Music

Waldo Theater

The Waldo is excited to bring acclaimed singer-songwriter Mat Kearney to the stage Wednesday, Nov.15 at 7 p.m. with special guest, Jon McLaughlin. Nashville-based, Oregon-born Mat Kearney is back…

What’s better on a cool fall evening in Maine than some fantastic, toe-tapping bluegrass music? Lincoln Theater is thrilled to welcome Old Hat Stringband to the…

Sit back and relax as Boothbay Region students proudly present, for your entertainment, “Beauty and the Beast JR.” at Boothbay Region High School in the auditorium. Shows are Thursday, Nov. 9 and…

The Waldo Theater

The Waldo (916 Main St., Waldoboro) is excited to bring acclaimed singer-songwriter Matt Nakoa to the stage on Saturday, Nov. 11 at 7 p.m. with Portland-based musician Connor Garvey opening.…

Paula and Emma Dunn will be in concert at the Boothbay Baptist Church on Friday, Nov. 17 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Refreshments served after the concert. All are invited to join us for free night of…

A local favorite in the region, The School Street Band which hails from Augusta, will rock the Boothbay Playhouse, Saturday, Nov. 4 from 6 to 9 p.m. The performance is part of the Fall Starlight…

Biribá Union features Grammy-winning Mike Block (cello, vocals), Grammy-nominated Christylez Bacon (beatbox, guitar, rhymes), and Patricia Ligia (electric bass, pandeiro, vocals) from Montevideo,…

The Merry Barn

On Saturday, Nov. 4, Elsie…

Thursday, Nov. 9 and 10

Boothbay Region High School Drama presents “Beauty and the Beast Jr.” (Menken, Ashman, Rice, Woolverton), directed by Dr. Mary Miller. The club is hosting four…

Saturday, Nov. 11

Boothbay Region High School Drama presents “Beauty and the Beast Jr.” (Menken, Ashman, Rice, Woolverton), directed by Dr. Mary Miller. Two shows: 1 p.m.…

A special partnership recently formed between Sara and John Berkeley, new owners of the Boothbay Playhouse, and the Boothbay Region Health Center. The Berkeleys are patients of the healthcare…

Welcoming immigrant children from around the globe, The Pihcintu Multicultural Chorus helps restart young lives. On Saturday, Oct. 28 the chorus will perform at The Waldo Theater, 916 Main St.,…

Merry Barn
Morgan Mitchell

Join Morgan Mitchell, Creatress and Flowcilitator, at The Merry Barn for a series of Creative Flow Circles, this fall and winter. 

Creative Flow Circles provide a supportive and…

“A deeply human story about truth, forgiveness, and the…
Don Campbell Band

Don Campbell has a unique and uncanny ability to sing comfortably in the tenor range of Vince Gill, Chris Isaak or Dan Fogelberg, and go easily into the sub bass vocal level range of country…

Maine native Scott Moreau brings his hit one-man musical “Late and Alone: An Intimate Evening with Johnny Cash” to the Lincoln Theater on Sunday, Oct. 29 at 2 p.m…

Boston’s Berklee College of Music was on Sophia Scott’s short list of post-secondary possibilities before she attended its five-week intensive summer program, Music Aspire, July 8-Aug. 12. And on…

Portland-based singer-songwriter Jenny Van West will take the stage on Saturday, Oct. 14, at 7 p.m. as part of “Music at the Merry Barn: Celebrating the Intersection of Story and Song.”…

Nor’easters Barbershop Chorus

On Saturday, Oct.  21, the Nor’easters Barbershop Chorus will perform their annual public concert at the United Methodist Church, 320 Church Road in Brunswick.

That concert will feature…

Boothbay Railway Village Museum
The 55th annual Fall Foliage Festival is set to kick off this weekend at the Boothbay Railway Village Museum. A long standing fall tradition and Midcoast favorite, the festival features an…
Opera House at Boothbay Harbor

It has been a year of celebration at The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor. Twenty years ago on Sept. 29, 2003, the nonprofit of the same name purchased the 1894 building for $1.2 million from John…

Mine Oyster hosted the 20th anniversary celebration of the Pemaquid Oyster Festival in Boothbay Harbor Sept. 24, after tropical storm Lee postponed the event one week. An enormous crowd enjoyed…

Kathy Mattea

On Sept. 7 County Music Association award-winning vocalist Kathy Mattea released “Pretty Bird,” her first new album in six years. On Saturday, Oct. 21, traveling in support of her newest album,…

Sunday, Sept. 24 at 4 p.m. at the Boothbay Harbor Congregational Church will see the return of “The Sunday Summer Songbook.”  A program filled with song and laughter and maybe the occasional…

Music at the Merry Barn: Celebrating the Intersection of Story and Song returns with a full lineup beginning on Saturday, Sept. 30, when Greg and Jessie Boardman will bring their myriad talents to…

Skerryvore

Three time winners of Scotland’s ‘Live Act of the Year’ award, Skerryvore has evolved from the band’s humble beginnings to become one of the country’s leading forces in a thriving live music scene…

John Hiatt

John Hiatt’s sold out Oct. 27 concert at Boothbay Harbor’s Opera House has been indefinitely postponed. All tickets will be refunded beginning next week.

On Sept. 9 the Opera House…

After a three-year COVID-induced hiatus, Pemaquid Oyster Festival returns to celebrate its 20th anniversary this Sept. 24 from noon…

Don Campbell Band

The award-winning Maine-based Don Campbell Band has been a mainstay at concerts, fairs, festivals, cruises, and civic events for over two decades, performing a mix of Don’s original music and…

The Mallett Brothers

On a crisp August evening, with a full moon rising in the sky, The Mallett Brother Band rocked a large and appreciative audience of music lovers with their unique style of…

Waldoboro 250th Anniversary
The Watts Hall Band

On Friday, Sept. 8 from 5 to 10 p.m. don’t miss the music along the Medomak in the Wooster parking lot in downtown Waldoboro - free!

Special guests: The Finntown Road Band…

A Merry Barn premiere

Join us at the Merry Barn on Saturday, Sept. 9, at 7 p.m., for the World…

The Midcoast Symphony Orchestra (MSO), conducted by Rohan Smith, returns to the stage for its 34th concert season with performances in Topsham and Lewiston from October 2023 to May of…

MusicFest at Newagen Inn, featuring the Mallett Brothers, has been postponed until Thursday evening, Aug. 31 due to the forecast of rain on Wednesday. Same time (6 p.m.) and situations.

Sheepscot Chorus invites you to join us as we begin preparations for its Sunday, Dec. 3 Boothbay Harbor…
The Salty Dogs, ME band

We are right around the corner from Labor Day and so is the 9th annual Bands for Books hosted by The Friends of Wiscasset Library. The fundraiser is on  Monday, Sept. 4 from 5 to 7 p.m. at…

A quartet of musicians from the Portland Symphony Orchestra will bring classical music to the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor’s performance hall on Thursday, Aug. 31.…
Midcoast Conservancy
Primo Cubano

Sunday, Sept. 10, Midcoast Conservancy will hold the 11th annual Live Edge music festival at Hidden Valley Nature Center from 12-6 pm, a fun-filled day of live music, great local food and beer and…

St. Cecilia Chamber Choir is holding auditions for all voice parts as we begin preparing our December “Ceremony of Lessons and Carols” concert. Drawing inspiration from the world-famous King’s…

On Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 4 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Lakehurst Lodge, 30 Lakehurst Lane, in Damariscotta, the Bands for Books Fundraiser for Wiscasset Public Library returns with its silent auction…

Chamber Music Festival

A concert starring MacArthur “Genius” Award-recipient flutist Claire Chase will highlight the final week of this year’s 29th annual Salt Bay Chamberfest, an acclaimed chamber music festival…

Tapestry Singers invites new singers and previous members of the choir to join the group for the fall semester.

The first rehearsal is coming soon on Monday, Sept. 11 in preparation for…

Join Ablaze Worship at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 12 for an evening of worship music, testimony, scripture, and fellowship. The evening will be hosted at the Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust, 3…

Cécilia

Traditional music that causes a wonderful stir and fills to overflowing every venue – that is Cécilia! Widely recognized as three of Canada's finest musicians, it is a pleasure to see how much…

Pat Colwell and the Soul Sensations are bringing their 100% old-school soul revue to The Waldo in Waldoboro this Saturday, Aug. 12, at 7:30 p.m. A loving tribute to the female giants of soul music…

For the first time in its recent 20 year history the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor had back to back sell out shows Aug. 3 with Bela Fleck and Aug. 4 with Garrison Keillor. Cathy…

Julia Lane and Fred Gosbee of Castlebay will talk about their research on early music of coastal Maine and “illustrate” the music with their voices and instruments. The presentation will be held…

Lincoln Arts Festival is delighted to present the Lincoln Festival Chorus, for its 43rd season, in two performances of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Coronation Mass.” Artistic Director Linda…