On Saturday night, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong played the first show of their sold-out two-night stand at Port City Music Hall this weekend. By the time Vermont jam band Swimmer opened the show, the room was already filling up. By the time Pigeons came on it was as crowded as the Portland, Maine venue could possibly manage, the audience fully invested and singing along all night.

The band responded in kind with a fantastic show including highlights like an inverted “Psycho Killer” (Talking Heads) segment sandwiched inside a “J-Town” jam and a cover of The Lion King‘s “I Just Can’t Wait To Be King” that recalled their Disney-themed 2017 New Year’s Eve performance, cleverly dubbed “DisNYE.” The entertaining covers came among fantastic renditions of Pigeons Playing Ping Pong favorites old and new like “Porcupine”, “Walk Outside”, “Henrietta”, “Su Casa”, “Whirled”, “Julia”, “Whoopie”, “Avalanche”, “Landing”, “CWA”, and “Bad For You”. The band finally finished out strong with a marvelous “Horizon” and a set-closing “Ocean Flows” before putting a bow on the performance with a “Dawn A New Day” encore.

Below, you can check out a full gallery of photos from Pigeons Playing Ping Pong’s first of two Portland performances below courtesy of photographer Victor Brazen.

For a full list of Pigeons Playing Ping Pong’s upcoming tour dates, head to the band’s website.

Setlist: Pigeon Playing Ping Pong | Port City Music Hall | Portland, ME | 4/14/18

Set 1:
Porcupine
Walk Outside
J-Town > Psycho Killer* > J-Town >>
Henrietta >>
Su Casa >>
Whirled
Julia

Set 2
Whoopie
Avalanche
Landing > Drums >
Just Can’t Wait To Be King
CWA >>
Bad For You
Horizon
Ocean Flows

E. Dawn A New Day

Notes:
* Inverted
Sold Out show