Savoir Faire w/ special guest Ada Bonnevie

Fri Nov 21 2025 at 07:30 pm to 08:30 pm UTC-05:00

Mechanics' Hall | Portland

Mechanics' Hall (Maine)
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Savoir Faire w\/ special guest Ada Bonnevie
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An evening of lush and syrupy vocals with two genre bending guitarists and songwriters
About this Event

Sharing the stage at the historic Mechanics’ Hall library, Savoir Faire and Ada Bonnevie bring together distinct yet kindred musical worlds.

With a voice straight out of the jazz age, Savoir Faire (@savoirfairemusic) brings the modern existential crisis into a realm of retro-noir.

Spending years performing as a lounge singer and jazz guitarist, she eventually explored her own songwriting, adding the final ingredients that would form the aesthetic of Savoir Faire: lush and syrupy vocals, biting lyricism, and searing guitar parts that float between the genres of jazz, rock, and Persian pop.

The result is a Lynchian rumination on the present in the debut album Hopeless Nostalgic, combining wistful nostalgia and modern rage to answer the question "What if a torch singer had a Riot Grrl heart?"

Ada Bonnevie (@adabonnevie) is a guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist from Maine. Her music spans multiple genres, with a body of emotionally intimate, evocative solo work influenced by artists like Elliott Smith and PJ Harvey, as well as a punk band called adlt grrrl, which is influenced by artists like Nirvana and Hole. Her upcoming LP, A Wretch Like Me, will be available to stream and purchase later this year.


Friday, November 21 at 7:30 PM (Doors 7:00 PM). Tickets are $20 for MH Members, $25 for General Admission; there is a $5 surcharge on the day of the show.


PARKING & TRANSPORTATION

The Greater Portland Metro’s Congress & Casco Street Stop is directly in front of our building, served by routes 1, 7, 8, and 9B.

Parking is available at the Arts District Garage, which has entrances on Casco and Brown Street, with a rate of $5 per hour. Metered street parking is available on Congress, Casco, Cumberland, Free Street, and other nearby streets. Free hourly street parking is available between Parris and Alder Street.


ACCESSIBILITY

To enter our building, patrons will need to navigate a single step. There is a wheelchair-accessible elevator and a ramp available upon request.

If you need accessibility accommodations/questions, please contact us at [email protected] or 207-773-8396.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Mechanics' Hall, 519 Congress Street, Portland, United States

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