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composing original flute music and making flutes using only hand tools and fire for more than 25 years.
August Open Mic Plus features indigenous and flute pieces
Fri, 08/16/2019 - 10:00am

STOCKTON SPRINGS — The Open Mic Plus series continues Wednesday, August 21, at 7 p.m., at the Sandy Point Community Hall, 684 US-1. The events run on the third Wednesday of every month, May through October. The Open Mic hour, at 7 p.m., is open to all ages and levels of talent. Storytellers, poets, actors, comedians, readers, and musicians of all kinds are welcome. After a 15-minute break for refreshments, the feature performance hour begins about 8:15 p.m. The featured August performer is Hawk...
Midcoast Community Chorus opens registration for January concert
Fri, 08/16/2019 - 9:00am

CAMDEN — Midcoast Community Chorus welcomes singers of all ages, experience, and abilities to register for the fall semester of weekly rehearsals. An audition is not required. Registration-in-person occurs on the first two rehearsal Mondays, September 16 and 23, from 5 to 6 p.m., at the First Congregational Church, 55 Elm Street, Camden. Rehearsals are from 6 to 8 p.m. Singers are provided with all sheet music and a practice tracks on the chorus management website. Singers may also register...
Bay Winds North Ensemble at Camden Public Library
Thu, 08/15/2019 - 4:30pm

CAMDEN — Enjoy a picnic in the park and the sounds of the Bay Winds North Ensemble, Sunday, Aug. 25, at 2 p.m., in the Camden Public Library’s Amphitheatre. Bay Winds is a community concert band based in Rockland. They perform throughout the summer as well as participate in several parades. This all-volunteer band is comprised of musicians of all ages and walks of life from the local area as well as summer folk “from away.” The concert is free and open to the public. Bring a blanket or a...
All former members invited
Twin Town Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps steps out smartly for a 50th reunion
Tue, 08/13/2019 - 5:30pm

ROCKPORT — The Twin Town Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps once filled the streets, fairgrounds and school playing fields with their exuberant rhythm and beat that can only be produced by drums and horns. The Color Guard, in full regalia, led the cadets along the route. For the Twin Town cadets, one of those color guard leaders was Linda Greenlaw, of Rockport, who is now the Rockport Town Clerk. She marched in the 1960s with her fellow cadets, including Rodney Lynch, Dolores Hyssong, Linda Milliken...
Boothbay Harbor Opera House: Blues master Chris Thomas King
Tue, 08/13/2019 - 3:30pm

Born in 1962, guitarist Chris Thomas King became the last major folk blues discovery of the 20th century when he was discovered in Louisiana in 1979 by a folklorist from the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D. C. He was introduced to the world the following year by venerable folk label Arhoolie Records as an authentic folk blues successor to Huddie Ledbetter, Muddy Waters, Mississippi John Hurt and Manse Lipscomb. On Saturday, Aug. 24, blues master Chris Thomas King comes to Maine to perform...
Le Vent du Nord at the Boothbay Harbor Opera House
Tue, 08/13/2019 - 2:30pm

The award winning and highly acclaimed band Le Vent du Nord is a leading force in Quebec’s progressive francophone folk movement. The group’s vast repertoire draws from both traditional sources and original compositions, while enhancing its hard-driving soulful music (rooted in the Celtic diaspora) with a broad range of global influences. On Friday, Aug. 23, these folk heroes from Quebec arrive south of the border to perform at the historic Opera House in Boothbay Harbor. “Featuring button...
Belfast’s Dancing in the Park series concludes at Railroad Station
Tue, 08/13/2019 - 2:15pm

BELFAST — Belfast Flying Shoes, the nonprofit that produces first Friday community and contra dances, concludes the “Dancing in the Park” series on Saturday, September, 7, at 3 p.m., at City Point Railroad Station, in Belfast. (Rain date September 8.) Chrissy Fowler and Lisa Newcomb will call dances to lively fiddle tunes played by Alden Robinson and Baron Collins-Hill. These participatory New England social dances are for all ages and experience levels; bring your friends and family. The...
Belfast Bay Fiddlers to play lawn concert in Rockport
Sun, 08/11/2019 - 11:00am

The Rockport Masonic Center is hosting another free lawn concert in their summer concert series on Wednesday, August 14, featuring the music of the Belfast Bay Fiddlers. The Fiddlers will be performing from 6-7:00 p.m. at the Rockport Masonic Center. The event is free to the public, but there will be pass the hat donations taken for the band. The public is encouraged to bring a lawn chair or blanket and enjoy the summer night and music. Refreshments will be sold by the Masons with one hamburger...
Oshima Brothers to play lawn concert in Rockland
Sat, 08/10/2019 - 2:00pm

ROCKLAND — Oshima Brothers will perform on the lawn of the Rockland Public Library for a free concert on Thursday, August 22, at 6:30 p.m. People of all ages are invited to celebrate summer, dance and enjoy the music, and to come early for a picnic. Attendees are asked to bring a chair or a blanket, if they would like, as seating is not provided. Oshima Brothers' magnetic sibling sound and contagious joy result from a lifetime of making music together, according to the Library, in a news...
Searsmont Street Band to play 40th reunion concert at Belfast Summer Night
Sat, 08/10/2019 - 1:30pm

BELFAST — At Summer Nights, Thursday, August 15, the entire Searsmont Street Band crew will play their fortieth reunion gig, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., at the Steamboat Landing Park in Belfast. Concert is free, and donations will be accepted in the hat. Bring a chair or a blanket, a picnic and a friend. Please no dogs in the concert area. Concerts are weather dependent, check Belfast Summer Nights Facebook page for updates. For more information call: 322-7123. Dancing in the dark Forty years ago,...
Jazz Do Mundo to perform in Rockport
Thu, 08/08/2019 - 4:30pm
ROCKPORT — Jazz Do Mundo will perform on Friday, August 9, from 5:30 to 7 p.m., at the Barn Swallow Book Shop . Jazz Do Mundo presents a broad sweep of jazz tunes ranging from the classics to more contemporary tunes created by the great composers and arrangers of the jazz, according to Barn Swallow, in a news release. The combo, led by saxophonist Ray Faria, consists of seasoned Maine-based musicians who have performed and/or taught music for decades and whose deep love for the music drives...
Boogie-woogie returns to Boothbay Harbor Opera House
Tue, 08/06/2019 - 9:45am

Bob Milne is considered to be the best ragtime/boogie-woogie pianist in the world. He was filmed and documented for future generations in 2004 during three days of interviews at the Library of Congress, and was declared a National Treasure at the conclusion. On Thursday, Aug. 22, this "national treasure" comes to the stage at the historic Opera House in Boothbay Harbor. Mr. Milne's natural ability to hear and play music goes back to his early childhood. He makes the statement, "I knew how to...
Midcoast Brass Quintet at Camden Public Library
Tue, 08/06/2019 - 7:00am

CAMDEN — The Camden Public Library will host the Midcoast Brass Quintet on Thursday, August 15, at 6:30 p.m. for a concert in the Amphitheatre. Members of the ensemble are locals Peter Stuart, Bruce Cole, Carolyn Kanicki, Megan Kennedy, and Doug Kennedy. Their repertoire ranges from Classical brass quintet to Modern Classical, Pop, Jazz, and a little Rock. The mission of Midcoast Brass Quintet is to perform quality brass quintet music while enjoying the music-making process. The performance is...
Blue Fuse Gypsy Swing to bring Latin beats to Camden
Mon, 08/05/2019 - 5:30pm

CAMDEN — Get ready to jive, because Blue Fuse will drop the swing bomb on Monday, August 13, at 7 p.m., in the Camden Public Library’s Amphitheatre. Blue Fuse plays contemporary and classic Gypsy Swing. Based in Portland, Blue Fuse is steeped in Django Reinhardt and the Hot Club Jazz of Paris in the ‘30s and ‘40s. Blue Fuse plays the classics of the genre and contemporary adaptations adding in Latin beats and surprises. The performance is free and open to the public. Bring a blanket, lawn...
Eight musicians to present varied music program to benefit asylum seekers
Fri, 08/02/2019 - 10:45am

BELFAST — The First Church in Belfast Social Justice Team presents a “Music for Asylum Seekers” concert, Sunday, August 18, at 3 p.m., in the church’s sanctuary. The concert features local musicians and vocalists performing music by Gershwin, Bernstein, show tunes and others, with the highlight being a piano piece for 8 hands. The concert is free-will with a suggested donation of $10, with the proceeds benefiting the asylum seekers in Portland. All are welcomed. The First Church is located on...
the Gazebones
Trombone ensemble at Camden Public Library
Thu, 08/01/2019 - 5:15pm

CAMDEN — A nine-member trombone ensemble from Massachusetts, the Gazebones, will play an informal recital in the Amphitheatre, Friday, August 9, at 1:30 p.m. Named for the venue of their first performance twenty years ago, the Gazebones meet weekly to play trombone ensemble music and transcriptions. Performances include unique renditions of popular songs and jazz favorites, marches, rags, and a wide variety of transcriptions of orchestral, choral, band, and early music selections. The concert...
Push Farther Project to perform at Camden amphitheater
Thu, 08/01/2019 - 10:00am

CAMDEN — The Push Farther Project brings their signature sound and collaborative songwriting to the Camden Public Library’s Amphitheatre on Friday, August 9, at 7 p.m. Cello, percussion, and acoustic guitar accompany a trio of voices, as bandmates Nora Willauer, Will Foote, and Alex Wilder recount stories of their own lives and the lives of others in song. Folk, blues, and classical influences meld to create musical portraits that are exciting, poignant, rhythmic, and thought-provoking,...
First concert free; second, an evening of music, historical photographs, readings; third features Candlelit Baroque
Bay Chamber presents three concerts Aug. 9
Thu, 08/01/2019 - 10:00am

ROCKPORT — On Friday, August 9, Bay Chamber Concerts presents three concerts, the first a free concert at 4 p.m., in Union Hall; the second one at 5:30 p.m., at the Rockport Opera House; and the evening concludes with a third performance at 8:30 p.m., also at Union Hall, 24 Central St., in Rockport. The musical journey begins with a free performance featuring students who participated in Bay Chamber Music School’s Envision Chamber Music Workshop. For the previous week students are grouped in...
Trunzo’s Maine country songs influenced by decade running a food bank farm
Sara Trunzo, Wayne Delano Jazz to take Summer Nights’ stage
Thu, 08/01/2019 - 8:00am

BELFAST — Singer songwriter Sara Trunzo and The Wayne Delano Jazz Quartet will perform Thursday, August 8, from 5:30-7:30 p.m., on the Belfast Summer Nights’ stage The concert will be held at The Belfast Commons Park (Miller/Front Street) in Belfast and is free to the public. Sara Trunzo’s Maine-grown country songs are influenced by the decade she spent running a food bank farm, where she helped get local produce into the kitchens of her rural neighbors who were living in poverty. Her time in...
‘Fine Times’ with Elsie Gawler, Jamie Oshima, and Maya French
Noah Fishman, Baron Collins-Hill play Summer Nights
Wed, 07/31/2019 - 2:15pm

BELFAST — Belfast Summer Nights presents Fine Times: Noah Fishman, Baron Collins-Hill and Friends, Thursday, August 1, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., at Steamboat Landing Park in Belfast. Two performances from Belfast native and multi-instrumentalist Noah Fishman. The first will be a performance from Maine’s mandolin duo. After playing together for years, Noah Fishman and Baron Collins-Hill released their debut album, Fine Times. “Their shimmering music is close-knit, energetic, risky, and...
The Subdudes to play the Boothbay Harbor Opera House
Tue, 07/30/2019 - 9:15am

Over the course of 25 years and ten albums, the Subdudes have quietly become one of America’s national music treasures. They have also become a summer tradition at the historic Opera House in Boothbay Harbor. Their only Maine performance is Thursday, Aug. 15 at 7:30 p.m. Led by singer and guitarist Tommy Malone and accordionist, John Magnie, The Subdudes draw most of their inspiration from the sounds of their native New Orleans, blending blues, gospel, funk, and R&B with their own harmony...
The Strand and Beech Hill Preserve
Salt Bay Chamberfest to give two free concerts
Mon, 07/29/2019 - 9:30am

ROCKLAND/ROCKPORT — As part of Salt Bay Chamberfest 25th anniversary season, the annual festival is for the first time expanding beyond its base in Damariscotta to present two free concerts in Knox County on Thursday, August 8. Both performances feature flutist and MacArthur Genius Fellow Claire Chase. The two concerts – the first at noon, at the Strand Theatre in Rockland, and the second an outdoor performance, at 6 p.m., at Beech Hill Preserve in Rockport – represent the season’s theme, “...
The Wayne Delano Jazz Quartet to perform at free lawn concert in Rockport
Sun, 07/28/2019 - 10:00pm

ROCKPORT — The Rockport Masonic Center is hosting a free lawn concert on July 31, featuring the music of the Wayne Delano Jazz Quartet. The jazz quartet will be performing from 6-7p.m. and the event is free to the public with pass the hat donations taken for the band. The public is encouraged to bring a lawn chair or blanket and enjoy the summer night and music. The Masons will be selling hamburger or hot dog plates for $9 each. A hamburger plate (one burger) or a two hot dog plate comes with...
Classical music, jazz, and hip hop among highlights of Salt Bay Chamberfest’s 25th anniversary season
Sun, 07/28/2019 - 8:45am

Salt Bay Chamberfest’s 25th season, Aug. 1 - 17, promises a wide range of concerts and events, both ticketed and free. Music and performers celebrate the organization’s commitment to supporting the future of music while also honoring the past. Concerts address a range of topics connected to the season’s theme, Music of Our Common Earth, and span genres from classical to jazz to hip hop. The season features five festival concerts at the historic Darrows Barn at Round Top Farm in Damariscotta, a...
providing a glimpse into Maine and Searsport heritage
Castlebay performs songs from New England seafaring communities, lumber camps
Sun, 07/28/2019 - 7:00am

SEARSPORT — The First Congregational Church of Searsport will host a concert by Castlebay, on Sunday, July 28, at 3 p.m. The concert will feature songs from Searsport residents Frank Kneeland and David Kane, as well as from seafaring communities and lumber camps up and down the New England coast. Castlebay is a blend of the musical artistry of Julia Lane and Fred Gosbee, who have performed for more than thirty years throughout the United States, Canada, Ireland, and the British Isles. Julia...
‘I have been honored by the trust you all have given me to be part of your musical journey’
Friends fill K2 Music as Harvey approaches business closing
Fri, 07/26/2019 - 4:00pm

CAMDEN — Harvey Curtis has bittersweet feelings about the closing of his longtime business, K2 Music, the popular Camden store at Reny’s Plaza that he owns with his wife, Jody. Harvey wants to exit the retail business, but music is his soul, and over the last seven years, K2 Music has been far more to the Midcoast than just a shop to purchase instruments and equipment. In the summer, Harvey’s partner in crime, Mac Economy, will sit in a lawn chair on the front sidewalk by the laundromat and...
Arts on the Hill: Salt Bay Chamberfest
Fri, 07/26/2019 - 3:45pm

CAMDEN — Coastal Mountains Land Trust’s Arts on the Hill program brings flutists from Salt Bay Chamberfest to Beech Hill Preserve on Thursday, August 8, from 6 p.m. – 7 p.m., as part of the summer concert series. MacArthur “Genius” fellow flutist, Claire Chase, who has been working on a project based on the legend of Pan, will team up with Native American flutist Hawk Henries (a maker of Pan flutes). Their performance of two different flute styles brings together the Native American story and...
Strand Theatre begins ticket sales for Metropolitan Opera Live In HD 2019-2020 Season
Fri, 07/26/2019 - 3:30pm

Tickets are on sale now at the Strand Theatre for the 2019-2020 season of The Met: Live in HD , the Metropolitan Opera’s award-winning series of live high-definition cinema simulcasts. The season kicks off October 12 with Puccini’s Turandot , starring Christine Goerke in the title role, led by the Met’s Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer Music Director, Yannick Nézet-Séguin. All ten operas will be Saturday matinee performances, transmitted live from the Met stage at 12:55pm. The Strand...
The Hot Sardines: hot jazz at the Boothbay Harbor Opera House
Wed, 07/24/2019 - 11:00am

Fueled by the belief that classic jazz feeds the heart and soul, The Hot Sardines are on a mission to make old sounds new again and prove that joyful music can bring people together in a disconnected world. In the last two years, the Hot Sardines have been featured at the Newport Jazz Festival and the Montreal Jazz Festival, have sold out New York City venues from Joe’s Pub to Bowery Ballroom and more than 150 tour dates from Chicago to London, and have released two albums on Universal Music...
Ireland’s JigJam coming to Boothbay Harbor’s Opera House
Tue, 07/23/2019 - 6:15pm

JigJam is a multi-award winning quartet from the heart of the midlands in Ireland. Blending the best of traditional Irish music with bluegrass and Americana in a new genre which has been branded as ‘iGrass’, their onstage energy along with their virtuoso musical ability has captivated audiences throughout the world. On Friday, Aug. 9 JigJam’s summer tour includes a performance in Maine, at the Opera House in Boothbay Harbor. Jamie McKeogh, Cathal Guinan and Daithi Melia all hail from Tullamore...
Boothbay Harbor Opera House: Adam Ezra Group
Tue, 07/23/2019 - 1:45pm

It’s difficult to impart the roots-steeped, road-trippin' essence of the Adam Ezra Group into a single word, but front man Adam Ezra nonetheless keeps one in mind as something of a mantra: community. For the band community is epitomized by a belief they all share, one that has long doubled as a mission statement for the group: namely, that making music together is itself a form of grassroots organizing, capable of nothing less than changing the world. On Friday, Aug. 2 the group comes to...
Ukes Rock to perform at free lawn concert in Rockport
Mon, 07/22/2019 - 9:45am

ROCKPORT — The Rockport Masonic Center is hosting a free lawn concert on July 24, featuring the music of Ukes Rock. Ukes Rock will be performing from 6-7p.m. and the event is free to the public with pass the hat donations taken for the band. The public is encouraged to bring a lawn chair or blanket and enjoy the summer night and music. The Masons will be selling hamburger or hot dog plates for $9 each. A hamburger plate (one burger) or a two hot dog plate comes with chips, a side, drink and an...
Rob Reiner’s spoof about a once-famous British heavy metal band
‘This Is Spinal Tap’ featured in Guitar Heroes Film Fest
Sat, 07/20/2019 - 7:00am

ROCKLAND — The Strand Theatre presents a series of documentary films about guitar icons and legends in the Guitar Heroes Film Festival, showing in conjunction with Rockland’s First Friday Art Walks. Part three of the series is This Is Spinal Tap (1984), screening on Friday, August 2, at 8 p.m. This Is Spinal Tap is director Rob Reiner’s spoof about a filmmaker making a documentary about a once-famous, now almost forgotten British heavy metal band returning to the United...
interactive look back with Ellen Sander and Neal Harkness
Woodstock 50th Anniversary: multimedia reminiscence
Fri, 07/19/2019 - 12:00pm

ROCKLAND — ‘Woodstock 50th Anniversary: A multimedia reminiscence with Ellen Sander and Neal Harkness’ will take place in the Abbott Room of the Belfast Free Library, Tuesday July 30, at 6:30 p.m. Woodstock, officially known as the “Woodstock Music and Art Fair: An Aquarian Exposition,” took place August 15-18, 1969, at Max Yasgur’s farm in Bethel, N.Y., and became a world-famous cultural touchstone we are still talking about to this day, according to Belfast Free Library, in a news release...
Island Musical Showcase
Fri, 07/19/2019 - 11:00am
ISLESBORO — I sland performers under the direction of John Oldham will present another evening of entertainment, Thursday, July 25, in Islesboro. The Island Musical Showcase begins at 7 p.m., at Up-Island Church. This concert is not a part of the subscriber series. Recommended donation of $10 will be used to help with upgrades to the Church sound and light systems.
free outdoor dance series
Dancing in the Park series continues with Don Roy Trio
Thu, 07/18/2019 - 11:15am

BELFAST -— Belfast Flying Shoes, the nonprofit arts organization that produces first Friday community and contra dances, continues the “Dancing in the Park” series, Saturday, July 27 (rain date July 28), at 4 p.m.. at City Park in Belfast. Chrissy Fowler and Lisa Newcomb will call dances to lively fiddle tunes played by the Don Roy Trio (Don Roy, Cindy Roy, and Jay Young). In 2018, Franco-American musicians Don and Cindy Roy were awarded the nation’s highest honor in the folk and traditional...
with Caller Luke Donforth and Music by Shandy
Flying Shoes contra dance in Belfast
Wed, 07/17/2019 - 1:30pm

BELFAST — Join Belfast Flying Shoes for an evening of contra dancing, Friday, August 2, at American Legion Post 43, in Belfast. The festivities begin at 6:30 p.m., with a Community Dance called by Chrissy Fowler and with music by the All Comers Band. All musicians are welcome to sit in. Fun and simple dances will be taught, giving beginners the opportunity to learn new skills and offering experienced dancers a chance to brush up on their steps. The Contra Dance begins at 8 p.m. This month’s...
Electric Bonfire to play The Pour Farm Brewery
Wed, 07/17/2019 - 11:15am
UNION — Electric Bonfire will be playing at The Pour Farm Brewery in Union on Friday, July 26, from 6-8 p.m. Electric Bonfire will perform a mix of original and cover tunes. Styles range from rock and reggae, to Latin and jam rock. Band members are John Luft on guitar and vocals, Mitch Markowitz on guitar and vocals, Jason Dean on drums, and Mike Whitehead on bass.
Belfast Summer Nights
Mondaynite Jazz to play Belfast street dance party
Tue, 07/16/2019 - 8:30pm

BELFAST — Belfast Summer Nights presents Mondaynite Jazz Orchestra in street dance party, Thursday, July 25, from 5:30-7:30 p.m., on High Street, in Belfast. MoJO is an 18-piece Midcoast Maine big band that plays modern to traditional jazz, including Latin, swing, blues, and funk. The mission of MoJO is to be a premier community jazz orchestra in the Midcoast area performing a variety of musical styles - traditional big band, Latin, funk, blues. Vocal numbers are also included. MoJO performs a...
Tom Rush and Matt Nakoa at Boothbay Opera House
Tue, 07/16/2019 - 9:15am

The month of August at the historic Opera House in Boothbay Harbor is packed with great performances from around the globe, and kicks off with the very American sound of folk icon Tom Rush on Thursday, Aug. 1. Rush’s impact on the American music scene has been profound. He helped shape the folk revival in the ’60s and the renaissance of the ’80s and ’90s, his music having left its stamp on generations of artists. James Taylor told Rolling Stone, “Tom was not only one of my early heroes, but...
Singer/guitarist Will Brown at Rock City Café
Sun, 07/14/2019 - 8:00am

ROCKLAND — Will Brown will play at Rock City Café, in Rockland, Saturday, July 27, from 7 to 9 p.m. He plays finger-style guitar, and the evening will include Americana, Folk and traditional songs from both sides of the Atlantic. His finger picking and original song/tune arrangements make for an enjoyable evening, according to a news release. Will has been singing and recording with Maine musicians Gordon Bok, Cindy Kallet, Anne and David Dodson, and many others for the past 35 years. There’s...
Bay Chamber Concerts’ Summer Concert Series
Gandelsman, Nicolas, Iverson innovative piano trio
Sat, 07/13/2019 - 5:00pm
ROCKPORT — Bay Chamber Concerts continues its 2019 Summer Concert Series, Thursday, July 18, at 7:30 p.m., at the Rockport Opera House, and on Friday, July 19, at Union Hall, in Rockport. Thursday’s program, with guest artists Johnny Gandelsman, violin; Michael Nicolas, cello; and Conrad Tao on piano, is entitled “Transfigured Nights” while Friday’s features Gandelsman and Nicolas from the previous evening joined by jazz pianist, Eric Iverson. Through his work with such artists as Yo-Yo Ma,...
Transfigured Nights at Bay Chamber Concerts
Sat, 07/13/2019 - 4:45pm

ROCKPORT — Bay Chamber Concerts continues its 2019 Summer Concert Series, Thursday, July 18, at 7:30 p.m., at the Rockport Opera House, and on Friday, July 19, at Union Hall, in Rockport. Thursday’s program, with guest artists Johnny Gandelsman, violin; Michael Nicolas, cello; and Conrad Tao on piano, is entitled “Transfigured Nights” while Friday’s features Gandelsman and Nicolas from the previous evening joined by jazz pianist, Eric Iverson. Through his work with such artists as Yo-Yo Ma,...
Strand Theatre
Members of The Band, Levon Helm Band come to Rockland
Fri, 07/12/2019 - 9:15am

ROCKLAND — The Weight Band, featuring members of The Band and the Levon Helm Band, will appear on the Strand Theatre stage, Friday, August 9, at 7:30 p.m. The Weight Band originated in 2013 inside the Woodstock, New York barn of Levon Helm when Jim Weider and Randy Ciarlante — both former members of The Band — performed “Songs of The Band” with Band founder, Garth Hudson, alongside Jimmy Vivino and Byron Isaacs. Inspired to carry on the...
Arts on the Hill: Mondaynite Jazz Orchestra (MoJO)
Thu, 07/11/2019 - 9:45am

ROCKPORT — Coastal Mountains Land Trust’s Arts on the Hill program brings Mondaynite Jazz Orchestra (aka MoJO) to Beech Hill Preserve on Monday, July 15, from 6:30 – 8 p.m., as part of the summer concert series. Mondaynite Jazz Orchestra is an 18-piece Midcoast-based big band that plays modern as well as traditional jazz, including Latin, swing, blues, and funk. The band derives its name from their practice schedule: Monday nights, “and they certainly have their mojo workin,’” said the Land...
Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
Lovin Spoonful’s John Sebastian in concert July 25
Wed, 07/10/2019 - 5:15pm

Over five decades the contributions of singer-songwriter John Sebastian have become a permanent part of America’s musical fabric. His group The Lovin' Spoonful played a major role in the mid-'60s rock revolution and on Thursday, July 25, Sebastian comes to Boothbay Harbor to perform at the historic Opera House in a 7:30 p.m. concert. "We were grateful to the Beatles for reminding us of our rock & roll roots," Sebastian explains, "but we wanted to cut out the English middlemen, so to speak,...
Dance to The Right Track during Belfast Summer Nights
Wed, 07/10/2019 - 12:30pm

BELFAST — The Right Track will get you on the sizzlin' dance track at Belfast Summer Nights, Thursday, July 18, on Beaver Street, in Belfast, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The Right Track, multi-talented musicians with years of experience, offers diverse musical influences and a professionalism that contributes to the band's full sound, according to a news release. The Right Track is a high-energy, 11-piece R&B, Funk and Soul band with a full horn section. They specialize in sets that will get...
Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
Professor Louie & The Crowmatix July 19
Wed, 07/10/2019 - 12:15pm

Enjoy a night of rompin’ stompin’ roots rock, roadhouse blues, sweet ballads and original tunes at the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor when Professor Louie and The Crowmatix with the Woodstock Horns, come to town July 19. Professor Louie has emerged in the music industry as the torchbearer of the true spirit of American Roots music. Seasoned live performer, prolific recording artist and versatile multi-instrumentalist Professor Louie also wears the hat of award-winning recording producer and...
Where It’s At
It’s blues weekend in Rockland
Wed, 07/10/2019 - 11:15am

Don’t you just love Elmore James? “The Sky Is Crying” is a personal fave ... “ The sky is crying, look at the tears roll down the street The sky is crying, look at the tears roll down the street I'm waiting in tears looking for my baby, and I wonder where can she be? ” ... And that slide guitar ... what a gifted bluesman he was. I love tunin’ in to my blues station on Pandora and playing Elmore James as I clean the house. Or garden. Or daydream ... But enough about me and Elmore James...
Open Mic Plus
Sassafras Stomp plays Sandy Point Community Hall
Wed, 07/10/2019 - 10:15am

STOCKTON SPRINGS — The Open Mic Plus series continues Wednesday, July 17, at 7 p.m., at the Sandy Point Community Hall, 684 US-1. The events run on the third Wednesday of every month, May through October. The 7 p.m. Open Mic hour is open to all ages and levels of talent. Storytellers, readers, poets, actors, comedians, and musicians of all kinds are welcome. After a 15-minute break for refreshments, the feature performance hour begins about 8:15 p.m. Featured July performer is Sassafras Stomp,...

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