Live Performances

UPCOMING EVENTS

Portland Ovations is grateful for a 95 year legacy of connecting innovative and masterful artists from around the world with Maine audiences. Each carefully curated season includes a range of performances across genres, traditions, production scales and venues.

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Monty Python's "Spamalot"

Broadway National Tour

June 23 - 25, 2026 • 7 PM

Merrill Auditorium

Spamalot Member Lounge

June 24, 2026 • 5:30 PM

Portland Ovations

Ovations Member Event

Photo of Sasha Velour in long black dress, and a tall head dress standing in front of a projected image of her face

Sasha Velour's "Travesty"

September 25, 2026 • 8 PM

State Theatre

Co-Presented with State Theatre and in collaboration with First Parish Church

Photo of the members of Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band sitting on stage, many with instruments, and one singing.

Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band

October 15, 2026 • 7 PM

State Theatre

Photo of two performers suspended in the air on trapeze bars, they are swinging over a stage featuring a wedding band

Cirque Alfonse

October 22, 2026 • 7 PM

Merrill Auditorium

"La Noce d’Alfonse"

Graphic of a neon pink and purple sign that says 'Mystic Pizza - A New Musical You'll Love at First Slice'

"Mystic Pizza"

National Tour

October 28 - 29, 2026 • 7 PM

Merrill Auditorium

Mystic Pizza Member Lounge

October 29, 2026 • 5:30 PM

Portland Ovations

Ovations Member Event

Photo of two dancers, one in a light tutu up on pointe shoes, the other in light tights and a blue top supporting her in a duet

American Ballet Theatre Studio Company

November 5, 2026 • 7 PM

Merrill Auditorium

Photo of Michael Shinn, and Jessica Shinn, with a photo of Tom Wolf in a floating circle above the other.

"Twin Keys": A Love Story

Presented in Partnership with USM School of Music & Maine Jewish Museum

November 7, 2026 • 2 PM

Crewe Center for the Arts

Thomas Wolf with Jessica Chow Shinn and Michael Shinn, duo-pianists