Common Floor Contra Dance

Common Floor Contra Dance

Time:
-
Location:
400 Deering Ave, Portland, Maine 04101, US
Calendar:

You’re invited to another Common Floor Contra Dance in Portland, Maine. Caller: Julian Blechner Band: Cojiro ♬♫ ♬ ♪ ♩ 𝅗𝅥 Jess Newman (fiddle) Mark Price (guitar) When: Sunday, August 20th, 2023 6:45 pm Doors Open 7:00 pm Lesson 7:30 pm Dance 10:00 pm Bedtime Where: Temple Beth El (400 Deering Ave, Portland, ME) Price:…

Clarisse Karasira “Bakundwa” Album Release

Clarisse Karasira “Bakundwa” Album Release

Time:
-
Location:
10 Mayo Street, Portland, Maine 04101, US
Calendar:

Step into the enchanting world of Clarisse Karasira — the Rwandan cultural music superstar — as she unveils her highly anticipated album at Waynflete’s Franklin Theater. Bakundwa (Beloved) is an uplifting symphony that weaves together the threads of love, diversity, hope, and resilience. Drawing from her rich Rwandan and African heritage at-large and blending it with…

Bees Deluxe play the blues at Blue

Bees Deluxe play the blues at Blue

Time:
-
Location:
Blue, 650 Congress St # A, Portland, Maine 04101, US
Calendar:

MAINE, August 2023: Bees Deluxe, the Boston-based, British-bred blues band is coming to Maine. Distinguished by their ability to seamlessly blend blues with elements of jazz, funk and psychedelia, the band has won audiences from Maine to Miami with the genre-bending sound they call “acid blues.” Fronted by Conrad Warre, a masterful guitarist and vocalist…

Portland Chamber Music Festival: Grand Finale

Portland Chamber Music Festival: Grand Finale

Time:
-
Location:
88 Bedford St, Portland, Maine 04101, US
Calendar:

This poetically lyrical program, infused with unforced virtuosity and memorable melodies, is the perfect way to spend a summer evening. The witty sophistication of Germaine Tailleferre, the only woman in the early 20th century group of French composers known as Les Six, sets up a fascinating contrast with a passionately dramatic quintet rooted in Armenian…

Kat Wright

Kat Wright

Time:
-
Location:
181 State St, Portland, Maine 04101, US
Calendar:

“There’s soul flowing in and out of her rock ‘n’ roll with a serpentine seduction. Some of soul music’s sweet, grand dames belt, shout, seethe, and succumb, while Wright sings gently like a heartache’s apology. It’s funky in spots and beautiful all over. And it hurts a little … like it should”. After touring for…

Mr Sun

Mr Sun

Time:
-
Location:
181 State St, Portland, Maine 04101, US
Calendar:

If you haven’t heard of the cheerfully named supergroup Mr. Sun, you’ve certainly heard its proponents, four of the finest musicians on the American roots scene: Renowned fiddler Darol Anger, Professor Emeritus at Berklee College of Music, who has released many solo albums in addition to his work with David Grisman and Mike Marshall, and…

Portland Chamber Music Festival: The Kreutzer Connection

Portland Chamber Music Festival: The Kreutzer Connection

Time:
-
Location:
88 Bedford St, Portland, Maine 04101, US
Calendar:

Beethoven’s “Kreutzer” Sonata, one of his most brilliant and popular works, has an extraordinarily intimate emotional intensity, which serves as a primary plot point of Tolstoy’s controversial novella of the same name, by which the narrator is driven to murderous obsession. Janáček’s string quartet, premiered 100 years ago, reflects on the psychological drama and obsessive…

Cruising Casco Bay Concert Series

Cruising Casco Bay Concert Series

Time:
-
Location:
56 Commercial Street, Portland, Maine 04101, US
Calendar:

Join Casco Bay Lines, 98.9 WCLZ, Three of Strong Spirits, and Dominic Lavoie on the water this Thursday, August 17th, for the Cruising Casco Bay Concert Series! Grab your tickets now! Enjoy the music, the cash bar, and the ocean air this summer when you come aboard a Casco Bay Lines ferry for a cruise…

Portland Chamber Music Festival: Summer Dreams

Portland Chamber Music Festival: Summer Dreams

Time:
-
Location:
88 Bedford St, Portland, Maine 04101, US
Calendar:

Step right up for an utterly delightful mini musical summer vacation! First stop, a charming piece for piano four-hands evoking nature-related sounds and scenes of the English countryside, paired with a poetic, atmospheric quintet by a self-described “brazen Romantic.” Enjoy a taste of the jazzy flavors of Gershwin before jet-setting off to Bohemia for Dvořák’s…

Gooseberry at Free Street

Gooseberry at Free Street

Time:
-
Location:
77 Free St, Portland, Maine 04101, US
Calendar:

Gooseberry makes their debut in Portland with Silver Heels, Milk St & Christina’s World. Gooseberry is a trio from Brooklyn, New York born during the Fall of 2019. Their combination of alternative rock, indie, and blues is a recipe for a unique sound that Gooseberry delivers in each song. The band consists of Asa Daniels…