The Bollard Bulletin: June 28, 2024
More fun than the end of democracy: It's the Three-Day Weekender Edition!
HIGHLIGHT
They’re cold. They’re snotty. Yet we can’t get enough of ’em! But this isn’t about Hollywood stars... Let’s talk about oysters! The Maine Oyster Festival kicks off in Freeport tonight with a Meet the Farmer opening party at Freeport Oyster Bar (43 Main St.) at 5:30 p.m. (Tix: $10) and continues all weekend in Freeport with tastings and lots of live music. Admission to the fest is free and the full schedule is at this handy link here.
MUSIC
FRIDAY
Amigos
Scolded Dogs (rock)
9:30 p.m., no cover (21+)
Andy’s Old Port Pub
Backwoods Blues Revue
5 p.m., no cover (all ages)
The Apohadion Theater
Ichorclaw, Echo Response, This Is Not Okay, Baby New Year (exploratory)
8 p.m., $10 (all ages)
Blue Portland Maine
Salsa Nite
8:30 p.m. (lessons at 7:30 p.m.), $10-$15 (21+)
Bubba’s Sulky Lounge
’80s Dance Party (DJ)
9 p.m., low cover (21+)
Cadenza
The Carmine Cabaret (jazz, pop)
7 p.m., $23-$28 ($10 students; all ages)
The Dance Hall
Lady Pills, Convinced Friend, Happy Just to See You (indie rock)
7:30 p.m., $15 (all ages)
Flask Lounge
“Love” (house and techno DJs)
9 p.m., light cover (21+)
Gardiner Waterfront Park
Runnin’ Down a Dream (Tom Petty tribute)
6 p.m., free (all ages)
Geno’s
“Riot on the Dance Floor” Stonewall Anniversary Celebration (DJs)
8 p.m., call for cover (21+)
George & Leon’s
Done, Hobo Wizard, Detcord Noose, Mordhau, Zuroff (hardcore)
8 p.m., $15 (all ages)
Henry’s Public House
DJ James Frrever (dance music)
9 p.m., no cover (all ages)
Hi-Fidelity
The Shank Painters (pirate rock)
6 p.m., no cover (21+)
Lenny’s Pub
Montgomery Road
6:30 p.m., $5 (all ages)
The Porthole
Darren Bessette
6 p.m., no cover (all ages)
Portland Lobster Co.
Just Willy (3 p.m.); O.C. & The Offbeats (7 p.m.)
no cover (all ages)
Portland Stage Company (25 Forest Ave.)
Opera Maine presents Rappahannock County
7:30 p.m., $35 (all ages)
Prism Analog
Dead Gowns, Allegra Krieger (indie rock)
8 p.m., $15-$18 (all ages)
RiRa
Stone Free
10 p.m., no cover (21+)
Sacred Profane Brewing (Biddeford)
Cadaverette, The Greying, Born Cursed, Grief Monger (metal)
8 p.m., $15 (all ages)
Seaside Pavillion (8 6th St., Old Orchard Beach)
The Portland Symphony Orchestra with Rustic Overtones (symphonic rock)
7 p.m., $40-$50 (all ages)
The Thirsty Pig
Hambone (funk)
7 p.m., no cover (all ages)
SATURDAY
Amigos
Juke Joint Devils (rock and blues)
9:30 p.m., no cover (21+)
Andy’s Old Port Pub
Blue Steel Express (blues)
5 p.m., no cover (all ages)
The Apohadion Theater
Opening Bell, Dream Skills & GW Sok, Hex Head, Goiter, Void (heaviness)
8 p.m., $10 (all ages)
Blue Portland Maine
Alive in the Root (7 p.m.); April Varner (9 p.m.)
donations encouraged (21+)
Bubba’s Sulky Lounge
Everything Dance Party (DJ)
9 p.m., low cover (21+)
Cadenza
Barney Martin presents a tribute to James Taylor
7 p.m., $23-$28 ($10 students; all ages)
Definitive Brewing
’90s Dance Party (DJ)
8 p.m., no cover (21+)
Elements
Hunter Lefebvre
6:30 p.m., no cover (all ages)
Henry’s Public House
DJ Ryan Deelon (dance music)
9:30 p.m., no cover (all ages)
Hi-Fidelity
Lady Pills, Convinced Friend, Lisa/Liza (indie rock)
8 p.m., modest cover (21+)
Lenny’s Pub
Merther
6:30 p.m., $10 (all ages)
The Porthole
Bonnie & The Cats (1 p.m.); Spyglass (6 p.m.)
no cover (all ages)
Portland Conservatory of Music
Morgan Flanigan (classical piano)
7:30 p.m., $24 (all ages)
Portland House of Music
“This Must Be the Place” Talking Heads dance party
9 p.m., $8 (21+)
Portland Lobster Co.
Jeff Beam (psych rock, 11 a.m.); TBD (3 p.m.); Capt’n Ray & The Castaways (rock, 7 p.m.)
no cover (all ages)
RiRa
Now is Now (rock and pop)
10 p.m., no cover (21+)
SPACE
Sen Morimoto (jazz, hip hop)
8 p.m., $17-$20 (all ages)
The Thirsty Pig
David Corson (2 p.m.), Rockwood Taylor (7 p.m.)
no cover (all ages)
The Waldo Theatre
Alisa Amador (singer-songwriter)
7:30 p.m., $25-$30 (all ages)
SUNDAY
The Dance Hall
The Aaron Irwin Trio (jazz)
5 p.m., $15 ($10 students, all ages)
The Porthole
Jameson Four (2 p.m.), Chase Jobe & The Runnin’ Kind (6 p.m.)
no cover (all ages)
Portland House of Music
Upon a Burning body, Until I Wake, Mike’s Dead (deathcore)
7:30 p.m., $20 (21+)
Portland Lobster Co.
Fiasco Trio (12:30 p.m.); L.Q.H. (funk-jazz and rock, 5:30 p.m.)
no cover (all ages)
Portland Stage Company (25 Forest Ave.)
Opera Maine presents Rappahannock County
2:30 p.m., $35 (all ages)
RiRa
Irish session (3 p.m.), Open mic (7 p.m.)
no cover (all ages)
The Thirsty Pig
Jukebox Jake
2 p.m., no cover (all ages)
Thompson’s Point
Shakey Graves, Trampled By Turtles, Griffin William Sherry (rock, roots)
5 p.m., $46-$56 (all ages)
The Waldo Theatre
Maine Gay Men’s Chorus
noon, $5-$20 (all ages)
OUR CLUB GUIDE AWAITS YOU WITH ANSWERS
PERFORMING ARTS
FRIDAY
Drag Show and Dance Party at Austin Street Brewing (115 Fox St., Portland) at 7 p.m. Call or visit 358-0492 or austinstreetbrewery.com for tix.
Out There Theater Company presents The 39 Steps, a comedic spy thriller based on the Hitchcock film in which four actors play over 150 characters, at The Hill Arts (76 Congress St., Portland) at 7 p.m. Tix: $25 ($20 seniors and students). 347-7177. thehillarts.me.
The PortFringe Festival of unconventional performance art and other works continues with shows at various drinkin’ spots in Portland’s Bayside neighborhood; full schedule and tix at portfringe.com.
All Killers comedy showcase, featuring Casey Watson, Alex Giampapa, Connor McGrath, Kaile Krenzer and Ben Chadwick, at Empire Comedy Club (575 Congress St., Portland) at 7 p.m. Tix: $10-$15 (21+). empirecomedyme.com.
Lyric Music Theater presents the hilarious, heartfelt and self-explanatory play The Prom at 176 Sawyer St., South Portland, at 7:30 p.m. Tix: $20-$25. 799-1421. lyricmusictheater.org.
SATURDAY
Out There Theater Company presents The 39 Steps, a comedic spy thriller based on the Hitchcock film in which four actors play over 150 characters, at The Hill Arts (76 Congress St., Portland) at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tix: $25 ($20 seniors and students). 347-7177. thehillarts.me.
The PortFringe Festival of unconventional performance art and other works continues with shows at various drinkin’ spots in Portland’s Bayside neighborhood; full schedule and tix at portfringe.com.
Mike Eaton, “the human embodiment of that little dance white girls do when you give them food,” tells jokes with local opener Craig Fergola at Empire Comedy Club (575 Congress St., Portland) at 7 p.m. Tix: $20 (21+). empirecomedyme.com.
Lyric Music Theater presents the hilarious, heartfelt and self-explanatory play The Prom at 176 Sawyer St., South Portland, at 7:30 p.m. Tix: $20-$25. 799-1421. lyricmusictheater.org.
SUNDAY
Out There Theater Company presents The 39 Steps, a comedic spy thriller based on the Hitchcock film in which four actors play over 150 characters, at The Hill Arts (76 Congress St., Portland) at 2 p.m. Tix: $25 ($20 seniors and students). 347-7177. thehillarts.me.
Lyric Music Theater presents the hilarious, heartfelt and self-explanatory play The Prom at 176 Sawyer St., South Portland, at 2 p.m. Tix: $20-$25. 799-1421. lyricmusictheater.org.
The PortFringe Festival of unconventional performance art and other works concludes with shows at various drinkin’ spots in Portland’s Bayside neighborhood; full schedule and tix at portfringe.com.
Lobster Role Live presents You Begin at a Tavern, a comedic Dungeons & Dragons event, at Empire Comedy Club (575 Congress St., Portland) at 6 p.m. Tix: $20 (21+). empirecomedyme.com.
HAPPENINGS
FRIDAY
Robot Dreams, Pablo Berger’s Academy Award–nominated animated film about a dog who builds a robot for companionship, screens at the Portland Museum of Art (7 Congress Square) at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Tix: $6. 775-6148. portlandmuseum.org.
Beehive Collective: Grassroots Resistance to Corporate Globalization, a pop-up exhibit of the collective’s large-format prints with stories and a group discussion at SPACE (538 Congress St., Portland) at 6:30 p.m. Free (RSVP at space538.org). 828-5600.
SATURDAY
The Maine Oyster Festival featuring local harvesters and competitive shuckers, music, vendors and educational presentations in downtown Freeport from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Free. visitfreeport.com.
Robot Dreams, Pablo Berger’s Academy Award–nominated animated film about a dog who builds a robot for companionship, screens at the Portland Museum of Art (7 Congress Square) at noon. and 6 p.m. Tix: $6. 775-6148. portlandmuseum.org.
Bad Art Fest with good, local, live music at Congress Square Park in Portland at 2 p.m. Free. congresssquarepark.org.
Francis Ha, Noah Baumbach’s 2012 collaboration with Greta Gerwig, screens at the Portland Museum of Art (7 Congress Square) at 3 p.m. Tix: $6. 775-6148. portlandmuseum.org.
Christopher Buehlman discusses his new adventure novel, The Daughters’ War, with Catherynne Valente at Print: A Bookstore (273 Congress St., Portland) at 7 p.m. Free. 536-4778. printbookstore.com.
SUNDAY
The Maine Oyster Festival featuring local harvesters and competitive shuckers, music, vendors and educational presentations in downtown Freeport from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Free. visitfreeport.com.
Cheryl and Michael St. Pierre lead a history walking tour of Simpson’s Animal Park in Brunswick at 1 p.m. (visit website for directions). Tix: $8-$12. 729-6606. pejepscothistorical.org.
Robot Dreams, Pablo Berger’s Academy Award–nominated animated film about a dog who builds a robot for companionship, screens at the Portland Museum of Art (7 Congress Square) at noon and 3 p.m. Tix: $6. 775-6148. portlandmuseum.org.