Today

June 30: AUBURN, the Men’s Ensemble vocal group from Dunbar, Wisc., will perform at 7 p.m. at Marston’s Corner Baptist Church, 752 Beech Hill Road. 783-4548

June 30: FARMINGTON, the River City Salon Orchestra will perform at 7:30 p.m. at UMF Nordica Auditorium. $10/$8 942-5555

June 30: HARRISON, Anni Clark will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Deertrees Theatre and Cultural Center, Deertrees Road. $12 583-6747

June 30: NEW GLOUCESTER, the 30th Annual Strawberry Festival will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Congregational Church vestry, Gloucester Hill Road. 926-4597

June 30-July 1-2: HALLOWELL, Gaslight Theater will perform “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,” at Hallowell City Hall. Show times are Thursday at 7:30 p.m. and Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. $9 626-3698

June 30: OXFORD, Maine poet Ken Nye will host an Open Mic at 6 p.m. at Books-n-Things. Free 743-7197

June 30: OLD ORCHARD BEACH, the Portland Symphony Orchestra will perform the annual Independence Pops Concert at 7:30 p.m. at Old Orchard Beach Pavilion. $18/$22 934-2024

June 30: PORTLAND, Erin McKeown will perform at 8:30 p.m. at Space Gallery, 538 Congress St. $10/$12 774-7842

June 30: PORTLAND, a talk on Portland’s sea pilots will be held at 7 p.m. at the Portland Harbor Museum, on the waterfront. 799-6337

June 30: PORTLAND, salsa and swing dancing will be held at 8:30 p.m. at Maplewood Dance Center, 383 Warren Ave. 878-0584

June 30-July 1-2: SKOWHEGAN, “The Canterville Ghost,” will be performed at Lakewood Theater. Show times are June 30, July 1, 2, 7, 8 and 9 at 8 p.m., July 3 at 4 p.m. and July 6 at 2 and 6:45 p.m. 474-7176

June 30: SCARBOROUGH, Blue Merle will perform at 5 p.m. at Bull Moose Music 767-6488

Tomorrow

July 1: BOOTHBAY HARBOR, Maine’s Emerging Artists will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the Boothbay Harbor Opera House. $12/$10 633-5159

July 1: DIXFIELD, a free campfire country music Friday night jam session will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Countryfolk Music Theatre, Route 2. Free 645-4752

July 1: GILFORD, N.H., comedian Kevin James, star of “King of Queens,” will perform at 8 p.m. at Meadowbrook Musical Arts Center. $39.50/$74.50 603-293-4700

July 1-3: OLD ORCHARD BEACH, the 17th Annual Sandcastle Contest, band concert, parade, line and square dancing and more will beheld at Old Orchard Beach and Ocean Park. 934-9068

July 1: PORTLAND, the Blissful Revolution Arts and Crafts Bazaar will be held from 4 to 9 p.m. at St. Lawrence Arts and Community Center. 727-3509

July 1: PORTLAND, a benefit haddock chowder, lobster roll or ham salad luncheon will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Friday at North Deering Congregational Church, 1364 Washington Ave.$6.50/$3.75 883-3568

July 1: PORTLAND, “Fela-Kuti,” (Music is a Weapon) a movie about the founder of Afro beat, Fela-Kuti, will be shown at 5 p.m. at the Museum of African Culture, 122 Spring St. $5 871-7188

July 1: RUMFORD, Back in Black, the AC/DC Tribute Band, will perform at The Shak, 12 Oxford Ave. $10 364-4649

July 1: SKOWHEGAN, Eve Sussman will speak at 8:30 p.m. at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Art School Road. 474-9345

July 1: SOUTH PARIS, the Odd Company will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Celebration Barn Theater, 190 Stock Farm Road. $10/$8 743-8452

July 1: PORTLAND, a Friday night Latin dance party will be held at 8 p.m. at Maine Ballroom Dance, 614 Congress St. 773-0002

July 1: PORTSMOUTH N.H., the Portsmouth Percussive Dance Festival will be held at 7 p.m. off Market Square. 439-6611

July 1: TOPSHAM, the Portland Symphony Orchestra will perform the annual Independence Pops Concert at 7:30 p.m. at Highland Green. $18/$22 767-6488