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KINGFIELD – Music will fill the air on Saturday, June 28, as the Kingfield POPS kicks off its sixth season. At the end of the concert, as the Kruger Brothers set comes to a close, fireworks will launch into the sky.

The day will start with the Downtown Arts Festival, which will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., featuring more than 30 artisans and live music.

Greeting the guests for the concert will be the Western Mountain Steel Drum Band. The evening will kick off with the Kingfield Chorus singing patriotic songs in the annual tribute to the Fourth of July.

Then Nadia and Jocko, Jeff Beedy’s band, will play acoustical blues and original soul, and the Edith Jones Project, an all-women’s jazz band, will return. The Bangor Symphony Orchestra’s Brass and Percussion Ensembles will perform followed by the Kruger Brothers, who play a variety of blues, acoustic and bluegrass music.

Guests can bring their own picnic supper or they can buy supper, snacks or dessert from one of the local vendors. Children will be amused by the clown and the BSO’s Instrument Petting Zoo.

Maine musicians will play live music throughout the day. They include the Widow’s Mite Band playing contemporary Christian rock; Nadia and Jocko playing blues, acoustics and soul music; the Kingfield Chorus led by Dot Lambert; Sweetgrass; and a Kingfield group, the Fugitives.

Admission is free for the Festival of the Arts. Tickets for the Kingfield POPS concert are $20 in advance and $25 at the gate. Children 17 and under are admitted free when accompanied by an adult. Gate opens at 4 p.m.

For more information or to buy tickets, visit www.kingfieldpops.com or buy tickets by calling 1-207-778-4215. Tickets are also sold locally at Camden National Bank branches in Farmington, Kingfield, Stratton, Phillips and Rangeley; Tranten’s Store and Grand Central Station in Kingfield; Mickey’s Hallmark and the Franklin County Chamber of Commerce office in Farmington. For more information, visit www.kingfieldpops.com.

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