The Bollard Bulletin: July 19, 2024
Three-Day Weekender Edition: Go Big for Jill! Clam on! Last waltz at Sun Tiki, First Waltz at The Apohadion, and much, much more!
HIGHLIGHT
Got word this morning that one of the brightest lights in our local music scene could use a little help. Jill Koufman has sustained numerous serious injuries after a hit-and-run driver struck her while she was riding her bike in South Portland two days ago. A GoFundMe page has been set up to help her recover and not lose everything in the meantime (a.k.a. The American Way we do healthcare). Like the living embodiment of the joy of music, Jill’s most widely recognized for her exuberant dancing at shows all over town — most often at Geno’s, the punk rock club on Congress, and Amigos, in the Old Port, where Fat Knuckle Freddy’s Saturday gig on the patio will not be the same without her. If you can, please consider chipping in to help Jill get back on her dancin’ feet.
MUSIC
FRIDAY
Amigos
Subs feat. Gina Alibrio (rock)
9:30 p.m., no cover (21+)
The Apohadion Theater
Cyparissus (experimental ambient)
8 p.m., low cover (all ages)
Blue Portland Maine
Sophie Patenaude & Friends
7 p.m., donations encouraged (21+)
Bubba’s Sulky Lounge
Everything Dance Party (DJ)
9 p.m., low cover (21+)
Cadenza
Half Moon Jug Band (humorous roots)
7 p.m., $23-$28 ($10 students; all ages)
Cocktail Mary
LOVERBOI Dance Party
9 p.m., $5 (21+)
Denmark Arts Center (50 W. Main St., Denmark)
Black Cat Road (rock)
7 p.m., $15 (all ages)
Flask Lounge
“Friction,” feat. DJs Adam Unknown, Undrig (house, acid)
9 p.m., $5 ($10 after 10:30 p.m.; 21+)
Gardiner Waterfront Park
Juke Joint Devils (blues, swing)
6 p.m., free (all ages)
Hi-Fidelity
Andrew Lavogue & Friends (ambient jam)
8 p.m., no cover (21+)
Jonathan’s Ogunquit
Roomful of Blues
8:30 p.m., $41.50-$82.50 (all ages)
Lenny’s Pub
Continental Shakedown
6:30 p.m., $5 (all ages)
Maine Craft Distilling
The Crowded Table (rock, funk)
7 p.m., no cover (21+)
One Longfellow Square
Choro Das 3 (Brazilian traditional pop)
8 p.m., $25-$35 (all ages)
The Porthole
Northern Groove
6 p.m., no cover (all ages)
Portland House of Music
Chaparelle
8 p.m., $21 (21+)
Portland Lobster Co.
MEGS (3 p.m.), Eric Bettencourt & Friends (rock, roots; 7 p.m.)
no cover (all ages)
SPACE
“Moonshake” feat. DJs Ladi Dre, Ben Spalding and Cecil G. (dance party)
9 p.m., $15-$20 ($30 weekend pass; all ages)
State Theatre
Old Crow Medicine Show, Willie Watson (roots rock)
8 p.m., $45-$50 (all ages)
Stone Mountain Arts Center
Patty Griffin (folk)
8 p.m., SOLD OUT (all ages)
The Thirsty Pig
Awen Family Band
7 p.m., no cover (all ages)
Vinegar Hill Music Theatre
Classic Rock Orchestra
8 p.m., $50-$60 (all ages)
The Waldo Theatre
Hiss Golden Messenger (indie folk)
7:30 p.m., $30-$50 (all ages)
SATURDAY
Amigos
Fat Knuckle Freddy (graveyard blues)
9:30 p.m., no cover (21+)
Aura
Emo Night Portland (three local all-star emo bands)
9 p.m., $20-$25 (18+)
Blue Portland Maine
Sue Sheriff Jazz (6 p.m.), Bess Jacques & The Strays (8 p.m.), Ryan Devlin Trio (10 p.m.)
donations encouraged (21+)
Bubba’s Sulky Lounge
Everything Dance Party (DJ)
9 p.m., low cover (21+)
Cadenza
Carole J. Bufford presents “You Don’t Own Me: The Fearless Women of the 1960s” (pop, jazz, blues)
7 p.m., $23-$28 ($10 students; all ages)
The Dance Hall
Choro Das 3 (Brazilian traditional pop)
7:30 p.m., $17-$22 (all ages)
Elements
Katie Delcourt
6:30 p.m., no cover (all ages)
Gritty McDuff’s
Tiger Eye Taylor
9:30 p.m., no cover (21+)
Hi-Fidelity
Two Hours North, Brendan McGuirk
8 p.m., no cover (21+)
Jonathan’s Ogunquit
Lori McKenna (singer-songwriter)
7:30 p.m., $57.50-$98.50 (all ages)
Lenny’s Pub
Bonnie E. & Practical Cats
6:30 p.m., $10 (all ages)
The Porthole
Quiet Riot Act (rock; 1 p.m.), DJ Father Tish (dance music; 6 p.m.)
no cover (all ages)
Portland House of Music
Winslow’s Homies
8 p.m., $8 (21+)
Portland Lobster Co.
43 Degrees North (12:30 p.m.), Eric Bettencourt & Friends (7 p.m.)
no cover (all ages)
RiRa
Two Minutes Out
9 p.m., no cover (21+)
SPACE
“Moonshake” feat. DJs Beige and MsWrecks (dance party)
9 p.m., $15-$20 ($30 weekend pass; all ages)
State Theatre
The Crane Wives, Yasmin Williams (indie folk-rock)
8 p.m., $45-$50 (all ages)
Stone Mountain Arts Center
The Rough and Tumble, Alice Wallace (Americana)
8 p.m., $25 (all ages)
Strand Theatre
Soggy Po’ Boys (New Orleans jazz)
7:30 p.m., $15-$18 (all ages)
Sun Tiki Studios
FonFon Ru, Midwestern Medicine, amiright?, Mouth Washington (indie rock and punk)
8 p.m., $15 (all ages)
The Thirsty Pig
Dakota Smart (2 p.m.), Willy Martin & The Woods (7 p.m.)
no cover (all ages)
Vinegar Hill Music Theatre
Higher Ground (Stevie Wonder tribute)
8 p.m., $40 (benefits Sweetser; all ages)
Waterfront Park (61 Commercial St., Bath)
Stealing Sunday (eclectic pop and rock)
5 p.m., free (all ages)
SUNDAY
Flask Lounge
“Sundaze” (bass DJs)
9 p.m., $5 (21+)
The Hill Arts
Redd Volkaert, Denny Breau, Sean Mencher, Hugh Bowden (roots guitar)
6 p.m., $25-$29 (all ages)
Jonathan’s Ogunquit
The Elton John Experience
8 p.m., $25-$66 (all ages)
Maine Craft Distilling
Celia Woodsmith
3 p.m., no cover (21+)
One Longfellow Square
Hiss Golden Messenger
5 p.m., $35-$45 (all ages)
The Porthole
The Few (2 p.m.), Chase Jobe & The Runnin’ Kind (6 p.m.)
no cover (all ages)
Portland Lobster Co.
Fiasco Trio (12:30 p.m.), Eric Bettencourt & Friends (5:30 p.m.)
no cover (all ages)
RiRa
Open Mic
7 p.m., no cover (all ages)
The Thirsty Pig
Matthew Loyal
2 p.m., no cover (all ages)
Three Dollar Deweys
Tyler Dhone
11 a.m., no cover (all ages)
Vinegar Hill Music Theatre
Chris Pureka, Nicole Reynolds (singer-songwriters)
8 p.m., $20-$30 (all ages)
The Waldo Theatre
DownEast New Music presents “Community”
7:30 p.m., $20-$30 (all ages)
NEVER FEAR, THE CLUB GUIDE IS HERE!
PERFORMING ARTS
FRIDAY
Maine State Music Theatre’s production of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, the family-friendly musical about two World War II vets who follow a pair of singing sisters to Vermont, at Pickard Theater (1 Bath Rd., Brunswick) at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Tix: $93-$131. 725-8769. msmt.org.
Fenix Theatre Company presents Shakespeare’s early comedy Love’s Labor’s Lost at Deering Oaks park in Portland at 6:30 p.m. Free. 615-4020. fenixtheatre.org.
Hungarian funnyman/superhero Zoltan Kaszas tells jokes and such at Empire Comedy Club (575 Congress St., Portland) at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Tix: $25-$35 (21+). empirecomedyme.com.
Balderdash Academy performs “Improv Live” at The Hill Arts (76 Congress St., Portland) at 7 p.m. Tix: $10-$14 (all ages, benefits Hill Arts). 347-7177. thehillarts.me.
Sean Dorsey Dance presents The Lost Art of Dreaming as part of the Bates Dance Festival at Schaeffer Theatre on Bates College’s Lewiston campus at 7:30 p.m. Tix: $35 ($15 students, seniors and educators). 786-6161. batesdancefestival.org.
SATURDAY
Fenix Theatre Company presents Shakespeare’s early comedy Love’s Labor’s Lost at Deering Oaks park in Portland at 6:30 p.m. Free. 615-4020. fenixtheatre.org.
Peter Boie, the “Magician for Non-Believers,” performs a family-friendly show at Denmark Arts Center (50 W. Main St., Denmark) at 7 p.m. Tix: $15 ($5 youth 15-17; kids 14 and under free). 452-2412. denmarkarts.org.
Hungarian funnyman/superhero Zoltan Kaszas tells jokes and such at Empire Comedy Club (575 Congress St., Portland) at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Tix: $25-$35 (21+). empirecomedyme.com.
Dragology Season Two, Round 3 of the drag competition hosted by Gem Fatale, at The Hill Arts (76 Congress St., Portland) at 7 p.m. Tix: $15-$19 (all ages). 347-7177. thehillarts.me.
Sean Dorsey Dance presents The Lost Art of Dreaming as part of the Bates Dance Festival at Schaeffer Theatre on Bates College’s Lewiston campus at 7:30 p.m. Tix: $35 ($15 students, seniors and educators). 786-6161. batesdancefestival.org.
Maine State Music Theatre’s production of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, the family-friendly musical about two World War II vets who follow a pair of singing sisters to Vermont, at Pickard Theater (1 Bath Rd., Brunswick) at 7:30 p.m. Tix: $93-$131. 725-8769. msmt.org.
SUNDAY
Maine State Music Theatre’s production of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, the family-friendly musical about two World War II vets who follow a pair of singing sisters to Vermont, at Pickard Theater (1 Bath Rd., Brunswick) at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Tix: $93-$131. 725-8769. msmt.org.
Shakespeare’s comedy Much Ado About Nothing at Theater at Monmouth (796 Main St., Monmouth) at 7 p.m. Tix: $25-$40. 933-9999. theateratmonmouth.org.
HAPPENINGS
FRIDAY
The Yarmouth Clam Festival comes out of its shell today with fun activities, food and music through 10:30 p.m. Full schedule at clamfestival.com.
Janet Planet, Annie Baker’s spellbinding film about an imaginative girl’s relationship with her mom, shows at the Portland Museum of Art (7 Congress Square) at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Tix: $10 ($6 matinee; $7 students at 6 p.m.). 775-6148. portlandmuseum.org.
The Portland Sea Dogs play the Reading Fightin Phils at Hadlock Field (271 Park Ave., Portland) at 6:20 p.m. Tix: $17-$21. 874-9300. portlandseadogs.com.
The Maine International Film Festival of 100 indie movies made here and abroad, plus special events, continues in Waterville at various venues. Full schedule and tix at miff.org.
SATURDAY
The Yarmouth Clam Festival continues today with fun activities, food and music. Full schedule at clamfestival.com.
Janet Planet, Annie Baker’s spellbinding film about an imaginative girl’s relationship with her mom, shows at the Portland Museum of Art (7 Congress Square) at noon. Tix: $10 ($7 students). 775-6148. portlandmuseum.org.
Screening of a newly restored version of Kurosawa’s bloody masterpiece Seven Samurai at the Portland Museum of Art (7 Congress Square) at 2:30 p.m. Tix: $10 ($7 students). 775-6148. portlandmuseum.org.
The Portland Sea Dogs play the Reading Fightin Phils at Hadlock Field (271 Park Ave., Portland) at 6 p.m. Tix: $17-$21. 874-9300. portlandseadogs.com.
The First Waltz, an art, music and dance event featuring a screening of The Band’s concert film, The Last Waltz, at The Apohadion Theater (107 Hanover St., Portland) at 7 p.m. Tix: $10 (all ages). apohadiontheater.com.
The Finishers — fiction writers Rufi Thorpe, Clare Beams and Tessa Fontaine — discuss their new work at Print: A Bookstore (273 Congress St., Portland) at 7 p.m. Free. 536-4778. printbookstore.com.
The Maine International Film Festival of 100 indie movies made here and abroad, plus special events, continues in Waterville at various venues. Full schedule and tix at miff.org.
SUNDAY
The Yarmouth Clam Festival concludes today with fun activities, food and music. Full schedule at clamfestival.com.
Janet Planet, Annie Baker’s spellbinding film about an imaginative girl’s relationship with her mom, shows at the Portland Museum of Art (7 Congress Square) at noon and 3 p.m. Tix: $10 ($7 students). 775-6148. portlandmuseum.org.
The Portland Sea Dogs play the Reading Fightin Phils at Hadlock Field (271 Park Ave., Portland) at 1 p.m. Tix: $17-$21. 874-9300. portlandseadogs.com.
Betty Culley discusses her new novel about adoption and love, The Name She Gave Me, at Denmark Arts Center (50 W. Main St., Denmark) at 5 p.m. Donations encouraged. 452-2412. denmarkarts.org.
The 2024 Sundance Film Festival Shorts Tour comes to SPACE (538 Congress St., Portland) with seven selections at 7 p.m. Tix: $10. 828-5600. space538.org.
The Maine International Film Festival of 100 indie movies made here and abroad, plus special events, concludes in Waterville at various venues. Full schedule and tix at miff.org.