Joanne Shaw Taylor returns to Aura on Friday, August 14! Experience Joanne Shaw Taylor live! Featuring songs from her acclaimed latest album, Black & Gold (#2 on the Billboard Blues Album chart), Joanne delivers electrifying guitar, soulful vocals, and a powerhouse blues-rock performance. With standout tracks from earlier albums, nods to blues legends, and a glimpse of new music from a highly …
Experience All Your Friends: An Indie Dance Party at Aura on Saturday, June 6th! Event is 18+. An indie dance party for the ones who still romanticize a scratched iPod, American Spirits, and a blurry night scored by Bloc Party and Crystal Castles. All Your Friends is your basement-floor flashback to the bloghouse, post-punk revival, and early Tumblr era — …
See Memphis May Fire at Aura on Sunday, July 12th with special guests Caskets, If Not For Me, and Royale Lynn! 18+ show. Presented by WHXR 106.3 The Bone.
Experience the 2026 Portland Yacht Rock Festival live at Aura on Friday, September 4th! “Music’s warm breeze”… Yacht Rock. Join SHIP to SHORE, top local musicians playing the most unforgettable light rock songs. Classic hits from Toto, America, Christopher Cross, Fleetwood Mac, Michael McDonald and more. Two long sets of smooth music. All aboard for the 3rd Annual Portland Yacht Rock Fest at AURA! …
Q97.9 and WHOM presents Portland Maine’s most exciting Pride party of the year at AURA on Saturday, June 20! Join our friends Cherry Lemonade & Gigi Gabor (Curbside Queens) with this years special guest LaGanja Estranja! Also appearances from Andi Van Dyle (Boston) and Queen Quan (New Orleans). Dance all night with DJ Lemonade! Drinks with Ice Pik Vodka.
Dance the night away at the Heated Rivalry Dance Party at Aura on Saturday, May 30! Must be 18+ to enter. Welcome to the high-energy, emotionally charged dance party inspired by the tension, obsession, and enemies-to-lovers chaos of Heated Rivalry. Built around forbidden attraction, late-night adrenaline, and messy feelings you don’t know what to do with, this party lives in …
See Geoff Tate’s Operation: Mindcrime – The Final Chapter LIVE at Aura on November 12th! Must be 18+ to enter. Multi-platinum selling, Grammy nominated singer/songwriter Geoff Tate is best known for his 30-plus years as the creative and driving force behind the progressive metal band Queensryche. Since its inception with Geoff at the helm, Queensryche has sold over 20 million …
See Hawthorne Heights – 20th Anniversary of If Only Your Were Lonely with special guests Letlive and Creeper at Aura on Friday, October 23rd! Must be 18+ to enter. Hawthorne Heights is an American rock band from Dayton, Ohio, known for shaping the sound of early 2000s emo and post-hardcore. Formed in 2001, the band first broke into the national …
See comedian Michael Kosta live at Aura on Thursday, August 6th! Must be 18+ to enter. Emmy Award-winning comedian Michael Kosta has established himself as one of entertainment’s most versatile talents. His work as a host and News Team member on The Daily Show earned him two consecutive Emmy nominations, culminating in a win at the 76th Annual Emmy Awards, …
Must be 18+ to enter. EMO NIGHT PORTLAND is back… local musicians blast out your favorite pop alternative, punk and emo tunes from the late 90’s & early 2000’s. This show always sells fast. Get your tix ASAP. 18+
