Old-Time Music Jam
2023-08-10 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | ME
The Portland Old-Time Music Jam has been meeting regularly on Tuesday evenings for 30 years. In recent years, it meets at Post Office Park in Portland during the summer months on Tuesday evenings from 7-9 pm, and tips received in the banjo case are donated to 317 Main in Yarmouth to support their stringed instrument programs. “Old-Time Music” may be described as a genre of North American folk music that includes Appalachian mountain music, and Southern, New England, Midwest, and Western fiddle and banjo tunes, or as one Jam member says, “the top 40 from 1840.” Fiddle, banjo, mandolin, guitar, and bass are commonly played in Old-Time Music.
This summer (2023), The Portland Old-Time Music Jam is looking forward to adding three more jam opportunities — at Congress Square Park on the second Thursday of June, July, and August, from 6-8 pm.

50 Years of Hip Hop
2023-08-11 18:00 - 20:00
Celebrate the birthday of hip hop! Presented by Graphic Melee.

Chess+
2023-08-12 11:00 - 13:00, 2023-08-19 11:00 - 13:00, 2023-08-26 11:00 - 13:00, 2023-09-02 11:00 - 13:00, 2023-09-09 11:00 - 13:00
Come play chess! This weekly meetup is open to all skill levels. There will also be a bunch of additional hand-picked board games!
This ongoing event is hosted in collaboration with FriendConME.

Modular on the Spot
2023-08-12 14:00 - 18:00
A celebration of synthesizers! Open to all! Come and play!

Modular on the Spot
2023-08-12 14:00 - 18:00
Modular on the Spot is a free and inclusive outdoor concert series created to offer a platform for local modular synthesists to share their compositions and improvisations with the public. The series was started in Los Angeles a decade ago and has since seen chapters sprout up in cities from Boston to Tokyo. This is the first of hopefully many Modular on the Spot Portland events!

Queer Makers Market
2023-08-13 17:00 - 21:00
Dozens of local makers and artists! Best vibes around!
Organized by R Nicole Studio.

Some Good Badminton
2023-08-15 18:00 - 20:00, 2023-08-22 18:00 - 20:00, 2023-08-29 18:00 - 20:00
How about a friendly game of badminton?

Join us in Congress Square Park every Tuesday evening (6-8pm) for a friendly, all-ages, all-abilities mini-tournament! This will be played in doubles. Bring a friend — or make one at the park!

This program is made possible thanks to support from AARP through the Community Challenge Grant.

Blurb Club
2023-08-17 12:00 - 13:00, 2023-08-31 12:00 - 13:00
A book show and tell! Bring a book (if you like) to share, and get some great book recommendations. We meet every other Thursday at noon.
Our rain location is down the street at Mechanics’ Hall.

WMPG Live!
2023-08-17 16:00 - 19:00
Come hang out and listen to tunes spun by local DJs!

Circus in the Square
2023-08-18 17:00 - 18:00

Let's Band Together: Brass Bands Mini Music Festival
2023-08-19 13:00 - 15:00

Congress Square Night Market
2023-08-20 17:00 - 21:00
Food, artists, makers, and the best vibes in town! Shop local and hang out with us.
Vendor lineup:
The Challah Shoppe
Creighton Studios
Fantasy Fiend
Pho Huong
Otisito Designs
timblebee
Anchor & Heart Lacquer
Aud Makes
Comatose Pepper Co
Mellifluous Portland
Cece and the Seams
Earth Spiral Apothecary
Lucky Fox Bookshop
Portraits As You Pass
Ellodies
BrightWorm Studio & Press
Breakaway Bread
Bracken & Briar

Hip Hop in the Park
2023-08-21 18:00 - 20:00
An evening of family-friendly hip hop with Monday of the Minds!
Free! Open to all!

Salsa Dancing feat. Primo Cubano
2023-08-25 17:00 - 20:00
Primo Cubano returns to play some salsa music!
Get a quick lesson in salsa from PM Salsa at 5pm, followed by live music.
Come dance!

Watercolor Class
2023-08-26 13:00 - 14:30
Come learn to paint with watercolor! Featuring WandA Entertainment. Free and open to all skill levels!

Silent Movie Sunday: "Our Hospitality"
2023-08-27 19:30 - 21:00
Join us for another of this year’s series of silent movies! Presented in partnership with Kinonik on the last Sunday of every month, we’ll enjoy classic silent movies on real 16mm film with live musical accompaniment!

OUR HOSPITALITY (1925)
Sole heir Willie McKay (Buster Keaton) journeys by train from New York City to Kentucky to claim his fortune amid a decades-old feud with the Canfield family. En route, he meets and is smitten with young beauty Virginia (Natalie Talmadge), who invites him to dinner, but he realizes too late that she is the only daughter of patriarch Joseph Canfield (Joe Roberts). The rules of hospitality protect McKay from harm in their house, but he must outwit her brothers to resolve the feud.

Film Screening: Love in the Time of Fentanyl
2023-08-30 19:30 - 21:00
In partnership with The City of Portland’s Harm Reduction Services Program.

OLS Presents: Corner House
2023-08-31 18:00 - 20:00
Originally hailing from Boston, MA, Corner House takes their name from the place where the four young band members found musical family in one another – their shared home in Brighton, as students at Berklee College of Music. Emerging from varied genre backgrounds, the quartet’s unique strength is their desire to learn from one another, not only in musical skill and style, but in life experience; such that every challenge overcome by one band member becomes part of the group’s shared musical and personal DNA. Mutually inspired, learning from one another, and open to any and all ideas, the group is a beautiful representation of their generation; not only tolerating, but embracing diversity in every aspect of their music making.

New Moon Ensemble
2023-09-01 18:00 - 19:30
Presented by the Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center!
New Moon Ensemble members share a love for the music and dance of Guinea, West Africa, the accompanying traditions and the gift of intercultural exchange. As an ensemble family we represent and embrace diverse ethnicities, build community and inspire international study and collaboration through the healing power of music and dance.

Journey's Amplified Pop Up Resource Event
2023-09-02 12:00 - 17:00
Details TBD!

Congress Square Market
2023-09-03 11:00 - 15:00
Food, artists, makers, and the best vibes in town! Shop local and hang out with us.
Vendor lineup:
Plot Twist Pretzels
Tealight Studios
Tinted Rose Designs
Modern Magix
CATQUAT
WingedPrints
Crawl Bars
Happy Hen Ceramics
Lady Krispie
ME Powered Pastries
Midcoast Vegan
Portraits As You Pass
Saudade
Mudmist
Adam Kezer Artist
OUT Maine
Scrambled Egg Shop

SOUND IDEAS
2023-09-07 16:00 - 19:00
A gathering of DJs from local record labels and record stores hosted by WMPG Radio.

Massive Trash Situation: an upcycling instrument & puppet workshop
2023-09-09 13:00 - 15:00
Make your own musical instruments and puppets using (clean) upcycled trash!
In partnership with Inventing Trees. Free and open to all!
Rain date: Sept. 16
