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WEEK OF AUGUST 24 - AUGUST 30, 2026

From Dinosaurs At Dusk at Hannaford Hall to OOB JeepFest 09.12.2026 at The Seaside Pavilion and Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting 08.31.2026 at The Seaside Pavilion.

MONDAY - 8/24

Geno's Rock Club, Portland — Punk Rock Karaoke at 8:00pm sing along
Hannaford Hall, Portland — Dinosaurs At Dusk at 1:00pm details
Portland House of Music & Events (PHOME), Portland
  • - name: Bombargo w / Fudge — TBA tix
  • - name: Sicard Hollow w / Stillwater — TBA tix
  • - name: State Theatre Presents: Evening Elephants w / Otis — TBA tix
State Theatre, Portland — TBA at - name: Evening Elephants get loud
The Seaside Pavilion, Old Orchard Beach
  • 3:48pm — OOB JeepFest 09.12.2026 details
  • 6:30pm — Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting 08.31.2026 details

TUESDAY - 8/25

Hannaford Hall, Portland
  • 10:00am — Little Star That Could details
  • 1:00pm — Hot Energetic Universe details
One Longfellow Square, Portland — MaMuse Live in Portland at 7:30pm details
Portland House of Music & Events (PHOME), Portland
  • - name: The Soul Rebels — TBA tix
  • - name: The Wailers — 50 Years of Positive Vibrations w / Catcha Vibe — TBA tix
The Seaside Pavilion, Old Orchard Beach — Emergency Finance Committee Meeting 08.25.2026 at 4:30pm details
Thompson's Point, Portland — State Theatre presents Indigo Girls at 6:00pm details

WEDNESDAY - 8/26

Geno's Rock Club, Portland — D.R.I. at 6:00pm rock out
Hannaford Hall, Portland — Hot Energetic Universe at 1:00pm details
Maine State Music Theatre, Brunswick
  • 2:00pm — Million Dollar Quartet details
  • 2:00pm — Million Dollar Quartet details
  • 7:00pm — Million Dollar Quartet Preview details
One Longfellow Square, Portland
  • 7:00pm — September Open Mic Night: FULL BAND Edition! Hosted by Lolabelle 🌱 details
  • 7:00pm — October Open Mic Night hosted by Sigrid Sibley 🌱 Feat. Curl Tapes details
  • 8:00pm — Mr Sun Album Release Show details
  • 8:00pm — Amythyst Kiah details
Pickard Theater (Bowdoin College), Brunswick
  • 2:00pm — Million Dollar Quartet details
  • 2:00pm — Million Dollar Quartet details
  • 7:00pm — Million Dollar Quartet Preview details
Portland House of Music & Events (PHOME), Portland
  • - name: Dead Wednesday's With A Band Beyond Description FINAL NIGHT! — TBA tix
  • - name: Dead Wednesdays with A Band Beyond Description — TBA tix
  • - name: State Theatre Presents: Southern Culture On The Skids w / Poi Rogers — TBA tix
  • - name: The Dream Eaters — TBA tix
SPACE Gallery, Portland
  • 3:02pm — SPACE Halloween with KoЯn, Björk, Garbage, and Deftones details
  • 4:34pm — Larry Ochs-Joe Morris-Michael Wimberly Trio details
The Seaside Pavilion, Old Orchard Beach
  • 6:00pm — Comprehensive Planning Committee Meeting 08.26.2026 details
  • 6:00pm — Comprehensive Plan Committee Meeting 08.26.2026 details
Thompson's Point, Portland
  • 5:00pm — Good Vibes Wednesdays at Thompson’s Point details
  • 5:00pm — Good Vibes Wednesdays at Thompson’s Point details
  • 5:30pm — State Theatre & 98.9 WCLZ present An Evening with Mt. Joy details
  • 6:00pm — State Theatre presents LCD Soundsystem with Victoryland details

THURSDAY - 8/27

Bayside Bowl, Portland
Geno's Rock Club, Portland — The Fliptones at 7:00pm get loud
Good Theater, Portland — TBA at - name: John Lloyd Young in Concert get loud
Maine State Music Theatre, Brunswick
  • 2:00pm — Million Dollar Quartet Preview details
  • 2:00pm — Million Dollar Quartet details
  • 2:00pm — Million Dollar Quartet details
One Longfellow Square, Portland
  • 5:00pm — OLS Member Happy Hour at Friends & Family details
  • 6:00pm — Square to Square Outdoor Concert Series: Heather Lynn + Melvin Gradiz Band (LEAF Showcase 🌱) details
  • 8:00pm — Jackie Greene details
  • 8:00pm — Dan Bern details
  • 8:00pm — Portland Jazz Orchestra – September details
  • 8:00pm — David Wilcox details
  • 8:00pm — Portland Jazz Orchestra – October details
Pickard Theater (Bowdoin College), Brunswick
  • 2:00pm — Million Dollar Quartet Preview details
  • 2:00pm — Million Dollar Quartet details
  • 2:00pm — Million Dollar Quartet details
Portland House of Music & Events (PHOME), Portland
  • - name: Kendall St. Company & The Crowded Table — TBA tix
  • - name: State Theatre Presents: Small Pond — TBA tix
  • - name: State Theatre Presents: Sneaky Miles w / Jake Swamp & The Pine — TBA tix
  • - name: State Theatre Presents: Tōth W / Sean Nicholas Savage — TBA tix
SPACE Gallery, Portland — Balance and Composure at 10:00am details
State Theatre, Portland
Stone Mountain Arts Center, Brownfield — TBA at - name: Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy celtic vibes
The Hill Arts, Portland
  • 11:00pm — Georgia O'Keeffe: the Brightness of Light. Documentary Film. details
  • 11:00pm — Mind Magic: A Night of Laughter and Astonishment with Dr. Steve Taubman details
The Seaside Pavilion, Old Orchard Beach — Palace Playland and the Pier Fireworks Displays on the beach in front of Palace Playland CHANGE TO 9 P.M. at 9:00pm details
Thompson's Point, Portland
  • 5:00pm — Summer Sunsets Live! details
  • 5:00pm — Summer Sunsets Live! details
  • 5:00pm — Summer Sunsets Live! details

FRIDAY - 8/28

Aura, Portland
  • - name: Ashley Cooke — TBA country tales
  • - name: Criminal Presents: An Evening with Phoebe Judge — TBA let's listen
  • - name: Portland Yacht Rock Festival 2026 — TBA sail away
Bayside Bowl, Portland — Dead Strait at 8:00pm get groovy
Geno's Rock Club, Portland
  • 6:00pm — Satiate let's go
  • 7:00pm — Scotty Saints & The True Believers let's go
Good Theater, Portland — TBA at - name: John Lloyd Young in Concert get loud
Hannaford Hall, Portland — Solar System A Wonderful Journey at 1:00pm details
Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, Fryeburg — Noah Fishman, Clara Rose, Emily Troll at 7:00pm rock out
Maine State Music Theatre, Brunswick
  • 2:00pm — Million Dollar Quartet Preview details
  • 7:00pm — Million Dollar Quartet details
  • 7:00pm — Million Dollar Quartet details
  • 7:00pm — Million Dollar Quartet details
Merrill Auditorium, Portland
  • 12:00am — Kathy Griffin details
  • 12:00am — Wild Kratts - Live details
One Longfellow Square, Portland
  • 8:00pm — Funkationland details
  • 8:00pm — Ordinary Elephant with special guest Remi Goode details
  • 8:00pm — Katie Pruitt with special guest Next of Kin details
  • 8:00pm — Briscoe with special guest Noah James details
  • 8:00pm — Howley (of We Banjo 3) details
Pickard Theater (Bowdoin College), Brunswick
  • 2:00pm — Million Dollar Quartet Preview details
  • 7:00pm — Million Dollar Quartet details
  • 7:00pm — Million Dollar Quartet details
  • 7:00pm — Million Dollar Quartet details
Portland House of Music & Events (PHOME), Portland
  • - name: CONFESSIONS (MADONNA NIGHT) — TBA tix
  • - name: CRUSH: A Dave Matthews Tribute Band — TBA tix
  • - name: Chali 2na & Chris Karns — TBA tix
  • - name: REPRISE: Recreating Iconic Phish Shows! [ NIGHT TWO] — TBA tix
  • - name: Reverend Horton Heat w / Special Guest Messer Chups — TBA tix
  • - name: State Theatre Presents: Talib Kweli w / Graphic Melee [EARLY SHOW] — TBA tix
  • - name: State Theatre Presents: Talib Kweli w / Graphic Melee [LATE SHOW] — TBA tix
  • - name: Strange Machines w / Lee Ross — TBA tix
Stone Mountain Arts Center, Brownfield
  • - name: Chris Smither — TBA feel good
  • - name: Donna the Buffalo — TBA let's go
  • - name: Five for Fighting with String Quartet — TBA pop hits
  • - name: Haggard and Cashed — TBA honky tonk
  • - name: Karla Bonoff — TBA join us
  • - name: The Weight Band — TBA get loud
The Hill Arts, Portland
  • 11:00pm — Gregg Allman: The Music of My Soul details
  • 11:00pm — Somewhere Between: Not an Ordinary Life details
  • 11:00pm — ESTUARY, Where The River Meets The Sea details
  • 11:00pm — Gospel Messiah: A Refugee Oratorio details
  • 11:30pm — Steamy Nights Annual Benefit for The Hill Arts details
  • 11:30pm — Slemons Productions Presents: The Wolves details
  • 11:30pm — Caitlin Piper and The Stray Horses perform Carole King's album TAPESTRY details
The Seaside Pavilion, Old Orchard Beach — Chamber of Commerce Car Show 09.18.2026 and 9.19.2026 at 12:00pm details
Thompson's Point, Portland
  • 5:00pm — Summer Sunsets Live! details
  • 5:00pm — Summer Sunsets Live! details
  • 5:00pm — Summer Sunsets Live! details

SATURDAY - 8/29

Aura, Portland
Bayside Bowl, Portland
  • 6:00pm — Vapors of Morphine let's jam
  • 8:00pm — The Meditations get loud
  • 8:00pm — Perfect Giddimani Presents let's go
Cross Insurance Arena, Portland
Good Theater, Portland — TBA at - name: John Lloyd Young in Concert get loud
Hannaford Hall, Portland — One World, One Sky at 1:00pm details
Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, Fryeburg — Heather Masse & Jed Wilson at 7:00pm get loud
Maine State Music Theatre, Brunswick
  • 2:00pm — Million Dollar Quartet details
  • 2:00pm — Million Dollar Quartet details
  • 2:00pm — Million Dollar Quartet details
  • 5:00pm — Yellow Brick Road details
  • 5:00pm — Frontiers: A Tribute to Journey details
  • 5:00pm — Experience Queen with Jesse Agan details
One Longfellow Square, Portland
  • 8:00pm — Trey Hensley details
  • 8:00pm — Lilly Hiatt & Margo Cilker details
  • 8:00pm — James Montgomery details
Pickard Theater (Bowdoin College), Brunswick
  • 2:00pm — Million Dollar Quartet details
  • 2:00pm — Million Dollar Quartet details
  • 2:00pm — Million Dollar Quartet details
  • 5:00pm — Yellow Brick Road details
  • 5:00pm — Frontiers: A Tribute to Journey details
  • 5:00pm — Experience Queen with Jesse Agan details
Portland House of Music & Events (PHOME), Portland
  • - name: An Evening With Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country — TBA tix
  • - name: Daniel Donato's Cosmic Country 2 DAY PASS! — TBA tix
  • - name: Goodnight, Texas - American Tour 2026 w / Jarrod Dickenson — TBA tix
  • - name: Natalie Brooke w / Canopy — TBA tix
  • - name: Sparta w / Public Opinion — TBA tix
  • - name: State Theatre Presents: Bebe Stockwell w / Gabrielle hope — TBA tix
  • - name: State Theatre Presents: The Sheila Divine w / Lolabelle — TBA tix
  • - name: Twin Fin - The California Sober Tour — TBA tix
State Theatre, Portland — TBA at - name: New Idea Society rock out
Stone Mountain Arts Center, Brownfield
  • - name: Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives — TBA details
  • - name: The Suitcase Junket — TBA rock out
The Hill Arts, Portland
  • 11:00pm — Mike Maurice and Old Tom & The Lookouts details
  • 11:00pm — Dragology Presents: Cursed details
  • 11:00pm — ESTUARY | Where the River Meets the Sea details
  • 11:00pm — Quartet: Four Lenses on Love, Loss and Letting Go. Written and performed by award-winning writer Elizabeth Peavey details
  • 11:30pm — Somewhere Between: Not an Ordinary Life details
  • 7:00pm — Gospel Messiah: A Refugee Oratorio details
The Seaside Pavilion, Old Orchard Beach — Chamber of Commerce Car Show 09.18.2026 and 09.19.2026 at 6:00am details
Thompson's Point, Portland
  • 11:30am — Maine Poutinefest details
  • 5:30pm — State Theatre & 94.3 WCYY present TURNSTILE THE NEVER ENOUGH TOUR PT. 2 with Yves Tumor, Fiddlehead details
  • 6:00pm — State Theatre presents Sierra Ferrell details

SUNDAY - 8/30

Aura, Portland — TBA at - name: W.A.S.P. with KK's Priest metal madness
Bayside Bowl, Portland — Mainely Reggae Sundays at 3:00pm jazz vibes
Cadenza, Freeport — The Potboilers at 7:00pm details
Cross Insurance Arena, Portland — The Black Keys at 7:30pm get loud
Geno's Rock Club, Portland — Portland Horror Movie Club at 7:00pm get loud
Maine State Music Theatre, Brunswick
  • 2:00pm — Million Dollar Quartet details
  • 2:00pm — Million Dollar Quartet details
  • 2:00pm — Million Dollar Quartet details
  • 2:30pm — Yellow Brick Road details
  • 2:30pm — Frontiers: A Tribute to Journey details
  • 2:30pm — Experience Queen with Jesse Agan details
One Longfellow Square, Portland
  • 1:00pm — OLS presents: Lolabelle at Hackmatack Playhouse details
  • 7:00pm — JigJam details
  • 7:00pm — Bluegrass Music Association of Maine presents: Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms Band details
  • 7:00pm — Ethan Setiawan & Fine Ground details
  • 8:00pm — Jake Blount Band details
Pickard Theater (Bowdoin College), Brunswick
  • 2:00pm — Million Dollar Quartet details
  • 2:00pm — Million Dollar Quartet details
  • 2:00pm — Million Dollar Quartet details
  • 2:30pm — Yellow Brick Road details
  • 2:30pm — Frontiers: A Tribute to Journey details
  • 2:30pm — Experience Queen with Jesse Agan details
Portland House of Music & Events (PHOME), Portland
  • - name: An Evening With Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country — TBA tix
  • - name: Okonski w / erev — TBA tix
  • - name: Spacehog + Fastball — TBA tix
  • - name: The Rock and Roll Playhouse plays Music of The Beatles + More for Kids — TBA tix
State Theatre, Portland — TBA at - name: Erin French sing along
Stone Mountain Arts Center, Brownfield
  • - name: Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives — TBA sing along
  • - name: Suzy Bogguss — TBA lets dance
The Hill Arts, Portland
  • 10:00pm — Ball In The House LIVE details
  • 6:00pm — Quartet: Four Lenses on Love, Loss and Letting Go Written and performed by award-winning writer Elizabeth Peavey details
  • 8:00pm — Gospel Messiah: A Refugee Oratorio details
The Seaside Pavilion, Old Orchard Beach — Tony Myatt 10k 10.11.2026 at 9:00am details
Thompson's Point, Portland
  • 10:00am — Maker’s Market at Thompson’s Point! details
  • 4:00pm — State Theatre presents Ghostland ’26 feat. The Ghost Of Paul Revere details
  • 5:00pm — State Theatre presents Jordan Davis with Matt Lang details
  • 5:00pm — State Theatre & 98.9 WCLZ present: Rainbow Kitten Surprise details

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