Blistered Fingers Family Bluegrass Festival is celebrating its 61st festival at the Litchfield Fairgrounds (30 Plains Road) from Aug. 22-25. The gates will open at 8 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 18, for early bird camping. The festival grounds have a big stage that was built in 2010, indoor bathroom facilities, four free hot showers and numerous […]
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Grammy-nominated The Jerry Douglas Band comes to the Opera House
Dobro guitar master and 14-time Grammy winner Jerry Douglas takes the stage with his band at Boothbay Harbor’s Opera House at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 21. In addition to Douglas, The Jerry Douglas Band includes Daniel Kimbro on bass, Christian Sedelmyer on fiddle and Mike Seal on guitar. Douglas is a band leader, producer, session […]
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Wiscasset Art Walk to feature blues and country band The Long Branch Boys
During the September 2022 Wiscasset Art Walk, musicians Chris Lannon and Rick Turcotte were playing their blues and country on the sidewalk when a woman carrying a violin stepped up. Lannon recognized her and invited her to join in. Almost two years later, that violinist, Nanci Stein, is the featured performer with The Long Branch […]
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From the Chocolate Church: African music and dance group a unique fusion of styles
The Chocolate Church Arts Center is excited to present the Maine premiere of A2VT at the Bath Waterfront Concert Series! Representing Somalia, Congo, Tanzania and Burundi, and currently living in Burlington, Vermont, A2VT synthesizes their native African musical and dance roots with Western pop and hip hop sensibilities. Their songs, performed in up to eight […]
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Biddeford gets ready to jam out at 10th annual River Jam Festival
The festival will take place Saturday, Aug. 17 at Mechanics Park in downtown Biddeford.
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Concert helps fund efforts to use former Dresden church as cultural center
Group hopes to expand cultural offerings in Dresden by expanding the use of the former St. John’s Episcopal Church.
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Lincoln Festival Chorus to perform Schubert Mass this weekend
The Lincoln Festival Chorus will sing the Franz Schubert Mass in G at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 9, and Sunday, Aug. 11, at the Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor, 125 Townsend Ave. The performance will be conducted by Artistic Director Linda Blanchard with professional soloists and orchestra. Composed in just a week in 1815 when […]
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Grammy-winner Eileen Ivers and her band grace the stage at Boothbay Harbor Opera House
Grammy-awarded and Emmy-nominated Celtic fiddle star Eileen Ivers returns to Maine this summer to play at the Boothbay Harbor Opera House at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16. Ivers has appeared with the London Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Pops and guest starred with over 50 orchestras. As an original musical star of Riverdance, a Nine Time […]
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Rockland Public Library to host free concert by Penobscot Bay Orchestra on the lawn
Rockland Public Library presents a free concert by the Penobscot Bay Orchestra at 6 p.m. on Aug. 15 on the library lawn. The Penobscot Bay Orchestra, based in Camden, is a community orchestra with the goal of supporting fundraising activities and bringing the joy of live music to the public. Players come from all over […]
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‘Wow, what was that?!’: Genre-blurring Stillhouse Junkies take the stage at the Opera House
A crowd-thrilling trio from the hills of Colorado, the Stillhouse Junkies will perform at the Opera House in Boothbay Harbor at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 9. The band members share the charmed chemistry that elevates both musician and audience alike. Since forming in 2017, the Durango-bred band has offered up a hypnotic and high-energy form […]