10/14/2026
🏔️ One week ‘til 𝙈𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩 𝙀𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚 returns to Portland for an intimate set at the gorgeous First Parish Church, with support from 𝙍𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙂𝙖𝙧𝙗𝙪𝙨.
Long the recording alias of outré folk artist Phil Elverum, self-described as “stubbornly still DIY to the bone,” 𝙈𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩 𝙀𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚 is here two years after the release of Night Palace, an album that gives its listeners quite a lot. Here’s a section of the bio he wrote for it:
𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨, 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴. 𝘠𝘦𝘴, 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴. 𝘠𝘦𝘴 𝘐 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴. 𝘚𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵? 𝘋𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦.
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦, 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘯𝘰𝘯-𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘮𝘰𝘪𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳. 𝘐 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺. 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭, 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵, 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐’𝘮 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘪𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘦𝘥. 𝘈 𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘱𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨.
Oct 20 • Tue 8 pm, doors at 7
𝙈𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩 𝙀𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚 (Phil Elverum) with Ruth Garbus
at First Parish UU of Portland ME
$32 adv, $40 day of • $2 off for members
(“Mouth of Sky” is from 2009)
