The Waterville Rocks concerts series resumes this summer with free, family friendly, outdoor concerts at Head of Falls in Waterville. The beer garden will open at 5:30 p.m., music is set to begin at 6 p.m. Spencer Albee will kick off the series Wednesday, July 23. Albee is a Portland based and nationally acclaimed singer, […]
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Joan Kennedy plans Augusta concert
The Joan Kennedy Band will perform at 5 p.m. Friday, June 25, at the Red Barn in Augusta. Additional performances are set for 7 p.m. Saturday, June 26; 2 p.m. Sunday, July 25; 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 21; and 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 26. Kennedy, a singer and musician, is a Canadian born and raised […]
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Live Music Returns to the Camden Amphitheatre
The public is invited to kick off summer with an evening of big band jazz from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Monday, June 21. Local favorite Mondaynite Jazz Orchestra (MoJO) returns for a free community concert in the Camden Amphitheatre. Bring a chair or blanket, a picnic supper, and your dancing (or tapping) feet. If one […]
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Blistered Fingers Bluegrass Festival slated for this weekend
LITCHFIELD — Blistered Fingers Bluegrass Festival is celebrating its 54th festival at the Litchfield Fairgrounds, 30 Plains Road. After taking 2020 off due to the pandemic organizers are excited to welcome everyone back to the festival to bring the rich bluegrass music back to the Kennebec Valley. “The festival location has that ‘Welcome Home’ country […]
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Alligator Records‘ creator celebrates 50 years of blues
Bruce Iglauer to release three-CD set of ‘Genuine Houserockin’ Music‘ on June 18.
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‘Four Old Broads’ to be staged
“Four Old Broads” will be staged for the next two weeks at Lakewood Theater, 76 Theater Road in Madison. Performances are set for 8 p.m. June 17, 18, 19, 24, 25 and 26; 4 p.m. June 20; 2 and 7 p.m. June 23. Retired burlesque queen Beatrice Shelton desperately needs a vacation — and NOT […]
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‘Rumors’ to be staged at Chocolate Church Performing Arts
“Rumors” by Neil Simon will be staged June 16-25 at Chocolate Church Performing Arts Center, 804 Washington St. in Bath. Show times are 7:30 p.m. June 16, 17, 23 and 24 and 2 p.m. June 18 and 25. At a large, tastefully appointed Sneden’s Landing townhouse, the Deputy Mayor of New York has just shot […]
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Augusta City Music Festival set for Saturday
The Augusta City Music Festival is set to begin at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 17, at the Augusta Waterfront, 40 Front St. in Augusta. The afternoon will feature music, food, drinks and games by the river, presented by Cushnoc Brewing and Kennebec Savings Bank. A variety of local bands playing and Cushnoc Brewing will provide […]
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Historical thriller ‘Atlantic Crossing’ becomes historical soap opera
“Atlantic Crossing” begins by playing on all the black keys, as Adolf Hitler starts his moves. It opens in Norway back when it was a kingdom, and had a King Haakon VII (Søren Pilmark). We meet the son Prince Olav (Tobias Santelmann) and his wife the Princess Märtha, (Sofia Helin) all going about the business […]
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Sandy River Ramblers to perform first concert since pandemic
The Sandy River Ramblers will perform their first concert since their hiatus being forced by the pandemic at 6 p.m. Saturday, June 12, at Lakeside Orchards, 318 Readfield Road in Manchester. The Ramblers are Maine’s longest-lasting bluegrass band, having been performing regularly since 1983. “As far as we know, we’re the only bluegrass band ever […]