Friends of Congress Square Park
The premier urban park in the heart of Portland’s vibrant Arts District. The park features local art installations, community events, free wifi and more!
Come join in the dance led by Caller Maggie Robinson and the band Dance Panther playing driving fiddle tunes to keep your feet moving. With Alden Robinson on fiddle, Glen Loper on mandolin, Bethany Waickman on guitar, Maggie Robinson will teach and cue the dances, no experience necessary. New England Contra Dance and fiddle music has …
Brazilian Choro has been around for over a hundred years. Its beautiful melodies, complex harmonies, and syncopated rhythms combine elements of European folk and classical, ragtime, jazz, Latin, and African music creating a style that is uniquely Brazilian and enormously appealing. Choro Louco was formed in 2013 and has evolved into a classic sounding choro …
Bess Berg & The Strays find their groove with songs rooted in jazz, blues, and vintage Americana, both highbrow and lowbrow. Musical offerings range from honky-tonk to funky, from Fats Domino to Tom Waits, from classic covers to fresh originals. Bess Berg leads the band on vocals and keyboard, joined by saxophone goddess Kate Campbell …
We are delighted to welcome Amarantos Quartet back to Congress Square Park this season for an encore performance. All four members of Amarantos Quartet are classically trained, though their work as an ensemble also reflects their experience outside of classical music. From playing fiddle in an old-time band, to performing and recording with pop artists, to …
Sister Steel is a unique and energetic professional steel drum band based in Portland, ME. This inclusive instrument is as much fun to play as it is to listen to! Our music, everything from traditional calypso to contemporary pop, will be sure to have you dancing. Most of us have been playing together amidst a cultural phenomenon in Blue Hill, …
The Prospero Quartet was founded in June 2015 by USM Alumni and violinists Aaron Pettengill and Victoria Hurlburt, Senior violist Leigh-Ashley Milne, and Junior cellist Cameron Prescott. As a classical focused string quartet, our performances include a wide variety of literature from Mozart to Bloch as well as some more contemporary literature written by composers in the Portland …
The American Music Camp & The Liberty Family Foundation Presents MAINE HERITAGE MUSIC NIGHT in CONGRESS SQUARE PARK. Come dance or simply enjoy the music of award-winning musicians playing the sounds of Quebec, Ireland, Ontario, the Maritime Provinces and Beyond.
Born on a snowy Fat Tuesday night of 2012, the Soggy Po' Boys have been honing their craft of New Orleans' music as part of their Tuesday residency in their home town of Dover, New Hampshire. In between local gigs they've fit in more than a hundred shows every year, from festivals and concerts to politics-infused burlesque collaborations and …
Join us for an evening of West African Drum & Dance, Celebrating Community & Cultural Exchange! This 18 person ensemble brings together the upbeat energy and beauty of West African Drumming & Dancing, in a celebration of community and cultural exchange not to be missed. Traditional village style drumming lead by master drummer, Namory Keita from …
The Gather Rounders is a string band that tastefully blends traditional and progressive bluegrass and folk into a lush mix of clean harmonies, inventive pickin’ and solid grooves.