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WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 21 - SEPTEMBER 27, 2026

From Creator’s Fair – USM Vendor Registration OPEN at Hannaford Hall to Larry Cat in Space at Hannaford Hall and Outta Pocket, Sin Against Sin, Scorched Earth Policy, Mortar at Geno's Rock Club.

MONDAY - 9/21

Cadenza, Freeport — Darlin’ Corey at 7:00 PM join us
Geno's Rock Club, Portland
  • 6:00 PM — Outta Pocket, Sin Against Sin, Scorched Earth Policy, Mortar get loud
  • 8:00 PM — PUNK ROCK KARAOKE!!! sing along
Hannaford Hall, Portland
  • 10:00am — Creator’s Fair – USM Vendor Registration OPEN details
  • 1:00pm — Larry Cat in Space details
Portland House of Music & Events (PHOME), Portland — TBA at - name: Bombargo w / Fudge tix
SPACE Gallery, Portland
  • 7:00pm — Legend of the Sacred Stone get loud
  • 7:00pm — Black Zombie let's go
  • 7:30pm — Balance and Composure rock out
State Theatre, Portland
  • 7:30pm — Thundercat: Distracted AF Tour tix
  • 8:00pm — Ray LaMontagne - Trouble 20th Anniversary Tour tix

TUESDAY - 9/22

Geno's Rock Club, Portland — Bayway // Cold steel // TwoPiece // Loud Tha Nine // Buck 50 at 6:00 PM details
Hannaford Hall, Portland
  • 10:00am — Larry Cat in Space details
  • 1:00pm — Distant Worlds, Alien Life details
  • 9:00am — University of Southern Maine Women’s Golf at Keene State Invitational details
  • 9:00am — University of Southern Maine Men’s Golf at Mariners Invitational 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 jazz vibes
  • 8:00pm — Wishy – Nature's Pill Tour with Ubet let's go
  • 8:00pm — Mount Eerie with Ruth Garbus @ First Parish Church jazz vibes
State Theatre, Portland
  • 7:30pm — Cannons: The Everything Glows Tour tix
  • 7:30pm — Trey Anastasio Band tix
  • 8:00pm — Ray LaMontagne - Trouble 20th Anniversary Tour tix
  • 8:00pm — Blue October tix
Stone Mountain Arts Center, Brownfield — TBA at - name: JOHNNYSWIM get vibes
Westbrook Performing Arts Center, Westbrook — Back Cove Books presents: “An Evening with Lois Lowry & Rebecca Traister” at 6:30pm details

WEDNESDAY - 9/23

Aura, Portland — MUSHROOMHEAD / FEAR FACTORY with guests NINE TREASURES at 7:00pm tix
Good Theater, Portland — TBA at - name: Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors spooky fun
Hannaford Hall, Portland
  • 1:00pm — Distant Worlds, Alien Life details
  • 3:00pm — Larry Cat in Space details
  • 4:30pm — A.I. Refusal in Education and Beyond details
  • 7:30am — Coffee & Connections 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 — Amythyst Kiah details
  • 8:00pm — Olivia Barton 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
SPACE Gallery, Portland
  • 7:00pm — Age of Audio let's go
  • 7:00pm — Baby Doe details
  • 7:00pm — Dance Freak let's go
  • 7:30pm — Sadurn with Kitchen details
  • 8:00pm — Destroyer (Solo) with Ryley Walker rock out
  • 8:00pm — Panopticon with Catharsis details
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
  • 8:00pm — Punch Brothers tix
Thompson's Point, Portland — State Theatre & 98.9 WCLZ present An Evening with Mt. Joy at 5:30pm details
Westbrook Performing Arts Center, Westbrook — An Evening with Rick Riordan and Annabelle Oh at 7:00pm details

THURSDAY - 9/24

Bayside Bowl, Portland — Gina & The Red Eye Flight Crew at 6:00pm get funky
Geno's Rock Club, Portland — A DOLLY & TIM CURRY VARIETY SHOW: BE IT ON PURPOSE! at 7:30 PM have fun
Good Theater, Portland — TBA at - name: Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors spooky fun
Merrill Auditorium, Portland
  • 12:00am — La noce d'Alfonse details
  • 12:00am — Mystic Pizza details
One Longfellow Square, Portland
  • 8:00pm — David Wilcox details
  • 8:00pm — Portland Jazz Orchestra – October details
  • 8:00pm — John Gorka 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
  • 7:30pm — Distant Stronghold Fest Pre-Show with Malfet, Mycologia, Lepra, Faydark, Shadowwrought, and Steaming Woodlands rock out
  • 8:00pm — Spencer Krug with Is She? get loud
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
  • - name: Josh Ritter — TBA let's go
  • - name: Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy — TBA details
The Hill Arts, Portland
  • 11:00pm — Mind Magic: A Night of Laughter and Astonishment with Dr. Steve Taubman details
  • 11:30pm — Slemons Productions Presents: The Wolves details
Thompson's Point, Portland — 2026 Mainebiz 40 Under 40 Reception at 5:00pm details

FRIDAY - 9/25

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
  • 8:00pm — The Knocks tix
Bayside Bowl, Portland
Cadenza, Freeport
  • - name: David Watts ~ Songs Without Words (and a Few With) — TBA details
  • - name: Paddy Mills — TBA details
  • - name: The Marc Chillemi Quintet - Blue Note Records Tribute — TBA details
  • 7:00 PM — Pat Colwell & The Soul Sensations get down
  • 7:00 PM — Jordan Gravel come vibe
Geno's Rock Club, Portland
  • 7:00 PM — SCREAMS & QUEENS with SCÜMBARI // ARMUS // STREET TRASH // CORDELIA ROSE // CHICHI MARVEL let's go
  • 7:00 PM — VIQUEEN // UGABUGR (VA) // LOSS BECOMES (NY) // MIRACLE BLOOD (MA) get loud
  • 7:00 PM — 💋 The Rocky Horror BURLESQUE Show 💋 get wild
Good Theater, Portland — TBA at - name: Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors spooky fun
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 with special guest The Pinkerton Raid (solo) 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: 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: Sam Shackleton — 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] details
  • 8:00pm — Mystic Crystal Revelations: An Audiovisual & Performance Experience hosted by Aquarius Funkk get loud
  • 8:00pm — Willi Carlisle – The Universal Bubba Tour with Sparrow Smith & The Resonant Rogues @ First Parish Church get loud
State Theatre, Portland
  • 8:00pm — Big Head Todd and the Monsters - Winter Tour 2026 tix
  • 8:00pm — The Midnight: Time Machines tix
  • 8:00pm — Sylvan Esso tix
  • 9:00pm — Effin tix
Stone Mountain Arts Center, Brownfield
  • - name: Asleep at the Wheel — TBA dance along
  • - name: Chris Smither — TBA details
  • - name: Dervish — TBA let's go
  • - name: Five for Fighting with String Quartet — TBA get loud
  • - name: Haggard and Cashed — TBA rock out
  • - name: Le Vent du Nord — TBA get loud
  • - name: The Clements Brothers — TBA details
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 — 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
Thompson's Point, Portland — Ronald McDonald House Maine Hearts & Hands Gala at 6:00pm details

SATURDAY - 9/26

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
  • - name: Anni Clark — TBA details
  • - name: Carole Wise — TBA details
  • - name: Sarah McQuaid — TBA details
  • 7:00 PM — You, Me, & Harry – Celebrating the Music of Harry Chapin feel good
  • 7:00 PM — Almost Olive dance along
  • 7:00 PM — Onward listen up
Cross Insurance Arena, Portland
  • 7:00pm — CHRIS TOMLIN, TOBYMAC, THIRD DAY tix
  • 7:30pm — Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band tix
Geno's Rock Club, Portland
  • 7:00 PM — Freak Phone X Adult Learner X Cigarette Camp details
  • 7:00 PM — 💋 The Rocky Horror BURLESQUE Show 💋 let's groove
  • 8:00 PM — QUEER CLUB - stargayzing fun night
  • 9:00 PM — Deadly Dames let's party
Good Theater, Portland — TBA at - name: Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors spooky fun
Maine State Music Theatre, Brunswick — Experience Queen with Jesse Agan at 5:00pm get loud
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
  • 12:00am — Jay Leno details
  • 12:00am — A Drag Queen Christmas details
One Longfellow Square, Portland
  • 1:00pm — Maine Entertainment presents: Behind the Hits: Songwriting Tips from Hit-Maker Jenn Schott details
  • 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
  • 8:00pm — Breakin’ Strings details
Portland House of Music & Events (PHOME), Portland
  • - name: A Rock & Roll Fantasy Tribute to Led Zeppelin — TBA tix
  • - name: Goodnight, Texas - American Tour 2026 w / Jarrod Dickenson — 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
  • 7:00pm — Distant Stronghold Fest [SOLD OUT] get loud
  • 8:00pm — Horse Lords with An Anderson and Grace Bedwell jazz vibes
  • 8:00pm — Oodelally Album Release with O'death and Rosie Borden rock out
Saco River Theatre, Bar Mills — Billy Mitchell’s Villain: DeBlanks at 7:30pm, 9:00pm madcap hilarity
State Theatre, Portland
  • 7:30pm — Larry Fleet tix
  • 8:00pm — Dweezil Zappa DZ20: Like Father, Like Son 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
Stone Mountain Arts Center, Brownfield
  • - name: Daniel Lanois Trio — TBA let's groove
  • - name: Maria Muldaur and Bruce Katz An Acoustic Evening With — TBA jazz vibes
  • - name: The Tom Snow Jazz Quartet — TBA jazz vibes
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
  • 12:00am — A Super Fine John Prine Time with Highway Kind details
  • 12:00am — Memphis Lighting Personal Obsession Tour 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
  • 5:30pm — State Theatre & 94.3 WCYY present TURNSTILE THE NEVER ENOUGH TOUR PT. 2 with Dinosaur Jr., Fiddlehead details
Westbrook Performing Arts Center, Westbrook — Waterfront Concerts presents: “An Evening with The Rush Tribute Project” at 7:30pm details

SUNDAY - 9/27

Aura, Portland — W.A.S.P. -1984 TO HEADLESS at 8:00pm tix
Cadenza, Freeport — TBA at - name: The Potboilers details
Cross Insurance Arena, Portland — The Black Keys: PEACHES 'N KREAM at 7:30pm tix
Good Theater, Portland — TBA at - name: Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors spooky fun
Maine State Music Theatre, Brunswick — Experience Queen with Jesse Agan at 2:30pm rock out
Mayo Street Arts, Portland — Kit Demos Off/Axis Big Band at 6:00pm details
Merrill Auditorium, Portland — Bert Kreischer at 12:00am 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 — Ethan Setiawan & Fine Ground details
  • 7:00pm — Mike Dawes (rescheduled from 1/28) details
  • 7:00pm — Kelsey Waldon details
  • 8:00pm — Jake Blount Band details
Portland House of Music & Events (PHOME), Portland
  • - 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 — Faust let's go
  • 7:30pm — Larry Ochs-Joe Morris-Michael Wimberly Trio jazz vibes
  • 8:00pm — Jeffrey Lewis (Solo) jazz vibes
Saco River Theatre, Bar Mills — The Kind Kids Music Show - Fall 2026 at 2:00pm, 3:00pm family fun
State Theatre, Portland — Fruit Bats at 8:00pm tix
The Hill Arts, Portland
  • 10:30pm — Slemons Productions Presents: Nerdy Prudes Must Die details
  • 12:00am — Travis James Humphrey LIVE details
  • 12:00am — GAURI B: YEARS IN THE BREAKING 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
  • 7:00pm — Classic Plays: Hidden Riches 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
  • 10:00am — Maker’s Market at Thompson’s Point! details

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