

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Vigorous Tenderness: a vernal equinox concert
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 20 Mar, 2026 at 05:30 pm – Fri, 20 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Vigorous Tenderness: a vernal equinox concert
March 20th from 5:30-7pm
Baxter Woods, Portland
(enter on Stevens Ave)


Welcome spring with vibrant chamber music that connects new sounds, the environment, and the community. 

Vigorous Tenderness is an immersive outdoor concert series that amplifies marginalized voices in classical music and democratizes new / experimental music. This vernal equinox event resembles an art museum experience, with chamber music blooming within the landscape as the audience follows a path of listening and reflection.

Please arrive between 5:30 and 6:15pm and move through the installation at your own pace.
Sliding scale donations are welcomed: suggested ticket price is $30 but please pay what you can based on need.
Cash and venmo are accepted; everything goes to the musicians and to sustaining future concerts. venmo: @VigorousTenderness
The rain/snow date for this event is Saturday, March 21st.

Bundle up, wear boots, consider bringing traction like yaktrax or microspikes if there's snow.

This concert involves moving over uneven ground, navigating some wide flat trails, and visiting musical sites up to .5 miles from the parking lot. For more information about accessibility and trail conditions, please reach out to vigorous.tenderness@gmail.com.

Please carpool, parking may be limited!

join our mailing list: http://eepurl.com/dJ0XBA
instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vigorous.tenderness/
more about Vigorous Tenderness:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjdcswdJgqw
read about Vigorous Tenderness in The Portland Press Herald: https://www.pressherald.com/.../vigorous-tenderness.../

Featuring music by Shelley Washington, Alexis Lamb, Trevor Weston, Barbara Benary, Annie Dodson, and Toru Takemitsu, and more.

Performed by Kate Campbell Strauss, Sam Schuth, Carolyn Lanigan, Sarah Tuttle, Sarah Bailey, Jazmin DeRice, Liz Rhaney, Stuart Bailey, Brendon Wilkins, Duncan Hardy, Isabelle Pazar, Emma Stanley, Jack Plato, Annie Dodson, and more.


This concert is supported by the Ellis-Beauregard Foundation, Shahida Keen Associate Broker Realtor, the Onion Foundation, and many wonderful volunteers. We are deeply grateful.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/portland/vigorous-tenderness-a-vernal-equinox-concert/200029827954434
- **Event Categories**: music, entertainment, concerts, trips-adventures, nonprofit, art, live-music
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 56

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029827954434?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=portland-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Portland
- **state**: ME
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Baxter Woods
- **lat**: 43.677424525412
- **long**: -70.294647732081
- **full address**: Baxter Woods, 554 Stevens Ave, Portland, ME 04103-2643, United States

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 20 Mar, 2026 at 05:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Baxter Woods, 554 Stevens Ave, Portland, ME 04103-2643, United States
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** music, entertainment, concerts, trips-adventures, nonprofit, art, live-music
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Vigorous Tenderness: a vernal equinox concert ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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