August 23: FARMINGTON, the Old Crow Band will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the park on Main Street.

August 23: LEWISTON, Bob and Darleen Puffer will perform gospel music at 6:30 p.m. at Lighthouse Baptist Church, 39 Lincoln St.

August 23: ORONO, Tamara Poddubnaya and Masanobu Ikemiya, will perform on the piano at 7:30 p.m. at UMO Minsky Auditorium. $13/$16 288-2141

August 24: AUBURN, L/A Arts presents Cactus Highway, acoustic folk duo, at noon at Festival Plaza, Main Street. 782-7228

Aug. 24-28: BATH, the Bath Municipal Band will perform at 7 p.m. every Tuesday at the Bath Common. 633-3913

August 24-28: BOOTHBAY, the Bath Municipal Jazz Band will perform every Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Boothbay Common. 633-3913

August 24: DOVER-FOXCROFT, Tamara Poddubnaya and Masanobu Ikemiya, will perform on the piano at 7 p.m. at the Dover-Foxcroft Congregational Church. $13/$16 288-2141

August 24: HARRISON, Innovata Brass will perform at 8 p.m. at Deertrees Theatre and Cultural Center, Deertrees Road. $14 583-4939

August 25: AUBURN, the Auburn Community Band will perform every Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Festival Plaza. 782-3917

August 25: BUCKSPORT, Tamara Poddubnaya and Masanobu Ikemiya, will perform on the piano at 7 p.m. at Alamo Theater. $13/$16 288-2141

August 25: GARDINER, Jud Caswell and Alfred Lund will perform guitar, vocals and drums at noon at Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center, 280 Water St. Free 582-7144

August 25: GILFORD, N.H., Lynyrd Skynyrd and .38 Special will perform at 7:3 p.m. at Meadowbrook Musical Arts Center. $65/$30 603-293-4700

August 25: LISBON FALLS, “Soft Spoken Radical,” a husband and wife duo, will perform pop/rock and pop/folk at 7 p.m. at the Lisbon Teen Center Coffee House. 784-2338

August 25: ROUND POND, Castlebay will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the Little Brown Church, Rt. 32. $8/$20 529-5438

August 26: BAR HARBOR, Tamara Poddubnaya and Masanobu Ikemiya, will perform on the piano at 8 p.m. at Holy Redeemer Church. $13/$16 288-2141

August 26: LEWISTON, L/A Arts presents Roundhouse, who will perform blues, at noon at Courthouse Plaza, Lisbon Street. 782-7228

August 26: LEWISTON, Adam and Co. jazz guitarist Adam Agati will perform at 8 p.m. at Manic Cafe, 114 Lisbon St. Free 783-2980

August 26: OAKLAND, the Count Basie Orchestra will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Messalonskee Performing Arts Center, 131 Messalonskee High Drive. $18/$14 465-9135

August 26: PORTLAND, Boston Pops principal guest conductor Bruce Hangen will be featured at Chamber Music Festival, 211 Marginal Way. 282-2938

August 26-28: SIDNEY, the Blistered Fingers Family Bluegrass Festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. at the Silver Spur Riding Club.

August 27-28: BANGOR, the National Folk Festival with music, dance performances, workshops, storytelling, craft exhibitions, food, parade and more, will be held. 992-2630

August 27: BRUNSWICK, Celtic harpists Deborah Friou and Julia Lane will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the Brunswick Unitarian Church, 13 Pleasant St. $10/$8

August 27-28: DETROIT, the Nightdrifters Country Festival will be held from 7 to 11 p.m. on Friday and 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday on Rt. 220. $30/$15 257-3261

August 27: LEWISTON, Dave Rowe will perform folk music at 8 p.m. at Manic Cafe, 114 Lisbon St. Free 783-2980

August 27: RANGELEY, Inanna, Sisters in Rhythm, will perform at 7 p.m. on the grounds of Rangeley Lakes Regional School. $10/$5 864-2938

August 28: GRAY, K.D. Bell, vocalist and drummer and Pam Baker, will perform at 9 p.m. at Loose Moose Saloon, 61 Portland Road. 657-7171

August 28: LEWISTON, Jerry Joe will play music from the 60s at 8 p.m. at Manic Cafe, 114 Lisbon St. Free 783-2980

August 29: AUBURN, the Last Generation, gospel duo, will perform at 5 p.m. at the Great Falls Plaza, Main Street.

August 29: BETHEL, the Unknown Legends will perform at 4 p.m. at the Bethel Common. 824-3575

August 29: BIDDEFORD, the Maine Country Music Association Fourth Annual Country Sunday will be held at Shamrock R.V. Park, 391 West St. $7/$3

August 29: BOOTHBAY HARBOR, the Four Plaids will perform at a benefit concert at 8 p.m. at the Newagen Seaside Inn. $15 633-5242

August 29: FREEPORT, Jess Tardy will perform at 7:30 p.m. at L.L. Bean Discovery Park. 1-800-559-3722

August 29: HARRISON, Gordon Bok, singer/seafarer and songwriter, will perform at 7 p.m. at Deertrees Theatre and Cultural Center, Deertrees Road. $14 583-4939

August 29: PORTLAND, a piano quartet will perform at Chamber Music Festival, 211 Marginal Way. 282-2938

August 29: SKOWHEGAN, After Six, popular jazz and Dixieland combo, will perform at 5 p.m. at Coburn Park in the Philbrick Gazebo, Water Street. 474-6894

August 31: AUBURN, L/A Arts presents Alter Igor, who will perform rock at noon at Festival Plaza, Main Street. 782-7228

August 31: PORTLAND, Women in Harmony will perform at 7 p.m. at Woodfords Congregational Church, UCC, 202 Woodford St.

Sept. 2: AUBURN, the Androscoggin Chorale will hold auditions by calling 782-1403 to schedule an audition.

Sept. 2, 3, 4, 5: BRUNSWICK, the Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival will be held at Thomas Point. $40/$20 725-6009

Sept. 4: FREEPORT, Altan will perform at 7:30 p.m. at L.L. Bean Discovery Park. 1-800-559-0747

Sept. 4: LOVELL, singer/songwriter Carol Noonan and pianist/composer Dana Cunningham, will perform at 7 p.m. at the Lovell Village Brick Church. $15 925-3177

Sept. 5: FREEPORT, CJ Chenier will perform at 7:30 p.m. at L.L. Bean Discovery Park. 1-800-559-0747

Sept. 5: GILFORD, N.H., the B.B. King Blues Fest will be held at 7 p.m. at Meadowbrook Arts Center. $64/$29 603-293-4700