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Live Music This Week in Maine

WEEK OF AUGUST 24, 2026

63 events at 27 venues across 8 hubs this week · Full stats →

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This week in Maine: Pitbull - I'm Back at Maine Savings Amphitheater, Natalie Merchant – A Special Acoustic Performance with Erik Della Penna at Criterion Theatre, and Brad Paisley at Maine Savings Amphitheater. 63 shows across 27 venues.

MONDAY - 9/28

Vinegar Hill Music Theatre, Arundel — Oliver Wood jazz vibes

TUESDAY - 9/29

One Longfellow Square, Portland — MaMuse Live in Portland at 7:30pm tix
Portland House of Music & Events (PHOME), Portland — The Soul Rebels tix

WEDNESDAY - 9/30

One Longfellow Square, Portland — Amythyst Kiah at 8:00pm tix
Portland House of Music & Events (PHOME), Portland — State Theatre Presents: Southern Culture On The Skids w / Poi Rogers tix

THURSDAY - 10/1

Johnson Hall, Gardiner — Five for Fighting with String Quartet at 7:30pm tix
Portland House of Music & Events (PHOME), Portland — State Theatre Presents: Tōth W / Sean Nicholas Savage tix
Stone Mountain Arts Center, Brownfield — Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy celtic vibes

FRIDAY - 10/2

Cross Insurance Center, Bangor — Queen City Expo at 4:00pm, 8:00pm let's go
Merrill Auditorium, Portland — Kathy Griffin at 12:00am tix
One Longfellow Square, Portland — Katie Pruitt with special guest Next of Kin at 8:00pm tix
Portland House of Music & Events (PHOME), Portland — CRUSH: A Dave Matthews Tribute Band tix
Stone Mountain Arts Center, Brownfield — Five for Fighting with String Quartet pop hits
The Hill Arts, Portland — ESTUARY, Where The River Meets The Sea at 11:00pm tix
Vinegar Hill Music Theatre, Arundel — Imagine - The Beatles Solo Years rock out

SATURDAY - 10/3

Boothbay Opera House, Boothbay Harbor — Garrison Starr w/ guest Nini Camps at 7:30pm tix
Chocolate Church Arts Center, Bath — Oshima Brothers at 7:30pm folk tunes
Cross Insurance Arena, Portland — Ringo Starr And His All Starr Band at 7:30pm let's rock
Cross Insurance Center, Bangor — Queen City Expo at 10:00am, 6:00pm let's go
Portland House of Music & Events (PHOME), Portland — State Theatre Presents: Bebe Stockwell w / Gabrielle hope tix
The Hill Arts, Portland — ESTUARY | Where the River Meets the Sea at 11:00pm tix

SUNDAY - 10/4

Cross Insurance Center, Bangor — Queen City Expo at 10:00am, 4:00pm let's go
Vinegar Hill Music Theatre, Arundel — Soggy Po' Boys with Max Chase & Friends let's groove

MONDAY - 10/5

Portland House of Music & Events (PHOME), Portland — Bombargo w / Fudge tix

WEDNESDAY - 10/7

One Longfellow Square, Portland — October Open Mic Night hosted by Sigrid Sibley 🌱 Feat. Curl Tapes at 7:00pm tix

THURSDAY - 10/8

Chocolate Church Arts Center, Bath — Kouchera at 7:30pm rock out
Portland House of Music & Events (PHOME), Portland — State Theatre Presents: Small Pond tix
State Theatre, Portland
The Hill Arts, Portland — Mind Magic: A Night of Laughter and Astonishment with Dr. Steve Taubman at 11:00pm tix
Vinegar Hill Music Theatre, Arundel — The Band Band rock out

FRIDAY - 10/9

Johnson Hall, Gardiner — Homegrown ft. Waxwing at 7:30pm tix
One Longfellow Square, Portland — Briscoe with special guest Noah James at 8:00pm tix
Portland House of Music & Events (PHOME), Portland — Strange Machines w / Lee Ross tix
Stone Mountain Arts Center, Brownfield — Haggard and Cashed honky tonk
The Hill Arts, Portland — Caitlin Piper and The Stray Horses perform Carole King's album TAPESTRY at 11:30pm tix

SATURDAY - 10/10

Chocolate Church Arts Center, Bath
  • 4:00pm — Grateful Dead Hootenanny with Dead to the Core get groovy
  • 7:30pm — Dead to the Core: An Acoustic Celebration of the Grateful Dead let's jam
Criterion Theatre, Bar Harbor — Tusk rock out
Franco Center, Lewiston — Beatles tribute concert Oct. 10 at 7:00pm tix
One Longfellow Square, Portland — Lilly Hiatt & Margo Cilker at 8:00pm tix
State Theatre, Portland — New Idea Society rock out
The Hill Arts, Portland — Quartet: Four Lenses on Love, Loss and Letting Go. Written and performed by award-winning writer Elizabeth Peavey at 11:00pm tix
Vinegar Hill Music Theatre, Arundel — Tricky Britches get loud

SUNDAY - 10/11

Cadenza, Freeport — The Potboilers at 7:00pm tix
Criterion Theatre, Bar Harbor — Natalie Merchant – A Special Acoustic Performance with Erik Della Penna let's go
Cross Insurance Arena, Portland — The Black Keys at 7:30pm get loud
One Longfellow Square, Portland — Ethan Setiawan & Fine Ground at 7:00pm tix
State Theatre, Portland — Erin French sing along
The Hill Arts, Portland — Quartet: Four Lenses on Love, Loss and Letting Go Written and performed by award-winning writer Elizabeth Peavey at 6:00pm tix
The Seaside Pavilion, Old Orchard Beach — Tony Myatt 10k 10.11.2026 at 9:00am tix

MONDAY - 10/12

Criterion Theatre, Bar Harbor — Natalie Merchant – A Special Acoustic Performance with Erik Della Penna – Night Two tix

THURSDAY - 10/15

Johnson Hall, Gardiner — Johnson Hall Open Mic Night at 6:00pm tix
One Longfellow Square, Portland — Portland Jazz Orchestra – October at 8:00pm tix
Portland House of Music & Events (PHOME), Portland — State Theatre Presents: Sneaky Miles w / Jake Swamp & The Pine tix
State Theatre, Portland — Sneaky Miles jazz vibes

FRIDAY - 10/16

Boothbay Opera House, Boothbay Harbor — The Future is Here – Halcyon Strings & Alisa Amador at 7:00pm tix
Johnson Hall, Gardiner — Lambo Law at 7:30pm tix
Merrill Auditorium, Portland — Wild Kratts - Live at 12:00am tix
One Longfellow Square, Portland — Howley (of We Banjo 3) at 8:00pm tix
The Hill Arts, Portland — Gospel Messiah: A Refugee Oratorio at 11:00pm tix
Vinegar Hill Music Theatre, Arundel — Journeyman - Celebrating 60 Years of Cream rock out

SATURDAY - 10/17

Alumni Hall (Snow Pond), Sidney — Being Petty at 7:30pm rock out
Bowl in the Pines, Sidney — Being Petty – The Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Experience at 6:30pm tix
Camden Opera House, Camden — The Twelve Wild Geese, presented by Ensemble Galilei at 3:00pm tix
Center Theatre, Dover-Foxcroft — Rock Hearts rock on
One Longfellow Square, Portland — James Montgomery at 8:00pm tix
Portland House of Music & Events (PHOME), Portland — Twin Fin - The California Sober Tour tix
Snow Pond Center for the Arts, Sidney — Being Petty at 7:30pm rock out
The Hill Arts, Portland — Gospel Messiah: A Refugee Oratorio at 7:00pm tix
Vinegar Hill Music Theatre, Arundel — Sweet Baby James: The #1 James Taylor Tribute let's go

SUNDAY - 10/18

Criterion Theatre, Bar Harbor — Don Was and the Pan-Detroit Ensemble music fest
One Longfellow Square, Portland — Jake Blount Band at 8:00pm tix
Portland House of Music & Events (PHOME), Portland — The Rock and Roll Playhouse plays Music of The Beatles + More for Kids tix
The Hill Arts, Portland — Gospel Messiah: A Refugee Oratorio at 8:00pm tix
Thompson's Point, Portland — Maker’s Market at Thompson’s Point! at 10:00am tix
Vinegar Hill Music Theatre, Arundel — The Wolff Sisters let's groove

THURSDAY - 11/5

Strand Theatre, Rockland — Dervish let's go

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