Carnival Concert – 2025

Project Overview

A street-fair-style event featuring local nonprofits and community partners, the

Portland Bach Experience Carnival Concert activates, amplifies, and highlights Portland

as a vibrant and intergenerational artistic ecosystem. This annual event showcases

artists from the Portland Bach Experience alongside performances and activities led by

collaborators from your favorite arts and cultural organizations. This year’s performance

will be a newly premiered piece entitled Growing Up Maine, with music and lyrics

written and inspired by 4th- and 5th-grade students from Reiche Community School.

Details

Date: Friday, June 6, 2025 (rain or shine!) - Time: 3:30-5:30 p.m.

3:30 p.m. – activities led by partners and collaborators, youth performances, student presentations

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4:00 p.m. – parade with the Shoestring Theater

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4:20 p.m. – Musical excerpts from Growing Up Maine

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5:00 p.m. – community dance party

Location: Reiche Community School – 166 Brackett Street, Portland ME 04102

Organization Overview

Portland Bach Experience (PBE) presents its June festival from June 5-15, 2025 with

events throughout Greater Portland, Brunswick, and Bath. PBE presents immersive

events for an intergenerational audience by reviving the tradition of sharing classical

music in social spaces and by connecting music across centuries. PBE is a program of

Classical Uprising, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit whose mission is to enliven, strengthen, and

connect communities by creating world-class, immersive classical music experiences for

everyone.