FROM:             Jim Sharp sailpowersteammuseum@gmail.com

                          207-701-7627 for more information

                          April 14, 2026

 Sail, Power, & Steam Museum Welcomes Paddy Mills in Concert Opening Weekend

The Sail, Power, & Steam Museum celebrates its opening 2026 season weekend by welcoming the ever-popular folk singer/songwriter Paddy Mills in concert, Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 7 p.m.

 Paddy Mills is a Maine-based folk singer and songwriter whose music carries the salt air of the North Atlantic and the stories of the people who live by it. With a voice both warm and weathered, his songs navigate the waters between tradition and modern life — celebrating working folks, coastal communities, and the enduring pull of the sea.

Mills has played coffeehouses, concert halls, schooners, ketches, and festivals across the Northeast, earning a loyal following for his evocative songwriting and unpretentious style. His performances feel like conversations between old friends.

His original songs, such as Cribbage in the Corner reflect his deep connection to Maine’s maritime culture and the people who make their living close to nature’s edge.

In 2013, Paddy won the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival Songwriting Contest as well as the Rosegarden Coffeehouse Performing Songwriter Competition.

His 2014 album ‘Race to the Bottom’ reached Number Six on the Roots Music Report and Number 12 on the Folk DJ list; he won the South Florida Folk Festival Singer-Songwriter Competition; The Mid-Atlantic Song Contest; and, the CT-Folk ‘Folk Festival Song Competition’ that same year.

In 2016 Paddy was chosen to play at the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Emerging Artist Showcase.

When he's not writing or playing songs, Paddy spends as much time as he can with his wife and four kids on the coast of Maine, messing about with wooden boats.

The Sail, Power, & Steam Museum is located at 75 Mechanic St., Rockland, Maine, and doors open at 6:30 with festival seating on first-come, first-served basis. Tickets are $20 at the door with credit cards accepted. For more information, call 207-701-7627, or email sailpowersteammuseum@gmail.com.