Portland, ME

Italian Heritage Center

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Italian Heritage Center is a live-music venue in Portland, Maine. Privately operated banquet and event center with large dance-floor rooms and a current schedule that includes public full-band concerts and dances. A private cultural/event center with two substantial dance-floor rooms and recurring public band events in 2026. The venue supports live-band performance, giving working groups a clear basis for evaluating the room. Programming includes Soul, rock, dance bands, tribute, mixed event music. Capacity is 450 guests. Age access is 21+. The venue is located at 40 Westland Ave, Portland, ME 04102. For musicians evaluating a date, the established programming is the clearest guide to whether a set, instrumentation, and audience profile will fit the room. Artists can compare their sound and show scale with the venue’s existing live-music format before pursuing a date. Bands and solo performers can use the genre mix, audience setting, and performance style as practical signals when building a routing plan. For working musicians, that established performance pattern also provides useful context for deciding how much production, stage footprint, and preparation a show may require. The venue’s live-use pattern makes it a practical lead for suitable performers.

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207-772-2500

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Capacity
450
Age policy
21+
Genres
Rock, Soul
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40 Westland Ave, Portland, ME 04102, United States
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207-772-2500
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