LITCHFIELD — The second annual Country Fest Maine will be held Aug. 5 to 7 at the Litchfield Fairgrounds.
The event is a weekend of country, bluegrass and folk music by some of Maine’s best musicians at a price people can afford.
Headlining the Saturday night show will be David Frizzell from 8 to 10 p.m. Friday night open jam session will be held for all musicians/singers, with full sound and dancing on the dance floor outside under the stars. Admission is $10 per carload.
Saturday the gates open at 9 a.m. An acoustic jam will be held in the covered arena and is open to all musicians. Performers will take the stage from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. with country, bluegrass and folk music. Saturday admission is $10 per person, children under 12 free.
Sunday the gates open at 8:30 a.m. Cowboy church will be held from 9 to 9:30 a.m., with gospel music from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. and country, bluegrass and folk music from 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday admission is $10 per person, children under 12 free.
For those who would like to stay the weekend, RV and tent campsites are available. Reserved RV sites run from $50 to $100 for the weekend, and tent sites are $40 for the weekend. The campsite price includes four Country Fest Maine day passes.
Food and merchandise vendors will be on hand all weekend, and Country Fest Maine memorabilia will be on sale.
Rounding out the nearly 20 hours of music over the two days will be The Roadrangers, featuring Tommy Thompson, The Higgins Family, Rock & Country, Tux Burke, Brian Plato, the Wildwoods Band, Bobby Reed & Wildhorse Band, Gary Leet & The Country Drifters, Over The Hillbillies Band, Maine-ly Country Band, Potpourri, Missing Pieces, Teresa Seavey, Mary & Maurice Belanger, Mary Murphy, Fred Couverette, Barry Wood, Dean LePage, Walt Weymouth & Ryan Reed, Landon Hixon, Patty Jean Michard, Rhea Michard, Paul Bright, Slim Andrews and Brenda Millett.
The Litchfield Fairgrounds is located at 30 Plains Road. For more information call Gary at 377-8035 or Connie at 737-0920 or visit www.CountryFestMaine.com.
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