Oct. 25: DOVER-FOXCROFT, Chinese violinist Sha and Czech pianist Eva Virsik will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the Congregational Church. $16/$7 288-2141

Oct. 26: BANGOR, Chinese violinist Sha and Czech pianist Eva Virsik will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church. $16/$7 288-2141

Oct. 26: BRUNSWICK, flutist Peter Bloom and harpist Mary Jane Rupert will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Bowdoin College Chapel. Free 725-3747

Oct. 26: FARMINGTON, Sole Transmission will perform at 9 p.m. at UMF Olsen Student Center. Free 778-7346

Oct. 26: PORTLAND, La Traviata, Stanislavsky Opera Company, will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Portland City Hall Merrill Auditorium. $36/$53 842-0800

Oct. 27: CAMDEN, singer/songwriter Steve Earle and his band, the Dukes, will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the Camden Opera House. $38 236-8448

Oct. 27: LEEDS, a program of music from the Civil War by Greg Boardman, Eileen Coyne, Gary Marston and Bill and Barbara Grant, will be held at 7:15 p.m. at the Leeds Municipal Building.

Oct. 27: LISBON FALLS, Amy Therrien, singer/songwriter, will perform at 7 p.m. at the Lisbon Teen Center Coffee House. 353-3010

Oct. 27: RUMFORD, New Hampshire poet laureate, John Perrault will present a program of ballads and lyrics and lyrical ballads at 6:30 p.m. at Rumford Public Library. Free

Oct. 28: AUBURN, the Watoto Children’s Choir from Kampala, Uganda, will perform at 6:30 p.m. at the Auburn United Methodist Church. Free 784-3972

Oct. 29: GORHAM, Brian L. Diehl, alto and tenor trombone and Martin Perry, pianist, will perform at 8 p.m. at USM Corthell Concert Hall. $10/$5 780-5555

Oct. 29: LEWISTON, violist Scott Woolweaver will perform with the New England Piano Quartette at 8 p.m. at Bates College Olin Arts Center Concert Hall. Free 786-6330

Oct. 30: BATH, John Hammond will perform blues at 7:30 p.m. at Chocolate Church Arts Center, 798 Washington St. $18/$25 442-8455

Oct. 30: BETHEL, Those Jazz Guys will perform at 7 p.m. at the Sudbury Inn, Lower Main Street. $6 824-3575

Oct. 30: BRUNSWICK, a Celtic concert will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the Bowdoin College Chapel. 688-4515

Oct. 30: LEWISTON, the Mid-Coast Symphony Orchestra will perform at a gala and benefit concert at 7:30 p.m. at the Franco-American Heritage Center. $50 783-1585

Oct. 30: LEWISTON, the Norumbega Ensemble will perform “Music for All Hallows Eve,” at 7:30 p.m. at SS. Peter and Paul Church, corner of Ash and Bartlett Streets. Donations

Oct. 30: PORTLAND, GWAR with guests, All That Remains and Dying Fetus, will perform at 8 p.m. at State Theatre, 609 Congress St. $17.50/$20 775-3331

Oct. 30: PORTLAND, Magdalena Gomez will perform at 8 p.m. at Center for Cultural Exchange, One Longfellow square. $10/$13 761-0591

Oct. 30: PORTLAND, Rich Charette will perform at a Halloween benefit concert at 2 p.m. at the Lyseth School, 175 Auburn St. $8/$10 828-1234

Oct. 31: AUBURN, James Solberg will perform at 7 p.m. at Midnight Blues, 34 Court St. $10 783-9600

Oct. 31: JAY, the Maine Country Music Association Country Sunday will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Jay Community Center. 645-2472

Oct. 31: PORTLAND, the Portland Symphony Orchestra will perform classical music at 2:30 p.m. at Portland City Hall Merrill Auditorium. $15/$44 842-0800

Oct. 31: PORTLAND, singer Dan Blakeslee will perform at 10 a.m. at the Scarborough Bull Moose, 456 Payne Road. Free 873-2123

Oct. 31: PORTLAND, singer Dan Blakeslee will perform at 11:30 a.m. at the Portland Middle Street Bull Moose. Free 873-2123

Nov. 2: FARMINGTON, Martin Swinger will perform at 9 p.m. at UMF Olsen Student Center. Free 778-7346

Nov. 3: PORTLAND, Tish Hinojosa from the Texas/Mexico border, will perform a mix of country and Tejano at 7:30 p.m. at Center for Cultural Exchange, One Longfellow Square. $!5/$18 761-0591

Nov. 4: PORTLAND, Bruce Hornsby will perform at 7:30 p.m. at State Theatre, 609 Congress St. $28.50/$25 775-3331

Nov. 5: PORTLAND, Rebecca Martin will perform at 8 p.m. at Center for Cultural Exchange, One Longfellow Square. $12 642-2004

Nov. 5: PORTLAND, Mitch Hedberg and Stephen Lynch will perform at 8 p.m. at State Theatre, 609 Congress St. $25.50 775-3331

Nov. 6: BATH, Odetta will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the Chocolate Church Arts Center, 798 Washington St. 442-8455

Nov. 6: FARMINGTON, Peter Biello will perform acoustic music at 9 p.m. at UMF Olsen Student Center. Free 778-7346

Nov. 6: GORHAM, the Southern Maine Symphony Orchestra will perform at 8 p.m. at USM Corthell Concert Hall. $6/$3 780-5555

Nov. 6: GRAY, Coco Montoya will perform at the Loose Moose Saloon, 61 Portland Road. 657-7171

Nov. 6: LEWISTON, the Maine Music Society will present the Battle of the Blends XI at 7:30 p.m. at the Lewiston United Baptist Church, Main Street. $17.50/$20 782-1403

Nov. 6: PORTLAND, Chicago and Earth, Wind and Fire will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Cumberland County Civic Center. $59.75/$35.75 775-3458

Nov. 6: RUMFORD, Equal Access will perform at 7 p.m. at Mountain Valley High School Auditorium. $5

Nov. 7: AUBURN, Anthony Gomes will perform at 7 p.m. at Midnight Blues, 34 Court St. $10 783-9600

Nov. 7: ORONO, the Bangor Symphony Orchestra will perform at 3 p.m. at Maine Center for the Arts. $13/$38 942-5555

Nov. 7: PORTLAND, El Vez for Prez will perform at 8 p.m. at The Big Easy, 55 Market St. $10/$12.50 871-8817