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WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 14 - SEPTEMBER 20, 2026

From University of Southern Maine Men’s Golf at ECSU Warrior Collegiate Invitational at Hannaford Hall to From Earth to the Universe at Hannaford Hall and Outta Pocket, Sin Against Sin, Scorched Earth Policy, Mortar at Geno's Rock Club.

MONDAY - 9/14

Geno's Rock Club, Portland
  • 6:00pm — Outta Pocket, Sin Against Sin, Scorched Earth Policy, Mortar rock out
  • 8:00pm — Punk Rock Karaoke!!! sing along
  • 8:00pm — Punk Rock Karaoke!!! sing along
  • 8:00pm — Punk Rock Karaoke!!! sing along
Hannaford Hall, Portland
  • 1:00pm — From Earth to the Universe details
  • 8:30am — University of Southern Maine Men’s Golf at ECSU Warrior Collegiate Invitational 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
SPACE Gallery, Portland
  • 7:00pm — Black Zombie rock on
  • 7:30pm — Balance and Composure rock on
State Theatre, Portland
  • 7:30pm — Thundercat: Distracted AF Tour tix
  • 8:00pm — Ray LaMontagne - Trouble 20th Anniversary Tour tix

TUESDAY - 9/15

Geno's Rock Club, Portland
  • 6:00pm — Bayway Cold Steel TwoPiece Loud Tha Nine details
  • 6:00pm — Brat // Us Bastards // + Locals TBA get loud
Hannaford Hall, Portland
  • 10:00am — Rusty Rocket’s Last Blast details
  • 1:00pm — From Earth to the Universe details
  • 4:30pm — Opening Reception: Visceral Cartography by Dan Mills 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
SPACE Gallery, Portland
  • 7:30pm — Mini Trees with frown line and Little Oso get excited
  • 8:00pm — Damien Jurado with St. Yuma get loud
  • 8:00pm — Wishy – Nature's Pill Tour with youbet indie sounds
  • 8:00pm — Mount Eerie with Ruth Garbus @ First Parish Church tune in
State Theatre, Portland
  • 7:30pm — Cannons: The Everything Glows Tour tix
  • 8:00pm — Ray LaMontagne - Trouble 20th Anniversary Tour tix
  • 8:00pm — Blue October tix
Stone Mountain Arts Center, Brownfield — TBA at - name: JOHNNYSWIM Greetings from Georgica Pond folk-pop duo
Westbrook Performing Arts Center, Westbrook — Back Cove Books presents: “An Evening with Lois Lowry & Rebecca Traister” at 6:30pm details

WEDNESDAY - 9/16

Aura, Portland — MUSHROOMHEAD / FEAR FACTORY with guests NINE TREASURES at 7:00pm tix
Geno's Rock Club, Portland — Work It Wednesday - Bimbos & Himbos at 7:30pm let's go
Good Theater, Portland — TBA at - name: Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors get spooky
Hannaford Hall, Portland
  • 1:00pm — From Earth to the Universe details
  • 3:00pm — Dinosaurs at Dusk details
  • 6:00pm — University of Southern Maine Women’s Volleyball at Bowdoin College details
Merrill Auditorium, Portland — Mystic Pizza at 12:00am details
One Longfellow Square, Portland
  • 7:00pm — October Open Mic Night hosted by Sigrid Sibley 🌱 Feat. Curl Tapes details
  • 7:00pm — November Open Mic Night hosted by Melvin Gradiz 🌱 details
  • 8:00pm — Mr Sun Album Release Show details
  • 8:00pm — Amythyst Kiah details
Portland House of Music & Events (PHOME), Portland
  • - name: Kylie Morgan - The Healed Cowgirl Tour — TBA tix
  • - name: Oh Kee Pa Orchestra - A Phish Tribute - Celebrating 30 years of Billy Breathes — 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
State Theatre, Portland
  • 7:00pm — Hot Mulligan North American Fall Tour tix
  • 7:30pm — Bruce Cockburn with special guest Livingston Taylor tix
  • 8:00pm — Liz Phair tix
Thompson's Point, Portland — State Theatre & 98.9 WCLZ present An Evening with Mt. Joy at 5:30pm details

THURSDAY - 9/17

Bayside Bowl, Portland
Geno's Rock Club, Portland — A Dolly & Tim Curry Variety Show: Be It On Purpose! at 7:30pm let's go
Good Theater, Portland — TBA at - name: Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors get spooky
Hannaford Hall, Portland — Moons: Worlds of Mystery at 1:00pm details
Merrill Auditorium, Portland
  • 12:00am — La noce d'Alfonse details
  • 12:00am — Mystic Pizza details
One Longfellow Square, Portland
  • 8:00pm — Portland Jazz Orchestra – September details
  • 8:00pm — David Wilcox details
  • 8:00pm — Portland Jazz Orchestra – October details
Portland House of Music & Events (PHOME), Portland
  • - name: Assembly of Dust — TBA tix
  • - name: Night Zero — 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
  • 6:00pm — Joe Uehlein Three Roads: Labor, Music, Ecology Book & Music Tour learn more
  • 7:30pm — Distant Stronghold Fest Pre-Show with Malfet, Mycologia, Lepra, Faydark, Shadowwrought, and Steaming Woodlands metal night
  • 8:00pm — Spencer Krug singer vibes
State Theatre, Portland
  • 7:00pm — Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band tix
  • 8:00pm — Third Eye Blind - Halloween 2026 tix
  • 8:00pm — Pat Metheny - Side-Eye III+ tix
Stone Mountain Arts Center, Brownfield
The Hill Arts, Portland — Mind Magic: A Night of Laughter and Astonishment with Dr. Steve Taubman at 11:00pm details
Thompson's Point, Portland — 2026 Mainebiz 40 Under 40 Reception at 5:00pm details

FRIDAY - 9/18

Aura, Portland
  • 7:00pm — Hawthorne Heights - 20 th anniversary of If Only You Were Lonely tix
  • 8:00pm — Ripe tix
  • 8:00pm — Ashley Cooke: The Baby Blues Tour tix
Bayside Bowl, Portland
Cadenza, Freeport
  • The Marc Chillemi Quintet - Blue Note Records Tribute details
  • David Watts ~ Songs Without Words (and a Few With) details
  • Paddy Mills details
  • 7:00 PM — Darlin’ Corey let's go
  • 7:00 PM — Pat Colwell & The Soul Sensations get funky
  • 7:00 PM — Jordan Gravel check it out
  • 7:00pm — Bess Jacques & The Strays details
Geno's Rock Club, Portland
  • 7:00pm — Screams & Queens with SCÜMBARI // ARMUS // STREET TRASH // CORDELIA ROSE // CHICHI MARVEL get loud
  • 7:00pm — Viqueen // Ugabugr (VA) // Loss Becomes (NY) // Miracle Blood (MA) rock out
  • 7:00pm — The Rocky Horror Burlesque Show let's go
Good Theater, Portland — TBA at - name: Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors get spooky
Mayo Street Arts, Portland
  • 6:00pm — Heck House's Super Spooky Haunted House: Lost in the Woods Edition details
  • 7:00pm — Balla Kouyaté: Malian Djeli and Balafon Player details
Merrill Auditorium, Portland
  • 12:00am — Kathy Griffin details
  • 12:00am — Wild Kratts - Live details
One Longfellow Square, Portland
  • 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
  • 8:00pm — Pete Kilpatrick Band details
  • 8:00pm — Upstate details
  • 8:00pm — Connor Garvey & Ben Cosgrove — Together in Concert details
Portland House of Music & Events (PHOME), Portland
  • - name: CRUSH: A Dave Matthews Tribute Band — TBA tix
  • - name: Chali 2na & Chris Karns — TBA tix
  • - name: Daft Disko: A French House & Disco Party — TBA tix
  • - name: Dan Kelly of Fortunate Youth w / Brett Wilson of Grateful Dub & Roots of Creation — 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
SPACE Gallery, Portland
  • 7:00pm — Distant Stronghold Fest [SOLD OUT] rock out
  • 8:00pm — Esther Rose with Emily Hines and Small Sur folk sounds
  • 8:00pm — Mystic Crystal Revelations: An Audiovisual & Performance Experience hosted by Aquarius Funkk get funky
  • 8:00pm — Willi Carlisle – The Universal Bubba Tour with Sparrow Smith & the Resonant Rogues @ First Parish Church country vibes
State Theatre, Portland
  • 8:00pm — The Midnight: Time Machines tix
  • 8:00pm — Sylvan Esso tix
  • 8:00pm — Sierra Hull tix
Stone Mountain Arts Center, Brownfield
The Hill Arts, Portland
  • 11:00pm — ESTUARY, Where The River Meets The Sea details
  • 11:00pm — Gospel Messiah: A Refugee Oratorio details
  • 11:00pm — Gospel Messiah: A Refugee Oratorio details
  • 11:30pm — Somewhere Between: Not an Ordinary Life details
  • 11:30pm — Slemons Productions Presents: The Wolves details
  • 11:30pm — Caitlin Piper and The Stray Horses perform Carole King's album TAPESTRY details
  • 11:30pm — Slemons Productions Presents: Nerdy Prudes Must Die details

SATURDAY - 9/19

Aura, Portland
  • 6:30pm — ERRA: Drift Outlives the Earth tix
  • 8:00pm — Emo Night Portland tix
  • 8:00pm — ECLIPSE: A Tribute To Pink Floyd tix
Bayside Bowl, Portland
Cadenza, Freeport
Cross Insurance Arena, Portland — Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band at 7:30pm rock on
Geno's Rock Club, Portland
  • 7:00pm — Freak Phone X Adult Learner X Cigarette Camp details
  • 7:00pm — The Rocky Horror Burlesque Show let's go
  • 8:00pm — Queer Club - Stargayzing vibe on
Good Theater, Portland — TBA at - name: Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors get spooky
Maine State Music Theatre, Brunswick — Experience Queen with Jesse Agan at 5:00pm rock out
Mayo Street Arts, Portland
  • 6:00pm — Heck House's Super Spooky Haunted House: Lost in the Woods Edition details
  • 7:00pm — FLOR Cuadro Flamenco details
Merrill Auditorium, Portland — Jay Leno at 12:00am details
One Longfellow Square, Portland
  • 7:00pm — Equal Measure Arts Emerging Artist Showcase feat. Jaylen White, Jennifer Talon, & Hazel Mae details
  • 8:00pm — Trey Hensley details
  • 8:00pm — Lilly Hiatt & Margo Cilker details
  • 8:00pm — James Montgomery details
  • 8:00pm — All Hallows’ Eve: Spooky Tunes, Songs and Tales from Scotland details
Pickard Theater (Bowdoin College), Brunswick — Experience Queen with Jesse Agan at 5:00pm rock out
Portland House of Music & Events (PHOME), Portland
  • - name: Goodnight, Texas - American Tour 2026 w / Jarrod Dickenson — TBA tix
  • - name: Sparta w / Public Opinion — TBA tix
  • - name: State Theatre Presents: Bebe Stockwell w / Gabrielle hope — TBA tix
  • - name: Teeth of God - A Live Tribute to Sleep Token ! — TBA tix
  • - name: The Red Eye Flight Crew Annual Halloween bash! — TBA tix
  • - name: Twin Fin - The California Sober Tour — TBA tix
  • - name: Wake Up Mama: A Tribute To The Allman Brothers — TBA tix
SPACE Gallery, Portland
  • 4:00pm — Myra Melford Splash Trio @ Portland Conservatory of Music jazz vibes
  • 7:00pm — Distant Stronghold Fest [SOLD OUT] metal night
  • 8:00pm — Alex Cameron with Josh da Costa rock out
  • 8:00pm — Horse Lords with An Anderson and Grace Bedwell get wild
  • 8:00pm — Oodelally record release with o'death and Rosie Borden celebrate now
  • 8:00pm — SPACE Halloween with KoЯn, Björk, Garbage, and Deftones spooky night
State Theatre, Portland
  • 7:30pm — Larry Fleet tix
  • 8:00pm — BERTHA: Grateful Drag tix
  • 8:00pm — The New Pornographers - The Former Site Of Tour tix
  • 8:00pm — Evan Honer: It's An Even Longer Road Tour tix
  • 8:00pm — Benjamin Tod & Lost Dog Street Band tix
  • 8:00pm — The Machine Performs Pink Floyd tix
Stone Mountain Arts Center, Brownfield — TBA at - name: Maria Muldaur and Bruce Katz An Acoustic Evening With blues jive
The Hill Arts, Portland
  • 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
  • 11:00pm — Gospel Messiah: A Refugee Oratorio details
  • 11:00pm — Gospel Messiah: A Refugee Oratorio details
  • 11:30pm — Somewhere Between: Not an Ordinary Life details
  • 12:00am — A Super Fine John Prine Time with Highway Kind details
  • 6:00pm — Slemons Productions Presents: Nerdy Prudes Must Die details
  • 7:00pm — Gospel Messiah: A Refugee Oratorio details
  • 7:00pm — Gospel Messiah: A Refugee Oratorio details
  • 8:00pm — A Leonard Cohen Celebration details
Thompson's Point, Portland
  • 10:00am — First Tracks: Northeast Snow Show details
  • 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
Westbrook Performing Arts Center, Westbrook — Maine Dance Company presents: “Æther and Unearthed” at 3:00pm details

SUNDAY - 9/20

Aura, Portland — W.A.S.P. -1984 TO HEADLESS at 8:00pm tix
Cadenza, Freeport
Cross Insurance Arena, Portland — The Black Keys at 7:30pm let's rock
Good Theater, Portland — TBA at - name: Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors get spooky
Maine State Music Theatre, Brunswick — Experience Queen with Jesse Agan at 2:30pm sing along
Mayo Street Arts, Portland — Kit Demos Off/Axis Big Band at 6:00pm details
One Longfellow Square, Portland
  • 4:00pm — MJFF presents: Dust Bowls and Jewish Souls: Another Side of Woody Guthrie with a Special Appearance by Sarah Lee Guthrie details
  • 7:00pm — Bluegrass Music Association of Maine presents: Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms Band details
  • 7:00pm — Ethan Setiawan & Fine Ground details
  • 7:00pm — Mike Dawes (rescheduled from 1/28) details
  • 8:00pm — Jake Blount Band details
Pickard Theater (Bowdoin College), Brunswick — Experience Queen with Jesse Agan at 2:30pm let's go
Portland House of Music & Events (PHOME), Portland
  • - name: Fastball — TBA tix
  • - name: Okonski w / Erev — TBA tix
  • - name: The Rock and Roll Playhouse plays Music of The Beatles + More for Kids — TBA tix
SPACE Gallery, Portland
  • 1:00pm — The Dads let's go
  • 7:30pm — Larry Ochs-Joe Morris-Michael Wimberly Trio jazz vibes
  • 8:00pm — Jeffrey Lewis (Solo) singer vibes
Saco River Theatre, Bar Mills — The Kind Kids Music Show - Fall 2026 at 2:00 PM, 3:00 PM sing along
Stone Mountain Arts Center, Brownfield — TBA at - name: Suzy Bogguss country feels
The Hill Arts, Portland
  • 10:30pm — Slemons Productions Presents: Nerdy Prudes Must Die details
  • 12:00am — Travis James Humphrey LIVE details
  • 1:00am — Slemons Productions Presents: Nerdy Prudes Must Die 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
  • 8:00pm — Gospel Messiah: A Refugee Oratorio details
Thompson's Point, Portland
  • 10:00am — Maker’s Market at Thompson’s Point! details
  • 10:00am — First Tracks: Northeast Snow Show details

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