What to do in Portland, Maine this week

Saturday, October 17, 2026

• Visual arts

  until Oct 29

  Sara Crisp: New Work

  Maine Jewish Museum

  • Visual arts

• Theatre

  until Oct 25

  Eureka Day

  Mad Horse Theatre · South Portland

  • Theatre

  $4 Tickets ↗

• Visual arts

  until Oct 31

  Roy Germon: Already There

  Greenhut Galleries

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Dec 13

  Dear Data,

  Institute of Contemporary Art at MECA&D · Arts District

  • Visual arts

  Free

• Visual arts

  until Jan 24

  Eve Biddle: Wonderlands

  Portland Museum of Art · Arts District

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Oct 25

  Friends and Neighbors: Selections from the Isabelle and Scott Black Collection

  Portland Museum of Art · Arts District

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Nov 1

  Jared Lank: Bay of Herons

  Portland Museum of Art · Arts District

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Jan 1

  Passages in American Art

  Portland Museum of Art · Arts District

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Oct 18

  Winslow Homer: Painter, Etcher

  Portland Museum of Art · Arts District

  • Visual arts

• Cinema

  11 AM

  Champlain Film Festival: All Stirred Up!/Tous toqués!

  Portland Museum of Art · Arts District

  • Cinema

• Literature

  3 PM

  Author Talk with Jonathan Edward Durham

  Portland Public Library · Downtown

  • Literature

  Free

• Music

  3 PM

  Gospel Messiah: A Refugee Oratorio

  The Hill Arts

  • Music

  Tickets ↗

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• Cinema

  4 PM

  Champlain Film Festival: Once Upon My Mother/Ma Mère, Dieu et Sylvie Vartan

  Portland Museum of Art · Arts District

  • Cinema

• Music

  7 PM

  Tophat Productions' Phantom of the Opera

  Mayo Street Arts · East Bayside

  • Music
  • Opera

• Music

  8 PM

  BERTHA: Grateful Drag

  State Theatre · Arts District

  • Music
  • Cabaret

  $26–$31 Tickets ↗

• Music

  8 PM

  James Montgomery

  One Longfellow Square · Longfellow Square

  • Music

• Music

  8 PM

  Milk St. & Alma June & The Persian Cats | live at Bayside Bowl

  Bayside Bowl · Bayside

  • Music

• Music

  —Time not announced

  Milk St. & Alma June & The Persian Cats

  Bayside Bowl · Bayside

  • Music

  Tickets ↗

Sunday, October 18, 2026

• Cinema

  12 PM

  Champlain Film Festival: Sisters and Neighbors/Nos Belles-Soeurs

  Portland Museum of Art · Arts District

  • Cinema

• Cinema

  2:30 PM

  Champlain Film Festival: The Stranger/L'Étranger

  Portland Museum of Art · Arts District

  • Cinema

• Music

  4 PM

  Gospel Messiah: A Refugee Oratorio

  The Hill Arts

  • Music

  Tickets ↗

• Music

  7 PM

  Jake Blount Band

  One Longfellow Square · Longfellow Square

  • Music

• Comedy

  7 PM

  Lucas Zelnick

  State Theatre · Arts District

  • Comedy

  $20–$45 Tickets ↗

Monday, October 19, 2026

• Other

  7 PM

  Who Moves America

  SPACE Gallery · Arts District

  Tickets ↗

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• Music

  7:30 PM

  Thundercat with TiaCorine

  State Theatre · Arts District

  • Music

  $42–$47 Tickets ↗

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

• Music

  6:30 PM

  Spooky Storytelling at the Maine Irish Heritage Center

  Maine Irish Heritage Center · West End

  • Music

• Music

  7:30 PM

  Cannons with Caroline Kingsbury

  State Theatre · Arts District

  • Music

  $32–$38 Tickets ↗

• Music

  8 PM

  Mount Eerie with Ruth Garbus (at First Parish Church)

  SPACE Gallery · Arts District

  • Music

  Tickets ↗

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

• Cinema

  4 PM

  PMA Films: Chronovisor

  Portland Museum of Art · Arts District

  • Cinema

• Other

  7 PM

  Dance Freak

  SPACE Gallery · Arts District

  Tickets ↗

• Music

  7:30 PM

  Bruce Cockburn with Livingston Taylor

  State Theatre · Arts District

  • Music

  $40–$65 Tickets ↗

Thursday, October 22, 2026

• Cinema

  12:30 PM

  PMA Films: American Doctor

  Portland Museum of Art · Arts District

  • Cinema

• Cinema

  3 PM

  PMA Films: Chronovisor

  Portland Museum of Art · Arts District

  • Cinema

• Circus

  7 PM

  Cirque Alfonse

  Merrill Auditorium · Downtown

  • Circus

  Tickets ↗

• Music

  8 PM

  Assembly of Dust

  Portland House of Music & Events · Old Port

  • Music

  $35–$40 Tickets ↗

Friday, October 23, 2026

• Music

  12 PM

  Traditional Arts Performance Showcase

  Mayo Street Arts · East Bayside

  • Music

• Music

  7 PM

  Balla Kouyaté: Malian Djeli and Balafon Player

  Mayo Street Arts · East Bayside

  • Music

• Cinema

  7 PM

  Damnationland

  State Theatre · Arts District

  • Cinema

  $10–$20 Tickets ↗

• Music

  7 PM

  Gospel Messiah: A Refugee Oratorio

  The Hill Arts

  • Music

  Tickets ↗

• Music

  8 PM

  Pete Kilpatrick Band

  One Longfellow Square · Longfellow Square

  • Music

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