Music

On Monday, July 18 at 6 p.m., join Emerson Harris, Phoebe Cook and Emily Mirabile at the Lincoln Theater for an evening of musical theater favorites. Both Emerson and Phoebe are headed to college…

The Boothbay Region YMCA Y Arts program is holding three upcoming fundraisers to help with travel costs associated with the Y Arts Competition Team trip to Orlando, Florida for the National…

“Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story” - (PG13; 1 hour, 34 minutes) - Live performances and interviews are woven together from the 50th anniversary of The New Orleans Jazz &…

Opera House at Boothbay Harbor

From Cathy Sherrill, executive director at the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor:  On Wednesday, June 28 the Opera House was contacted by Louis Prima Jr’s management and informed that the group would…

Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce and Wiscasset Parks and Recreation are partnering on this summer’s “Alive on the Common” concert series on Wiscasset Common. All the concerts start at…

During the height of the pandemic touring musicians were forced into hibernation and live performances were few and far between. The summer of 2022 at Boothbay Harbor’s Opera House is now…

Maine State Music Theatre will open the sensational “Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” on June 29 and run the show through July 16. The show tells the journey of Joseph, son of Jacob…

Join the Lincoln Festival Chorus on Monday, June 20, at 7 p.m. - registration at 6:30 p.m. Rehearsals are at the Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor, usually on Monday. 

Membership…

The Waldo Theatre (916 Main St.) announces the one-day-only gala event, “Broadway at the Waldo” on Sunday, July 10 at 4 p.m. featuring stars of the local stage performing old favorites and new…

Kick off Windjammer Days with “Stories from the Sea” on Sunday, June 26 at 10:30 a.m., at the Merry Barn Writers’ Retreat in Edgecomb. Special musical guest Castlebay will share treasured ballads…

Students at Southport Central School, under the direction of music teacher Jennifer McIvor, performed 11 songs at their annual Spring Concert – entitled “Curiosity and Wonder” – on Wednesday, June…

Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
Kevin Kiley

In the return of a summer tradition, Boothbay Harbor’s Kevin Kiley will once again settle in at the Opera House piano on Saturday, June 18 for an evening of music from the great shows of Broadway…

This Saturday, the first-ever film of Maurice Béjart's “Ninth Symphony” ballet comes to The Lincoln Theater big screen for one screening only.
 
In 2021, when live…

Three seasoned singer-songwriters will come together for one memorable night of music this season at the Opera House in Boothbay Harbor. On Sunday, June 12, Ellis Paul along with Vance Gilbert and…

Benjamin Franklin once said, “nothing is certain except death and taxes,” and in this week’s film, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” that is exactly how things appear… at least at first. When an…

For the past 50-plus years, Bobby Reed of Boothbay has sung and played country music on his guitar. On Sunday, May 15, that dedication and love of the craft culminated in him being inducted into…

Boothbay’s Got Talent is back this year and plans to continue with the online format for the competition portion of the event. The reason for this is to give local youth and teens the…

This weekend only at the Lincoln Theater: 38 local Y Arts youth performers will present “Dinosaurs Before Dark Kids!” Performances are Friday, May 27 at 5 p.m. and…

“Downton Abbey: A New Era” opens this Friday, and Lincoln Theater has some fun drawings to add to the excitement of this new film release. Anyone who attends a screening of “Downton Abbey: A New…

Y Arts held the annual spring dance recital on Saturday, May 14 at Boothbay Region YMCA. Over 30 dancers, ages 3 to 15, performed for family and friends in the gym.

YMCA Arts and…

Lincoln County Community Theater

Inspired by a true story and featuring the Tony-nominated score by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, “Bright Star” tells a sweeping tale of love and redemption set against the rich backdrop of the…

Press release

Voice teacher and coach Betsey de Groff of Boothbay is please to announce that two of her students finished in the top three of the Avocational Age Group (age 33+) in the statewide National…

“Turnadot” - The Met Live in HD - (3 hours, 15 minutes; two intermissions: one 40-minute intermission, & one 30-minute) - Marco Armiliato conducts Puccini’s stirring opera,…

Jinwood Park

The Midcoast Symphony Orchestra (MSO) presents concerts with three conductors taking the stage on Saturday, May 21 at 7 p.m. at Gendron Franco Center in Lewiston and Sunday, May 22 at 2:…

Press release

Carl and Veda Ferris of Woolwich are going on a trip of a lifetime, thanks to the Maine Lottery. Carl entered a non-winning Big Country Cash ticket into the “I’m With the Band” promotion, and his…

Sheepscot Valley Chorus

Sheepscot Valley Chorus is delighted to announce the winners of our 2022 Student Music Awards are  Evan Strong from Wiscasset High School and Emerson Harris from Boothbay Region High School, and…

“Dog” - (PG-13; 1 hour 41 minutes) - A buddy comedy that follows the misadventures of two former Army Rangers paired against their will on the road trip of a lifetime. Army Ranger…

Tickets are now on sale at Maine State Music Theatre for a full summer season at the Pickard Theater on the Bowdoin College campus for the first time since 2019.

The 2022 mainstage…

If you couldn’t make it to London or Broadway to catch the high-kicking cast of Cole Porter's “Anything Goes,” never fear! You can still see this ‘show of the year’ (The Telegraph) on the…
Opera House at Boothbay Harbor

JigJam are a multi-award winning quintet from the heart of the midlands in Ireland. Blending the best of traditional Irish music with Bluegrass and Americana in a new genre which has been branded…

Dogs … the perfect companion. They are loyal. They love, support, protect and defend. Human beings have relationships with dogs that they simply can’t have with other humans. With all that being…

The Henhouse Prowlers

Founded 17 years ago with the simple desire to play original and powerful bluegrass, the Henhouse Prowlers now find themselves at the intersection of performance, diplomacy and education. On…

James Austin Smith

On Saturday, March 26 at 7 p.m., Bay Chamber Concerts & Music School presents much loved regular, oboist James Austin Smith at the Rockport Opera House.

James will be joined by hornist…

“The Worst Person in the World” - (R; 2 hours, 7 minutes, in Norwegian w/English subtitles) - A 2022 Academy Award nominee for Best Original Screenplay and Best International…

“Music. Money. Madness . . . Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live In Maui” chronicles Hendrix’s storied 1970 performance on the dormant lower crater of the Haleakala volcano. Playing at the Lincoln…

An Oscar nominated romcom opens at Lincoln Theater this Friday! “The Worst Person in the World” stars Renate Reinsve, who takes on the role of Julie, a 20-something heroine on a journey to…

The Midcoast Symphony Orchestra (MSO) conducted by Rohan Smith, presents two concerts of music for the whole family on Saturday, March 19 at 7 p.m. at Gendron Franco Center in Lewiston…

Oscar season is upon us and Lincoln Theater is thrilled to offer the full line-up of Oscar nominated short films opening this Friday, with all three categories - Animation, Live Action, and…

Rhiannon Ramsey-Brimberg

Rhiannon Ramsey-Brimberg flies to Edinburgh April 5 where she will receive The Iain Macleòid Young Composer Award during the International Harp Festival, April 8-11, at George Watson’s College.…

Forest City & Friends is proud to announce the March 29 release of “Sol,” the second CD from the Maine-based rock group. “Sol" is…

If you haven’t heard already, Boothbay’s Gabe Tonon will be touring with the Joshua Hedley Band this year promoting the new album, “Neon Blue,” being released on April 22.

Tonon appears in…

Harpist Rhiannon Ramsey-Brimberg

Rhiannon Ramsey-Brimberg, who attended Boothbay Region Elementary School and graduated from North Yarmouth Academy in 2015, recently received the Iain…

For a few decades, the Nor’easters Barbershop Chorus of Mid Coast Maine has been delivering messages of love from Brunswick to Bristol for Valentine’s Day. This year on Monday, Feb. 14 the Chorus…

The Nor’easters Barbershop Chorus of Mid Coast Maine are taking orders for Singing Valentines for Monday, Feb. 14. The Nor’easters, clad in tuxedos, will appear at the designated location, to sing…

St. Cecilia Chamber Choir is holding auditions for all voice parts as we begin preparing Brahms’ delightful “Liebeslieder Waltzes” (Love Song Waltzes). Published in 1870 and setting the poetry of…

A timeless classic is re-imagined this Friday in the new adaptation of “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” written for the screen and directed by four-time Oscar winner Joel Coen. According to David Rooney…

The monumental weekend dedicated to rewarding and celebrating student-driven musical theater programs happened online and in-person January 14-16, 2022, in Atlanta. At the festival, each…

Well, we’ve waited and waited, and now it’s finally here – “West Side Story” opens at Lincoln Theater this Friday! Director Steven Spielberg displays his natural talents in his first ever musical…

Salt Bay Chamberfest

Salt Bay Chamberfest (SBC), the highly regarded and popular chamber-music festival held annually in Damariscotta, has been chosen by the National Endowment for the Arts to receive…