Aug. 15: POLAND SPRING, Castlebay will perform at 7 p.m. at All Souls Chapel. $5

Aug. 16: AUBURN, L/A Arts presents Hot Club of Portland performing jazz at at noon at Festival Plaza, Main Street. 782-7228

Aug. 16: DOVER-FOXCROFT, Antonio De Innocentis will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the Congregational Church. $13/$16 288-2141

Aug. 16: HARRISON, the Downeast Brass will perform at 8 p.m. at Deertrees Theatre and Cultural Center, Deertrees Road. $14 583-6747

Aug. 16: LIVERMORE FALLS, Barry Wood and Guests will perform at 6 p.m. at the gazebo.

Aug. 17: AUBURN, the Auburn Community Band concert “Take Two” will be held at 7 p.m. at Festival Plaza, Main Street. 784-0191

Aug. 17: GARDINER, the Blues Buzzards will perform blues favorites at noon outside at Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center, 280 Water St. 582-7144

Aug. 17: LEWISTON, the USM trumpeters Alan Kaschub and Douglas Owens will perform at 12:15 p.m. at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul. Free

Aug. 17: LISBON FALLS, Jahn Sood, singer/songwriter, will perform at 7 p.m. at the Lisbon Teen Center. Free 353-3010

Aug. 18-19: GREENE, Mac McHale and Emery Hutchins will perform at 7 p.m. on Thursday and 2 and 7 p.m. on Friday at the Sawyer Memorial, 371 Sawyer Road. Free 936-5311

Aug. 18: LEWISTON, L/A Arts presents Esperanza, performing Afro-Cuban music, at noon at Courthouse Plaza, Lisbon Street. 782-7228

Aug. 19-Sept. 5: DIXFIELD, a free campfire country music Friday night jam session will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Countryfolk Music Theatre, Route2. Free 645-4752

Aug. 19: LOVELL, Heather Pierson will perform at 7 p.m. at the Brick Church, 503 Christian Hill Road. $8 935-4505

Aug. 20: DIXFIELD, gospel singers from around Maine will perform at the Countryfolk Music Theatre, Route2. 645-4875

Aug. 20: FREEPORT, Ricky Fante will perform at 7:30 p.m. at L.L. Bean Discovery Park. 1-800-559-0747

Aug. 20: HARRISON, Doreen’s Jazz New Orleans will perform at 8 p.m. at Deertrees Theatre and Cultural Center, Deertrees Road. $20 583-6747

Aug. 21: AUBURN, Joe Kubek and sideman Bnois King will perform at 7 p.m. at Midnight Blues Club and Restaurant, 34 Court St. $15 783-9600

Aug. 21: BETHEL, Castlebay will perform Celtic music at 4 p.m. at the Bethel Common. Free 824-3575

Aug. 21: BRUNSWICK, Dave Bullard and Jim Gallant will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the Art Center, 11 Pleasant St. $10

Aug. 21: MEXICO, a Day in the Park Music Festival will be held at noon at Mexico Recreation Park. $22.50 364-8982

Aug. 21: NORTH WINDHAM, Jewish singing group Visions will perform at noon at the Jewish Community Alliance Center Day Camp. Free by invitation 772-1959

Aug. 22: BRUNSWICK, Toxic Audio, an a cappella group, will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Bowdoin College Pickard Theater. $15/$25 725-8769

Aug. 22: BUCKSPORT, Still Remains will perform at The Kave. 212-274-7538

Aug. 22: ORONO, the Shanghai Quartet will perform at 7:30 p.m. at UMO Minsky Hall. $13/$16 288-2141

Aug. 22: POLAND SPRING, Port City Jazz will perform at 7 p.m. at All Souls Chapel. $5

Aug. 23: AUBURN, L/A Arts presents Tinpanic, steel drums, at noon at Festival Plaza, Main Street. 782-7228

Aug. 23: DOVER-FOXCROFT, the Shanghai Quartet will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the Congregational Church. $13/$16 288-2141

Aug. 23: HARRISON, Isla will perform Celtic selections at 8 p.m. at Deertrees Theatre and Cultural Center, Deertrees Road. $14 583-6747

Aug. 24: AUBURN, the Auburn Community Band will perform “Greatest Hits,” at 7 p.m. at Festival Plaza, Main Street. Free 784-0191

Aug. 24: GARDINER, Martin Swinger will perform at noon outside at Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center, 280 Water St. 582-7144

Aug. 24: PORTLAND, the Pernice Brothers will perform at SPACE Gallery, 538 Congress St. 774-7842

Aug. 24: ROCKLAND, Mark O’Connor’s Appalachia Waltz Trio will perform at 8 p.m. at the Strand Theatre. 236-2823

Aug. 25: AUBURN, the Androscoggin Chorale will hold auditions for singers in the evening by appointment at 782-1403.

Aug. 25: BAR HARBOR, the Shanghai Quartet will perform at 7:30 p.m. at St. Saviour’s Episcopal Church. $13/$16 288-2141

Aug. 25: LEWISTON, L/A Arts presents Jess Tardi, pop blues, at noon at Courthouse Plaza, Lisbon Street. 782-7228

Aug. 25: PORTLAND, the Notable Twosomes will perform at 8 p.m. at Westbrook College Ludcke Auditorium, 716 Stevens Ave. $20 1-800-320-0257

Aug. 25: PORTLAND, the Vorcza Trio will perform at 8:30 p.m. at SPACE Gallery, 538 Congress St. $8 774-7842

Aug. 25: PORTLAND, Dolly Parton will be featured in “The Vintage Tour,” at 8 p.m. at Cumberland County Civic Center. $65/$35 775-3458

Aug. 25, 26: ROCKPORT, violinist Joseph Silverstein will lead principal musicians from the nation’s top orchestra at 8 p.m. at the Rockport Opera House. 236-2823

Aug. 25-28: SIDNEY, the 25th Blistered Fingers Family Bluegrass Festival will be held at Silver Spur Riding Club. 873-6539

Aug. 26-28: BANGOR, the American Folk Festival will be held at Bangor Riverfront Park. The hours are Friday, 6 to 10 p.m., Saturday, noon to 10 p.m. and Sunday, noon to 6 p.m. 992-2630

Aug. 26: ELLSWORTH, Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Cha’s will perform at 7:30 p.m. at The Grand, 165 Main St. 667-9500

Aug. 27: BAR MILLS, Anastasia Antonacos, piano and Michael Mentzel, baritone, will present an evening of German song at 7:30 p.m. at Saco River Grange Hall, 29 Salmon Falls Road. $12/$10 929-6472

Aug. 27: FREEPORT, the Coasters will perform at 7:30 p.m. at L.L. Bean Discovery Park. 1-800-559-0747

Aug. 27: GILFORD, N.H., Clay Aiken will perform at 8 p.m. at Meadowbrook Musical Arts Center. $74/$29 603-293-4700

Aug. 27: NORWAY, Maine artists Kate Schrock and Mary Uke will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Fare Share Commons, 447 Main St. $12/$15 838-6950

Aug. 27: PORTLAND, the Portland Chamber Music Festival will be held at 8 p.m. at Westbrook College Ludcke Auditorium, 716 Stevens Ave. $20 1-800-320-0257

Aug. 27: PORTLAND, singer/songwriter John Hiatt and Shawn Colvin will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Portland City Hall Merrill Auditorium. $46/$30 842-0800

Aug. 28: LEWISTON, the music of Francis Poulenc will be featured at 7 p.m. at Bates College Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St. Free 786-6135

Aug. 28: NEWCASTLE, the York Singers will perform at 3 p.m. at the Newcastle Congregational Church, Main Street. Free 603-772-1835

Aug. 28: SKOWHEGAN, David Calder, guitarist and soloist, will perform at Coburn Park. 474-0527