The Bollard Bulletin: May 17, 2024
Three-Day All Roads Festival Weekender Edition!
HIGHLIGHT
The weekend we’ve been waiting for is upon us! The All Roads Music Festival takes place Friday night and Saturday in Belfast, featuring scores of performers from Maine and a few friends from away playing numerous venues in a wide variety of musical styles. Here’s the playlist we made for your drive up…
And the liner notes to go with it await you at this link. Tickets and festival schedule are at allroadsmusicfest.org.
MUSIC
FRIDAY
The Apohadion Theater
Kath Bloom, Greg Jamie & Emily Irving (underground folk)
8 p.m., $10-$20 (all ages)
Blue Portland Maine
Arthur Terembula (7 p.m.), Robbie Pate’s Nat King Cole Show (9 p.m.)
donations encouraged (21+)
Bubba’s Sulky Lounge
’80s Dance Party (DJ)
9 p.m., low cover (21+)
Cadenza
YellowHouse Blues Band
7 p.m., $23-$28 ($10 students; all ages)
Cocktail Mary
LOVERBOI Dance Party with DJ Ben Spalding
9 p.m., $5 (21+)
Elements
Rob Duquette
6:30 p.m., no cover (all ages)
Flask Lounge
“Friction” featuring DJs JON3K4T and Stryknyne (drum and bass, jungle)
9 p.m., $5 ($10 after 10:30 p.m.; 21+)
The Frog & Turtle
King Memphis (rockabilly)
7:30 p.m., no cover (all ages)
Henry’s Public House
DJ Revolve (dance music)
9 p.m., no cover (all ages)
Hi-Fidelity
The Shank Painters (pirate pop)
6 p.m., no cover (21+)
Lenny’s Pub
The Joan Kennedy Band
6:30 p.m., $10 (all ages)
Mayo Street Arts
Steph Davis (marimba)
7 p.m., $15-$22 (pay-what-you-can available; all ages)
One Longfellow Square
House of Hamill (folk)
8 p.m., $25-$35 (all ages)
Oxbow Blending & Bottling
Unisphere (Brazilian jazz fusion)
8 p.m., $23.70 (21+)
Portland House of Music
Rigometrics, Bermuda Search Party (neo-classical rock)
8 p.m., $15 (21+)
Portland Lobster Co.
Skosh (jam funk)
6 p.m., no cover (all ages)
RiRa
DJ Padre
10 p.m., no cover (21+)
Sacred Profane Brewing (Biddeford)
Choke Out, Far Sight, No Soul Cold Case, Cannabis Crypt (hardcore)
call for time & cover
Shipyard Brewing Tasting Room (86 Newbury St., Portland)
Seth Holbrook and Jim Ciampi (dueling pianos)
6:30 p.m., no cover (all ages)
State Theatre
Gimme Gimme Disco
8:30 p.m., $15-$20 (all ages)
Stone Mountain Arts Center
Session Americana with Eleanor Buckland
8 p.m., $20 (all ages)
The Thirsty Pig
Skip the One Man Band
7 p.m., no cover (all ages)
Vinegar Hill Music Theatre
Royal Hammer (reggae)
8 p.m., $15-$25 (all ages)
SATURDAY
The Apohadion Theater
Synth Club Meet-Up (open synth night)
6:30 p.m., no cover (all ages)
Blue Portland Maine
Jarred Garneau (7 p.m.), Matt Savage Trio (9 p.m.)
donations encouraged (21+)
Bubba’s Sulky Lounge
Everything Dance Party (DJ)
9 p.m., low cover (21+)
Cadenza
James Fernando (jazz, classical, electronic)
7 p.m., $23-$28 ($10 students; all ages)
Chocolate Church Arts Center
Chrystal Vision (Fleetwood Mac tribute)
7:30 p.m., $22-$24 (all ages)
The Dance Hall
The Bluest Sky, Them Dewlap Boys (outlaw alt-country)
7:30 p.m., $17-$22 (all ages)
Elements
Kevin Midgley (rock covers)
6:30 p.m., no cover (all ages)
Empire Comedy Club
El Malo presents “The Good, The Bad & The Sexy” with burlesque dancers (Latin jazz-fusion)
8 p.m., $12 (21+)
George & Leon’s
Moisturizer, Retained Surgical Instrument, Trixie, Youth in Asia, Selflove (hardcore)
8 p.m., $20 (all ages)
Gritty McDuff’s
Faceplant
9:30 p.m., no cover (21+)
Henry’s Public House
DJ Jay-C (dance music)
9:30 p.m., no cover (all ages)
Hi-Fidelity
Hotel Zoo, King of the Deep, Live Animal
8 p.m., no cover (21+)
Lenny’s Pub
Denny Breau and Bobby Stanton
6:30 p.m., $10 (all ages)
Mayo Street Arts
“Portraits of Spirituals” with Steph Davis (marimba workshop performance)
11 a.m., free (all ages)
Nomad
The Outsiders PBR, The Phantom Phase, Cryin’ Caleb Aaron (psychobilly, outlaw country)
9 p.m., call for cover and age limit
One Longfellow Square
Scottish Fish (Scottish and Cape Breton)
8 p.m., $25-$35 (all ages)
Portland Lobster Co.
The John Nels Trio (12:30 p.m.), Vinyl Tap (rock; 6 p.m.)
no cover (all ages)
RiRa
Hello Newman (rock and pop)
10 p.m., no cover (21+)
SPACE
Willi Carlisle, Justin Golden (folk)
8 p.m., $18-$20 (all ages)
Stone Mountain Arts Center
The Alana MacDonald Band (folk)
8 p.m., $35 (all ages)
The Thirsty Pig
Kimayo (2 p.m.), Rockwood Taylor (7 p.m.)
no cover (all ages)
Vinegar Hill Music Theatre
Being Petty (Tom Petty tribute)
8 p.m., $30-$35 (all ages)
SUNDAY
The Apohadion Theater
Naythen Wilson and Friends, Lisa/Liza, Don Magic, Dan Audet, Stephen Cicia (indie folk)
8:30 p.m., $10-$15 (21+)
Blue Portland Maine
Kali Masi, Latewaves, XO, Shy Husky (punk)
7 p.m., $12-$15 (21+)
Chocolate Church Arts Center
Vienna Teng, Amber Rubarth (singer-songwriters)
7 p.m., $35-$40 (all ages)
Flask Lounge
“Sundaze” (bass and EDM DJs)
9 p.m., light cover (21+)
Hi-Fidelity
Plague Dad (folk punk)
7 p.m., no cover (21+)
Lenny’s Pub
Jay Larkin (folk)
10 a.m., no cover (all ages)
Maine Craft Distilling
Celia Woodsmith
3 p.m., no cover (21+)
Oxbow Blending & Bottling
Another Michael, Tenci, Hello Shark (indie rock)
7:30 p.m., $15 (21+)
Portland Conservatory of Music
Maine Middle Eastern Orchestra feat. Mal Barsamian (Armenian classical and folk)
2 p.m., $24 (all ages)
Portland Lobster Co.
Gina Alibrio & Friends (funk and rock; 12:30 p.m.), TBA (5:30 p.m.)
no cover (all ages)
RiRa
Irish session (3 p.m.), Open mic (7 p.m.)
no cover (all ages)
State Theatre
The String Cheese Incident (jamgrass)
7 p.m., $66-$75 (all ages)
Strand Theatre
May Erlewine (singer-songwriter)
7:30 p.m., $15-$18 (all ages)
The Thirsty Pig
Kris Hype
2 p.m., no cover (all ages)
Three Dollar Deweys
Justin Carver
11 a.m., no cover (all ages)
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PERFORMING ARTS
FRIDAY
The Free Beer & Hot Wings Morning Show does its “radio-clean” show from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. (doors at 5 a.m.) and a “naughtier” night show at 7 p.m. at Aura (121 Center St., Portland). Tix: $50-$100 (21+). 772-8274. auramaine.com.
Funny at Flask stand-up showcase, hosted by Chris Fritz, at Flask Lounge (117 Spring St., Portland) at 6 p.m. Light cover (21+). 772-3122. flasklounge.com.
The Broadway National Tour production of the musical high-school comedy Mean Girls, at Merrill Auditorium (20 Myrtle St., Portland) at 7 p.m. Tix: $110. 842-0800. porttix.com.
Impressionist and physical comic Nick Callas performs at Empire Comedy Club (575 Congress St., Portland) at 7 p.m. Tix: $20 (21+). empirecomedyme.com.
Portland Stage Company presents Tony Kushner’s epochal play Angels in America, about New Yorkers living through the AIDS crisis, at Portland Stage (25A Forest Ave., Portland) at 7 p.m. Tix: $25-$61. 774-0465. portlandstage.org.
Vivid Motion Dance presents Grania, Pirate Queen at The Hill Arts (76 Congress St., Portland) at 7:30 p.m. Tix: $25 ($10 kids 12 and under; all ages). 347-7177. thehillarts.me.
SATURDAY
Portland Stage Company presents Tony Kushner’s epochal play Angels in America, about New Yorkers living through the AIDS crisis, at Portland Stage (25A Forest Ave., Portland) at 2 p.m. Tix: $30-$67. 774-0465. portlandstage.org.
Vivid Motion Dance presents Grania, Pirate Queen at The Hill Arts (76 Congress St., Portland) at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Tix: $25 ($10 kids 12 and under; all ages). 347-7177. thehillarts.me.
Barefoot Puppets present Galapagos George, an “uplifting eco-fable,” at Mayo Street Arts (10 Mayo St., Portland), at 7 p.m. Tix: $15-$22 ($10 youth under 13; pay-what-you-can available). 879-4629. mayostreetarts.org.
SUNDAY
Portland Stage Company presents Tony Kushner’s epochal play Angels in America, about New Yorkers living through the AIDS crisis, at Portland Stage (25A Forest Ave., Portland) at 2 p.m. Tix: $30-$67. 774-0465. portlandstage.org.
Vivid Motion Dance presents Grania, Pirate Queen at The Hill Arts (76 Congress St., Portland) at 2:30 p.m. Tix: $25 ($10 kids 12 and under; all ages). 347-7177. thehillarts.me.
Ben Chadwick and Keith Hebert host Cut Your Teeth, whereupon stand-up comics try out new material at the risk of being heckled by a panel of fellow comics, at Empire Comedy Club (575 Congress St., Portland) at 7 p.m. Tix: $5 (21+). empirecomedyme.com.
HAPPENINGS
FRIDAY
The Bates Film Festival presents screenings of the Finnish romance Fallen Leaves (noon), the documentary Family Portrait Sittings (3 p.m.) and the Maine-made doc We Are the Warriors, about the Wells High School football team (7 p.m.), plus discussions with the filmmakers, at SPACE (538 Congress St., Portland). Free (all ages). 828-5600. space538.org.
The Bates Film Festival also presents screenings of the deadpan comedy Fremont (at 2 p.m.) and two films about the Italian-American experience by Nancy Savoca, Household Saints and Renata (5:30 p.m.), at the Portland Museum of Art (7 Congress Square). Free. 775-6148. portlandmuseum.org.
The Gardiner Art Walk takes place in the streets and galleries of downtown Gardiner from 5-8 p.m. Free. 582-6600.
Springfest Community Celebration with music, magic, a marching band and a movie at the Redbank Village Community Center (95 Macarthur Circle West, South Portland) at 6 p.m. Free. spspringfest.com.
SATURDAY
The Tate House Museum (1267 Westbrook St., Portland) holds its annual Plant & Herb Sale, a fundraiser that also includes a chance to “Make Your Own Seed Bomb” and get a sneak peek at Ashley Page’s new art installation from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free admission. 774-6177. tatehouse.org.
Don’t tell the Nazis (or Republicans), but the City of Portland’s Parks Division is having a Tree Hugging Event at Deering Oaks with family-friendly, tree-related activities from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free. portlandmaine.gov.
The Springfest Community Celebration continues at Mill Creek Park in South Portland with art projects, music, dancing, games and more at 11 a.m. Free. spspringfest.com.
Tenth Anniversary Party with music, food and craft-beer activities (like drinkin’) at Austin Street Brewing (115 Fox St., Portland) from noon-8 p.m. Free. 358-0492. austinstreetbrewery.com.
Outdoor Access Resource Fair featuring tables and demos by organizations promoting activities in nature at Congress Square Park in Portland from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free. congresssquarepark.org.
The Bates Film Festival presents screenings of the Tunisian family memoir Four Daughters (11 a.m.), and the documentary Breaking the News (2 p.m.), about efforts to expose hetero-patriarchy in journalism, at SPACE (538 Congress St., Portland). Free (all ages). 828-5600. space538.org.
The Bates Film Festival also presents screenings of a documentary about veterans radicalized by the far-right, Against All Enemies (noon), followed by a Q&A session with the filmmaker and a state lawmaker, and John Sayles’ Texas-border murder mystery Lone Star (3 p.m.) followed by a Q&A with star Chris Cooper and others, at the Portland Museum of Art (7 Congress Square). Free. 775-6148. portlandmuseum.org.
Sixth Anniversary Party with music, food trucks and kids’ activities at Definitive Brewing (35 Industrial Way, Portland and 318 US Route 1, Kittery) from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Free (all ages). 536-1288. definitivebrewing.com.
The Maine Roller Derby Travel Team has a bout against the San Fernando Valley’s squad at Happy Wheels Skate Center (3 Chabot St., Westbrook) at 5:30 p.m. Tix: $10 (kids 12 and under free). mainerollerderby.com.
SUNDAY
The Bates Film Festival presents screenings of the documentary The Eternal Memory (noon), John Sayles’ 2010 war film Amigo (1 p.m.), and the 1983 World War II drama Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (4:30 p.m.), plus discussions with the filmmakers and critics, at SPACE (538 Congress St., Portland). Free (all ages). 828-5600. space538.org.
The Bates Film Festival also presents a short-film showcase with discussions with the filmmakers (noon) and shows director Justine Triet’s murder thriller Anatomy of a Fall (3 p.m.) at the Portland Museum of Art (7 Congress Square). Free. 775-6148. portlandmuseum.org.
A Taste of Nations Food Festival, tastings by local vendors and live DJ sets by Liz Rhaney, Sergio Cahueque of WMPG’s Our Latin Thing and Gerson Almeida, at Mayo Street Arts (10 Mayo St., Portland), from noon-6 p.m. Tix: $10 (one-hour session). 879-4629. mayostreetarts.org.
Local comic Timmy Elliott and his pal Jeremiah host brunch bingo at The East Ender (47 Middle St., Portland) from 1-3 p.m. Free (all ages). 879-7669. eastenderportland.com.
Artist and educator Audrey Parker leads a Watercolor Paint & Sip at Hi-Fidelity (200 Anderson St., Portland), at 5 p.m. Materials: $15 (21+). hifidelitybeer.com.