WannaGoSee — Live Music in New England

new england's live music guide

WEEK OF MAY 18 - MAY 24, 2026

From Pentagram at Geno's Rock Club to Covered in Bees at Geno's Rock Club and One Hundred Thorns at Geno's Rock Club.

MONDAY - 5/18

Deertrees Theatre, Harrison
  • - name: Sebago Long Lake Music Festival — TBA music fest
  • - name: Susie Pepper Divas Concert — TBA divas night
Geno's Rock Club, Portland
Good Theater, Portland — TBA at - name: Chances Are Johnny Sings It sing along
One Longfellow Square, Portland — The Bad Plus Farewell Tour at 8:00pm jazz vibes
SPACE Gallery, Portland — HELL and Body Void with ERGI at 7:30pm rock out

TUESDAY - 5/19

Geno's Rock Club, Portland
SPACE Gallery, Portland
  • 6:30pm — Bill Frisell with Tim Angulo and Luke Bergman [early show] rock out
  • 7:00pm — Our Land (Nuestra Tierra) get loud
  • 9:00pm — Bill Frisell with Tim Angulo and Luke Bergman [late show] jazz vibes
Stone Mountain Arts Center, Brownfield — TBA at - name: Yonder Mountain String Band jam session
Thompson's Point, Portland
  • 6:00pm, 10:00pm — Djo Summer Tour with Pond rock out
  • 6:00pm, 11:00pm — Claypool Gold get loud

WEDNESDAY - 5/20

Cross Insurance Arena, Portland — AEW Presents Dynamite & Collision at 7:30pm get loud
Deertrees Theatre, Harrison
  • - name: Big Yellow Taxi – Joni Mitchell Tribute — TBA taxi tune
  • - name: Nashville Revue with Jonathan Sarty — TBA get country
  • - name: Tartan Terrors — TBA celtic sounds
Geno's Rock Club, Portland — Work It Wednesday at 8:00 PM dance time
Good Theater, Portland
Mayo Street Arts, Portland — Maine Inside Out Juneteenth Performance + Community Dialogue at 7:00 PM community chat
One Longfellow Square, Portland
  • 7:00pm, 9:30pm — June Open Mic Night hosted by Lollabelle feat. Alex Silver open mic
  • 7:00pm, 9:30pm — July Open Mic Night hosted by Heather Lynn open mic
  • 7:30pm, 8:00pm — Thunderstruck: Classic Rock Tribute rock tribute
  • 8:00pm — 98.9 WCLZ presents: Joe P get tickets
SPACE Gallery, Portland
  • 8:00pm — King Tuff with Mod Lang and Crazy Déjà Vu rock out
  • 8:00pm — Conan rock out
Stone Mountain Arts Center, Brownfield

THURSDAY - 5/21

Aura, Portland — TBA at - name: Anberlin let's go
Bayside Bowl, Portland
Deertrees Theatre, Harrison
  • - name: Annual Lobster Roll Fundraiser — TBA lobster time
  • - name: Piano Bar and Open Mic — TBA open mic
  • - name: Susie Pepper and Ali Butler perform with Ashley Liberty and Daniel Strange “Thank You for the Music” — TBA thank you
  • - name: The Shadow Riders – A Marshall Tucker Tribute — TBA ride the sound
Geno's Rock Club, Portland
  • 7:00 PM — Ezra Cohen and The Big City Band tix
  • 7:00 PM — Qualms rock on
  • 7:00 PM — Beers Brosnan cheers
  • 7:00 PM — Thumper get hyped
Good Theater, Portland — TBA at - name: Soggy Po' Boys get funky
One Longfellow Square, Portland
  • 5:30pm — Lyle & Phil Divinsky let's dance
  • 6:00pm, 8:00pm — Square to Square Outdoor Concert Series: Sigrid Sibley + Thomas Charles Clukey outdoor tunes
  • 8:00pm — Portland Jazz Orchestra feat. Westbrook High School jazz night
  • 8:00pm — Portland Jazz Orchestra more jazz
  • 8:00pm — Lyle Divinsky (solo) solo vibes
SPACE Gallery, Portland
  • 8:00pm — Oranssi Pazuzu with Wayfarer get loud
  • 8:00pm — The Fiery Furnaces let's go
  • 8:00pm — mekons with after show mekonic disco get loud
  • 8:00pm — Greg Mendez with Scarlet Rae let's go
  • 8:00pm — The Body and Big|Brave with Vervain rock out

FRIDAY - 5/22

Aura, Portland
  • - name: Dirty Deeds — TBA get rockin
  • - name: Jesse Royal — TBA reggae vibes
  • - name: Tom Keifer with Special Guests Buckcherry — TBA rock out
Bayside Bowl, Portland
  • 6:00pm — Micromassé feel good
  • 8:00pm — Rustic Overtones get loud
  • 8:00pm — R.A. The Rugged Man rap it up
  • 8:00pm — Fetch Tiger w/s/gs Milk St. & Favorite Haunt get funky
  • 8:00pm — Not Fadeaway Band plays Dead-Zeppelin rock on
Cross Insurance Arena, Portland
  • 7:00pm — MANILOW: The Last Portland Concert let's go
  • 7:30pm — Billy Strings - SOLD OUT rock out
Deertrees Theatre, Harrison
Geno's Rock Club, Portland
Mayo Street Arts, Portland
  • 6:00 PM — Veeva Banga's Cesaria Feels the Beat feel the beat
  • 7:00 PM — Mel Carter's Bitch Eat Dog let's go
  • 7:00 PM — Grumbo’s Princess Dream dream big
One Longfellow Square, Portland
  • 8:00pm — Big Yellow Taxi – The Music of Joni Mitchell: Miles of Aisles Remix music fest
  • 8:00pm — Rhett Miller rock night
  • 8:00pm — An Evening with Suzzy Roche and Lucy Wainwright Roche singer night
SPACE Gallery, Portland
  • 7:00pm — Erupcja jazz vibes
  • 8:00pm — Ratboys with Shallowater rock out
  • 8:00pm — Buck Meek with Kisser let's go
Stone Mountain Arts Center, Brownfield
Thompson's Point, Portland — Joe Russo’s Almost Dead at 5:30pm, 10:00pm dance vibes

SATURDAY - 5/23

Aura, Portland
  • - name: All Your Friends: Indie Dance Party — TBA dance party
  • - name: Portland Pride 2026 — TBA celebrate love
  • - name: SlipBizkit: A Tribute to Nü Metal — TBA get loud
Bayside Bowl, Portland
Cross Insurance Arena, Portland — Billy Strings - SOLD OUT at 7:30pm rock out
Deertrees Theatre, Harrison
  • - name: Camp Encore Coda Concert — TBA camp concert
  • - name: Slane: U2 Tribute — TBA u2 night
  • - name: The Music of The Beatles and The Carpenters — TBA let's groove
Geno's Rock Club, Portland
Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, Fryeburg — The Corvettes Doo Wop Revue at 7:30 PM rock out
Mayo Street Arts, Portland — William P.K. Carter's Beautiful Without Consequence at 7:00 PM beauty call
One Longfellow Square, Portland
  • 2:00pm, 9:00pm — All Roads Music Festival: Portland music vibes
  • 8:00pm — The Last Revel with special guest 40 Thieves rock out
  • 8:00pm — House of Hamill folk tunes
  • 8:00pm — Eddie 9V blues night
  • 8:00pm — Discovery Series FeatuRe: Harrison Goodell explore sounds
SPACE Gallery, Portland
  • 8:00pm — New Old Timers let's go
  • 8:00pm — Jacob Augustine album release with Pearla and Little Oso sing along
  • 8:00pm — Heather Lynn album release with Modern Friendship and Oodelally get loud
  • 8:00pm — Swamp Dogg let's go
  • 8:00pm — Hannah Cohen jazz vibes
Stone Mountain Arts Center, Brownfield
Thompson's Point, Portland
  • 11:30am, 4:30pm — Wavy Days Beer Fest cheers
  • 5:00pm, 11:00pm — Shakey Graves & Dope Lemon with Texino get ready

SUNDAY - 5/24

Geno's Rock Club, Portland
Good Theater, Portland
  • - name: Heat Wave: The Linda Ronstadt Experience — TBA rock out
  • - name: Kouchera — TBA get funky
  • - name: Mark Brady — TBA rock out
Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, Fryeburg — TBA at - name: Memorial Day Concert: Seacoast Wind Ensemble sing along
Mayo Street Arts, Portland
  • - name: Miniatures Gallery Closing — TBA last chance
  • 5:00 PM — Eastern European Accordion Concert with Liudmyla Turchekno, Ylli Brekofca & Nancy 3. Hoffman accordion fun
  • 7:00 PM — Robert Post's My Pathetic Career get involved
One Longfellow Square, Portland
  • 4:00pm — Liz Longley with special guest Eleanor Buckland singer night
  • 7:00pm — Caiola with special guest Steve Rondo get loud
  • 7:00pm — Caiola with special guest Steve Rondo Livestream livestream
  • 7:00pm — Jackie Venson let's jam
  • 7:00pm, 8:00pm — Sally Baby's Silver Dollars get ready
  • 7:00pm, 8:00pm — Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears get funky
SPACE Gallery, Portland
  • 5:00pm — Jane Ira Bloom and Brian Shankar Adler with Ken Filiano get loud
  • 8:00pm — Marisa Anderson jazz vibes
  • 8:00pm — Porches jazz vibes
Saco River Theatre, Bar Mills
Stone Mountain Arts Center, Brownfield
The Hill Arts, Portland
  • 2:00pm, 5:00pm — You Got Gold: A Celebration of John Prine featuring Katie Daggett and Ed DesJardins celebrate prine
  • 7:00pm, 10:00pm — You Got Gold: A Celebration of John Prine featuring Robby Coffin, Ann Holbrook, David Thibodeau and Seth Warner sing along
Thompson's Point, Portland
  • 5:00pm, 10:00pm — Trampled By Turtles with Richy Mitch & The Coal Miners let's jam
  • 6:00pm, 10:00pm — An Evening with Wilco let's go

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