We are excited to share that we’ll be in SIX different venues all across Portland for PortFringe 2025!
We’re going back to our roots by returning to the Arts District, while also sticking with our friends in East Bayside. And we’ve got a mix of all kinds of venues, from traditional theater spaces to tasting rooms to just about everything in between. It’s a venue lineup that’s as unique as our festival artists, and represents the vast array of everything Portland and the festival has to offer. Vive le Fringe!
About the venues
Portland Stage Company
https://www.portlandstage.org/
About the Venue/Business: Founded in 1974 as the Profile Theater, Portland Stage is one of Maine’s largest fully professional, non-profit theaters. Portland Stage plays a pivotal role in the life of our community by providing the experience of theater for our audience and by making that experience one that enlightens and adds insight into our world.
Note: Two spaces at Portland Stage Company are being used for PortFringe 2025, the Studio Theater (“Portland Stage Studio”) and the Theater for Kids (“Portland Stage TFK”). Both spaces are housed in the venue at 25A Forest Ave. See Portland Stage’s website for more information.
Mechanics Hall
https://mechanicshallmaine.org/
About the Venue/Business: Mechanics Hall was founded in 1815 by the Maine Charitable Mechanic Association to support Maine’s creative community: blacksmiths, coopers, artists, innovators, and creators. Between 1857 and 1859, they built Mechanics’ Hall in Portland – a communal gathering space with a lending library at its center. Today, the organization celebrates that rich history through literary arts programs, music, performance, and more while working to restore the landmark building as a rich cultural resource.
The Apohadion Theater
About the Venue/Business: The Apohadion Theater is one of Portland’s local music homes; since 2017, the team behind Apohadion, alongside a rotating cast of bookers, have cultivated numerous evenings of musical and artistic exploration. The theater is also home to a rotating art gallery.
Salud Portland
https://www.saludportland.com/
About the Venue/Business: SALUD Portland is a fitness facility offering a wide variety of boutique group fitness classes in Portland, Maine. They are a community of diverse yet like-minded individuals and families who are health conscious, value a wellness routine and live in an intentional way.
Rising Tide Brewing Company
https://risingtidebrewing.com/
About the Venue/Business: Rising Tide Brewing Company is an independent, family-owned brewery that anchors Portland, Maine’s vibrant East Bayside neighborhood. They are guided by creative flavors, quality, consistency, community, and a love of all things outdoors. Rising Tide supports Maine farmers, using local ingredients in every beer.
Coffee By Design
About the Venue/Business: Coffee By Design is a sustainably sourced, curated coffee roastery, retailer & wholesaler that moves forward initiatives to support people & planet. The Diamond Street location is a laid-back coffeehouse offering breakfast and baked goods, plus local ingredients and Wi-Fi.
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