The Oak and The Ax

04/26/2016

10/16/2015

one of our favorite filmmakers ever is Guy Maddin. his new film, THE FORBIDDEN ROOM, looks like one of his most ambitious, vibrant and exciting works to date. we highly recommend you going to see this movie at SPACE Gallery this Sunday Oct 18th! long live Guy Maddin and weird cinema!

10/13/2015

our first show ever was Oct 12, 2010 with Casiotone for the Painfully Alone. greg's gonna host a show for Advance Base (who used to go by the casiotone moniker) at the apohadion on oct 25th, 2015. ticket link is here:

owl cave presents at the apohadion

01/28/2015

thank you Peter.

Peter McLaughlin is the music programmer at SPACE Gallery in Portland, Maine, runs the Pretty Purgatory label, and has played, recorded, and/or toured with Family Planning, Jacob Augustine, the Milkman's Union, Lisa/Liza, Wesley Hartley & the Traveling Trees, Lady Lamb the Beekeeper, Bad Bra ...

01/27/2015

01/14/2015

thrilled to announce that we will be co-presenting a special screening of A Spell To Ward Off the Darkness with SPACE Gallery on FEBRUARY 16th. this will hopefully be the first in a series of screening of hard to pin-down experimental features in keeping with our spirit of showcasing challenging work of all varieties.

A SPELL TO WARD OFF THE DARKNESS follows an unnamed character through three seemingly disparate moments in his life. With little explanation, we join him in the midst of a 15-person collective on a small Estonian island; in isolation in the majestic wilderness of Northern Finland; and during a conce…

09/26/2014

this is tonight!!!! Big Blood + Video Nasties, Micah Blue Smaldone + Tom K, Village of Spaces + Asa Irons, Greg Jamie + Colby Nathan. 8pm. $8. first night of the oak and the ax fest...... come back tomorrow for the perfect weather and The River Jam.

09/24/2014

Visit Congress Square in Portland today and take a spin on the Oak + the Ax Jukebox. The jukebox will feature a curated selection of 20 songs from artists performing at the Oak + the Ax Fest / Biddeford River Jam (taking place September 26 - 28). Featured artists include Big Blood, Lady Lamb the Beekeeper, and Nat Baldwin. Free vinyl for the first 20 people who visit the jukebox.