The internationally renowned Django Festival All Stars will bring the driving, swinging sounds of legendary guitarist Django Reinhardt to the Chocolate Church Arts Center on Tuesday, July 2 at 7:…
Music
Free and low-cost events all weekend for music-loving locals and visitors
CAMDEN — Rockland has always had the North Atlantic Blues Festival and Belfast has its All Roads Music Festival; it’s about time Camden got into the action. This weekend, a number of local…
ROCKPORT — For almost 60 years, Bay Chamber Concerts and Music School has awarded cash prizes to aspiring young musicians from Maine to assist with their continued studies and advance their…
ROCKPORT — Bay Chamber Concerts and Music School has announced that Josie Davis, originally from Waldoboro, will be joining their staff as Advancement Officer. Davis brings tremendous skills and…
Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
Early June brings three musical friends and talents together to the stage at the historic Opera House in Boothbay Harbor. On Sunday, June 2, Ellis Paul teams up with Abbie Gardner and Seth Glier…
ROCKPORT- On May 16, Camden Hills Regional High School Chorus Director Kimberly Murphy, was a co-recipient of the 2019 Maine Music Educator of the Year, awarded by the Maine Music Educator’s…
Monday Night Blues Series
ROCKLAND- The weekly Monday night blues series continues May 20 with Tas Cru & his Band of Tortured Souls, playing a 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. show in the upstairs music room of Time Out Pub, 275 Main…
Skål! Cheers!
VINALHAVEN — Since Kris Davidson, a seventh generation islander, opened her real estate business, Davidson Realty, in the front of a former hardware store built by Bodwell Granite Co., she knew…
Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
Touring in support of his new studio album “The Greatest Day,” ukulele superstar Jake Shimabukuro will be performing at The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor on Friday, June 7 at 7:30 p.m. The 12…
Music, Anywhere-in-the-World: A Dream Raffle
ROCKPORT — Midcoast Community Chorus (MCC) is holding a Dream Raffle for a trip to attend a music performance of choice, be it a concert, dance, or festival, at a venue anywhere in the world. The…
eight students to receive cash awards, perform Rockport Opera House concert, June 23
ROCKPORT — Bay Chamber Concerts and Music School announces receipt of a major gift of $50,000 to endow a Chamber Music Prize for its Young Stars of Maine Prize Program. This new prize fund was…
Jazz in June: music outdoors and in, free concerts, and jazz all round town
CAMDEN — Jazz in June, Camden’s first-ever multi-day/multi-venue jazz festival, is set for Friday through Sunday, June 14 through 16.
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Hip hop artist known for love of community gunned down March 31
ROCKPORT — When Isaac Remsen, 33, of Rockport learned about the death of hip hop artist Nipsey Hussle, who was tragically shot in Los Angeles March 31, he immediately went online. Visiting a…
Maine Arts Commission
The Maine Arts Commission is seeking nominations for the second annual Maine Arts Awards, honoring citizens, organizations, communities, and businesses for their significant impact on arts and…
ROCKPORT - Riley School will be continuing its monthly series of “Riley Nights: Community Talent Show and Fundraiser,” after a very successful start!
Riley is looking for kids to share…
ROCKLAND — Midcoast Music Academy’s January student of the month creates his own songs.
Edwin has earned recognition for his great sense of humor, enthusiasm for learning new things, and…
ROCKPORT — Bay Chamber Concerts has announced the 2019 Andrew Wolf Chamber Music Award. The honor adds to a distinguished career that already includes an Avery Fisher Career Grant, a Gilmore…
‘Many believe that luthier-built guitars are truer versions of the original models’
CAMDEN — Many in the Midcoast recognize Camden resident Thad Chilton as a Five Town Football youth football program cofounder and as the former varsity head football coach at Camden Hills Regional…
ROCKLAND — Solace, Knox County's a cappella hospice choir, is seeking new members. The group, now in its 10th year, has about a dozen active members and would like to increase that number to 16-20…
WARREN — Cami and the Rogues will play music at the St. George River Cafe, Main Street, in Warren, Saturday, Feb. 23, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
‘I still have a long way to go but I can’t help but be a little proud of how far I’ve come’
NORTHRIDGE, Calif. — The sport of ice hockey has been a huge aspect of life for Camden native Grayson Szumilas, a 2014 graduate of Camden Hills Regional High School, no matter what part of the…
ROCKPORT — Midcoast Community Chorus welcomes singers of all ages, experience, and abilities to register for the spring semester of weekly rehearsals. Their June concert traditionally benefits a…
ROCKPORT — The Camden Hills Regional High School Visual and Performing Arts department has named h…
Auditions in February
CAMDEN — The Midcoast Community Chorale (MCChorale), under the direction of Steven Weston, will be newly instituted as an audition-only choir, with its own rehearsal…
Don’t call it art
CAMDEN – Steampunk, or cyberpunk, as it is sometimes referred to, takes its roots back to the Victorian Era. Take any object and apply brass, wood, iron or leather, then throw out any concept of…
Envision Chamber Music Workshop
ROCKPORT — Bay Chamber Concerts and Music School is accepting applications for the Envision Chamber Music Workshop, a week-long music camp for young musicians ages 8-18.
This year…
BELFAST — Join Belfast Flying Shoes for an evening of contra dancing, Friday, Feb. 1, at American Legion Post 43, in Belfast. The festivities begin at 6:30 p.m., with a community dance called by…
ROCKLAND — Alydia is quite the well-rounded and accomplished musician, according to a news release. At the Academy, she takes private voice and piano lessons with Abi Nash, is a member of the teen…
A new jaw, a new life
ROCKLAND — When Angela Johnson, Oceanside Middle School’s music teacher, heard eight-year-old Elizabeth Robbins singing, she immediately thought the little girl was ready for voice lessons at…
professional digital printing machines
THOMASTON — Who would have guessed that a small local group would have a person in Phillips design a poster for a Midcoast event? And who would have guessed that this poster was created by a man…
CAMDEN — On Saturday, December 1, the thirteenth annual ‘Ringing in the Season’ holiday handbell concert was presented at the First Congregational Church of Camden. Local handbell choirs, Choral…
CAMDEN — The First Congregational Church of Camden will host several festive events during ‘Christmas by the Sea’ weekend in Camden, November 30 through December 2.
On Friday, November 30…
BELFAST — The First Church in Belfast, United Church of Christ, has introduced their new music director, Larry Philbrick. He fills the roles of both organist and choir director for the church.…
ROCKPORT — Applications are now being accepted for selection as the beneficiary of proceeds from the June 2019 concert by Midcoast Community Chorus (MCC).
MCC’s mission is to “sing as a…
Presented in partnership with the Farnsworth Art Museum, Music@Noon is a series of lunchtime concerts that offer a midday break in the relaxed atmosphere of the Farnsworth’s library in downtown…
Belfast is all about busking at the Belfast Creative Coalition September Art Walk this month, where the streets of Belfast will come alive.
The call is out for street…
The first week of Salt Bay Chamberfest’s 24th festival, “Troubadours & Tangos,” is underway. The Friday, Aug. 10, evening concert is the second of four taking place at Darrows Barn…
Sept. 20-22
The Boothbay community welcomes all to join us for three days of Maine’s best food, beer, wine, entertainment and music for all to enjoy. There will be something for everyone!
The first-…
The community is invited to join the Waldo Theatre for an evening of local food, drink, and music on Aug. 1 from 5:30-10 p.m. at Tops'l Farm’s beautiful new timber frame barn in Waldoboro.
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Alina Blakesley, owner of Harborside Reflexology and Nail Care in Boothbay Harbor, loves to dance.
On May 21, Alina and her dance partner Richard Peters comprised dance team #138 in the…
Maine Made Music and the Blue Cafe
CAMDEN – The Camden Opera House in downtown Camden has initiated a new "Maine Made Music" this summer,…
Savage Oakes Winery, Union and the Midcoast rock on
UNION — Melissa Etheridge left no doubt that she remains on top of her game June 16, as she moved across the stage with one of her many electric guitars, belting out songs with radiant and…
May 31 event celebrated art, music by students
THOMASTON —The Thomaston Grammar School hosted “Fine Arts Night” on the evening of May 31. Artwork created throughout the year in Janelle Eddy's art classes was on display throughout the lobby and…
Blistered Fingers Bluegrass Festival is celebrating its 50th festival at the Litchfield Fairgrounds (30 Plains Rd., Litchfield), June 13-18 with onsite camping…
Necessary Music Productions is working with the Time Out Pub to bring some great bands to Rockland this summer.
First up: Knox County Boogie Kings: The Midnight Riders…
LINCOLNVILLE — Glen Sargent of Lincolnville was recently presented with the "Music Educator Appreciation" award. This award is given by the Maine Music Educator's Association in recognition of an…
