Music

free community performance at Steel House amphitheatre

ROCKLAND — Join Halcyon musicians Josie and Sophie Davis, Luke Fatora, and Colin Wheatley for a free community performance of Lime City on Friday, August 30, at 7 p.m.

Written and filmed by…

Whirling around the floor

BELFAST — On Friday, September 6, let your shoes fly at the monthly Community Dance and Contra Dance, an evening of social connection and music, presented by Belfast Flying Shoes.

The…

Le Vent du Nord.

Having brought US crowds to their feet earlier this summer at the Montana Folk Festival and Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, Quebec’s Le Vent to Nord headed to the UK and are just finishing up a…

ROCKPORT — The Rockport Masonic Center continues their free lawn concerts on Wednesday, August 21, 2024, from 6 to 7 p.m., featuring the music of the Breakers Jazz Band, led by Marlene Hall.…

CAMDEN — “A Day in the Life: A Beatles Experience,” a touring celebration of The Beatles, is back on the stage of the Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St., Friday, Aug. 30, at 7:30 p.m.
 

Aug. 19, 2024: The Camden Summer Sounds concert, Sunday, Aug. 25, featuring Midnight Breakfast has been cancelled. 

 

Initial news release

CAMDEN — Portland-based…

30th-anniversary Salt Bay Chamberfest

ROCKLAND — Violinist Jennifer Koh, Grammy Award winner and Musical America’s Instrumentalist of the Year, will give a solo violin recital Thursday, Aug. 15, at 5 p.m., at the Strand Theatre, in…

ROCKPORT — The historic Rockport Opera House, with support from the Town of Rockport, presents Rory McBride and his band in 'A Spectacle By The Sea' on Saturday, August 24, 2024. Rory McBride…

ROCKPORT — Coastal Mountains Land Trust’s Arts on the Hill program brings the Just Honey duo to Beech Hill Preserve on Thursday, Aug. 29, at 5:30 p.m., as part of this summer concert series. …

The Mallett Brothers will perform Aug. 11 at Marine Park in Rockport as part of the Happenings on the Harbor series. 

Food trucks will begin serving at 4 p.m., and the concert will start at…

ROCKPORT — The Rockport Masonic Center continues their free lawn concerts on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024, from 6 to 7 p.m., featuring the music of the Belfast Fiddlers.

Listen to a clip of…

Debut LP “When We Were Looking” out now

Singer/songwriter/guitarist Louisa Stancioff will appear at Belfast Summer Nights on Thursday, Aug. 8, North Haven Community Days…

CAMDEN — Camden Public Library's Summer Concert Series continues with Anni and the Rainmakers on Tuesday, Aug. 13, at 6:30 p.m., in the Amphitheatre. If the weather is poor, the concert will move…

ROCKPORT — Midcoast Music Academy’s Intensive Jazz students and faculty will present a performance at the Rockville Community Chapel on Friday, August 16, at 6 p.m. Led by Armory Raymond and Chris…

CAMDEN — Camden Public Library continues its Summer Concert Series of outdoor music in the Amphitheatre on Thursday, Aug. 22, at 5:30 p.m., with Tom DiMenna and Eddie Holm's "Story Songs of the…

WALDOBORO — The Waldo is ready to rock the Midcoast with The Rebels: A Tom Petty Tribute on Saturday, Aug. 10, at 8 p.m.

The Rebels, a Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers tribute band, is made…

THOMASTON — The Thomaston Main Street’s Music Behind the Block series, from July 31 to August 21, from 6 to 7:30 p.m., continues. All ages are welcome to this family-friendly activity.

ROCKPORT — Coastal Mountains Land Trust’s Arts on the Hill program brings the Sugar Snaps band to Beech Hill Preserve on Thursday, Aug. 22, at 5:30 p.m., as part of this summer concert series.…

Folk-rock-world music fusion at Camden Snow Bowl

CAMDEN — Art folk rock group Billy Wylder will perform this year’s third Camden Summer Sounds concert Sunday, Aug. 18, at 4 p.m., at the Camden Snow Bowl, 20 Barnestown Road. Thanks to Camden…

ROCKLAND — The Rockland Public Library presents the Penobscot Bay Orchestra, Tuesday, Aug. 15, at 6 p.m., on the lawn of the Rockland Public Library. This event is free and open to all.

The…

SEARSPORT — Four musicians converge Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024, beginning at 7 p.m., at the Hey Sailor’s Starboard Lounge, to perform in the Nashville tradition of a “songwriters’ round,'' in which a…

ROCKPORT — The Rockport Masonic Center continues their free lawn concerts on Wednesday, August 7, 2024, from 6 to 7 p.m., featuring the music of the Moosehedz Band.

Listen to a clip of…

Bay Chamber continues their summer concert series with free and ticketed concerts between Aug. 7 and 11.

On Wednesday, August 7, at 9:30 a.m., young musicians participating in Bay Chamber’s…

Opera House at Boothbay Harbor

She’s appeared with the London Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Pops, and guest starred with over 50 orchestras. On Friday, Aug. 16 Grammy awarded and Emmy nominated Celtic fiddle star Eileen Ivers…

THOMASTON — The Watts Hall Band is back and ready to get a dance party started on Friday, Aug. 9, from 7 to 9:30 p.m., at Watts Hall, 174 Main Street.

The Watts Hall Band, a dynamic 11-…

CAMDEN — The Camden Public Library continues its free summer concert series in the Amphitheatre on Tuesday, July 30, at 6:30 p.m., with a concert from Quantum Electronica.

Bandmates Jason…

SEARSPORT — Katahdin Valley Boys will perform Sunday, August 11, at 3 p.m., at Searsport Congregational Church, 8 Church Street, in Searsport.
 
Their show features traditional and…

Update, July 29, 2024. The Lawn Concert at Rockport Masonic Center featuring MOJO jazz band for this Wednesday, July 31, has been cancelled due to expected bad weather.

 

CAMDEN — Primo Cubano will perform this year’s second Camden Summer Sounds concert Sunday, Aug. 11, at 4 p.m., at the Camden Snow Bowl, 20 Barnestown Road. Thanks to Camden Opera House’s Community…

BELFAST — On Friday, August 2, let your shoes fly at the monthly Community Dance & Contra Dance, an evening of social connection presented by Belfast Flying Shoes.

The intergenerational…

BELFAST — On Thursday, August 1, at 7 p.m., enjoy a special evening of English Country Dance, expertly led by Gaye Fifer of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, accompanied by David Langford on fiddle, Glen…

Searsmont Composer Robert Sirota’s fourth annual Muzzy Ridge Concerts series brings…

ROCKPORT — The Rockport Masonic Center continues their free lawn concerts on Wednesday, July 24, 2024, from 6 to 7 p.m., featuring the music of the eclectic Jim Gibson. 

The event is free…

traditional kirtan

ROCKPORT — Coastal Mountains Land Trust’s Arts on the Hill program brings Darshan Music to Beech Hill Preserve on Thursday, August 1, at 5:30 p.m., as part of this summer concert series. 

In 2007, Allysa Anderson, the middle school music teacher at Camden-Rockport Middle School (CRMS), placed a guitar in the hands of sixth-grader Alice Limoges for the first time. That moment…

free concerts every Sunday afternoon in August

CAMDEN — Thanks to Camden Opera House’s Community Arts Fund, there will be free concerts every Sunday afternoon in August at the Camden Snow Bowl, 20 Barnestown Road. The annual series opens…

CAMDEN — Midcoast Community Chorus (MCC) is offering three free evening classes in reading and singing music this summer. All classes are scheduled for Wednesdays at 7 p.m., in its meeting space…

traditional northeast Native American woodland songs

ROCKPORT — Coastal Mountains Land Trust’s Arts on the Hill program brings the Burnurwurbskek Singers to Beech Hill Preserve on Sunday, July 28, at 1 p.m., as part of this free summer concert…

THOMASTON — Music Behind the Block summer concert series hosted by Thomaston Main Street, begins Wednesday, July 31, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Kicking off this year's lineup is Grateful Dead tribute…

With films and stories inspired by workshops with students from Medomak Valley High School

WALDOBORO — Join Halcyon and pianist Margarita Rovenskaya on Saturday, August 3, at 7 p.m., for an evening of beautiful music, film, and story, according to Halcyon, in a news release. Performed…

LINCONVILLE — Lincolnville EV owners will be holding a show-and-tell of their vehicles, including optional demo drive, Saturday, July 27, from 12 - 2 p.m. (rain date Sunday, July 28), at …

Camden: ‘Harp Center of the Universe’

CAMDEN — They came from as far away as Australia and Tulsa, Houston and Canada, more than 80 of them, many carrying their treasured…

The arrival of August also sees the…

CAMDEN — Marc Black, NY Blues Hall of Fame inductee, will put on "Boppa Chua! The 1950s and 60s Through Popular Music" Tuesday, July 16, at 6 p.m., the Picker Room of the Camden Public Library.…

CAMDEN — The Camden Public Library's Summer Concert Series will continue with a concert from Mondaynite Jazz Orchestra, Monday, July 15, at 6:30 p.m., in the Amphitheatre.

MoJO is a…

ROCKPORT — The Rockport Public Library invites families on Wednesday, July 24, at 4:30 p.m., to visit Mary Lea Park (adjacent to the Rockport Opera House) for a musical performance with Latin…

Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
The Contenders

Internationally renowned Canadian Brass, acclaimed singer-songwriters The Contenders, NYC’s hot jazz group The Hot Sardines, and Maine’s own Grammy-winning Patty Griffin on stage in the coming…

ROCKPORT — The Rockport Masonic Center continues their free lawn concerts on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, from 6 to 7 p.m., featuring the music of the Belfast Fiddlers.

The event is free to…

a round-robin style sharing original songs and some of the stories behind them

SEARSPORT — Hey Sailor begins a songwriter-focused, multi-artist live music series, Thursday, July 18, 2024, at 7 p.m., at the Hey Sailor’s Starboard Lounge, 25 E. Main St. Searsport.

Sara…

The acclaimed Latingrass duo of Joropo maestro Larry Bellorín and Grammy-nominated bluegrass and old-time star Joe Troop return to the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor Thursday, July 25. The two…