GREENVILLE — The Moosehead Music Festival is a go from July 23 to 25 on the shores of Moosehead Lake, featuring all Maine-based bands. The multi-day event will showcase the performances of eight “Americana Bands.” On the 24th and 25th, bands will play outside, along the shores of Moosehead Lake. At night, local establishments will […]
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MIFF Review: ‘The Catch’ features gifted artists who help create a gorgeous visions of our coast
The stars Bill Sage, Katia Winter, Kyle Gallner, James McMenamin, Emy Coligado and Jere Burns all helped Matthew Ya-Hsiung Balzer’s dream come to the screen, says J.P. Devine.
Louisa Stancioff to perform Chesterville concert
Singer-songwriter Louisa Stancioff will perform live at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 15, at the Chesterville Center Union Meeting House at 3 Borough Road in Chesterville. The concert will be the first live music event at the Meeting House since the fall of 2019. A native of Chesterville and 2012 Mount Blue graduate, Stancioff’s early music […]
Studio Two concert set for Madison
Studio Two – Beatles Tribute band will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, July 10, at the Somerset Abbey, at 98 Main St. in Madison. The band is a headlining Beatles band that pays tribute to the early Beatles years, choosing songs from the pre-Sgt. Pepper era. Show will be held outside in the tent. Featuring […]
World Famous Grassholes to perform outdoor concert in Madison
The World Famous Grassholes will perform at 7 p.m. Friday, July 9, at the Somerset Abbey, at 98 Main St. in Madison. This is bluegrass, straight up, but not that old fogey kind. This is high energy, good for dancing, and meant to be enjoyed with friends and family. Part of a long legacy of performers […]
Stone Mountain Arts Center to present Ward Hayden & The Outliers
Ward Hayden & The Outliers will perform an acoustic an electric show at 8 p.m. Friday, July 9, at the Stone Mountain Arts Center’s Maine Hall at 695 Dugway Road, in Brownfield. The band was formed as a way to break from the music so commonly found on popular radio airwaves. Hayden’s foray into country […]
Rangeley theater to show films, host festivals
RANGELEY — Along with showing first-run movies, the RFA Lakeside Theater at 2493 Main St. has scheduled the following independent films and film festivals this summer. July 7 and 8: “The Truffle Hunters” — Deep in the forests of Piedmont, Italy, a handful of men, 70 or 80 years old, hunt for the rare and […]
Experience the historic clash of friendship and ideals in ‘The Agitators’
Theater at Monmouth opens Mat Smart’s play “The Agitators” Friday, part of the (R)evolutionary Redux Season. Originally scheduled to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of the 19th Amendment, this deeply-moving story of the decades-long friendship between Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony is both timely and urgently relevant today. The production will open at 7:30 p.m. […]
Erica Brown and the Bluegrass Connection concert planned
Erica Brown and the Bluegrass Connection will perform at 8 p.m. Friday, July 2, at the Stone Mountain Arts Center, at 695 Dugway Road, in Brownfield. A 63% Capacity Show in the Maine Hall Brown has been playing the fiddle since the age of seven and touring since she was nine. She credits her grandfather, […]
Fourth of July fireworks are back in many Maine towns. Here’s where to watch
There will be displays over Portland, Lewiston and Auburn, Bar Harbor, Clinton and Bailey Island, among others.