Saturday, October 8
The late, great blues guitarist Mike Bloomfield gets the royal tribute treatment today at the Portland Museum of Art (7 Congress Square), where there’ll be a screening of a film about his life, Sweet Blues, at noon, followed by a panel discussion and then a performance by one of his collaborators, pianist Mark Naftalin. Tix: $10. 800-838-3006. mjff.org. And tonight, a block away at One Longfellow Square (181 State St.), Maine-based mandolin player Joe K. Walsh plays a show to celebrate the release of his new bluegrass-and-beyond album, Borderland, at 8 p.m. Tix: $18 (all ages). 761-1751. onelongfellowsquare.com.