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CREATIVE PORTLAND's Third Wednesdays is a 2026 street art activation program in the heart of the Arts District. Similar to our First Friday Art Walk signature program that invites the public to browse and discover a vibrant downtown, with a free self-guided tour of the arts, including art galleries, pop-ups, specialty stores and artist street vendors.

**Third Wednesdays** introduces live music from 4–7pm (in two locations near 511 Congress Street Plaza) each month, June through October, featuring the participation of local businesses along the Congress Street stretch in the 500 block between the Maine Historical Society & Escape Room, Material Objects, Arcadia, Portland Media Center, Maine College of Art & Design, Space and Pickwick Press, and then across the street down past Think Thank, Loquat and Art Mart (in the Mechanics' Hall building), past Anytime Workout and Bad Neighbors, a new hi-fi listening bar in the old Soakology space.

## **The next Third Wednesday will be:** August 19 from 4–7pm

## **Performances by:** Primo Cubano and Jennifer Talon

## [**PRESS RELEASE**](https://creative-portland-api-dev.s3.amazonaws.com/Press_Release_CP_adds_Third_Wednesdays_ng_First_Friday_Art_Walk_Google_Docs_a98d0e1b37.pdf)

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