The south-of-the-border sound of the Pan Fried Steel drums returns to the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor on Caribbean Night, Saturday, March 23. Twenty steel drums, Hawaiian shirts aplenty, and a tiki hut are a few of the sights ...

Maine Humorist Tim Sample at Camden Opera House March 23 —

Tim Sample will return to the Camden Opera House on Saturday, March, 23, at 7 p.m. to present an evening of his trademark Maine humor. Proceeds from the show will benefit Bartlett Woods Retirement Community. Widely recognized ...
Jazz Saxophonist to Perform with School Bands at Spaghetti Dinner —

Camden-Rockport Middle School (CRMS) and Camden Hills Regional High School (CHRHS) jazz bands will host a Jazz Spaghetti Dinner on Thursday, March 21, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Wave Cafe at CHRHS. Along with the bands ...
Reading Room Concert with Simons & Goodwin March 21 —

Folk duo Simons and Goodwin will perform in a Reading Room concert at Rockand Public Library on Thursday, March 21, at 6:30 p.m. Simons and Goodwin met in the 1960s while performing in Boston and Cambridge coffeehouses....
Belfast Maskers to Open Profiles, a Musical Play, on March 15 —

Belfast Maskers will present four performances of Profiles, a new musical play, at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, March 15 and 16, and March 22 and 23, at the Basil Burwell Community Theater, 17 Court Street in Belfast. The play ...
Theater and Music at Watts Hall March 24

Watts Hall Community Players will present an afternoon of musical and theatrical talent on Sunday, March 24, at 3 p.m. in Watts Hall, on Main Street in Thomaston. On hand will be Thomaston’s own Playin’ Possum, a four-piece band ...
Jazz Musician to Perform at Lincolnville Community Library —

Jazz musician Scot Cannon will give a free concert on Wednesday, March 20, at 7 p.m. at Lincolnville Community Library. A singer and guitarist, Cannon performs his own acoustic versions of jazz and pop standards from the 1920s to 1940s....
The Capitol Steps to Appear at the Strand March 29 —

The Washington, D.C.-based comedy troupe The Capitol Steps will bring their blend of musical and political comedy to the Strand Theatre in Rockland on Friday, March 29, at 7:30 p.m. The Capitol Steps began over 30 years ago as a ...
Mile Twelve and Low Lily to Play in Camden March 29 —

Bluegrass band Mile Twelve of Boston (above) will team up with Roots band Low Lily (right) of Vermont for a double bill at Camden Opera House on Friday, March 29, at 7:30 p.m. Both bands formed in 2014 and grew out of ...
Midcoast Actors’ Studio to Present The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time —

Midcoast Actors’ Studio has cast its spring production, the Tony Award-winning play The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Based on Mark Haddon’s 2003 novel and adapted by Simon Stephens, the play follows the story of ...
Dom Flemons Brings His “American Songster Tour” to the Strand —

Dom Flemons, co-founder of the Grammy-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops, will bring his “American Songster Tour” to the Strand Theatre in Rockland on Saturday, March 23, at 7:30 p.m. Flemons’ repertoire covers nearly 100 years ...
Coming Up in Savage Oakes Vineyard Summer Concert Series —

As part of the outdoor summer concert series at Savage Oakes Vineyard and Winery in Union, ’80s New Wave icons Howard Jones (inset) and Men Without Hats will appear on Friday evening, June 14, at 7 p.m. Grammy-nominated ...
Pianist Orion Weiss Recipient of 2019 Andrew Wolf Chamber Music Award —

American pianist Orion Weiss (pictured) is the winner of Bay Chamber Concerts’ 2019 Andrew Wolf Chamber Music Award. The recognition adds to numerous other awards that Weiss has received, including an Avery Fisher ...
Maskers to Hold Auditions for Musical The Secret Garden

Belfast Maskers invites the public to audition for the musical The Secret Garden, with book and lyrics by Marsha Norman and music by Lucy Simon, based on the Victorian novel of the same name by Frances Hodgson Burnett....
Kattam and His Tam-Tams to Open New Family Series at the Strand —

Quebecois percussionist Kattam invites families to experience Africa, the Middle East and India through rhythm, song and dance in a live performance at the Strand Theatre in Rockland on Friday, March 22, at 6:30 p.m. The show ...
DaPonte String Quartet Concerts in March

DaPonte String Quartet kicks off its 28th year with a series that features works by Shostakovich, Bartók and Haydn. The concerts will be presented on Saturday, March 9, in Georgetown, at Robinhood Free Meetinghouse at 7:30 p.m....
Noon Music in Lent Series Begins March 8

St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church, 33 Chestnut Street, Camden, will present a half hour of music starting at noon on the six Fridays in Lent — March 8 though April 12 — followed by a free lunch of homemade soup, bread and fruit in ...
Cold Comfort Theater Seeks Submissions of Short Plays for Festival

Cold Comfort Theater in Belfast is accepting submissions of original, un-produced short plays (no more than 30 minutes in length) for its Second Annual Festival of Short Plays, to be held on Friday and Saturday, May 24 and 25 ...
Donizetti’s La Fille du Regiment Next Live-in-HD Broadcast from Met Opera to the Strand & Lincoln Theater —

The 2018-2019 Metropolitan Opera’s Live-in-HD season of broadcasts from Lincoln Center to the Strand Theatre in Rockland and Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta continues on Saturday, March 2, at 1 p.m. with a simulcast of ...
Midcoast Community Chorus Opens Registration for June Concert —

Midcoast Community Chorus (MCC) welcomes singers of all ages, experience, and abilities to register for the spring semester of weekly rehearsals. MCC’s June concert traditionally benefits a local nonprofit organization....