Music

Where It’s At

When I was a kid holiday movies played once a year right in your living room, they weren’t rented, bought for home watching, or on YouTube. You watched them with your family, the big, old-…

Maine State Music Theater

MSMT is delighted to announce its enchanting summer production of the timeless classic Irving Berlin's White Christmas. Running from July 17 to Aug. 3, this heartwarming musical promises to bring…

The Carousel Music Theater, 196 Townsend Ave., in Boothbay Harbor Maine, is currently running a wonderful new show titled “Dominic’s Diner.”

Set in the 1950s, a lovely young woman inherits…

The second concert in this year’s continuing Southport Musicfest series, welcomes Spencer Albee to the stage of the Newagen Seaside Inn…

The arrival of August also sees the…
The Heather Pierson Trio

The Waldo Theatre is pleased to bring back the Heather Pierson Trio on Sunday, July 28 in a 7 p.m.  An annual favorite during the holiday season, this will be her first show featuring her original…

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…

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…

Cave Dogs presents a startlingly original way of telling a story. Fluid shadows and images dance in wild imagination across the screen. Each performance promises a healthy dose of the sublime, the…

Soprano Alaysha Fox

Opera Maine presents a very special concert featuring soprano Alaysha Fox and baritone Grant Jackson with pianist Timothy Steele at The Waldo on Friday, July 12 at 7:30 p.m. Bringing Opera to the…

The Waldo Theatre

The Waldo Theatre, at 916 Main St., Waldoboro, is excited to announce tickets are now on sale for an intimate solo performance with Hiss Golden Messenger on July 19 at 7:30 p.m.

The Durham…

727 Ocean Sunset is delighted to welcome international Irish singer, Gabriel Donohue for a special, and free, one-night regional performance on Saturday, July 6 from 4 to 7 p.m. 
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Brady's deck will echo the American Idol stage on Wednesday, July 17 when Maine's Julia Gagnon performs to raise funds for the Crocker family whose Abenaki Road home in Edgecomb was lost to a fire…

Salt Bay Chamberfest 30th Anniversary
Pianist Conrad Tao

Damariscotta’s Salt Bay Chamberfest (SBC) celebrates its 30th season in August. To mark this auspicious milestone, the 2024 festival has chosen the theme of “Music in Blue,”…

The grounds of the historic Pownalborough Court House in Dresden will be filled with the sounds of a perfect summer day on Sunday, July 14 from 10 a.m. to 2 pm. This annual free event, open to…

Saturday, Sept. 7, Midcoast Conservancy will hold the 12th annual Live Edge Music Festival at Hidden Valley Nature Center in Jefferson from noon to 6 p.m., a fun-filled day of live music…

Join us for two wonderful musical performances this July! With our unique listening room vibe, songwriters and musicians find community, connection, and a place to explore their craft. Audiences…
The Waldo

The Waldo is ready to rock the Midcoast with The Rebels- A Tom Petty Tribute on Aug. 10 at 8 p.m. The Rebels, America’s premiere Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers tribute band, is made up of five…

Sing the beautiful Franz Schubert “Mass in G major, D. 167” with the Lincoln…

Canadian Brass

With an international reputation as one of the most popular brass ensembles today, Canadian Brass has truly earned the distinction of “the world’s most famous brass group.” On Friday, July 12, the…

The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor

Crisscrossing France from Auvergne to Provence, Brittany to Paris and beyond, Tapestry and friends will bring together a rich blend of Impressionism, folk roots, and a touch of jazz when they…

Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
OKAN

They’ve been called a dynamic force, effortlessly intertwining Afro-Cuban roots with a cross-cultural blend of jazz, folk and global rhythms. On Saturday, June 29, the Canadian-based Afro Cuban…

Opera House at Boothbay Harbor

While the historic Boothbay Harbor Opera House calendar includes many ticketed concerts and events with internationally renowned artists, it also offers a variety of free community programming…

Novel Jazz

Novel Jazz is returning to the Skidompha Public Library in Damariscotta on Friday, June 28 from  7 to 9:30 p.m. playing hot swinging jazz out of the Great American Songbook to benefit Skidompha’s…

Where It’s At

Maine State Music Theater’s 2024 season opener “South Pacific” brings the south seas to Maine, if only for a short while. Riding on the breezes that blow are themes of war, racial prejudice,…

Jake Shimabukaro

If you know the ukulele, you might know the name, the innovator, who is Jake Shimabukuro. He has captivated audiences around the world with his unique and dynamic style. On Wednesday, June 19,…

Sean and Jamie Oshima

Maine-based Japanese-Italian alt-pop duo, the Oshima Brothers, have been creating music together since childhood. The brothers blend songs from the heart with blood harmonies to produce a "roots-…

Southport Central School students, under the direction of music teacher Jennifer McIvor, presented their annual Spring Concert, with the theme, “Adventures in Travel,” on Wednesday, June 5 at…

A multi-national, Celtic juggernaut that grows stronger with each live performance, Gaelic Storm has been touring for 20 years and thousands of shows, and they are a true force to be reckoned with…

The Carousel Music Theater is please to once again be hosting a special concert on Saturday, June 8 at 7 p.m. featuring the Millennium Magic…

Where It’s At

Alison Brown and her Band are returning to the Opera House Friday, June 7 and no one, I repeat, no one should miss this concert. Sure, you may have seen her there…

The Boothbay Region High School (BRHS) Seahawk Singers performed their Spring Concert, Wednesday, May 29 in the high school auditorium, marking final choral performances for seniors Suzie Edwards…

Tapestry Singers will perform concerts on Saturday, June 15 and Sunday, June 16 at 4 p.m. at the Damariscotta Baptist Church as a belated celebration of the Maine Bicentennial. The group had…

The Waldo is excited to announce that for the first time ever in Maine, Andy Summers will be performing his live, solo multi-media show, “The Cracked…

“Wicked Little Letters” -  (R; 1 hour, 22 minutes) -  A 1920s English seaside town bears witness to a farcical and occasionally sinister scandal in this riotous mystery comedy,…

One of the most multi-faceted minds in roots music, Alison Brown is a Grammy-winning musician, Grammy-nominated producer, former investment banker (with an AB from Harvard and an MBA from UCLA),…

Castlebay

Tapestry Singers presents Castlebay in a lecture performance at the Lincoln Home, 22 River Road, in Newcastle on Sunday, June 2 at 2 p.m…

The Waldo Theatre

Get ready to sing your heart out with Toronto-based Choir! Choir! Choir! on Saturday, May 18 at The Waldo, 916 Main St., Waldoboro at 7:30 p.m.

Banjo master Tony Trischka, whose students have included Bela Fleck, arrived with his band - Michael Daves on vocals and guitar, fiddler Alex Hargreaves, and bassist Jared Engel - for a concert at…

With a career spanning over two decades, Hanneke Cassel has helped redefine what it means to be a modern fiddler. A driving force in the ever-changing landscape of acoustic music, Hanneke blends…

The Waldo Theatre

Three different acts from Canada will grace The Waldo stage over the next few weeks with three glorious musical performances. On Thursday May 9, audiences can experience the superb musicianship…

Maine Maine State Music Theatre (MSMT) is proud to present Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “South Pacific,” the inaugural production for the 2024 season, opening June 5 at the Pickard Theatre on Bath…

Where it’s at

The creatively talented Thais (pronounced Thi-ese) Francis, a native of Trinidad and Tobago, came to the office a few weeks ago to talk about her new dance/yoga technique: the Soga Method. She…

Lincoln Festival Chorus

Sing the beautiful Franz Schubert “Mass in G major, D.167” with the Lincoln Festival Chorus this summer! Under the leadership of Artistic Director Linda Blanchard who is assisted by pianist and…

Boston-based Darlingside will take the stage at The Waldo for the first time on  May 1, with special guest Spencer…

On Wednesday, May 8 at 1 p.m. in Rockport’s Union Hall, 24 Central St., Bay Chamber presents Rasa String Quartet in the final concert of their annual Midday Music Series. The Quartet’s music…

The theater may have looked dark on the outside this week, but with a cast of over 40 actors in 75 different costumes, 22 volunteers, and 13 musicians, inside things have been buzzing in…

Gifted singer-songwriters Elsie Gawler and Ethan Tischler return to the Merry Barn on Thursday, May 2. Joined by Willy…

The Waldo Theatre today announced audition dates for “Tanglin’ Hearts,” an original comedy with country songs which will be staged at The Waldo early this fall. Book and lyrics are by actress,…