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!
Join us every Sunday evening at dusk for Films in the Square co-presented by Portland Summer Films. Bring a lawn chair, sit back and enjoy classic films in an outdoor venue. June 4th through August 27th. Co-Presented By: Sponsored by:
Summer Swing Dance with the Hadacol Bouncers and Portland Swing Project! The Hadacol Bouncers formed in the summer of 2013 for a Portland, Maine swing dance festival and never looked back. The group is a joint effort by co-band leaders Tom Whitehead (piano) and Peter Dunphy (banjo). Tom has a multi-style background in blues, New …
Inanna- Sisters in Rhythm makes its first appearance in the park, with a special guest appearance by Marita Kennedy-Castro! Inanna-Sisters In Rhythm is an all-women’s percussion and vocal ensemble dedicated to cultural diversity, education and healing through the language of music. Blending western vocal harmonies with the polyrhythms or West Africa, the Middle East and …
TIGER BOMB are an all-girl all-original glam inspired group fronted by Lynda Mandolyn (formerly of San Francisco all-girl band, Fabulous Disaster), and Chris Horne (formerly of Portland, ME all-girl band, The Brood). They’ve combined forces for their latest rock & pop explosion – Tiger Bomb! Backed by the dynamic duo of Andrea Ellis on bass …
Join us every Sunday evening at dusk for Films in the Square co-presented by Portland Summer Films. Bring a lawn chair, sit back and enjoy classic films in an outdoor venue. June 4th through August 27th. Co-Presented By: Sponsored by:
Portland Intown Contra Dance is up to growing a lively community through weekly zesty, joyful, intergenerational contra dancing to live music. They insist no partner and no experience is needed to have a delightful and connected dance. Dela Taylor will teach each of this evening's dances, bringing her humor, and fresh, light calling style. She'll be joined …
Join us every Sunday evening at dusk for Films in the Square co-presented by Portland Summer Films. Bring a lawn chair, sit back and enjoy classic films in an outdoor venue. June 4th through August 27th. Co-Presented By: Sponsored by:
Novel Jazz is back by popular demand! “Novel Jazz” is a band that re-interprets the great works of jazz icons, Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. For over a decade, they have been mining the rich musical collections of these legends (together they wrote ~3000 compositions, of which most jazz lovers are familiar with only about ~2% …
Stan Davis and Brian Kavanah play a wide range of acoustic guitar -folk songs, blues, rock, and even originals!
Join us every Sunday evening at dusk for Films in the Square co-presented by Portland Summer Films. Bring a lawn chair, sit back and enjoy classic films in an outdoor venue. June 4th through August 27th. Co-Presented By: Sponsored by:
