Diaz plays at 3:15 p.m. on Sunday at the festival.
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What you need to know about Portland’s Back Cove Festival
If you’re going to the shows on Saturday and Sunday, here’s a look at how to get there, where the stages and amenities are and what else to expect.
Portland’s Back Cove Festival is hometown gig for Lucy Dacus’ drummer
Ricardo Lagomasino has toured with Dacus for nearly a decade and will perform with her at the Back Cove Music and Arts Festival in Portland Aug. 3.
From the Chocolate Church: Saturday will be perfect for a soulful Waterfront Concert
Plus, an international theater project is coming to Bath’s Chocolate Church Arts Center.
Claws N’ Country Music Festival returns for second year in Brunswick
Claws N’ Country Music Festival is back for a second year from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, July 27, at Brunswick Naval Aviation Museum. Stephanie Ryan will kick off the music at noon, followed by the Don Campbell Band at 12:45 p.m., Isaiah Bennett at 1:45 p.m., Toby McAllister and Sierra Sounds at 2:30 p.m., […]
12-piece ensemble brings rock and blues to Rockland
Watts Hall Band will perform at 6 p.m. Monday, July 28, outside Rockland Public Library. A 12-piece ensemble, the Watts Hall Band delivers a powerful, vocally driven sound with a full horn section, electric keys, sax solos and standout guitar work. The group’s dynamic blend of rock, blues and R&B classics is designed to keep […]
Celtic music runs through Wiscasset Art Walk next week
A Celtic thread will run through the Wiscasset Art Walk and into the evening on Thursday, July 31. Harpist Alex Bigney will be on the sidewalk on the corner of Main and Middle streets near the Garden Club of Wiscasset’s stall. Across the street in Aekeir Tap Room, 111 Main St., the Main St. Music […]
Eclectic trio to take the stage at Johnson Hall Opera House
Johnson Hall Opera House in Gardiner will welcome a trio of musicians — Béla Fleck, Edmar Castañeda and Antonio Sánchez — to the Reehl Stage at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 30. This new trio features instrumentation that the venue said “might safely be called uncommon.” Playing original repertoire, much of it collaboratively written, the group […]
Midcoast Symphony Orchestra offers free concert on Brunswick Mall
The Midcoast Symphony Orchestra in partnership with the Brunswick Downtown Association will present “MSO Summer Pops on the Mall” at 6 p.m. Friday, July 25, on the downtown Brunswick Mall. Audience members should bring lawn chairs and picnic blankets to this free, outdoor concert featuring summer classical music traditions, including “Stars and Stripes Forever,” “Pomp […]
Guitar master to perform at Boothbay Harbor Opera House
Guitar icon Tommy Emmanuel is no stranger to iconic stages, from Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium to London’s Royal Festival Hall and Paris’ L’Olympia. On Wednesday, July 23, this virtuoso arrives to perform in the historic Opera House in Boothbay Harbor. Emmanuel has a Grammy Award, multiple ARIA Awards and countless accolades, but nothing means more to […]