Aug. 19: AUGUSTA, Megadeath with special guests Dream Theater, Fear Factory, Dillinger Escape Plan and Nevermore, will perform at 7 p.m. at the Cumberland County Civic Center. $35.50 775-3458

Aug. 19, 21: BOOTHBAY HARBOR, the Lincoln Festival Chorus will perform “Elijah,” at 8 p.m. on Friday and 7 p.m. on Sunday at the Congregational Church. $12 633-3913

Aug. 19: BRUNSWICK, the Mark Kleinhaut Trio will perform at 8 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 15 Pleasant St. Donation 837-5213

Aug. 19, 23, 26: DAMARISCOTTA, the Salt Bay Chamberfest will be held at 8 p.m. at Round Top Center for the Arts, Rt. 1. $20 522-3749

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, Rt. 2. Free 645-4752

Aug. 19: GARDINER, Stephanie Capen and her band will perform at 8 p.m. at Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center, 280 Water St. $5 582-7144

Aug. 19: GILFORD, N.H., Journey will perform at 8 p.m. at Meadowbrook Musical Arts Center. $74.50/$29.50 603-293-4700

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

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

Aug. 19: PORTLAND, Megadeath, with special guests Dream Theater, Fear Factory, Dillinger Escape Plan and Nevermore, will perform at 7 p.m. at Cumberland County Civic Center. $35.50 775-3458

Aug. 19: PORTLAND, the Unseen will perform at The Station.

Aug. 19: PORTLAND, Jonathan Call, acoustic guitarist and singer, will perform at 7:30 p.m. at interActors Cabaret, 504 Congress St. $5 253-8068

Aug. 19: ROCKPORT, Thomas Wolf, flute, Lynn Chang, Matthias Tacke and Peter Zazofsky, violins, Kirsten Johnson, viola, Marc Johnson, cello, Deborah Dunham, bass and Michael Bahmann, harpsichord, will perform at 8 p.m. at the Rockport Opera House. 236-2823

Aug. 19: RUMFORD, Chase and Ruben will perform at 9 p.m. at The Shak, 12 Oxford Ave. $5 364-4649

Aug. 20: BAR MILLS, Isla, acoustic Celtic duo, will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Saco River Grange Hall, 29 Salmon Falls Road. $12/$10 929-5412

Aug. 20: BETHEL, the Western Mountains Senior College will present an evening of classical music by the Bourbeau-Cote Family of Gorham, N.H. at 7 p.m. at the Congregational Church. $3 824-0508

Aug. 20: DIXFIELD, gospel singers from around Maine will perform at the Countryfolk Music Theatre, Rt. 2. 645-4875

Aug. 20: DOVER-FOXCROFT, Brad Terry and Mateusz Kokakowski will perform at 7 p.m. at the Dover Foxcroft Arts Center. 442-7194

Aug. 20: FREEPORT, Sara Gazarek 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. 20: NAPLES, Kristen Short, singer/songwriter, will perform at 6 p.m. at the Causeway Publick House. 743-5010

Aug. 20: PORTLAND, the Sixth Annual Sarah B. Minton concert will be held at 8 p.m. at UNE Ludcke Auditorium, 716 Stevens Ave. $20 1-800-320-0257

Aug. 20: PORTLAND, Chuck Muldoon, acoustic guitarist and singer, will perform at 8 p.m. at interActors Cabaret, 504 Congress St. $5 253-8068

Aug. 20: ROCKPORT, Next Generation Music Camp will perform at 2:30 p.m. at the Rockport Opera House. 236-2823

Aug. 20: RUMFORD, the Spirit of Sunday Band will perform at 9 p.m. at The Shak, 12 Oxford Ave. $5 364-4649

Aug. 20: WELLS, 60’s Invasion will perform at 6:30 p.m. at Hobbs Gazebo at Harbor Park.646-5596

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: BELGRADE, fiddler and singer Molly Gawler of Belgrade will join dancers Karen Lee and John Cote of Lewiston in French Canadian jigging at the Gawler family farm, Buttermilk Hill, Guptill Road. $12/$8 495-2928

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

Aug. 21: BRIDGTON, Brad Terry and Mateusz Kokakowski will perform at 7 p.m. at the Bridgton Community Center. 442-7194

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: GILFORD, N.H., the Boston Pops will perform at 8 p.m. at Meadowbrook Musical Arts Center. $125/$19.50 603-293-4700

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. 21: PORTLAND, a free family concert will be held at 12:30 and 2 p.m. at the Children’s Museum of Maine, 142 Free St. 1-800-320-0257

Aug. 21: PORTSMOUTH, N.H., Larry Simon and Jazz Friends will perform at the United Methodist Church, 129 Miller Ave. Free 603-772-1835

Aug. 21: WILTON, Southern gospel music will be performed at 6:30 p.m. at Calvary Hill Baptist Church, Rts. 2 and 4.

Dance

Aug. 19, 21, 25, 26, 28, Sept. 1, 2, 4: GORHAM, Ballroom Dance Parties will be held every Thursday, Friday and Sunday at Centre of Movement School of Performing Arts, Rt. 25. 839-3267

Aug. 19, 20: PORTLAND, the Portland Ballet will present “Portland Dances,” at 8 p.m. at Portland High School John Ford Theatre. $15/$10 772-9671

Aug. 19, 26, Sept. 2: PORTLAND, a Friday night Latin dance party will be held at 8 p.m. at Maine Ballroom Dance, 614 Congress St. 773-0002

Aug. 19: THOMASTON, a swing dance will be held at Watts Hall. 354-8062

Aug. 20, 27, Sept. 3: CUMBERLAND, ballroom dancing will be held at 8 p.m. at the West Cumberland Recreation Hall, Blackstrap Road. 829-3737

Aug. 20: PORTLAND, the Maine State Ballet Summer Gala Performance will be held at 7 p.m. at Portland City Hall Merrill Auditorium. $25 842-0800

Aug. 20, 27, Sept. 3: PORTLAND, a ballroom dance party will be held at 8 p.m. at Maine Ballroom Dance, 614 Congress St. $6 773-0002

Aug. 21: LEWISTON, Clary Hill will play at the Lewiston Singles Club dance at 7 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 150 East Ave. $8/$7 784-3660

For kids

Aug. 19: FARMINGTON, a summer arts camp for children grades 1-3 will be held from 9 a.m. to noon at Foothills Arts Center, 138 Pleasant St. $85 778-0448

Aug. 19-21, 26-28: PORTLAND, Thomas the Tank Engine, with a 25-minute train ride, will be featured at Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad, 58 Fore St. $16 828-0814

Aug. 19, 20: TOPSHAM, “The Lady Pirates of Captain Bree,” a children’s musical comedy by Midcoast Youth Theater, will be performed at 7 p.m. on Friday and 1 p.m. on Saturday at Mt. Ararat High School. $8/$5 729-1819

Aug. 20: SKOWHEGAN, the Lakewood Theater Young Performers Camp will present “You Ain’t Nothin’ But a Werewolf,” at 10 a.m. at the theater. $5/$3.50 474-7176

Special

Aug. 19-21: LEWISTON/AUBURN, the Great Falls Balloon Festival, with performers, skateboard contest, duck race, fireworks, carnival, food and more, will be held at Railroad Park in Lewiston and Festival Plaza in Auburn. 782-2637

Aug. 19: LIVERMORE, the “Meal, Laugh and Learn” program happening will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Norlands Living History Center Granite Library, 290 Norlands Road. $21 897-4366

Aug. 19, 20: LOCKE MILLS, the Fifth Annual yard sale will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Locke Mills Union Church and the Town Hall. 674-2259

Aug. 19-21: OLD ORCHARD BEACH, the 22nd Annual Beach Olympics, with fun competition, music, displays and more, will be held on the beach and in the square.

Aug. 19: PHILLIPS, Old Home Days will be held in the Phillips area.

Aug. 19: PHILLIPS, the Shared Ministry Women will hold a pick-and-poke sale from 9 a.m. to noon at the Methodist Church lawn. 639-2131

Aug. 19-21: PORTLAND, the MS Regatta Harborfest Weekend, with sailing race, powerboat poker run and other waterfront activities, will be held on Casco Bay. 781-7961

Aug. 19, 26, Sept. 2: 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

Aug. 19, 20: SKOWHEGAN, the Skowhegan State Fair, with livestock, pulling, stage shows, racing will be held. 287-7634

Aug. 19: SOUTH PARIS, Drew Richardson will present a vaudeville variety show at 8 p.m. at Celebration Barn, 190 Stock Farm Road. $10/$6 743-8452

Aug. 20: BRIDGTON, a Summer Bazaar will be held from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at St. Joseph’s Church Parish Hall and Parish Center, 225 South High St. 647-4339

Aug. 20: BRUNSWICK, the 27th Annual Maine Highland Games with bagpipe bands, Highland and Scottish dancing will be held at Thomas Point Beach. 688-4483

Aug. 20: CARTHAGE, the Carthage Heritage Day will be held in the Carthage area.

Aug. 20, 21: FALMOUTH, the Maine Crafts Guild Craft Show will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Gilsland Farm Audubon Center, off Rt. 1. $3 781-2332

Aug. 20: GARDINER, the Annual Kennebec River Bicycle Tour will be held starting at 9 a.m. at The Common. $15 623-4511

Aug. 20: GRAY, an “Owl Prowl,” will be held from 8 to 10 p.m. at Maine Wildlife Park, Rt. 26. $5/$3.25 657-4977

Aug. 20: HARRISON, a historical event, with musket salute, town band, classic cars, boat parade and more, will be held at noon at the head of Long Lake. 583-2213

Aug. 20, 21: LITCHFIELD, the Sixth Annual Morning Star Intertribal Pow-Wow will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Litchfield Fairgrounds, Plains Road. $4/$2 737-4532

Aug. 20: LOVELL, the 30th Annual Arts and Artisans Fair will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the New Suncook Elementary School, Rt. 5. Free 925-1238

Aug. 20: NEW GLOUCESTER, the Shaker Village Nature Walks, guided tours through Shaker fields and woods leading to Loon’s Point, will be held by reservation at Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village. 926-4597

Aug. 20: OWLS HEAD, the 28th New England Auto Auction will beheld at 9:30 a.m. at Owls Head Transportation Museum. $9/$6 594-4418

Aug. 20: OXFORD, a yard and bake sale will beheld at 9 a.m. at the Kay House, 73 Pleasant St.

Aug. 20: POLAND SPRING, the Blueberry Festival and Second Annual Antique Auto Show will be held at the Poland Spring Preservation Society.

Aug. 20: POLAND SPRING, Poland author Robert W. Chapman and illustrator, Gene R. Fuller of West Poland, will sign copies of their book “A Certain Fall,” from noon to 3:30 p.m. at the Maine State Building on the grounds of the Poland spring Resort, Rt. 26. 998-4142

Aug. 20: PORTLAND, a “Comedy Jam” with Dave Andrews, Tammy Pooler and John Mosses will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the Liquid Blue, 440 Fore St. $5 615-4079

Aug. 20: PORTLAND, the Second Annual Rowgatta Benefit Event will be held from 9 a.m. to noon at the East End Beach. 774-0682

Aug. 20: SOUTH PARIS, a blueberry pancake breakfast will be held from 7 to 10:30 a.m. at Deering Memorial Methodist Church, corner of Church and Main Streets. $5

Aug. 20: SOUTH PARIS, the X-tra Mile ATV Club annual yard sale will be held at 8 a.m. at Colby’s Arctic Cat, Rt. 26. 743-3870

Aug. 20: WILTON, an inside yard sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Wilson Grange Hall, East Wilton. 645-4848

Aug. 20: WINTHROP, a baked food sale and lunches on the lawn will be held at 10 a.m. at Winthrop Congregational Church. 377-8639

Aug. 21: AUBURN, the Lewiston Senior Citizens Fun Day “Remembering the 50s and 60s,” will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the American Legion Hall, Washington Avenue. Open to public. $15 784-2926

Aug. 21, 28, Sept. 4: BRIDGTON, an Open Mic Night will be held every Sunday from 3 to 6 p.m. at Cafe DeCarlo. Free 647-4596

Aug. 21: DIXFIELD, Market Day 2005 will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Main Street. 562-7172

Aug. 21: DIXFIELD, the Festival of Flowers Exhibition will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Dixfield Historical Society, 59 Main St. Free 562-7332

Aug. 21: NORTH CONWAY, N.H., the Harpoon-Topeak Mountain Bike adventure benefit ride will be held starting at Bear Notch Road, with registration from 9 to 11 a.m.

Aug. 21: POLAND, a chicken pie dinner will be held from noon to 1 p.m. at Excelsior Grange Hall, 446 Harris Hill Road. $7/$2.50

Aug. 21: PORTLAND, Joel Eastman will provide a walking tour of Fort Gorges from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. 799-6337

Aug. 21: RANGELEY, Maine guide Cheryl Fisherburton will present a workshop on “Introduction to Orienteering with a Practical Course,” at 2 p.m. at Wilhelm Reich Museum. 864-3443

Aug. 21: SOUTH PARIS, a potluck summer social will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the South Paris Fire Station.

Aug. 21-27: UNION, the Union Fair and State of Maine Wild Blueberry Festival, with harness racing, old fashioned pig scramble, wild blueberry pie baking and eating contest, fireworks, entertainment, carnival and more, will beheld in Union. 273-2772

Aug. 21: WEST PARIS, Downhill Derby Racing will be held at 11 a.m. at Derby Hill on Kingsbury Street. 674-3507

Theater

Aug. 19, 20: ARUNDEL, “Lend Me a Tenor,” will be performed at Arundel Barn Playhouse, 53 Old Post Road. Show times are Tuesday-Saturday at 8 p.m. $29/$19 985-5552

Aug. 19-27: BRUNSWICK, the Maine State Music Theatre will perform “Mame,” at Bowdoin College Pickard Theater. $47/$27 725-8769

Aug. 19: HARRISON, GreenLight Theatre Works will perform “Cliffhanger,” at 8 p.m. at Deertrees Theatre and Cultural Center, Deertrees Road. $20 583-6747

Aug. 19, 20: LEWISTON, the All Student Theatre Project will be hosting “Love is in the Air: An Evening of Broadway Love Songs,” to benefit the Abused Women’s Advocacy Project, at 7:30 p.m. at Bates College Olin Arts Center, off Russell Street. 795-6744

Aug. 19-28: LEWISTON, Community Little Theatre will perform “Fiddler on the Roof,” at Lewiston Middle School, Central Avenue. Show times are Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. $15/$13 783-0958

Aug. 19-26: MONMOUTH, Theater at Monmouth will perform “The Grapes of Wrath,” at 7:30 p.m. at Cumston Hall. 933-9999

Aug. 19, 20: SKOWHEGAN, “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,” at 8 p.m. at Lakewood Theater. 474-7176

Aug. 19, 20: TOPSHAM, a lively cast of young actors will perform “The Lady Pirates of Captain Bree,” at 7 p.m. on Friday and 1 p.m. on Saturday at Mt. Ararat High School, Eagles Way. $8/$5 729-1819

Aug. 20-27: MONMOUTH, Theater at Monmouth will perform “La Bete,” at Cumston Hall. Show times are Aug. 20 and 24 at 7:30 p.m. and Aug. 27 at 2 p.m. 933-9999

Aug. 20, 24, 27: MONMOUTH, Theater at Monmouth will perform “The Taming of the Shrew,” at Cumston Hall. Show times are August 27 at 7:30 p.m. and August 20 and 24 at 2 p.m. 933-9999

Aug. 20: SOUTH PARIS, “A Life in Her Day,” physical comedy and serious theater with Hilary Chaplain, will be held at 8 p.m. at Celebration Barn, 190 Stock Farm Road, off Rt. 117. $10/$8 743-8452

Aug. 21, 22: HALLOWELL, Gaslight Theater will hold auditions for “Arsenic and Old Lace,” at 6:30 p.m. at Hallowell City Hall, 1 Winthrop St. 626-3698

Aug. 21, 25: MONMOUTH, Theater at Monmouth will perform “Loves Labours Lost,” at Cumston Hall. Show times are Aug. 25 at 7:30 p.m. and August 21 at 7 p.m. 933-9999

Aug. 21, 23, 25, 26: MONMOUTH, “The Emperors New Clothes,” will be performed at 2 p.m. at Cumston Hall. $9/$12 933-9999

Films

Aug. 19: PORTLAND, “The King and I,” will be shown at 5 p.m. at Museum of African Culture, 122 Spring St. 871-7188

Aug. 21: PORTLAND, top entries in the amateur boardsports film festival will be shown at 6 p.m. at The Stadium, Brown Street. $5 318-8268

Lectures

Aug. 19: SALISBURY COVE, astronomer Brian G. Marsden will speak at 8 p.m. at Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory’s Maren Auditorium, Old Bar Harbor Road. 288-9880

Aug. 20: ROCKPORT, John Goodman will speak on “Boxers and Ballerinas,” at 4 p.m. at Center for Maine Contemporary Art, 162 Russell Ave. $5 236-2875

Aug. 21: SUMNER, a talk on “Saving Your Own Seeds,” will be held at 2 p.m. at Hedgehog Hill Farm. 388-2341

Suppers

Aug. 20: BOLSTERS MILLS, a chicken pie supper will beheld at 5 and 6 p.m. at Bolsters Mills United Methodist Church. $7/$3 583-9024

Aug. 20: CHESTERVILLE, a baked bean and casserole supper will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Chesterville Grange Hall. $6/$3

Aug. 20: GREENE, a baked bean and casserole supper will be held from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Greene Central School. $5/$2.50 946-5331

Aug. 20: HARPSWELL, a fund-raising shore dinner will be held at 5 p.m. under the tent at Basin Point. $25/$5 833-7804

Aug. 20: NEW GLOUCESTER, a baked bean and casserole supper will be held from 5 to 6 p.m. at the AMVETS Hall. $6/$2

Aug. 20: NEW GLOUCESTER, an all-you-can-eat smorgasbord supper will be held from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Sabbathday Lake Grange Hall, old Rt. 26. $6/$3 926-4250

Aug. 20: POWNAL, a baked bean and spaghetti supper will be held at 5 and 6 p.m. at the Pownal Center Congregational Church. $6/$3

Aug. 20: SOUTH PARIS, a lobster and clambake supper will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School, Fair Street. $18/$20 743-7777

Aug. 20: STRATTON, a benefit baked bean and casserole supper will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Stratton-Eustis Community Building. $6/$3