Music

• “The Last Waltz”

  Sun, 10/24/2021 - 8:30pm

  Friday, Nov. 19 It's the weekend before Thanksgiving - and we all still have loads to be thankful for. Come on out tonight and hear Bob Colwell and friends bring you The Band's Last Waltz. Bar opens at 6:30 p.m. Doors for seating open at 7 p.m. for the 7:30 p.m. show. Advance discount tix $15, available only from the box office at 207-633-5159. Open Wednesday – Friday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Regular tickets $20, online and day of show. All audience members must be fully vaccinated or have a negative...

• ‘Rocky Horror’ returns to Cupacity

  Wed, 10/20/2021 - 2:30pm

  

  For more than four decades now, fans of the “Rocky Horror Picture Show” across the world have dressed up as their favorite characters, recreated signature dance numbers and comedy routines, and shouted out bits of dialogue. But the phenomenon only reached Damariscotta last year when Cupacity projected the cult-classic musical comedy horror parody outside in its rear parking lot. “We weren’t sure what was going to happen given the pandemic,” says Cupacity owner Susan Murphy. “But the tickets...

• Novel Jazz Septet to kick off UUCB Concerts for a Cause

  Wed, 10/20/2021 - 11:30am

  

  Novel Jazz Septet kicks off the reopening of the UUCB Concerts for a Cause series on Saturday, Nov. 13 at the Universalist-Unitarian Church, 1 Middle St. in Brunswick at 7:30 p.m. These accomplished jazz musicians draw from the Great American Songbook and specialize in the works of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, who together wrote some 3000 compositions over their musical careers. During Covid, the band has kept busy practicing and doing arrangements of new Ellington and Strayhorn tunes,...

• This week at the Lincoln Theater

  Tue, 10/19/2021 - 12:30pm

  

  Dan Stevens first won our hearts when we met him on screen as Matthew Crawley in “Downton Abbey.” Now he takes on another dreamy role as the pleasure-driven android in “I’m Your Man” opening Oct. 22. This New York Times Critic’s Pick, and Germany’s submission for the 2022 International Feature Film Oscar, has proven itself to be more than just a rom-com. Inspired by a short story from German writer Emma Braslavsky, this cool, clever, and thought-provoking love story will have you pondering what...

• Unexpected musical blessing for Wiscasset church

  Mon, 10/18/2021 - 8:30am

  

  Music has always been at the heart of First Congregational Church of Wiscasset. But in January, the church found itself without a settled organist and started advertising using a number of channels including Facebook. Then, Pastor Josh Fitterling received a response asking if the church would be interested in someone who could fill in temporarily. That person was world-class organist Ray Cornils. The answer was yes! In an interview on the church steps, Cornils said he answered the ad because “...

• Love By Numb3rs with Xander Nelson Oct. 23

  Wed, 10/13/2021 - 12:30pm

  

  The Chocolate Church Arts Center (CCAC) will present a concert with Love By Numb3rs on Oct. 23. The band, whose music spans blues, folk, and rootsy rock, is made up of former members of beloved Maine acts Gypsy Tailwind and Rustic Overtones. After 15 years of friendship, two albums and over 100 hundred shows in the immensely popular Gypsy Tailwind, Dan Connor and Anna Lombard have reunited, and have joined forces with multi-instrumentalist Jon Roods, a co-founding member of Rustic Overtones...

• Heritage Winds quintets

  Tue, 10/12/2021 - 10:00am

  Saturday, Oct. 23 Heritage Winds, the wind quintet component of the U.S.A.F. Heritage of America Band, will perform at the Opera House in a 7 p.m. concert. The ensemble embraces the full range of the quintet repertoire, to include classics by composers such as Paul Taffanel and Carl Nielsen, extending to more contemporary works by 21 st century composers. A free concert. Masks required. Proof of vaccination or negative Covid test within 24 hours of the performance. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. 86...

• Midcoast Symphony Orchestra returns to the stage

  Wed, 10/06/2021 - 5:30pm

  

  The Midcoast Symphony Orchestra (MSO) conducted by Rohan Smith, presents two concerts dubbed “Welcome Back!” on Saturday, Oct. 23 at 7 p.m. at Gendron Franco Center in Lewiston and Sunday, Oct. 24 at 2:30 p.m. at the Orion Performing Arts Center in Topsham. Audience favorite pianist George Lopez will perform Beethoven’s 5th Concerto, “Emperor.” The concerts also feature Pines of Rome by Ottorino Respighi, “Fanfarria” by Tania León and “Lyric for Strings” by George Walker. While the MSO has...

• OldHat Stringband comes to Lincoln Theater

  Tue, 09/28/2021 - 1:15pm

  

  Damariscotta’s Lincoln Theater is pleased to announce that the OldHat Stringband will be performing live on stage on Sunday, Oct. 24 at 6:30 p.m. Get ready to tap your feet and clap your hands as this acoustic musical trio based in Eliot Maine makes their Lincoln Theater debut, playing everything from folk and bluegrass to old-time and country. We hope you will join us for what is sure to be an enjoyable evening of lively entertainment. Known for their strong harmony singing and driving...

• Rodney Crowell/Opera House

  Mon, 09/27/2021 - 3:45pm

  Friday, Oct. 8 With more than 40 years of American roots music under his belt, this Texas native is a two-time Grammy Award winner with five Number One hits of his own, six Americana Music Association Awards including their Lifetime Achievement For Songwriter Award and a legacy of songwriting excellence which has made him an icon among giants. Rodney Crowell takes the Opera House stage at 7:30 p.m. Tickets through the box office: 207-633-5159 and at https://boothbayoperahouse.com . Masks and...

• Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas/Opera House

  Mon, 09/27/2021 - 3:45pm

  Saturday, Oct. 9 Scottish fiddler extraordinaire Alasdair Fraser and brilliant Californian cellist Natalie Haas performing in a 7:30 p.m. concert at the Boothbay Harbor Opera House. The program spans the full spectrum between intimate chamber music and ecstatic dance energy. Tickets available through the box office: 207-633-5159 and https://boothbayoperahouse.com . Proof of vaccination or negative Covid test, taken within 24 hours of the show, is required at the door on the night of the...

• Fall Fiddle Fest at The Waldo

  Mon, 09/27/2021 - 12:45pm

  

  In a celebration of Maine’s music heritage, The Waldo Theatre, at 916 Main St., Waldoboro, is hosting a two-day, multi-venue event, Maine Fall Fiddle Fest, Friday and Saturday, Oct. 15 and 16. This official Maine Bicentennial event was postponed from last fall. Accomplished Maine musicians Smokey McKeen and Ellen Gawler have been collaborating with The Waldo to create together a multi-generational fiddle event, which includes performances and workshops in three Waldoboro locations. Friday, Oct...

• Seth Glier to play Opera House at Boothbay Harbor

  Wed, 09/22/2021 - 11:30am

  

  Seth Glier will be performing in Boothbay Harbor at the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor on Oct. 1 at 7:30 p.m. and will showcase, “The Coronation,” his newly released album for MPress Records. “The Coronation” is Glier’s sixth album on MPress Records, and is a beautiful and powerful collection that explores an expansive range of musical styles and topics from the personal to the political. A Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist from western Massachusetts, Glier...

• Upcoming DaPonte concerts

  Wed, 09/22/2021 - 10:30am

  

  The DaPonte String Quartet’s weekend concerts, ““Dissonant and Dissident,” featuring Mozart:’s String Quartet in C Major K. 465 and Shostakovich’s: String Quartet No. 8 are in two locations. On Saturday, Sept. 25 at Ocean View Grange in Port Clyde at 5 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 26 at 4 p.m. at Surry Arts in the Barn at 4 p.m. Tickets available at www.daponte.org .
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  Skerryvore returning to Opera House

  Wed, 09/22/2021 - 10:15am

  

  Twice winners of Scotland’s Traditional Music ‘Live Act of the Year’ Award, Skerryvore creates a unique fusion of folk, rock and pop. Originally scheduled to tour and perform in the U.S. in 2020, the band is finally arriving in Maine to play the historic Boothbay Harbor Opera House on Saturday, Oct. 2 at 7:30 p.m. Two brothers, Daniel and Martin Gillespie, raised and steeped in the Scottish west coast ceilidh tradition on the Isle of Tiree, joined by musicians from across Scotland have created...

• Jr. National Scottish fiddler champion to play Fall Foliage Festival

  Tue, 09/21/2021 - 8:30am

  

  New U.S. Junior National Scottish Fiddler Champion Owen Kennedy is among the musical performers at the Fall Foliage Festival Oct. 9 and 10 at Boothbay Railway Village Museum. He’ll be joined by National Scottish Fiddler Champion Seán Heely of Virginia, a teacher and friend. Kennedy, 16, competed for the title on Zoom, rather than at Edinboro University in Pennsylvania, due to ongoing COVID concerns. His winning set was composed of “Sitting on the Stern of the Boat” (air) and “The Conundrum,” “...
• Maine Art Gallery

  ‘Our Maine’ - an exhibit of fine photography

  Mon, 09/20/2021 - 12:45pm

  

  For its final show of the season, the Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset features four fine art photographers, each celebrating Maine through their own point of view and aesthetic. Works by Terry Hire, Jim Nickelson, Lisa Mossel Vietze, and Olga Merrill explore Maine through both abstract and representational imagery, all with a unique take on aspects of our local surroundings. The show opens with a reception on Saturday, Sept. 25 from 4 to 7 p.m. Jud Caswell, a singer-songwriter in the folk...

• CCAC returns with Schooner Fare, Dead Gowns, Oshima Brothers

  Wed, 09/15/2021 - 12:30pm

  

  The Chocolate Church Arts Center will welcome audiences back into its historic theater for its fall 2021 season, beginning on Friday, Sept. 17 with a performance from Maine folk icons, Schooner Fare at 7:30 p.m. Comprised of brothers Stephen and Chuck Romanoff, Schooner Fare combines talents on six- and 12-string guitars and banjos, and their distinctive vocal and instrumental arrangements are synonymous with the “Down East” style. The nonprofit arts center will continue its opening weekend on...

• Music from ‘across The Pond’

  Thu, 09/09/2021 - 3:30pm

  

  To hear live music from the British Isles you only needed to travel as far as the Opera House over Labor Day. It was a U.K. weekend at the Opera House with Scotsmen from the group Cantrip bringing the stories and music of the Highlands to the stage on Friday night, while internationally acclaimed British guitarist Richard Thompson filled the House to capacity on Saturday night. Both nights were brilliant, in completely different ways.

• LAF concert Sept. 17: Classical pianist Stephen Porter

  Thu, 09/09/2021 - 8:45am

  

  Lincoln Arts Festival presents pianist Stephen Porter Friday, Sept. 17 at 7:30 p.m. Mr. Porter will be playing Janáček, Franz Schubert, Lugwig van Beethoven, and John Field. Stephen Porter has performed internationally as a soloist over the past 25 years, at venues that include the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, the Gothenburg Academy of Music and Drama in Sweden, the Sala Villa-Lobos at the University of Rio de Janeiro, Albert Long Hall in Istanbul, LSO St. Luke’s with the Amadeus...

• ‘A Tribute To Dominic Garvey’: A celebration of song and love

  Wed, 09/08/2021 - 3:45pm

  

  Dominic Garvey was a classical pianist before he came to Boothbay Harbor to be artistic director at the Carousel Music Theater. He held the job 25 years, directing, teaching and guiding hundreds of young actors in his original musical revues, with songs from the Great American Songbook to the tunes on American Bandstand. For most of these young actors, summer stock at Carousel was their first professional gig. On Saturday, Sept. 18 at the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor, several Carousel alumni...

• Sheepscot Chorus seeks singers for holiday concert

  Wed, 09/08/2021 - 10:30am

  

  You are invited to join members of the Sheepscot Chorus as we begin preparations for our Dec. 5 holiday concert. This ever-popular concert will feature the beautiful Saint-Saëns Christmas Oratorio, and include other fun holiday pieces. The Chorus rehearses on Tuesday nights, starting with the first rehearsal on Tuesday, Sept. 14 at 7 p.m., at the First Congregational Church, 28 High St. in Wiscasset. Singers must be fully vaccinated and masked. Sheepscot Chorus is a friendly group, working to...

• Join Seacoast Orchestra

  Wed, 09/08/2021 - 7:45am

  

  Seacoast Community Orchestras invites local string musicians of all ages and levels to join our community orchestra program for the 2021-2022 season. The first rehearsal will be on Tuesday, Sept. 14 at Great Salt Bay Community School, 559 Main St., Damariscotta in the spacious well ventilated cafeteria. New players may play or sit in with more than one group if unsure where they belong. No auditions are required! (Some players do play in more than one group and no extra dues are required.)...

• Boothbay Harbor Opera House: Beppe Gambetta in concert

  Tue, 09/07/2021 - 8:30am

  

  Guitarist, vocalist, researcher and composer Beppe Gambetta, was born in Genova, Italy and weaves together American and European Roots music together in one voice. In his unique approach, Gambetta blends energetic grooves with passionate melodies, giving new life to sources from different times, periods and places. In addition, the original music he composes gives contemporary influences to traditional roots music. On Saturday, Sept. 25, this seasoned touring guitarist comes to Maine to perform...
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  Boothbay Harbor Opera House: Jacob Jolliff Band

  Tue, 08/31/2021 - 9:15am

  

  Jacob Jolliff was born into a musical family in Newberg, Oregon. His dad started him on the mandolin at age seven and required him to practice 10 minutes a day. But after six months of practicing this minimal amount, something clicked, and almost overnight he started putting in several hours of intense practice daily. And this hasn't really changed in the last 20 years. On Thursday, Sept. 9, Jacob Jolliff and his band will bring their bluegrass music to the stage of the historic Opera House in...

• Bands For Books Sept. 6 in Wiscasset

  Mon, 08/30/2021 - 7:45am

  

  The Friends of Wiscasset Public Library ask you to join them at Bands for Books on Labor Day, Sept. 6 from 5 to 7 p.m. It’s a rockin' good time in support of our library. This year, we are returning to the beautiful Seafield Farm at 191 Indian Road, Wiscasset. Ask your friends. Our party here in 2017 was a memorable evening. Don’t miss the fun! You will surely enjoy this annual community event. Great food, wonderful music and fantastic auction items add up to make this a delightful evening for...

• Maine State Music Theatre presents ‘Jersey Boys’

  Fri, 08/27/2021 - 8:30am

  

  While Maine State Music Theatre has made the decision to end its season early, it will produce “Jersey Boys” on Sept. 1 – 19 at the Westbrook Performing Arts Center. “Jersey Boys” is the exhilarating journey behind the music of mega-stars Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons and follows the incredible story of four blue collar kids who worked their way from the streets of New Jersey to become one of the greatest successes in pop music history. The show offers electrifying performances...

• This week at the Lincoln Theater

  Tue, 08/24/2021 - 12:00pm

  

  This week: cooking, music, dance and ... auditions! Now that’s entertainment. “Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain” - (R; 1 hour, 59 minutes) - It’s not where you go. It’s what you leave behind …. Chef, writer, adventurer, provocateur: Anthony Bourdain lived his life unabashedly. ‘Roadrunner’ is an intimate, behind-the-scenes look at how an anonymous chef became a world-renowned cultural icon. Final screenings at 2 and 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 25 and Thursday, Aug. 26. Salt Bay Chamberfest...
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  Three great end of summer concerts coming up

  Mon, 08/23/2021 - 4:00pm

  

  The summer of 2021 on the Coast of Maine has been a busy one for almost everyone, including the crew at the Opera House in Boothbay Harbor. While performances will continue year round, as long as pandemic precautions allow, the end of summer brings Maine super-talent David Mallett and his band to the stage, with additional concerts by Scots Celtic trio Cantrip, and England’s acclaimed Richard Thompson. David Mallett returns to the stage on Saturday, Aug. 28, accompanied by fiddle, bass, piano...

• Broadway music and tribute to Dominic Garvey

  Mon, 08/23/2021 - 10:30am

  

  On Sept. 18 a cast of singers who worked with the late musical director and pianist Dominic Garvey will perform a tribute concert in his honor at the Opera House in Boothbay Harbor. Audience members can expect an evening of Broadway music and American standards performed by an array of vocalists with piano accompaniment directed by Michelle Bruckner. Dominic Garvey lived in Boothbay Harbor the last 30 years of his life and was beloved by community. He worked as artistic director of the Carousel...

• Annual DaPonte Candlelight Concert returns

  Thu, 08/19/2021 - 8:15am

  

  Experience the 18th century in the glow of flickering candles for a very unique and special DaPonte String Quartet concert by candlelight. The concert will be held at the all-original, pre-revolutionary, 1772 Old Walpole Meetinghouse on Sunday, Sept. 12 at 7 p.m. (doors open at 6:30). The Meetinghouse is 3.5 miles south of Damariscotta on Meetinghouse Road off Route 129 in South Bristol. Tickets are $30 and are available only by pre-purchase, not at the door. Buy tickets by credit card at https...

• LAF presents a night of iconic jazz

  Wed, 08/18/2021 - 8:15am

  

  Lincoln Arts Festival presents Novel Jazz Septet on Saturday, Aug. 28 at 7:30 p.m. at the Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor. This concert features music of the iconic Duke Ellington and his equally iconic musical collaborator, Billy Strayhorn. Novel Jazz is a Maine-based group, now in their 17th year of concerts around Maine and New England. Their mission is to share the music and stories of these two giants of jazz who wrote some 3000 compositions over their musical careers, two percent...

• This week at the Lincoln Theater

  Tue, 08/17/2021 - 7:30am

  

  We are so pleased to have live music continue this week from the Lincoln Theater stage with our friends at the Salt Bay Chamberfest. And on Friday, we open an intriguing - and controversial - film about Anthony Bourdain. Please note: Starting Friday, and at least through September, all 2 p.m. Friday matinees now have restrictions placed on them: masks are required, not just recommended with limited reserved seating. Salt Bay Chamberfest Concert Series - Lincoln Theater is...

• Musical instrument maker exhibits at WAW

  Sun, 08/15/2021 - 8:15am

  

  Selected pieces from Jonathan Waldo’s 42-year career in making musical instruments, furniture, and art will be on display in the Hasenfus Gallery, 64 Main St., during Wiscasset Art Walk on Thursday, Aug. 26, 5-8 p.m. He will be demonstrating some of the instruments during the evening. “My instrument making starts with creating the design,” Waldo explains, “and then I build the instrument from scratch. Except for the tuning machines, I create all the components of the instrument.” Waldo says he...
• Midcoast Conservancy

  Live Edge Music Festival tickets on sale

  Thu, 08/12/2021 - 7:15am

  

  Save the date: Sunday, Sept. 19! Midcoast Conservancy is happy to announce the ninth annual Live Edge music festival at Hidden Valley Nature Center. A fun-filled day of live music, great local food and beer, and even belly dancing — all set in the midst of HVNC’s 1,000 acres of trails, pond shore frontage and bogs. This year’s all-Maine musical line-up includes Primo Cubano, 12/OC, the Jamie Saft New Zion Trio, and singer-songwriters Katie Daggett and Ed DesJardins — a testament to the vibrant...

• DaPonte String Quartet: ‘Dissonant and Dissident’ concert dates

  Wed, 08/11/2021 - 11:30am

  

  DaPonte String Quartet’s concert dates, between Aug. 14 and Sept. 25, will feature by Mozart’s “String Quartet in C Major K. 465 (“Dissonance”); and “String Quartet No. 8” by Shostakovich. In 1783, sixteen years before Beethoven his first symphony, Mozart composed a string quartet with an opening section surpassing in harmonic complexity anything written until Wagner. The question, then, is what Mozart is doing in the first movement of the Dissonance quartet that’s so unusual for its time? His...

• Upcoming concerts with Gorka and D’Agostino

  Tue, 08/10/2021 - 7:15am

  

  He’s been called “the leading singer/songwriter of the New Folk movement,” by Rolling Stone, and this summer John Gorka will perform at the historic Opera House in Boothbay Harbor. Days later acclaimed Italian, finger-style guitarist Peppino D’Agostino will be in concert at the Opera House. Advance discounted tickets for Gorka’s Aug. 20 show and D’Agostino’s Aug. 26 show are currently on sale. “John Gorka is widely heralded for the sophisticated intelligence and provocative originality of his...

• Concert on Boothbay Common Aug. 15

  Sun, 08/08/2021 - 8:00am

  

  Timothy Noble and his wife, Hosanna, will perform in concert on the Boothbay Common on Sunday, Aug. 15 at 6 p.m. In case of rain, the concert will be held at the American Legion Hall, 25 Industrial Drive, Boothbay. “ The Singing Pianist and Violinist Duo” providentially met in 2016 at the National Quartet Convention, a gospel music event held annually in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, and were then married in June of 2019. Timothy began to exhibit his God-given musical talent at the age of 3 by...

• LAF concerts canceled

  Thu, 08/05/2021 - 1:45pm

  

  The Lincoln Arts Festival concerts scheduled for Friday, Aug. 6, and Sunday. Aug. 8, at the Congregational Church in Boothbay Harbor, have been canceled, due to new CDC guidelines for indoor settings in Lincoln County, according to the LAF board. If you have already purchased tickets, please contact lincolnartsfestivalbbh@gmail.com or call 207-633-3913 for refunds.

• Cattle Call and Sons of Serendip Aug. 13, 14

  Wed, 08/04/2021 - 7:45pm

  

  The Opera House stage in Boothbay Harbor welcomes two great bands this month with the arrival of Cattle Call on Friday, Aug. 13 and a performance by Sons of Serendip on Saturday, Aug. 14. Two nights of live music, one featuring some of Maine’s best musicians followed by acclaimed nationally touring artists, both in the historic Opera House setting. Mark Farrington’s Cattle Call packs enough talent that they could easily tour nationally and hold their own against bands across the country, but...

• Rock ‘n roll at Wiscasset Common

  Tue, 08/03/2021 - 4:00pm

  Thursday, Aug. 12 Ron Bergeron will play classic oldies rock ‘n roll at the Wiscasset Common at 6 p.m. as part of the Alive On the Common summer concert series. This concert is sponsored by J. Edward Knight, DBA and the Carl MP Larrabee Agency. Presented by Wiscasset Park & Recreation and the Wiscasset Chamber of Commerce.

• Pan Fried Steel concert

  Tue, 08/03/2021 - 3:30pm

  Thursday, Aug. 5 The Caribbean steel drummers will play at the Wiscasset Common at 6 p.m. as part of the Alive On the Common summer concert series. This concert is sponsored by Pat Stauble Antiques and Dave Sawyer Plumbing & Heating. Presented by Wiscasset Park & Recreation and the Wiscasset Chamber of Commerce.

• Rain can’t keep Art Walk goers away

  Mon, 08/02/2021 - 10:00am

  

  The rain did not keep people away from the July 29 Wiscasset Art Walk. Shoppers darted in and out of the downpours and many braved the rain to sit and enjoy the music of Downeast Brass. The rain meant some activities had to be moved into Hasenfus gallery. The venue was abuzz all evening with people contributing to the community mural, talking with Scrapwood Renaissance artist Eric Graffam and painter Jessica Chaples, and participating in the art project of the evening, decoupaged oyster shells...
• Maine State Music Theater

  A reimagined ‘Beauty and the Beast’ for kids

  Fri, 07/30/2021 - 10:15am

  

  Join Maine State Music Theater for its first Theatre for Young Audiences show of the season, with Robin and Clark’s reimagined “Beauty and the Beast,” at The Pickard Theater, Thursday, Aug. 12 at 10 a.m. and at 1, 4 and 7:30 p.m. In this Robin and Clark version of Beauty and the Beast, an acting troupe is putting on a Disneyesque production, but things are not going according to plan, and it’s up to the members of the audience to save the day! It tells the adventures of the Beauty – “Rose” (...

• CANCELED: Open mic at the Southport General Store

  Wed, 07/28/2021 - 7:45am

  

  After taking a summer due to COVID-19 restrictions, the popular open mic night returns to the Southport General Store, 443 Hendricks Hill Road, for the month of August. Each Thursday night starting Thursday, Aug. 5, from 6 p.m. to dark, the public and artists are invited to come together at the store, weather permitting. In the past, the music has been mostly folk, folk-rock, 50’s and 60’s covers, and a sprinkling of original material. The venue will be the new seating area between the store...

• Bluegrass by Mile Twelve at Boothbay Harbor Opera House

  Tue, 07/27/2021 - 11:30am

  

  Although their sound is rooted in traditional bluegrass, Mile Twelve’s performances bring a broader landscape. All five band members bring their own influences and observations into their music, resulting in bluegrass band that feels contemporary and relevant. On Saturday, Aug. 7 at 7:30 p.m., they will fill the historic Opera House in Boothbay Harbor with their sound and stories. The Mile Twelve lineup offers five of the most promising young musicians in bluegrass: David Benedict (mandolin),...

• Halcyon’s ‘Melody In Motion’ concert this Saturday!

  Mon, 07/26/2021 - 1:30pm

  

  On Saturday, July 31 at 7 p.m. Bristol Marine at the Shipyard in Boothbay Harbor will host “Melody in Motion” a multimedia live and livestream concert featuring Halcyon, one of Maine's finest string quartets, and video artist Luke Fatora’s imagery of the Maine coast. Proceeds from the concert will go to benefit the Boothbay Sea and Science Center. The in-person event at the Shipyard includes a tour of the Schooner Ernestina , currently undergoing restoration, as well as a cash bar,...

• ‘Hope Can’t Be Stopped’ concert Aug. 1 in Boothbay

  Sun, 07/25/2021 - 8:45am

  

  “Hope Can’t Be Stopped” – This is this year’s theme song for Hope Haitian Choir 2021! Even though our numbers are smaller this year due to no new or renewed visas from the embassy which has been closed, these ten young people, ages 11 to 20, are still on a mission to exclaim hope for those of us who so desperately need to hear it. Hope Haitian Choir, with most of its members from Port au Prince, Haiti, has been touring the Eastern US every summer since 2012, excepting last summer, 2020. Their...

• Salt Bay Chamberfest concerts come to Lincoln Theater

  Fri, 07/23/2021 - 10:00am

  

  Salt Bay Chamberfest’s annual chamber music concerts will this year be held at the historic 1827 Italianate Lincoln Theater in downtown Damariscotta. Audiences can delight in hearing live classical music once again while enjoying performances by distinctive artists with international reputations for excellence. Eight, one-hour festival concerts will take place between Aug. 15 and 29. Most concerts will be presented at both 4 and 7:30 p.m., with increased COVID precautions at all 4 p.m. shows...

• CANCELED - Castlebay concert in Round Pond

  Thu, 07/22/2021 - 10:00am

  

  The duo Castlebay will be in concert at the Little Brown Church at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 11. Well-known for their original music and their thoughtful interpretations of traditional songs, Julia Lane and Fred Gosbee weave music, song, and story into a fascinating journey through time.
 Julia Lane, singer, songwriter, and folklorist, has been playing the Celtic harp since 1989. A skilled and exciting player, she won the Senior Professional division at the New Hampshire Scottish Games Harp...

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