Street: tap, jazz, ballet, hip hop, modern and gymnastics from age 3, with Saturday classes for the youngest Sports & movement SaturdaysWhitmanPhiladelphia Martial Arts Academy
Karate for ages 4 to 12 on Jackson Street, with Saturday morning classes Sports & movement SaturdaysWhitmanPhilly InMovement: MOVE After School
School-age gymnastics, tumbling and aerials classes for kindergarten and up meet on Saturdays at the Queen Village and Bok gyms, roughly 10 am to 1:45 pm. Sports & movementAftercare SaturdaysQueen Village and East PassyunkRizzo Rink
The city’s indoor ice rink on Front Street in Pennsport: free public skating on Sunday afternoons in season, and skating lessons Sports & movementRec centers SundaysPennsportSchool of Philadelphia Ballet
Saturday and Sunday ballet classes for ages 3 to 7, with no audition Sports & movement SaturdaysSundaysCenter CitySkilladelphia
Fall Sundays with Coach Val at Old Pine: Bitty Ballers (ages 6–9) at 3:30, All Ballers (6–14) at 5, Super Hoopers (9–14) at 6:30, September through October. Clinics are 85 minutes, with 25 minutes of open shootaround. Sports & movement SundaysSociety HillStarfinder: Saturday soccer
Low-cost Saturday soccer for ages 6 to 14 on an indoor field in Manayunk Sports & movement SaturdaysManayunkThe Rock School for Dance Education
Saturday pre-ballet for ages 3 to 6 at the ballet school on South Broad Street Sports & movement SaturdaysSouth PhiladelphiaWissahickon Skating Club
Saturday group skating lessons and Sunday learn-to-play hockey at a Chestnut Hill rink Sports & movement SaturdaysSundaysChestnut HillZAZZ
Short Saturday and Sunday dance series for ages 4 to 6 in Center City Sports & movement SaturdaysSundaysRittenhouseSTEM (1)
Reading & homework (1)
This covers the programs already on this site, plus weekend-only places from a first sweep of the city. It isn’t every class in Philadelphia, and some listed programs run weekend classes that their sites don’t spell out by day, so ask. Know a weekend class that should be here? Tell us.
Weekend terms start and fill on their own dates, so check with the provider before you count on a class.