Portland Chamber Music Festival: Charles Overton Quartet

Portland Chamber Music Festival: Charles Overton Quartet

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538 Congress St, Portland, Maine 04101, US
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PCMF’s 30th anniversary summer season expands with the Portland debut of the Charles Overton Quartet, a fascinating ensemble with the unusual instrumentation of concert grand harp, tenor saxophone, bass, and drums. The quartet will perform an evening of original tunes and jazz standards co-presented by the multi-disciplinary arts center SPACE. Charles Overton, harp Gregory Groover…

50 Years of Hip-Hop

50 Years of Hip-Hop

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Congress Square Park, Portland, Maine 04101, US
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Friday August 11th from 5-8pm we’re celebrating Hip-Hop’s 50th Anniversary in Congress Square Park! Enjoy music performances from 32 French, Assasi, Damn Jamn, and DJ set by Graphic Melee. Dance performance by Liza May, a B-Boy + B-Girl exhibition, and live mural painting by Dynamo P and ClvnoGrigio Art. Why August 11th? On August 11,…

Portland Chamber Music Festival: First Impressions

Portland Chamber Music Festival: First Impressions

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88 Bedford St, Portland, Maine 04101, US
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At the age of 17 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor became fascinated by the music of Dvořák, with its American and African-American influences. At 19 he heard Brahms’s landmark Clarinet Quintet, and immediately set to work on his own, which is filled with lush, youthful extravagance, and—like much of his music—incorporates traditions from both his African and English…

Pete Kilpatrick Band

Pete Kilpatrick Band

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181 State St, Portland, Maine 04101, US
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Maine based singer/songwriter Pete Kilpatrick grew up with a deep and resounding love of melody. With no formal training in music, Pete picked up the acoustic guitar at the age of 16 and began teaching himself how to play, crafting his own songs all while falling deeply in love with the process. After finishing school,…

Cruising Casco Bay Concert Series

Cruising Casco Bay Concert Series

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56 Commercial Street, Portland, Maine 04101, US
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Join Casco Bay Lines, 98.9 WCLZ, Three of Strong Spirits, and Gina and the Red Eye Flight Crew on the water this Thursday, August 10th, 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…

The Ladles w/ Louisa Stancioff

The Ladles w/ Louisa Stancioff

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181 State St, Portland, Maine 04101, US
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It would have been easy for The Ladles to write 2020 off as a lost year. Forced to scrap a calendar full of tour dates and stuck quarantining on opposite coasts, the trio watched helplessly as cancellation after cancellation rolled in and the prospects of making music together grew dimmer with each passing day. Everything…

Tate House Presents Backyard Concert With the Wortzelini Brothers

Tate House Presents Backyard Concert With the Wortzelini Brothers

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1267 Westbrook Street, Portland, Maine 04102, US
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Tate House Museum Presents a Backyard Concert with the Wortzelini Brothers Portland— Tate House Museum is offering a Folk-Pop concert in our beautiful backyard featuring the Wortzelini Brothers on Saturday August 5 from 5:00 -7:00 PM. Come hear classic tunes by CSNY, the Band, Eagles, and Grateful Dead, as well as some original songs by…

Palaver Strings: Beehive Chamber Series – The Happiest of Times

Palaver Strings: Beehive Chamber Series – The Happiest of Times

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630 Forest Ave, Portland, Maine 04101, US
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Our Beehive Chamber Series opens with The Happiest of Times. We begin with the Danish String Quarter’s haunting arrangement of Unst Boat Song, a Shetland folk prayer traditionally sung to sailors by their families left on shore. We continue with William Grant Stills’ Danzas de Panama, based on a collection of Panamanian folk dances collected…

Stereo Dreams

Stereo Dreams

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375 Forest Ave, Portland, Maine 04103, US
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Live performances by Just Milk, Soulstice, and Alexeo after the “Pass The Aux Cord” producer open aux! Hosted by Graphic Melee Wednesday August 2nd 8pm. $5-$15. Sun Tiki Studios. A monthly all ages music producer showcase highlighting Hip-Hop, Electronic, and R&B producers. Featuring the “Pass The Aux Cord” producer open aux. Sun Tiki Studios 375…