Immediate Seating

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How to get tickets

The Immediate Seating Program is a free ticket program made possible by hundreds of local organizations and venues throughout Philadelphia that donate tickets for our clients’ use.

To make reservations, call the Events Line 215.981.3362 between 2 – 4pm Monday through Thursday. 

Immediate Seating uses first names and last initial and you will need to give the volunteer your phone number in case of cancellations and for confirmations. Please use the same name and phone number each time you call. You will be assigned a membership number that will be linked to this information.

Tickets are on a first-come, first-served basis. If the tickets are to be picked up at the Action Wellness office at 1216 Arch Street, they must be picked up within three working days after you have made your reservation. If the tickets are at a venue, you must pick them up 20 minutes before show time.

Clients are limited to reserve a maximum of 2 tickets per event; 2 events per week. Action Wellness reserves the right to refuse or limit tickets at anytime.
If you have any questions concerning your tickets or this program, please do not hesitate to call 215-981-3362.

 

 

Please note the following Immediate Seating Closures as Action Wellness offices will be closed:

  • Monday, January 19th (Martin Luther King Jr. Day)
  • Tuesday, February 16th (Presidents’ Day)


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  • Arts

Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens

1020 South Street
Philadelphia,PA19147
Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens (PMG) is an immersive mixed media art environment that is completely covered with mosaics. The creator, Isaiah Zagar, used handmade tiles, bottles, bicycle wheels, mirror, and international…

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  • Attraction

American Swedish Historical Museum

1900 Pattison Avenue
Philadelphia,PA19145
Nestled in the bucolic Franklin D. Roosevelt Park in South Philadelphia, PA, the American Swedish Historical Museum was built in 1926 to celebrate Swedish heritage and culture in America. During…

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  • GayBingo

Boogie Wonderland Ball GayBINGO! (7pm; Doors Open at 6pm)

Congregation Rodeph Shalom
615 N. Broad St.
Philadelphia,PA19123
Chase your vinyl dreams! GayBINGO is the fabulous, irreverent, campy, wildly popular monthly event that has been entertaining Philadelphia audiences for 30 years! Celebrating a different theme each month, hundreds…

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  • Parks & Gardens

Shofuso Japanese Cultural Center

Shofuso Japanese Cultural Center
Horticultural and Lansdowne Drives
Philadelphia,PA19131
Designed by architect Junzo Yoshimura, Shofuso was built in Japan in 1953 using traditional techniques and materials. It was shipped to New York and exhibited in the courtyard of the…

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  • Attraction

Historic Philadelphia, Betsy Ross House!

Betsy Ross House
239 Arch Street
Philadelphia,PA19106
An Open Event! Self guided tour Enter the Betsy Ross House, and you are whisked back into the life of the 18th century widow/working mother/upholsterer credited with making the first…

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  • Attraction

Historic Philadelphia, Parx Liberty Carousel!

Franklin Square
200 N. 6th Street, 6th & Race
Philadelphia,PA19106
This is an open event! A ride on the Parx Liberty Carousel in Franklin Square is really a ride through a rich but relatively unknown part of Philadelphia’s past. In the late…

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  • Attraction

National Constitution Center

525 Arch St.
Philadelphia,PA19106
As the museum of We the People, the Center brings the Constitution to life for visitors of all ages through interactive programs and exhibits.

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  • Attraction

Fort Mifflin

6400 Island Road
Philadelphia,PA19153
History LIVES at Fort Mifflin! Experience history first-hand at National Historic Landmark Fort Mifflin – one of the only intact Revolutionary War battlefields and the only fort in Philadelphia! Events…

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  • Events

Crowd Pleaser – An Evening with Yotam Ottolenghi: Presented by Ensemble Arts

Miller Theater
250 S. Broad St.
Philadelphia,PA19102
Monday 3/2/2026 at 7:30PM In Crowd Pleaser, Yotam Ottolenghi blends live cooking, storytelling, and audience interaction in a warm, insightful stage event that explores the pleasures and pressures of feeding others.…

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  • Events

The Merry Widow presented by Philadelphia Ballet

The Louise Reed Center for Dance
323 N. Broad St
Philadelphia,PA19107
3/5/2026 – 3/15/2026 Experience the magic of movement and melody in this spectacular production, as the glamorous and wealthy widow Hanna navigates love and politics in Belle Époque Paris. Set…

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  • Arts

The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington presented by the Wilma Theater

The WILMA Theater
265 S Broad St.
Philadelphia,PA19107
3/17/2026 – 4/5/2026 A raucous & surreal reckoning with our founders’ legacy of slavery. MORE ABOUT MIZ MARTHA: Behold the feverish Martha Washington, our first First Lady, on her deathbed,…

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