CAMDEN—Bay Chamber Concerts has decided to invite you all to a concert. Only hitch is, you’ve got to row, sail, motor or paddleboard across Megunticook Lake to get there.

They’re bringing Slavic Soul Party out of Brooklyn for the event on August 19 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. This nine-piece band is touted as “NYC’s official #1 brass band for BalkanSoul GypsyFunk. SSP! has created an acoustic mash-up of Balkan and Gypsy sounds with North American music, weaving the gospel, techno, funk, dub, jazz, and Latin influences of New York’s neighborhoods seamlessly into a Balkan brass setting.”

As one of the hardest working bands in New York, SSP! plays nearly 100 times a year in North America, Europe, Africa and beyond.

Here’s how All Things Considered describes them, “Madcap rhythms, hyperactive horns, a sense of the absurd and just a hint of abstract jazz.”

Here at Cheap Dates Headquarters, we like anything that is fun and free. Thanks go to Lucinda Ziesing of Camden, who approached Bay Chamber Concerts three years ago and asked if they could put on a special concert for those who live on the lake and for the public who can get there by boat. And double thanks to her as she proceeded to raise all of the money so the concert could be free.

Better bring a party boat for the band. Boats can leave from their own docks or from the boat launch on Route 52. You may also rent a boat at Maine Sport Outfitters; rentals must be arranged by noon by calling the Outdoor Programs Department at 236-8797 for pickup at the Bog Bridge on Route 105. Renters are asked to make arrangements for return of the watercraft at pick up time.

See this map to the right for exact location.

For more information visit www.baychamberconcerts.org call 236-2823.

Kay Stephens can be reached at news@penbaypilot.com