The Bollard Bulletin: August 5, 2024
(The Healing Power of...)Local Music Monday
LOCAL MUSIC MONDAY
At last, some good news! Last month we told you about a fundraising campaign for our pal Jill Koufman, the local dancer/rock-and-roll cheerleader injured by a hit-and-run driver in South Portland. Well, Jill’s on the mend, and thanks to the generosity of Portland’s live-music community, her GoFundMe campaign blew well past its initial goal, alleviating much of the financial stress that makes it harder to recover to this great nation of ours.
Now on to the millions of others struggling with unpayable medical bills… A group called Sink Maine Medical Debt released a compilation earlier this year called Maine4Maine2 that benefits a fund called Undue Medical Debt (formerly RIP Medical Debt) dedicated to erasing red ink owed by Mainers and folks in New Hampshire and Vermont. The comp is chockfull of tasty, unreleased tracks by local indie-rock and -folk artists like Upper Narrows, Little Oso, Snake Lips, Big Brute, Cryin’ Caleb Aaron and many others. Dig in, then maybe dig into your digital wallet or whatever and help someone heal through the power of music.
MUSIC
The Apohadion Theater
Molder, Goethia, Ethereal Rot, Worm Altar (heaviness, darkness)
7:30 p.m., $15-$18 (all ages)
Blue Portland Maine
Eliza Thorn, Regals, Jon Hatchett Band (honky tonk)
8 p.m., $12-$15 (21+)
Hi-Fidelity
Open mic feat. Beth Borrus
7 p.m., no cover (21+)
The Porthole
Jonah Bruce
6 p.m., no cover (all ages)
Portland House of Music
Gina & The Red Eye Flight Crew (funk and soul)
9:30 p.m., $12-$15 (21+)
Portland Lobster Co.
Delta Knights (blues)
6:30 p.m., no cover (all ages)
PERFORMING ARTS
“Rebels & Poets: Irish and Palestinian Music and Poetry of Resistance,” featuring Gary Lawless, Sharif Elmusa and Zeina Azzam, at SPACE (538 Congress St., Portland) at 7 p.m. Free (all ages). 828-5600. space538.org.
HAPPENINGS
Circus Smirkus brings its kid-friendly Big Top Tour to the Cumberland Fairgrounds (197 Blanchard Rd.) at 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. Tix: $40. porttix.com.