Portland Revels : Join Portland Revels for our Seasonal Events!

Join Portland Revels for our Seasonal Events!

Our Mission:
Portland Revels celebrates the seasons through song, dance, story and ritual of the past and present, creating community across generations and cultures.

Each December, Portland Revels presents a multifaceted stage production to welcome the winter season. Combining instrumental and choral music, children's songs and games, ritual and folk dance traditions, drama, poetry, and audience participation, this event springs from an age-old tradition of winter solstice celebration.

In addition, we sponsor fun seasonal events year-round. Don't miss our June 14th Pub Sing, and two fine concerts by the ViVoce Revels Singers on June 19 and 20. And we're producing a fun beach bonfire event in Lincoln City on Sunday, June 21st to celebrate the summer solstice in classic fashion. Please check our CALENDAR PAGE for more details on our upcoming events.

The Christmas Revels Show: A cast of 75 or so includes the Portland Brass Quintet, the Bridgetown Morris Men,instrumentalists, Portland actors, and volunteer adult/teen/children choruses drawn from throughout the city. It is professionally staged, costumed, and lighted. Portland's first Christmas Revels—set in the Middle Ages—was presented in 1995 at Portland State University's Lincoln Hall. In 1997, the Revels audience outgrew Lincoln Hall and the show moved to the Scottish Rite Theater, where it has since presented annual holiday shows with Medieval, Middle Eastern, Celtic, Victorian, and Scottish themes.

In 2006, our show was grounded in 13th-century French culture. In 2007 the show visited Haddon Hall and a number of periods in English history, in 2008 we enjoyed Scandinavian music, folklore, and traditions. We hope you'll plan to join us in 2009 for a rollicking show honoring Irish cultural holiday traditions. You'll be able to sing along with fiddler Kevin Burke and other talented musicians and tap your feet with Irish dancer Maldon Meehan and friends. The cultural focus changes from year to year, but the Christmas Revels is always about celebrating the season.

We hope you will join with us as we gather, to add joy and celebration in community to your life!

"For those that attend the Christmas Revels it is the best gift of the season." KC Cowan, ArtBeat OPB

For information about our show, please click on that link in selections on left of page. Our ticket go on sale in October. For ticket prices and the link to order tickets, please click on Buy Tickets link on left of page. You can contact us year-round at info-at-portlandrevels.org or by phone at 503-274-4654.

WEATHER CANCELLATION POLICY

Inclement weather is not a cause for cancellation. As long as our artists can make it to the theater the show will go on. There are no refunds or exchanges because of bad weather. Plan to leave home early, take public transportation if you can, and please travel carefully. If the status of a show does change, an
announcement will be posted here as well as on our voicemail at 503-274-4654. If you are unable to make it to your performance, we will be happy to send you a tax donation receipt for the value of the tickets.

Revels is a federally registered service mark of Revels Inc, Watertown MA.

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We are very grateful to all of our key sponsors, without whom we could not succeed in bringing our holiday show and other seasonal events to Portland audiences: