Portland Concerts

31 years ago, John Cougar Mellencamp returned for his second show at the Civic Center and his first one here as a headliner.

WBLM celebrates the birth of a legend who has brought pure rock joy to our lives since his days way back with the James Gang. Ladies and gentleman, Joe Walsh!

Tonight we remember one the last shows of the Seventies with the original line-up of Aerosmith and a show without Brad Whitford and Joe Perry both on November 19 at the Civic Center.

Tonight we celebrate the legendary guitar powerhouse who brought together rock, blues, and jazz to create an unmistakable signature sound. The late great Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble made their first and only appearance at the Civic Center, 31 years ago.

It’s pretty safe to say that AC/DC is one of Blimpville’s most favorite live rock acts, selling out every time they’ve been to the Civic Center. 26 years ago, ‘The Thundah from Down Undah’ came back to Portland for their 6th sold-out night since their first concert at the CCCC in 1985.

November 11 is a huge day in Blimp history for legendary names at the Civic Center! Queen, Jimmy Page and Fleetwood Mac all came to rock Portland’s biggest indoor venue on Veteran’s Day over the years. We’ll celebrate with Mini-Concerts all this week!

Man oh man, November 11 is a huge day in Blimp history for legendary names at the Civic Center!

36 years ago, the Audio-Visions tour came to Portland, Maine. The second appearance by Kansas at the Civic Center was also their second sold-out show there.

The incredible one-armed drummer we call the ‘Thunder God’, Rick Allen turns 53 today.

It’s ROCKTOBER on BLM! And that means that all month long, we spotlight the Artist of the Day. We’ll be diggin’ deeper into the BLM A to Z Archives while you rock at work for songs you love, from the bands you worship…like Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Van Halen, Queen and many more!

36 years ago, our favorite Canadian power trio (maybe even our favorite Canadians) Rush rocked us live at the Civic Center!

38 years ago today, the Electric Light Orchestra landed their space ship in Blimpville for a sold-out show at the Civic Center!

Tomorrow is the 37th anniversary of Cheap Trick rockin’ a sold out show at the Civic Center!

36 years ago, Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band came to Portland and played a sold out show at the Civic Center!

Yesterday I noticed on Facebook, that there's a bunch of people bummed about missing the 2nd Annual Tribute to Queen over the weekend at the Port City Music Hall.

34 years ago, the good ol’ Grateful Dead returned to Blimpville for their third sold out show at the Civic Center.