AUGUSTA — The Maranacook String Band will perform from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 21, at The Red Barn restaurant, 455 Riverside Drive.

The event is free and open to the public.

The Maranacook String Band is a popular bluegrass band that began as a project at Maranacook Community High School in Readfield under the leadership of teacher Stan Keach.

Now the band is professional, with a six-year history of concerts throughout central Maine.

The band features lead and harmony vocals of Julie Davenport and Dana Reynolds; the virtuoso instrumental styles of Bud Godsoe (banjo), Dan Simons (mandolin) and Finn Woodruff (fiddle); and many original songs about Maine topics with plenty of humor.

Members’ ages range from 14 to seniors.

“That’s a big part of our appeal, I think,” said Keach. “We’re geared up to please any audience, no matter what their age range or musical taste.”

The Maranacook string band, from left, Dana Reynolds, Stan Keach, Bud Godsoe, Dan Simons, and Julie Davenport.