Back around Thanksgiving, in response to the federal government’s decision to withhold SNAP benefits from Democratic states, the folks at WMPG 90.9 FM put together a digital compilation record to benefit the University of Southern Maine’s Oakhurst Food Pantry – and Monday, March 9, will be absolutely the last day you can get it. It’sContinue reading “Last Chance to Get WMPG’s Compilation Record: Local Motives, Vol. 1”
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Local Artists Wicked Stoked To Play Portland’s Back Cove Music Festival
The inaugural Back Cove Music Festival is set to go off this weekend, on Saturday, Aug. 2 and Sunday, Aug. 3, and the lineup offers a strong slate of headliners, including Jack White, Lord Huron, The Roots, and Thee Sacred Souls, as well as a deep bench of local acts, including the Oshima Brothers, WeakenedContinue reading “Local Artists Wicked Stoked To Play Portland’s Back Cove Music Festival”
Back Cove Music Festival Organizers Are Playing The Long Game
Portland is no stranger to outdoor music events. Shows at Thompson’s Point routinely bring as many as 7,500 people to the waterfront venue tucked in behind the transit center near Libbytown, one of Portland’s oldest neighborhoods. In 2012, nearly 15,000 people crowded into the Eastern Prom to see the British stomp/clap posers Mumford & SonsContinue reading “Back Cove Music Festival Organizers Are Playing The Long Game”
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