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Details and Tickets Holiday Dance Party with The Soul Movement Friday, July 03, 2009   8:00 PM Check out our $3 Soul Punch drink special! One Longfellow Square opens its doors for an all night Fourth of July dance bash presided over by the funky strains of Megan Jo Wilson, Kenya Hall and the Soul Movement. Drink specials and more! ($5) Details and Tickets The Imperial Hot Club Tuesday, July 07, 2009   8:00 PM One Longfellow Square's 2009 Summer Jazz Festival brings you Sizzling Gypsy Jazz featuring Kris Day (bass), Zac Ovington (mandolin), and Mike Arciero (guitar). ($5/$3 students & seniors/FREE with Season Pass) Details and Tickets A Benefit Concert for Seeds of Peace Thursday, July 09, 2009   8:00 PM Arabic music duo Okbari joins with Klezmer ensemble the Casco Bay Tummlers for an evening double bill benefiting Seeds of Peace, an international organization working to promote peace in the Middle East. ($15) Details and Tickets The Heather Masse Band Friday, July 10, 2009   8:00 PM As heard recently on A Prairie Home Companion with Steve Martin and Martin Sheen! A member of the acclaimed Juno-award winning Canadian band “The Wailin' Jennys,” Heather has performed has performed at hundreds of venues across Europe, Canada, and the states. ($12 adv/$15 door) Details and Tickets Geoff Muldaur Saturday, July 11, 2009   8:00 PM Look for Geoff's live appearance on Channel 6's 207 Friday July 10th at 7pm!! Geoff Muldaur is one of the great voices and musical forces to emerge from the folk, blues and folk-rock scenes centered in Cambridge, MA and Woodstock, NY in the 1960s. Video! ($20 adv/$23 door) Details and Tickets Food Films Sunday, July 12, 2009   6:00 PM Rabelais Books, the Maine Institute of Food and Drink and One Longfellow Square continue a series of culinary cinema paired with offerings from the finest local restaurants. Offerings from the 158 Pickett Street Cafe meet the film Chicken Run in July. ($20) Details and Tickets Maia Sharp w/Pete Kilpatrick Monday, July 13, 2009   8:00 PM Of the Los Angeles based multi-instrumentalist, Art Garfunkel says "In the tradition of great female artists, Karla Bonoff, Bonnie Raitt, Christine McVie, Shawn Colvin, Sarah McLachlan...now enter Maia Sharp." Pete Kilpatrick opens! Video! ($12 adv/$15 door) Details and Tickets The Portland Jazz Orchestra Tuesday, July 14, 2009   8:00 PM One Longfellow Square's Summer Jazz Festival continues with big band style jazz from Dr. Chris Oberholtzer's 18 piece ensemble. ($5/$3 students & seniors/free with Season Pass) Details and Tickets Kevin Barker & Arborea Wednesday, July 15, 2009   8:00 PM Known for his work with Vetiver, Devendra Banhardt, and Joanna Newsom, Kevin Barker has nurtured a solo career featuring masterfully crafted acoustic folk songs. Sharing the bill is Shanti & Buck Curran - the ethereal husband and wife folk duo known as Arborea. Video! ($7 adv/$10 door) Details and Tickets Primo Cubano Thursday, July 16, 2009   8:00 PM No strangers to One Longfellow Square, Primo Cubano, Maine's own Cuban son and salsa band, provides the music to a night of Latin Dancing as part of a new Third Thursday dance series ($8) Details and Tickets Popa Chubby Friday, July 17, 2009   8:00 PM Popa Chubby continues to rule the road with his high-octane Blues/Rock guitar work and uncompromising, in your face attitude, resulting in a supercharged mix that spits fire at every turn. Video! ($15) Details and Tickets Paul Geremia & Frank Fotusky Saturday, July 18, 2009   8:00 PM Paul has earned a reputation as one of the best country blues fingerpickers ever. Frank understands and performs the Piedmont Blues repertoire like few others. Together, they offer an evening of unforgettable acoustic blues. Video! ($15 adv/$18 door) Details and Tickets The Steve Grover Quintet plays the Beatles Tuesday, July 21, 2009   8:00 PM One Longfellow Square's Summer Jazz Festival continues with the music of the Beatles from Trent Austin (trumpet), Dave Wells (tenor sax), Tony Gaboury (guitar), Dominic Sbrega (bass) and Steve Grover (drums). ($5/$3 students & seniors/FREE with Season Pass) Details and Tickets Banjo Dan & The Midnite Plowboys Thursday, July 23, 2009   8:00 PM Since the 1970s, Banjo Dan and the Mid-nite Plowboys have consistently delivered some of the finest, most dynamic and most original bluegrass music ever heard in this corner of the country. Video! ($10 adv/$12 door) Details and Tickets Juanito Pascual & Friends CD Release Saturday, July 25, 2009   8:00 PM Celebrating the release of Language of the Heart, Juanito is widely regarded as one of the top young flamenco guitarists in the world. His signature virtuosity, warm, evocative playing and original compositional style have won him praise and admiration around the globe. Video! ($18 adv/$21 door) Details and Tickets Then & Now Tuesday, July 28, 2009   8:00 PM One Longfellow Square's Summer Jazz Festival continues with the next generation of the Portland Jazz scene! Original tunes from Gary Wittner (guitar) and USM Music grads Noel Brennan (drums) and Kyle Hardy (sax). ($5/$3 students & seniors/FREE with Season Pass) Details and Tickets The Rowan Brothers Wednesday, July 29, 2009   8:00 PM A versatile and exciting mixture of American roots bluegrass-flavored folk and Everly Brothers style rock and country with haunting melodies and tight two part sibling harmony. Joined by award winning fiddler Sue Cunningham! ($12 adv/$15 door) Details and Tickets Roy Book Binder w/Danielle Miraglia Friday, July 31, 2009   8:00 PM Ever since learning his craft from the Reverend Gary Davis in the 1960s, Roy Book Binder has developed into a Blues Singing, guitar picking, song writing raconteur! Danielle Miraglia opens! Video! ($15 adv/$18 door) Details and Tickets The Lovell Sisters w/Gunther Brown Saturday, August 01, 2009   8:00 PM The energy and spontaneity of American roots music that originally caught The Lovell Sisters attention continues to be an integral element of their live performances. Since 2004, they have toured throughout North America, and made three well-received European tours. Gunther Brown opens! Video! ($10 adv/$12 door)

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One Longfellow Square is one of Portland, Maine's most charming and versatile performance venues, offering a warm and intimate atmosphere and setting the stage for unforgettable live music and events. Located in Portland's West End at the entrance to the city's Arts District, we can accommodate a wide range of events including film, theater, dance, and of course, live music.

We're dedicated to showcasing extraordinary talent and bringing important programming to Portland that might not otherwise visit our town. Our genre-blind booking allows us to focus on quality, rather than type, and brings to Portland the best live music concerts, film, dance, lectures and theater.

We are also an astoundingly versatile rental facility, which can be relaxed, intimate and friendly, or formal and chic to accommodate any wedding reception, private party, function, or board meeting. We have a full liquor license, professional quality sound equipment, and an experienced and friendly staff to aid any event.