The Maine Pops Concert Band will close its 2026 Holiday Season performance schedule with a small ensembles concert slated for Sunday, December 20 at HopeGateWay, located at 515 Woodford Street in Portland, ME. Time of the performance will be determined. Small ensembles participating the holiday event will be Quince, the Maine Pops Woodwind Quintet; the Polished Brass ensemble and the Maine Pops Flute Choir.

The concert will conclude a series of holiday performances designed to raise funds for worthy causes and entertain holiday travelers, part of the Maine Pops’s mission of supporting our community through music. Other holiday season performances include:

Three concerts by the Harbor Brass Quintet at Portland Jetport on December 4 (4 p.m.), December 12 (noon) and December 14 (4 p.m.).

The Maine Pops Concert Band’s annual holiday concert at the Westbrook Performing Arts Center in Westbrook on December 13 at 2:30 p.m.

The Beach Street Big Band holiday concert at First Parish Congregational Church in Saco on December 19 at 7 p.m.

The Maine Pops Concert Band currently has eight of its 10 small ensembles on active status ready to perform within the greater Portland area. Groups and organizations interested in obtaining a small ensemble for their community function should contact president@mainepops.org.