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This weekend
See everythingIan Edwards
Empire Comedy Club · 7:00 PM
King Friday's Dungeon
Portland arts calendar (Creative Portland) · Through Nov 14
Ian Edwards
Empire Comedy Club · 7:00 PM
Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind
Russell Hall · Through Nov 15
Yes&Co. Improv Comedy with Storyteller Amanda Eaton
Portland Media Center · 7:00 PM
Rivergigs: Ross Gallagher and RJ Miller
Portland arts calendar (Creative Portland) · 7:00 PM
Chris Tomlin, TobyMac, Third Day
Cross Insurance Arena · 7:00 PM
Maine Oyster Company Oyster Shucking Class
Greater Portland events calendar (Visit Portland) · 7:00 PM
Portland Explorer Lighthouse Tours
Greater Portland events calendar (Visit Portland) · 7:00 PM
Maine Historical Society Pathways to Freedom
Greater Portland events calendar (Visit Portland) · 7:00 PM
The Orrs with Ezra Cohen and the Big City Band + State Birds
Oxbow Blending & Bottling · 7:00 PM
Sweeney Todd
Crewe Center for the Arts - Blossom ArtsLab · Through Nov 15
King Friday's Dungeon Puppet Slam
Mayo Street Arts · 7:00 PM
Wander Peaks Island Audio Walking Tour
Peaks Island Ferry Terminal · 7:00 PM
A Drag Queen Christmas
Merrill Auditorium (PortTix) · 8:00 PM
Breakin' Strings
One Longfellow Square · 8:00 PM
EMO NITE KARAOKE
Geno's Rock Club · 8:00 PM
Dweezil Zappa
State Theatre · 8:00 PM
REQUIEM: Bass House with Diego Smith, Unspun & VAERTUEL
Flask Lounge · 9:00 PM
Maker's & Speciality Food Market at Thompson's Point
Thompson's Point · 10:00 AM
PMA Films: NAZA
Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium · 12:00 PM
Bait & Switch: From Hollywood to Haulin' Traps | Anna Conathan (encore)
SPACE · 2:00 PM
Classic Plays: Hidden Riches
The Hill Arts (St. Lawrence Arts) · 2:00 PM
Christmas Oratorio
Portland arts calendar (Creative Portland) · 2:30 PM
Real Young and Lazy Horse (Matinee Show)
Portland House of Music and Events · 3:00 PM
Serenade - November 15
Springer's Jewelers · 3:00 PM
Curtain Call Discussion - ROOTED
Portland Stage · 4:00 PM
Austin Kress
Empire Comedy Club · 6:00 PM
An Evening with Goose
Cross Insurance Arena · 7:00 PM
THUMPER - LINE DANCING
Geno's Rock Club · 7:00 PM
Surprise Chef
Oxbow Blending & Bottling · 7:00 PM
Kelsey Waldon with special guest The Clements Brothers
One Longfellow Square · 7:00 PM
Bert Kreischer
Merrill Auditorium (PortTix) · 7:00 PM
Flor Cuadro Flamenco w/ Maine Middle Eastern Ensemble
The Apohadion Theater · 7:00 PM
The Sunday Best
Empire Comedy Club · 8:00 PM
The War and Treaty
State Theatre · 8:00 PM
SUNDAZE: Bass Music Sundays at Flask Lounge
Flask Lounge · 9:00 PM
Baby Storytime
1600 Forest Avenue · 9:30 AM
Preschool Storytime
1600 Forest Avenue · 10:30 AM
The Little Star That Could
Southworth Planetarium · 1:00 PM
Ocean Avenue Elementary School
150 Ocean Avenue · 3:00 PM
Rowe Elementary School
23 Orono Road · 4:00 PM
Fugs Film!
SPACE · 7:00 PM
USM Student Jazz Combo Night
One Longfellow Square · 8:00 PM
PUNK ROCK KARAOKE!!!
Geno's Rock Club · 8:00 PM
Preschool Storytime
5 Monument Square · 10:30 AM
Salt Dough Dinosaur Crafts
5 Monument Square · 11:00 AM
All Day: Keep The Glass
Definitive Brewing · 12:00 PM
Script Club - IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
Portland Public Library - Downtown Branch · 1:00 PM
Natural Selection
Southworth Planetarium · 1:00 PM
Longfellow Elementary School
432 Stevens Avenue · 3:15 PM
Talbot Elementary School
1600 Forest Avenue · 4:00 PM
Hadestown
Merrill Auditorium (PortTix) · Through Nov 19
Universe, Vast Universe: An Anthology of Immigrant Voices in Maine
SPACE · 7:00 PM
Teton Gravity Research
Live at Madrid's · 7:00 PM
Osher Jazz Ensemble
Crewe Center for the Arts - Margaret Griswold-White Performance Hall · 7:00 PM
An Evening with Maine Authors
Portland Stage · 7:30 PM
Open Decks DJ Night (Every Tuesday)
Flask Lounge · 8:00 PM
West 22nd with The 4411
Portland House of Music and Events · 8:00 PM
GET STUFF DONE!
5 Monument Square · 11:00 AM
Rapid STI Testing with PPH
5 Monument Sq · 12:00 PM
Art Room
377 Stevens Avenue · 2:00 PM
Presumpscot Elementary School
69 Presumpscot Street · 3:45 PM
Lyseth Elementary School
175 Auburn Street · 4:30 PM
Alzheimer's & Dementia Education Series
1600 Forest Avenue · 5:00 PM
USM Forum on American Democracy: Free Speech, Civil Liberties, and the Future of Democracy
Portland arts calendar (Creative Portland) · 5:00 PM
Portland Death Café
5 Monument Square · 5:00 PM
North Deering Gardens
246 Auburn Street · 5:15 PM
Beginner / Intermediate Irish Session
Maine Irish Heritage Center · 6:00 PM
BINGO: WinterKids
Definitive Brewing · 6:00 PM
Motionless In White: The Sweat and Blood Tour
Cross Insurance Arena · 6:30 PM
CIFF Encore: Dirigo Docs
SPACE · 7:00 PM
Time Out: Ladies' Night with Yaiba, Gratitude, Betty Bop & Resonara
Flask Lounge · 8:00 PM
AJ Lee & Blue Summit with special guests The Cody Sisters
One Longfellow Square · 8:00 PM
Museum Playdates
Portland Museum of Art · 10:00 AM
Third Thursday
Portland Museum of Art · 10:00 AM
Ask a Nurse
5 Monument Sq · 10:30 AM
Blurb Club
519 Congress Street · 12:00 PM
Teen Video Games
5 Monument Square · 2:00 PM
East End Elementary School
195 North Street · 2:45 PM
Kids LEGO Club
377 Stevens Avenue · 3:00 PM
Teen Button Club
5 Monument Square · 3:00 PM
Author Visit: David Bruggink
377 Stevens Avenue · 4:00 PM
Reiche Elementary School
166 Brackett Street · 4:15 PM
Winter Word Game Nights
1600 Forest Avenue · 5:00 PM
Exploring the Scientist's Sketchbook
5 Monument Square · 5:30 PM
Alternative Geographies: (Re)Imaging Place Through Passamaquoddy Image Making
Portland arts calendar (Creative Portland) · 5:30 PM
Artists in Conversation featuring Elizabeth Atterbury, Sascha Braunig, and Eve Biddle
Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium · 5:30 PM
TRIVIA
Definitive Brewing · 6:00 PM
Claddagh Awards 2026: Honoring Pat Callaghan
Maine Irish Heritage Center · 6:00 PM
Hearts of Pine: Woods & Water
State Theatre · 6:30 PM
Anjali Nath Khelna Dance
Mayo Street Arts · 7:00 PM
Family Museum Day at Maine Historical Society 2026
Portland arts calendar (Creative Portland) · 7:00 PM
Conor Janda
Empire Comedy Club · 7:00 PM
Set Roulette
Empire Comedy Club · 9:00 PM
Paws & Pages
5 Monument Square · 10:30 AM
Baby Stories & Play
377 Stevens Avenue · 10:30 AM
Blurb Club
377 Stevens Avenue · 11:00 AM
Noontime Artist Talk with Eve Biddle
Portland Museum of Art · 12:00 PM
PMA Films: Fatherland
Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium · 2:00 PM
Meet the Residents at Surf Point: Abed Elmajid Shalabi, Vandana Jain, Pat Shannon
Portland arts calendar (Creative Portland) · 2:00 PM
The Polar Express Train Ride
Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad · 4:00 PM
Friday Night Flights
Definitive Brewing · Through Nov 20
Keg-Mas Tree Lighting
Definitive Brewing · 6:00 PM
Gaia Rising: Flask Edition | Two Nights of Electronic Music & Art
Flask Lounge · 6:00 PM
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Merrill Auditorium (PortTix) · 6:00 PM
Two's Company, Three's a Crowd
Crewe Center for the Arts - Blossom ArtsLab · Through Nov 21
Leah Rudick
Empire Comedy Club · Through Nov 21
Hanneke Cassel Band
One Longfellow Square · 7:30 PM
Finger Food, Pond, 1000 Kafari
The Apohadion Theater · 8:00 PM
Adult Writing Group
129 Island Avenue · 9:00 AM
Fiber Arts Meetup
377 Stevens Avenue · 10:30 AM
Community Printmaking with Pickwick
5 Monument Square · 10:30 AM
PMA Films: My Undesirable Friends: Part II — Exile (Chapters 1–3)
Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium · 12:00 PM
What Will I Become?
SPACE · 1:00 PM
The Half Moon Jug Band
Mayo Street Arts · 6:00 PM
America the Beautiful
Merrill Auditorium (PortTix) · Through Nov 22
Dead Gowns
Oxbow Blending & Bottling · 7:00 PM
Hey Party People! Presents: Give Thanks!
The Hill Arts (St. Lawrence Arts) · 7:30 PM
Warren Miller's Days Off
State Theatre · 7:30 PM
Sorcha Cribben-Merrill - MAKING TIME EP Release
One Longfellow Square · 8:00 PM
John Brown's Body with Royal Hammer
Bayside Bowl · 8:00 PM
Adam O'Farrill's ELEPHANT
SPACE · 8:00 PM
Even Defeat, Angry-La's, Frankie Moon and the Ceiling Birds
The Apohadion Theater · 8:00 PM
Mason Jennings
One Longfellow Square · 4:00 PM
Michael Palascak
Empire Comedy Club · 6:00 PM
Special Screening of These People, with Director's Talk
The Apohadion Theater · 7:00 PM
Casco Song & Ballad Circle
Maine Irish Heritage Center · 7:00 PM
Hen
SPACE · 7:00 PM
HIV & STD Testing and Support
5 Monument Sq · 12:00 PM
Sutekh Hexen with Sin Pavilion, Valediction, and The Vomit Arsonist
SPACE · 7:30 PM
Bingo with Best Buddies
Definitive Brewing · 6:00 PM
Maine Mariners vs Wheeling Nailers
Cross Insurance Arena · 6:00 PM
Maine Mariners vs. Worcester Railers
Maine Mariners (ECHL) home games · 6:00 PM
GA$ Money
Empire Comedy Club · 7:00 PM
Holiday Season at Victoria Mansion
Victoria Mansion · Through Jan 3
PMA Films: You Can See Everything
Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium · 2:30 PM
Monument Square Tree Lighting
Monument Square Tree Lighting (Portland Downtown) · 3:00 PM
PMA Films: Once Upon a Time in Harlem
Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium · 6:00 PM
Juston McKinney
Good Theater · 7:00 PM
The Nutcracker
Merrill Auditorium (PortTix) · Through Dec 6
East End Redemption, Wired for Sound, Break Bread
The Apohadion Theater · 7:30 PM
Beatles Night with The Walrus
State Theatre · 8:00 PM
Portland’s West End Neighborhood Celebration
Maine Irish Heritage Center · 1:00 PM
PMA Films: “A Few Small Odysseys”: O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium · 4:00 PM
Portland Chamber Music Festival presents ELANEI
One Longfellow Square · 7:00 PM
Justin Merle in Concert
The Hill Arts (St. Lawrence Arts) · 7:00 PM
Zootz Reunion
SPACE · 8:00 PM
Brendan Donegan
Empire Comedy Club · 6:00 PM
Stories on the Staircase
Victoria Mansion · 11:00 AM
Powwow People
SPACE · 7:00 PM
Joyous Sounds
Crewe Center for the Arts - Margaret Griswold-White Performance Hall · Through Dec 1
The Raging Nathans, The Keeper Class, The Deadliners
The Apohadion Theater · 7:30 PM
Bonobo with Anish Kumar
State Theatre · 8:00 PM
Subculture: 80s and 90s Night with DJ Shaxx and Jeanne
The Apohadion Theater · 6:30 PM
Maine Mariners vs Trenton Ironhawks
Cross Insurance Arena · 6:30 PM
December Open Mic Night hosted by Thomas Clukey 🌱
One Longfellow Square · 7:00 PM
Ellie Bergeron Aker, Melissa Lund Ziegler, and Ariana Dewar
Merrill Auditorium (PortTix) · 12:15 PM
Maine Irish Writes: December
Maine Irish Heritage Center · 5:00 PM
Holiday Party Playlist II
Good Theater · Through Dec 6
The Humans
Mad Horse Theatre at The Hutchins School · Through Dec 20
Osher Vocal Jazz Ensembles
Crewe Center for the Arts - Margaret Griswold-White Performance Hall · 7:00 PM
Welcome To Night Vale
State Theatre · 8:00 PM
An Evening with Tom Rush Accompanied by Matt Nakoa and Brendan Cleary
One Longfellow Square · 8:00 PM
Karina Rykman with The Chops
Portland House of Music and Events · 8:00 PM
Noontime Gallery Talk: Grant Wahlquist on Sascha Braunig: Wrist Painter
Portland Museum of Art · 12:00 PM
PMA Films: La bola negra
Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium · 2:00 PM
Copper Beech Tree Lighting
Portland Museum of Art · 4:00 PM
Beech Tree Bazaar
Portland Museum of Art · 4:00 PM
Drag Storytime After Dark
Portland Ovations · 5:30 PM
Illumination: The 34th Annual Osher School of Music Scholarship Gala
Crewe Center for the Arts - Margaret Griswold-White Performance Hall · 6:00 PM
HOLIDAY HI-JINXXX: Another Evening at Dave's Sauna
The Hill Arts (St. Lawrence Arts) · 6:30 PM
Maine Mariners vs Worcester Railers
Cross Insurance Arena · 6:30 PM
USM Winter Dance Concert
Russell Hall · Through Dec 6
Chris Higgins
Empire Comedy Club · Through Dec 5
little house dance
Mayo Street Arts · 7:00 PM
Tall Heights
Mechanics' Hall · 7:30 PM
Michael Carbonaro
State Theatre · 7:30 PM
Christmas at the Cathedral
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception · 7:30 PM
GoldenOak with special guest Rachel Sumner & Traveling Light
One Longfellow Square · 8:00 PM
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Portland Farmers' Market Winter Market
631 Stevens Ave · Through Apr 10
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: a live radio play
Portland Stage · Through Dec 24
Dragology: Dead of Winter
The Hill Arts (St. Lawrence Arts) · 7:00 PM
The Pigeon Gets a Big Time Holiday Extravaganza!
Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine · Through Dec 30
Portland Plays Wilco
Oxbow Blending & Bottling · 7:00 PM
The Mallett Brothers Band
State Theatre · 8:00 PM
GoldenOak with special guest Eliza Edens
One Longfellow Square · 8:00 PM
Pink Talking Fish with Say You Love Me, a Fleetwood Mac Tribute
Live at Madrid's · 8:00 PM
Advance Base with Karima Walker and Lisa/Liza
SPACE · 8:00 PM
A Charlie Brown Christmas with The Heather Pierson Trio - 4PM SHOW
One Longfellow Square · 4:00 PM
Night of the Nutcracker
Victoria Mansion · 5:15 PM
Winston Hodges
Empire Comedy Club · 6:00 PM
Mihali Presents: Milhalidaze
Oxbow Blending & Bottling · 7:00 PM
Becky Robinson's Holiday Spectacular with Nicky Paris
State Theatre · 7:00 PM
Queen of Jeans with Little Oso and Milk St.
Portland House of Music and Events · 8:00 PM
On now: exhibits and runs
Coming up at One Longfellow Square
Breakin' Strings
From $30Kelsey Waldon with special guest The Clements Brothers
From $30USM Student Jazz Combo Night
From $30AJ Lee & Blue Summit with special guests The Cody Sisters
From $30Hanneke Cassel Band
From $30Sorcha Cribben-Merrill - MAKING TIME EP Release
From $30Mason Jennings
From $30Portland Chamber Music Festival presents ELANEI
From $30December Open Mic Night hosted by Thomas Clukey 🌱
From $60An Evening with Tom Rush Accompanied by Matt Nakoa and Brendan Cleary
From $30GoldenOak with special guest Rachel Sumner & Traveling Light
From $30GoldenOak with special guest Eliza Edens
From $30Close by, in Westbrook, Old Port, Falmouth
43 Degrees North
Lenny's Pub
The Queen Masterstroke Experience
Live at Madrid's
Real Young and Lazy Horse - Matinee Show
Portland House of Music and Events
*SOLD OUT* Cheap Life Records Presents BLOOD FOR BLOOD
Live at Madrid's
Pariseau Lasley Project
Lenny's Pub
State Theatre Presents: WEST 22nd
Portland House of Music and Events
Phil Basket Sessions
Lenny's Pub
Teton Gravity Research Presents 'Actually, It Is Rocket Science'
Live at Madrid's
Wednesday Morning Nature Walks at Gilsland Farm
Gilsland Farm Audubon Center (Maine Audubon)
Roots and Routes
Live at Madrid's
Bruce Marshall
Lenny's Pub
Thursday Bird Walks at Gilsland Farm
Gilsland Farm Audubon Center (Maine Audubon)Places in Portland
- Maine Narrow Gauge RailroadHeritage railroad and museum · 60 coming up
- Portland Sea Dogs at Hadlock FieldBallpark · 60 coming up
- State TheatreMusic venue · 60 coming up
- Portland Public LibraryLibrary · 44 coming up
- Empire Comedy ClubComedy club · 43 coming up
- Merrill Auditorium (PortTix)Concert hall · 40 coming up
- One Longfellow SquareMusic venue · 34 coming up
- Maine Irish Heritage CenterCultural center · 33 coming up
- Portland Museum of ArtMuseum · 33 coming up
- Maine Mariners (ECHL) home gamesHockey team · 31 coming up
- SPACEArts venue · 21 coming up
- Portland StageTheater · 20 coming up
- The Hill Arts (St. Lawrence Arts)Performing arts center · 17 coming up
- Victoria MansionHistoric house museum · 13 coming up
- Choral Art SocietyChoral group · 11 coming up
- Mayo Street ArtsArts center · 11 coming up
- Oxbow Blending & BottlingBrewery taproom · 9 coming up
- Portland Symphony OrchestraOrchestra · 9 coming up
- Bayside BowlBowling alley and music venue · 8 coming up
- Definitive BrewingBrewery taproom · 8 coming up
- Good TheaterTheater · 7 coming up
- Greater Portland events calendar (Visit Portland)Tourism calendar · 7 coming up
- The Apohadion TheaterDIY music and art space · 7 coming up
- Thompson's PointEvent campus · 7 coming up
- Cross Insurance ArenaArena · 6 coming up
- Flask LoungeBar · 6 coming up
- Portland arts calendar (Creative Portland)Arts calendar · 6 coming up
- Opera MaineOpera company · 5 coming up
- Southworth PlanetariumPlanetarium · 5 coming up
- Portland BalletDance company · 4 coming up
- Portland OvationsPerforming arts presenter · 4 coming up
- Children's Museum & Theatre of MaineChildren's museum · 3 coming up
- Geno's Rock ClubMusic venue · 3 coming up
- Monument Square Tree Lighting (Portland Downtown)Festival · 1 coming up
- Portland Farmers' MarketFarmers market · 1 coming up
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