The Bollard Bulletin: July 26, 2024
Three-Day Weekender Edition: Festival of Nations, Ossipee Valley jams, a horrifying musical and more!
HIGHLIGHTS
Got two great weekend fests for ya, friends: The 22nd annual Festival of Nations takes place in Portland’s Deering Oaks park on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The free festival features food from around the globe, music, dancing and fun stuff for kids of all ages. festivalofnationsmaine.com. And up in Hiram, the Ossipee Valley Music Festival (291 South Hiram Rd.) continues all weekend long, with performances by national and local roots musicians, workshops, barn dances and jams galore. Full schedule and ticket options at ossipeevalley.com.
MUSIC
FRIDAY
Amigos
Hello Newman (rock covers)
9:30 p.m., no cover (21+)
Aura
Chris Webby
9 p.m., $28 (18+)
Bayside Bowl
Bim Skala Bim, Zeme Libre, El Grande (ska, reggae)
8 p.m., $20-$25 (all ages)
Belleflower Brewing (66 Cove St., Portland)
Grace Marie Music
5 p.m., no cover (all ages)
Blue Portland Maine
Salsa Nite
8:30 p.m. (7:30 p.m. lesson), $15 (21+)
Bubba’s Sulky Lounge
Everything Dance Party (DJ)
9 p.m., low cover (21+)
The Dance Hall
Rick Rude, Quickdraw, Tin Fish (rock)
8 p.m., $12-$15 (all ages)
Flask Lounge
“Love,” feat. DJ Jamie O’Sullivan (house, techno)
9 p.m., light cover (21+)
The Frog & Turtle
Pete Witham and the Cozmik Zombies (rockabilly)
7 p.m., no cover (all ages)
Gardiner Waterfront Park
Scolded Dogs (rock)
6 p.m., free (all ages)
Jonathan’s Ogunquit
Danny Klein’s Full House (blues rock)
9 p.m., $25-$66 (all ages)
Lenny’s Pub
Redd Volkaert, Denny Breau Trio (blues)
6:30 p.m., $15 (all ages)
Maine Craft Distilling
George Brown & The Soul Lifters
7 p.m., no cover (21+)
Ossipee Valley Music Festival (291 South Hiram Rd., Hiram)
Local and nations roots musicians (schedule at ossipeevalley.com)
1 p.m., $40-$70 (all ages)
Oxbow Blending & Bottling
Jeff Beam, Carinae, Bonnie (psych rock)
9 p.m., $15-$17 (all ages)
The Porthole
13Black
6 p.m., no cover (all ages)
Portland Lobster Co.
Joel Thetford Trio (country, rock; 4 p.m.), Eric Bettencourt & Friends (7 p.m.)
no cover (all ages)
RiRa
Subs (rock)
9 p.m., no cover (21+)
Root Wild Kombucha
Songwriter Showcase
7 p.m., no cover (all ages)
Stone Mountain Arts Center
Rhiannon Giddens (folk)
8 p.m., $125 (all ages)
The Thirsty Pig
Dos Devils
7 p.m., no cover (all ages)
Thompson’s Point
The Head and the Heart, Phosphorescent
7:30 p.m., $49.50-$59.50 (all ages)
The Waldo Theatre
Kathleen Edwards, Matt Sucich (folk)
7:30 p.m., $35-$50 (all ages)
SATURDAY
Amigos
Juke Joint Devils
9:30 p.m., no cover (21+)
Blue Portland Maine
Carl Dimow Quartet (jazz; 7 p.m.), Madou Sidiki Diabite (9 p.m.)
donations encouraged (all ages)
Bubba’s Sulky Lounge
Everything Dance Party (DJ)
9 p.m., low cover (21+)
Cadenza
Southside Blues
7 p.m., $23-$28 ($10 students; all ages)
Congress Square Park
Primo Cubano (Latin dance music)
5 p.m., free (all ages)
The Dance Hall
Tyrone Cotton, Ray Rizzo (blues, rock)
7:30 p.m., $17-$22 (all ages)
Elements
Heather Lynn
6:30 p.m., no cover (all ages)
Free Street
Lazy Lightning (Grateful Dead covers)
8 p.m., $10 (21+)
Gritty McDuff’s
Now Is Now (rock and pop)
9:30 p.m., no cover (21+)
Lenny’s Pub
Skosh (rock)
6:30 p.m., $10 (all ages)
Maine Craft Distilling
Yellow Sun Wreckers
7 p.m., no cover (21+)
Ossipee Valley Music Festival (291 South Hiram Rd., Hiram)
Local and nations roots musicians (schedule at ossipeevalley.com)
1 p.m., $50-$80 (all ages)
The Porthole
Spyglass (1 p.m.), DJ Father Tish (dance music; 6 p.m.)
no cover (all ages)
Portland House of Music
Good Luck Club (dance party)
9:30 p.m., $12 (21+)
Portland Lobster Co.
Just Willy (11 a.m.), TBD (3 p.m.), A Band Beyond Description (Grateful Dead covers; 7 p.m.)
no cover (all ages)
RiRa
The Smith Collaboration
10 p.m., no cover (21+)
Stone Mountain Arts Center
Bill Kirchen Band, Duke Levine (rockabilly, blues)
8 p.m., $35 (all ages)
The Thirsty Pig
Garrett Smith (2 p.m.), Mad Honey Band (7 p.m.)
no cover (all ages)
Waterfront Park (61 Commercial St., Bath)
Sugar Snaps (R&B, soul, funk)
5 p.m., free (all ages)
SUNDAY
Blue Portland Maine
Chico States, Louisa Stancioff, Sophia Corinne
8 p.m., $10 (21+)
The Dance Hall
Altus (jazz improv)
5 p.m., $15 ($10 students; all ages)
Flask Lounge
“Sundaze” (bass DJs)
9 p.m., $5 (21+)
Jonathan’s Ogunquit
Peter Yarrow, Mustard’s Retreat (folk)
8 p.m., $45-$86 (all ages)
Merrill Auditorium
Opera Maine represents Verdi’s Aida
2:30 p.m., $35-$143 (all ages)
Ossipee Valley Music Festival (291 South Hiram Rd., Hiram)
Local and nations roots musicians (schedule at ossipeevalley.com)
10:30 a.m., $40 (all ages)
The Porthole
Audriya Joy (2 p.m.), Chase Jobe & The Runnin’ Kind (6 p.m.)
no cover (all ages)
Portland Lobster Co.
Gina Alibrio & Friends (soul, rock; 12:30 p.m.), Vinyl Tap (5:30 p.m.)
no cover (all ages)
RiRa
Irish Session (3 p.m.), Open Mic (7 p.m.)
no cover (21+)
Stone Mountain Arts Center
Lori McKenna (country)
8 p.m., SOLD OUT (all ages)
Three Dollar Deweys
Phil in the Blanks
11 a.m., no cover (all ages)
Vinegar Hill Music Theatre
Bandwich (funk)
8 p.m., $15-$20 (all ages)
The Waldo Theatre
The Heather Pierson Trio (jazz)
7 p.m., $20-$40 (all ages)
CLUB GUIDE HERE, IF YOU NEED IT
PERFORMING ARTS
FRIDAY
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.
Shakespeare’s comedy Much Ado About Nothing at Theater at Monmouth (796 Main St., Monmouth) at 7:30 p.m. Tix: $25-$40. 933-9999. theateratmonmouth.org.
Slemons Productions presents Carrie: The Musical, based on the Stephen King novel, at The Hill Arts (76 Congress St., Portland) at 7:30 p.m. Tix: $20-$25 ($18 students and seniors). 347-7177. thehillarts.me.
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.
SATURDAY
Capital City Improv presents “Naughty Improv” at Empire Comedy Club (575 Congress St., Portland) at 7 p.m. Tix: $15 (21+). empirecomedyme.com.
Slemons Productions presents Carrie: The Musical, based on the Stephen King novel, at The Hill Arts (76 Congress St., Portland) at 7:30 p.m. Tix: $20-$25 ($18 students and seniors). 347-7177. thehillarts.me.
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.
A workshop performance of Al D’Andrea’s Faust in the Anthropocene at the Portland Stage Studio Theater (25 Forest Ave., Portland) at 7 p.m. Donations accepted. 315-6612. snowlionrep.org.
Them Burlesque presents “Ethereal: Under the Sea” at Empire Comedy Club (575 Congress St., Portland) at 9:30 p.m. Tix: $20-$30 (21+). empirecomedyme.com.
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. Tix: $93-$131. 725-8769. msmt.org.
Opera Maine presents Verdi’s Aida at Merrill Auditorium (20 Myrtle St., Portland) at 2:30 p.m. Tix: $35-$140. 842-0800. porttix.com.
A workshop performance of Al D’Andrea’s Faust in the Anthropocene at the Portland Stage Studio Theater (25 Forest Ave., Portland) at 3 p.m. Donations accepted. 315-6612. snowlionrep.org.
Dratch, Walsh & Friends: Chicago Style Improv, a touring show featuring SNL alum Rachel Dratch and Matt Walsh (Veep), joined by comedian Marc Evan Jackson, at the Strand Theatre (345 Main St., Rockland) at 7:30 p.m. Tix: $45. 594-0070. rocklandstrand.com.
Slemons Productions presents Carrie: The Musical, based on the Stephen King novel, at The Hill Arts (76 Congress St., Portland) at 7:30 p.m. Tix: $20-$25 ($18 students and seniors). 347-7177. thehillarts.me.
HAPPENINGS
FRIDAY
Music, a modern Greek film with heavy Oedipal undertones, shows at the Portland Museum of Art (7 Congress Square) at 2 p.m. Tix: $10 ($7 students). 775-6148. portlandmuseum.org.
The Maine Outdoor Film Festival continues today at several Portland venues. Full schedule and tix at maineoutdoorfilmfestival.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 6 p.m. Tix: $10 ($7 students). 775-6148. portlandmuseum.org.
SATURDAY
The 22nd annual Festival of Nations, an international celebration of food, music and dance, at Deering Oaks in Portland from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Free. festivalofnationsmaine.com.
Music, a modern Greek film with heavy Oedipal undertones, shows at the Portland Museum of Art (7 Congress Square) at noon. Tix: $10 ($7 students). 775-6148. portlandmuseum.org.
The Maine Outdoor Film Festival continues today at several Portland venues. Full schedule and tix at maineoutdoorfilmfestival.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 3 p.m. Tix: $10 ($7 students). 775-6148. portlandmuseum.org.
SUNDAY
The Maine Outdoor Film Festival concludes today at several Portland venues. Full schedule and tix at maineoutdoorfilmfestival.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.
Music, a modern Greek film with heavy Oedipal undertones, shows at the Portland Museum of Art (7 Congress Square) at 3 p.m. Tix: $10 ($7 students). 775-6148. portlandmuseum.org.
Saving Walden’s World, a film about an arms dealer’s change of heart and purpose, shows at SPACE (538 Congress St., Portland) at 4 p.m. with director James Merkel in attendance. Tix: $15. 828-5600. space538.org.
The Ghost Trap, a film about a lobsterman’s troubled work and love lives, shows at SPACE (538 Congress St., Portland) at 7 p.m. with screenwriter K. Stephens in attendance. Tix: $15. 828-5600. space538.org.