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!
On June 7 from 6-8pm, Sea Level & The Memorial Skylight will present a full park sound installation - a living moving three dimensional soundscape. As visitors navigate Congress Square Park, they'll experience in-the-moment individualized and collective musical compositions that are responsive to natural parameters like sunset, humidity, and the activity of people, animals, and …
Join us for casual Monday evenings in Congress Square Park with local singers and songwriters. Relax and listen to your talented neighbors, or bring your instrument and perform for the crowd! Artists of all ages and backgrounds are invited to perform. Interested in sharing a song? We’ll book talent in advance, so get in touch …
Congress Square Park is excited to be a host for the 7th annual Make Music Portland! Portland once again joins hundreds of cities around the world in celebrating the Summer Solstice & Make Music Day by filling the streets with free musical performances, music lessons, and community play-a-long events. Make Music Portland is a free, …
Congress Square Park is excited to be a host for the 7th annual Make Music Portland! Portland once again joins hundreds of cities around the world in celebrating the Summer Solstice & Make Music Day by filling the streets with free musical performances, music lessons, and community play-a-long events. Make Music Portland is a free, …
Join us in Congress Square Park for an open mic and feature of talented local hip hop and freestyle performers. Enjoy the talent of your neighbors or join in by performing yourself! Celebrate the vibrant and ever growing scene in New England fourth Mondays at 6–8 PM from June through August, just before Monday of the …
Back again for July 2019! A few of Portland’s well-traveled squares are about to get more colorful and musical with the addition of Pianos in the Squares. Pianos in the Squares is a project of City of Portland Parks, Recreation & Facilities, Portland Downtown, and Friends of Congress Square Park. Colorful, painted pianos will be …
Come to Congress Square Park from 6-8pm for a free evening of hopping music and salsa dance (lessons included!). PM Salsa teacher Wendy Edwards has been teaching for over 15 years. Come at 6pm to learn basic moves and enjoy an evening of social dance with music by Primo Cubano! Primo Cubano will play traditional Cuban dance …
The 4th of July week brings a free concert with the 195th Maine Army National Guard Band (Bangor)! Over 30 musicians will present a variety of classical, jazz, popular music, marches, patriotic favorites, and show tunes arranged for the concert band. Headquartered in Bangor, the band is made up of traditional National Guard members with civilian …
Celebrating over 20 years of bringing live musical spectacle to the people of New York City and beyond is Hungry March Band, a brass, percussion, and performance ensemble. Founded in Brooklyn in 1997 for the Coney Island Mermaid Parade, HMB embodies the spirit of NYC’s streets with an inimitable brass sound and inspired, eclectic dance. HMB …
Join us for a free concert and dance party with Sabouyouma! Sabouyouma is a high energy 7-piece polyrhythmic groove machine that formed through ongoing musical relationships in Burlington, Vermont's vibrant West-African dance and drumming scene. Sabouyouma is led by Guinean-born Ousmane Camara: the band's front man, composer, and master Balafonist (the Balafon is a West-African marimba). …