Music

Ragtime... Stride Piano... Early Jazz
Glenn Jenks (Photo courtesy Glenn Jenks Ragtime Revue)

The Glenn Jenks Ragtime Revue returns to Camden on Sunday, October 13, at Bay Chamber's Hammer Hall. 

Founded by Artistic Director Aaron Robinson, of Alna, the Ragtime Revue has presented…

Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas. (Photo courtesy The Waldo Theatre)

Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas will hold a fiddle workshop, Saturday, Oct. 12, at 1 p.m., at The Waldo.

Based on the fiddle music of Scotland and beyond, this workshop is focused on…

PBP

SEARSPORT — Maine Friend of Music makes a return concert to the First Congregational Church in Searsport, Sunday, October 13, at 3 p.m., at 8 Church Street.

This group, featuring soprano…

Slane

SEARSPORT — On Friday, October 4, 2024, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., a Maine U2 tribute band, Slane, will perform live at Hey Sailor! in Searsport. This concert is a special homecoming for two of the…

Pen Bay Pilot

HOPE — Turning Point: An Evening of Songs and Stories will be held Friday, Oct. 11, from 7 to 9 p.m., at The Big Red Barn, Hope Orchards, 434 Camden Road, Hope.

With a theme of "Turning…

Harvest Contra Dance 2024

ROCKLAND — St. Euphemia's introduces a new community event for the Midcoast of Maine. The church's inaugural Contra Dance is set for Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024, from 3 to 6 p.m., at 180 Limerock St.,…

Renaissance Men. (Photo courtesy Searsmont Town Library)

SEARSMONT — Boston area vocal collective, the Renaissance Men, return to perform in Searsmont as the closing performance of the Live Outside the Library 2024 concert program. The concert, on…

Rosemary Crimp. (Photo courtesy First Congregational Church of Camden.

CAMDEN — The Friends of Music Concert Series, an outreach program of The First Congregational Church of Camden, welcomes singer Rosemary Crimp to the church sanctuary for a concert on Sunday, Oct…

Pen Bay Pilot

A new monthly series of dances called the MidCoast Maine Community Square Dance Party is beginning. The Party is dedicated to old time New England, Southern, Appalachian, Midwestern and French…

Jake Blount and Mali Obomsawin. (Photo by Abby Lank)

ROCKLAND — Award-winning artists Jake Blount and Mali Obomsawin have joined forces on their upcoming Smithsonian Folkways release, symbiont (2024), and will bring their new collaboration to the…

James Fernando. (Photo by Margot Schulman)

Midcoast Music Academy (MCMA) will host an educational workshop with Washington DC based jazz pianist James Fernando and his trio on Saturday, October 5, from 1 - 2:30 p.m., in the Blue Cafe space…

Ragtime Emeritus Award to be presented
3rd Annual Glenn Jenks Ragtime Revue

CAMDEN — The 3rd Annual Glenn Jenks Ragtime Revue will take place on Sunday, Oct. 13, at 2 p.m., at Bay Chamber's Hammer Hall, 5 Mountain St., Camden. In keeping with the tradition of the Harvest…

The Langan Band

Scotland’s famed Celtic Connections award winners The Langan Band arrive in the U.S. this month and have included one stop in Maine. For nearly 15 years now, the three members of The Langan Band…

Mozart’s piano comes to Camden

CAMDEN — Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St., will present Vienna-based Daniel Adam Maltz performing on a 1792 Viennese fortepiano — the early piano as Mozart and Beethoven knew it — Friday, Sept. 27,…

ROCKPORT — Coastal Mountains Land Trust’s Arts on the Hill program brings two bands to Beech Hill on the same day.

“Dust off your dancing shoes for Sunday, September 22, beginning at 4 p.m…

Live Music, Local Food, and Puppies

WARREN — The 4th Annual Bark + Brew in the Barn fundraiser for Pope Memorial Humane Society (PMHS) takes place Saturday, Sept. 21, from 5 to 9 p.m., at Harmony Hill Farm, in Warren. This event is…

CAMDEN — The Friends of Music Concert Series, an outreach program of The First Congregational Church of Camden, welcomes the Brass Roots Trio, Sunday, Sept. 22, at 4 p.m., to the church sanctuary…

new partnership with the band formerly known as Steelin' Thunder

THOMASTON — Watts Hall Community Arts announces a new partnership with Pen Bay Pan, formerly known as Steelin' Thunder, a local community steel pan band that has been bringing vibrant Caribbean…

SEARSPORT — The professional singers and instrumentalist of Amethyst Chamber Ensemble offer a program of “gorgeous melodies, Franch jazz, and piano four-in hands fireworks,” Sunday, Sept. 22, at 3…

The Good Trouble Project

ROCKPORT — On Saturday, Sept. 28, at Barnswallow Books, The Good Trouble Project will host a benefit concert for the Knox Clinic. The show will be hosted by singer-songwriters John and Rachel…

CAMDEN — The Penobscot Bay Orchestra will host an open rehearsal Tuesday, Sept. 17, from 6 - 8 p.m., at John St. United Methodist Church, 98 John St. in Camden.

The Penobscot Bay Orchestra…

BELFAST — Musical duo Darshan Music are bringing their harmonious chants and drum beats to Belfast on Thursday, Sept.19, from 7 - 8 p.m., at Belfast Yoga Studio. Darshan Music’s take on the…

sea shanties, storytelling, and pirate-themed fun

THOMASTON — Set sail for a night of musical adventure as Watts Hall Community Arts hosts a special International Talk Like a Pirate Day Concert featuring The Shank Painters on Saturday, Sept. 14,…

ROCKPORT — The Rockport Masonic Center completes their free lawn concerts on Wednesday, September 11, 2024, from 6 - 7 p.m., featuring the music of Lise and Rose.

The event is free to the…

SEARSPORT — Damariscotta organist Sean Fleming will present an organ recital Sunday, Sept. 8, at 3 p.m., at the First Congregational Church of Searsport, 8 Church St.

Featured on the 1906…

"Where the Ocean Meets the Strings" 

SEARSPORT — String-players, music lovers, and contradancers are invited to tune up their instruments and put on their dancing shoes for a weekend celebration of Maine folk music with some of the…

WALDOBORO — Rock out with celebrated Lynyrd Skynyrd act “Vyntge Skynrd” on Saturday, Oct. 26, at 7:30 p.m., at The Waldo.

“Lynyrd Skynyrd was the most formidable band ever to emerge from…

ROCKPORT — The Rockport Masonic Center continues their free lawn concerts on Wednesday, September 4, 2024, from 6 to 7 p.m., featuring the music of Harborside Harmony ladies Barbershop group.…

SEARSMONT — The second annual Tribute to Missy Lamont and benefit concert will take place Friday, Sept. 6, at Riverside Farm, Searsmont, 1430 Moody Mountain Road. Gates open at 4 p.m.

This…

ROCKLAND — Brooklyn collective Gentleman Brawlers will bring their distinct brand of Afrofunk and indie dance music to the Strand Theatre on Saturday, Sept 21, at 7:30 p.m. Gentleman Brawlers’ …

WALDOBORO — “Get ready for cutting-edge fiddle and cello explorations of Scottish and global music with Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas,” said The Waldo, in a news release.

The duo will…

SEARSPORT — The First Congregational Church in Searsport welcomes back organist Sean Fleming, on Sept. 22. The church is located at 8 Church Street, and the concert begins at 3 p.m. Admission is…

SEARSPORT — "What if for one day everything stopped... And we all just listened to the music?"

Searsport Shores Ocean Campground invites you to come be a part of a world-wide phenomenon 10…

ELLSWORTH — Maine Coast Hospital presents a new signature event to Ellsworth after pausing in-person gala events during the pandemic. The 56er - Maine Coast Mixer will be a celebration of…

CAMDEN — The Midcoast Community Chorus (MCC) invites singers of all ages and abilities to register for its Fall 2024 season. Weekly rehearsals on Monday evenings will culminate in a January…

CAMDEN — The Camden Public Library welcomes the Bay Winds North Wind Ensemble back to the Camden Amphitheatre for a free public concert on Sunday, August 25, at 3 p.m.

The ensemble, based…

CAMDEN — Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St., welcomes back Barnaby Bright, with special guest Louisa Stancioff, Friday, Sept. 6, at 7:30 p.m. 

“Now a trio, the acclaimed alt-Americana Barnaby…

ROCKPORT — The Rockport Masonic Center continues their free lawn concerts on Wednesday, August 28, 2024, from 6 to 7 p.m., featuring the music of the Ukes Rock Band. Listen to a clip of their…

KEVIN BIRCH, ANOTOLE WIECK, SARAH HOSKINS

WALDOBORO — Organist Kevin Birch returns to Waldoboro’s Broad Bay Congregational Church on Friday, Sept. 6, 2024, at 7 p.m., 941 Main Street, Waldoboro, for a concert on the church’s historic 1875…

Rockland Public Library lawn

ROCKLAND — The Rockland Public Library presents the Katahdin Valley Boys Bluegrass Band, Thursday, Sept. 5, at 5:30 p.m., on the lawn of the Rockland Public Library. This event is free and open to…

BELFAST — Belfast Flying Shoes presents a special outdoor Community Dance on the Armistice Footbridge in Belfast on Saturday, Sept. 7, with music by the BFS All Comers Band and Chrissy Fowler…

a program of song and poetry called “Love Today”

BELFAST — Songs From Here, a Maine-based initiative supporting locally-written Classical vocal music, will perform in Belfast during this third season of performances. A series of six concerts…

free community performance at Steel House amphitheatre

ROCKLAND — Join Halcyon musicians Josie and Sophie Davis, Luke Fatora, and Colin Wheatley for a free community performance of Lime City on Friday, August 30, at 7 p.m.

Written and filmed…

Whirling around the floor

BELFAST — On Friday, September 6, let your shoes fly at the monthly Community Dance and Contra Dance, an evening of social connection and music, presented by Belfast Flying Shoes.

The…

Le Vent du Nord.

Having brought US crowds to their feet earlier this summer at the Montana Folk Festival and Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, Quebec’s Le Vent to Nord headed to the UK and are just finishing up a…

ROCKPORT — The Rockport Masonic Center continues their free lawn concerts on Wednesday, August 21, 2024, from 6 to 7 p.m., featuring the music of the Breakers Jazz Band, led by Marlene Hall.…

CAMDEN — “A Day in the Life: A Beatles Experience,” a touring celebration of The Beatles, is back on the stage of the Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St., Friday, Aug. 30, at 7:30 p.m.
 

Aug. 19, 2024: The Camden Summer Sounds concert, Sunday, Aug. 25, featuring Midnight Breakfast has been cancelled. 

 

Initial news release

CAMDEN — Portland-based…

30th-anniversary Salt Bay Chamberfest

ROCKLAND — Violinist Jennifer Koh, Grammy Award winner and Musical America’s Instrumentalist of the Year, will give a solo violin recital Thursday, Aug. 15, at 5 p.m., at the Strand Theatre, in…

ROCKPORT — The historic Rockport Opera House, with support from the Town of Rockport, presents Rory McBride and his band in 'A Spectacle By The Sea' on Saturday, August 24, 2024. Rory McBride…