August 16: BRUNSWICK, J-C Kelly and Friends will perform at a fund-raiser at 7:30 p.m. at Bowdoin College Pickard Theatre. $25/$15 725-8769

August 16: FARMINGTON, the Old Crow Band will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the park on Main Street.

August 17: AUBURN, L/A Arts presents Tom Acousti, singer/songwriter, who will perform at noon at Festival Plaza, Main Street. 782-7228

August 17: HARRISON, Isla will perform Celtic music at 8 p.m. at Deertrees Theatre and Cultural Center, Deertrees Road. $14 583-4939

August 18: AUBURN, the Auburn Community Band will perform every Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Festival Plaza. 782-3917

August 18: AUBURN, the Androscoggin Chorale will hold auditions by calling 782-1403 to schedule an audition.

August 18: GARDINER, the Mueller Family Band will perform at noon at Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center, 280 Water St. 582-7144

August 19: LEWISTON, L/A Arts presents Dan Merrill, singer/songwriter, who will perform at noon at Courthouse Plaza, Lisbon Street. 782-7228

August 21: EUSTIS, the Big Solar Blast, featuring country music, will be held all day at Kern’s Inn.

August 21: FREEPORT, Edwin McCain will perform at 7:30 p.m. at L.L. Bean Discovery Park. 1-800-559-0747

August 21: HARRISON, the State Street Jazz Band will perform at 8 p.m. at Deertrees Theatre and Cultural Center, Deertrees Road. $16 583-4939

August 21: LIVERMORE FALLS, a music concert will be held at 7 p.m. at Treat Memorial Library, Main Street. $7 897-6158

August 21: NORWAY, Bruce Hobart will perform at 7 p.m. at the Fare Share Commons, 447 Main St. $8/$4

August 21: PORTLAND, William Hite, Boston tenor, will perform at Portland Chamber Music Festival, 211 Marginal Way. 282-2938

August 21: RANGELEY, soprano Deborah Clague and tenor Geoffrey Shovelton, known as the Two of Hearts, will perform at 7 p.m. at the Rangeley Congregational Church. $10/$5

August 22: BETHEL, the Mollyockett Chorus, sweet female barbershop harmonies, will perform at 4 p.m. at the Bethel Common. 824-3575

August 22: LEWISTON, the Campbells, New England’s first family of gospel music, will perform at 5:30 p.m. at First Assembly of God Church, 70 Hogan Road. 786-2636

August 22: PORTLAND, Hanson will perform at 7 p.m. at State Theatre, 609 Congress St. $25 773-7940

August 22: PORTLAND, Reindeer Records presents “Makin’ Waves in Maine” Show at 2 p.m. at McAuley Performing Arts Center, 637 Stevens Ave. $10/$8 857-9002

August 22: SKOWHEGAN, the SkowTown Big Band will perform at 5 p.m. at the Philbrick Gazebo at Coburn Park, Water Street. 474-6894

August 22: SKOWHEGAN, Tamara Poddubnaya and Masanobu Ikemiya, will perform on the piano at 7:30 p.m. at the Skowhegan Town Hall. $13/$16 288-2141

August 23: LEWISTON, Bob and Darleen Puffer will perform gospel music at 6:30 p.m. at Lighthouse Baptist Church, 39 Lincoln St.

August 23: ORONO, Tamara Poddubnaya and Masanobu Ikemiya, will perform on the piano at 7:30 p.m. at UMO Minsky Auditorium. $13/$16 288-2141

August 24: AUBURN, L/A Arts presents Cactus Highway, acoustic folk duo, at noon at Festival Plaza, Main Street. 782-7228

August 24: DOVER-FOXCROFT, Tamara Poddubnaya and Masanobu Ikemiya, will perform on the piano at 7 p.m. at the Dover-Foxcroft Congregational Church. $13/$16 288-2141

August 24: HARRISON, Innovata Brass will perform at 8 p.m. at Deertrees Theatre and Cultural Center, Deertrees Road. $14 583-4939

August 25: BUCKSPORT, Tamara Poddubnaya and Masanobu Ikemiya, will perform on the piano at 7 p.m. at Alamo Theater. $13/$16 288-2141

August 25: GARDINER, Jud Caswell and Alfred Lund will perform guitar, vocals and drums at noon at Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center, 280 Water St. 582-7144

August 25: GILFORD, N.H., Lynyrd Skynyrd and .38 Special will perform at 7:3 p.m. at Meadowbrook Musical Arts Center. $65/$30 603-293-4700

August 26: BAR HARBOR, Tamara Poddubnaya and Masanobu Ikemiya, will perform on the piano at 8 p.m. at Holy Redeemer Church. $13/$16 288-2141

August 26: LEWISTON, L/A Arts presents Roundhouse, who will perform blues, at noon at Courthouse Plaza, Lisbon Street. 782-7228

August 26: OAKLAND, the Count Basie Orchestra will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Messalonskee Performing Arts Center, 131 Messalonskee High Drive. $18/$14 465-9135

August 26: PORTLAND, Boston Pops principal guest conductor Bruce Hangen will be featured at Chamber Music Festival, 211 Marginal Way. 282-2938

August 26-29: SIDNEY, the Blistered Fingers Family Bluegrass Festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. at the Silver Spur Riding Club.

August 27-29: BANGOR, the National Folk Festival with music, dance performances, workshops, storytelling, craft exhibitions, food, parade and more, will be held. 992-2630

August 27, 28: DETROIT, the Nightdrifters Country Festival will be held from 7 to 11 p.m. on Friday and 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday on Rt. 220. $30/$15 257-3261

August 27: RANGELEY, Inanna, Sisters in Rhythm, will perform at 7 p.m. on the grounds of Rangeley Lakes Regional School. $10/$5 864-2938

August 28: FREEPORT, the Wayfaring Strangers will perform at 7:30 p.m. at L.L. Bean Discovery Park. 1-800-559-3722

August 28: GRAY, K.D. Bell, vocalist and drummer and Pam Baker, will perform at 9 p.m. at Loose Moose Saloon, 61 Portland Road. 657-7171

August 29: PORTLAND, a piano quartet will perform at Chamber Music Festival, 211 Marginal Way. 282-2938

August 29: AUBURN, the Last Generation, gospel duo, will perform at 5 p.m. at the Great Falls Plaza, Main Street.

August 29: BIDDEFORD, the Maine Country Music Association Fourth Annual Country Sunday will be held at Shamrock R.V. Park, 391 West St. $7/$3

August 29: BOOTHBAY HARBOR, the Four Plaids will perform at a benefit concert at 8 p.m. at the Newagen Seaside Inn. $15 633-5242

August 29: FREEPORT, Jess Tardy will perform at 7:30 p.m. at L.L. Bean Discovery Park. 1-800-559-3722

August 29: HARRISON, Gordon Bok, singer/seafarer and songwriter, will perform at 7 p.m. at Deertrees Theatre and Cultural Center, Deertrees Road. $14 583-4939

August 29: SKOWHEGAN, After Six, popular jazz and Dixieland combo, will perform at 5 p.m. at Coburn Park in the Philbrick Gazebo, Water Street. 474-6894