From 8 p.m. to midnight Saturday, Nov. 23, will play at Pedro O’Hara’s, Main St., in Lewiston. BBD is a Grateful Dead cover band, yet their repertoire also includes other bands such as the Allman Brothers, The Band, Bob Dylan, and the Meters. BBD members are Chris Dow on drums, Mark McKelvey on bass, Tom […]

LEWISTON — In the span of four days, Bates College’s Olin Arts Center Concert Hall present will present an evening of Vietnamese performing arts, two performances of Carl Orff’s choral masterpiece “Carmina Burana” and an afternoon of Indonesian music and shadow puppetry. “Songful Vietnam: Three Rivers — One Source,” featuring performers in a variety of […]

PORTLAND — The Choral Art Society will ring in the holiday season with their traditional Christmas at the Cathedral concert series. Performances will be at 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, and at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8. A preview performance will take place on at noon Saturday, Dec. 7. All concerts will […]

BATH — The perfect combination of creative energy will meet on Friday, Nov. 15, at the Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington Street, with the opening reception for the Holiday Small Wonders art exhibit and the next in the series of the 3rd Friday Concerts featuring Robby Simpson and The Thunderbirds. The reception will begin […]

PORTLAND — The Portland Symphony Orchestra and The Choral Art Society will join for a  performance of Bach’s “Sleepers, Wake!” as part of the PSO’s Sunday Classical series. The concert will take place at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24, at Merrill Auditorium. Hugh Floyd, a PSO guest conductor, will lead the performance with Robert Russell, […]

Comedy Night at Narals will debut at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15, with Lewiston comedian Mark Turcotte, (in photo), Ryan Chani, Mike Levinsky and Jerri Stone. Ttickets are $5 at the door. Narals is at 34 Court Street, Auburn. The show is for ages 21 and older.

The Navigators are one of Newfoundland’s most energetic and entertaining new Celtic groups made up of two of the island’s most well-known musicians. Members of the band include Fred Jorgensen (tin whistles, bodhran and vocals), and Arthur O’Brien (electric/acoustic guitars, fiddle and vocals). With original songs, accapella, instrumental numbers, ballads and shanties the band has […]

Maine Poet Laureate Wesley McNair to read prior to concert FARMINGTON — The UMF Community Orchestra will present “Four Journeys in Maine,” an original composition by . The performance will be at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13, in Nordica Auditorium and is free and open to the public. Conducted by Trond Saeverud, Carlsen’s work is […]

Irish flutist Nicole Rabata is highly regarded both in and out of traditional music fields. Fiddler Ellery Klein spent four years as the fiddler for acclaimed Irish band Gaelic Storm, and more recently was the co-founder of Boston-based all-female vocal and instrumental group Long Time Courting. Bethany Waickman grew up in a musical family in […]