Music

Listings begin Jan. 22
Timothée Chalamet stars as Bob Dylan in "A Complete Unkown" held over at Harbor Theater. Courtesy of the venue

"A Complete Unknown" - (R; 2 hours, 21 minutes) - Set in New York City during the transformative year of 1961, "A Complete Unknown" explores the meteoric rise of 19-year-old…

The Yellow Brick Road Elton John Tribute Band. Courtesy of band website

Music lovers, mark your calendars! On Sunday, Jan. 26 the electrifying Elton John tribute performer Yellow Brick Road will take the stage at Dolloff Auditorium at Medomak Valley High School in…

The Waldo Theatre
Katie Matzell. Photo: Chris Bennett

Katie Matzell is thrilled to debut her "Love Letter" to Bonnie Raitt, whom she calls her favorite artist of all time and greatest musical influence at The Waldo on March 23 at 4 p.m. Tickets go on…

Timothée Chalamet stars as Bob Dylan in "A Complete Unknown" opening Jan. 17. Courtesy of Harbor Theater

“Moana 2” - (PG; 1 hour, 40 minutes) - Three years after her first ocean journey, Moana (voiced by Auli‘i Cravalho) is about to take on a brand-new role: serving as her people’s…

The Waldo Theatre
Pink Floyd tribute band Echoes of Floyd to play The Waldo Feb. 8. Courtesy photo

The Waldo is excited to bring New England based Echoes of Floyd back to Maine on Saturday, Feb. 8 at 7:30 p.m. Prepare to be transported through time and space as Echoes of…

Audition for St. Cecilia Chamber Choir - email audition@ceciliachoir.org. Bruce Cowan photo

St. Cecilia Chamber Choir is holding auditions for tenors and basses as we begin preparing our May 17 and 18 concerts. Sopranos and altos may join our waiting list. The…

The Waldo Theatre
Vince Herman and Sam Grisman - Jan. 25 at The Waldo. Courtesy of the venue

Music lovers, ease into the new year by joining us at The Waldo for this intimate acoustic show with Vince Herman (Leftover Salmon) and Sam Grisman (of the Sam Grisman Project) on Saturday, Jan.…

"Wicked" opens Friday, Jan. 10 at the Lincoln Theater. Courtesy of the venue

Award season is upon us, and you know what that means - don’t miss a single film that hits Lincoln Theater’s big screen between now and the Oscars on Sunday March 2!

"Anora"…

Sheepscot Chorus' April 2024 concert. Bob Crink photo

Sheepscot Chorus invites you to sing Bob Chilcott's "A Little Jazz Mass," and arrangements of folk songs by Vaughan Williams, Holst, Grainger, and others. "A Little Jazz Mass"…

Beppe Gambetta. Opera House. Jan. 18. Got tickets? Photo: Giovanna Cavallo

Beppe Gambetta is a guitarist, vocalist, composer and researcher and from Genoa, Italy whose concerts bring European and American Roots together. He’s recorded and worked…

Beppe Gambetta. Opera House. Jan. 18. Got tickets? Photo: Giovanna Cavallo

Beppe Gambetta is a guitarist, vocalist, composer and researcher and from Genoa, Italy whose concerts bring European and American Roots together. He’s recorded and worked…

Beppe Gambetta. Opera House. Jan. 18. Got tickets? Photo: Giovanna Cavallo

Beppe Gambetta is a guitarist, vocalist, composer and researcher and from Genoa, Italy whose concerts bring European and American Roots together. He’s recorded and worked…

Camden Opera House
Performance of "The Siren At Crystal Lake" at the Camden Opera House on Jan. 18. Courtesy of Dance Company Facebook page

Resurgence Dance Company will perform "The Siren of Crystal Lake," Saturday, Jan. 18, at 7:30 p.m., at The Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St., Camden.  Doors open 7 p.m.…

Enilea Burns, Evie Roy, Harper Westhaver, Violet Baldwin, Adeline Inman, and Kaylee Wayda sing "I Want A Hippopotamus for Christmas" with hippo dancers, Hamilton Pierpan, Sarah Harris, and Collin Cantillo.

Local Y Arts performers of all ages came together Dec. 19 and 20  to bring holiday cheer to the Lincoln Theater with two performances of their winter production of "A Very Merry Y Arts Christmas…

Final concert of the season
Ellis Paul. Opera House. Dec. 28. Got tickets? Courtesy of the venue

Ellis Paul doesn’t just write songs; he’s a guitar-carrying reporter who covers the human condition and details the hopes, loves, losses of those he observes, turning their stories into luminous…

Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
John Doyle and Mick McAuley. Opera House. Dec. 20. Got tickets?  Courtesy of the venue

Together, John Doyle and Mick McAuley have created a stunning collection of familiar carols, new original music and traditional tunes for this Christmas season. "This Christmas Time" is a musical…

Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
John Doyle and Mick McAuley. Opera House. Dec. 20. Got tickets?  Courtesy of the venue

Together, John Doyle and Mick McAuley have created a stunning collection of familiar carols, new original music and traditional tunes for this Christmas season. "This Christmas Time" is a musical…

Novel Jazz Winter Solstice concert is Dec. 21 at Skidompha in Damariscotta. Courtesy of Barney Balch

Novel Jazz is returning to the Skidompha Public Library in Damariscotta on Saturday, Dec. 21 from 7 to 9:30 p.m., its first winter solstice celebration! They will be playing an evening of jazz out…

"We Live In Time" opens Friday, Dec. 6. Courtesy of the venue

“The Boston Camerata—A Medieval Christmas: Hodie Christus Natus Est” - A power beyond words, elevating your heart with the music.” – Milwaukee Mag. Transcendent music for the…

"We Live In Time" opens Friday, Dec. 6. Courtesy of the venue

“The Boston Camerata—A Medieval Christmas: Hodie Christus Natus Est” - A power beyond words, elevating your heart with the music.” – Milwaukee Mag. Transcendent music for the…

Tickets are $20 for the Damariscotta Baptist Church concert and $25 for the Bowdoin Chapel concert.

St. Cecilia Chamber Choir will present its popular annual "Lessons and Carols" Christmas concerts on Saturday, Dec. 7 at 3 p.m. at Damariscotta Baptist Church, 4 Bristol…

Waldo Theatre
A longstanding holiday favorite. Come, sing-a-long, wear a costume, and usher in the holidays! Courtesy of the venue

The Waldo Theatre is again kicking-off the holiday season with a fun and festive post-Thanksgiving Community Singalong on Friday, Nov. 29, at 4 pm. The holiday favorite "White Christmas" will…

The N'oreasters Barbershop singers are spreading Christmas cheer through song. Courtesy of Kathy Robatille

The Nor’easters Barbershop Chorus is gearing up again to bring Christmas Spirit in the form of music to residents of assisted living, nursing homes, and even some hospitals.

They will sing…

Come to 16 Wharf St. for this Holiday Jam, 8-11 p.m. Courtesy of Music Time podcast

Saturday, Dec. 28 Mine Oyster is the place to be from 8 to 11 p.m. for the Holiday Jam featuring Hello Newman, a 90s-2000s band. 

There will be finger foods, a cash bar…

"Lost on a Mountain in Maine" opens Nov. 29 at the Lincoln Theater. Courtesy of the venue

“Lost on a Mountain in Maine” - (PG; 1 hour, 38 minutes) - “Lost on a Mountain in Maine” tells the inspiring true story of 12-year-old Donn Fendler, who becomes separated from his…

The cast of “A Medieval Christmas: Hodie Christus Natus Est,”   , from left: Christa Patton, Deborah Rentz-Moore, Anne Azéma and Camila Parias.

The Boston Camerata is returning to the intimate Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta on Thursday, Dec. 5, at 3 p.m. with an augmented cast.

This year’s production marks the 70th anniversary of…

Sheepscot Valley Chorus from a concert past. Bob Crink photo

Sheepscot Chorus sings "The First Nowell" by Vaughan Williams, and other holiday favorites,  Sunday, Dec. 1 at the Boothbay Harbor Congregational Church, 125…

The Waldo Theatre
Lady Lamb/Aly Spaltro comes to The Waldo Feb. 15. Photo by Shervin Lainez

From her early days, staying late after-hours at her video rental store job in Maine to record songs, to co-producing and arranging her four studio records, Aly Spaltro has…

Pat Colwell & the Soul Sensations. Opera House. Dec. 6. Got tickets? Courtesy of the venue

Santa Claus will be coming to town during Boothbay Harbor’s Holiday Lights Weekend, but in the evenings after Santa has returned to the North Pole to rest, two equally merry guys and their…

Julia Gagnon. Dec. 14. The Strand, Rockland. Photo by Michael Haven

Maine’s own “American Idol,” singer Julia Gagnon, will bring a special “Home for the Holidays” concert to the Strand Theatre stage on Saturday, Dec. 14 at 7:30 p.m. Julia will be joined by her…

Screening Friday, Nov. 15 at 7 p.m. at The Waldo. Courtesy of the venue

The lineup at The Waldo Theatre will have you racing to the website for tickets!

Friday, Nov. 15 - "Copa 71" at 7 p.m. - The extraordinary story of the 1971 Women’s World Cup, which was…

97 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor. File photo

Saturday, Jan. 11 – The Boneheads…

999 Wiscasset Road/Route 27, Boothbay Harbor. File photo

Erik Hobson and musicians will perform in a free public concert at the Boothbay Baptist Church, 999 Wiscasset Road/Route 27, Boothbay Harbor, on Saturday, Nov. 16 at 7 p.m.

Hobson is…

999 Wiscasset Road/Route 27, Boothbay Harbor. File photo

Erik Hobson and musicians will perform in a free public concert at the Boothbay Baptist Church, 999 Wiscasset Road/Route 27, Boothbay Harbor, on Saturday, Nov. 16 at 7 p.m.

Hobson is…

The Adam Ezra Group. Lee Hetherington Photography

The Adam Ezra Group returns to The Waldo on Friday, Dec. 20 at 7:30 p.m. This underground Americana songwriter and his bandmates seem to have popped out of nowhere,…

"Nosferatu": The multi-media production. Nov. 3 at The Waldo. Courtesy of the venue

Keep the Halloween spookiness…

143 Maverick St., Rockland. Courtesy image

Join us at Midcoast Strong (143 Maverick St., Rockland) at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 2 for a stunning lineup of dancers - professional and amateur - in full costume.

Dances: Westcoast swing…

143 Maverick St., Rockland. Courtesy image

Join us at Midcoast Strong (143 Maverick St., Rockland) at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 2 for a stunning lineup of dancers - professional and amateur - in full costume.

Dances: Westcoast swing…

Kate Winslet stars in "Lee" opening at the Lincoln Theater Friday, Oct. 25. Courtesy of the venue

“Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice” - (PG-13; 1 hour, 45 minutes) - After an unexpected family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by…

The Waldoboro Fire Department is booked for the Waldoboro Talent Show at The Waldo Nov. 2. Courtesy of the venue

The Waldo Theatre (916 Main St.) has finalized the lineup for Waldoboro’s 2024 Talent Show on Saturday, Nov. 2 at 6 p.m. and the Waldoboro Fire Department is one of its headliners. Joining them in…

Inanna, Sisters In Rhythm in concert Oct. 25 at the Broad Bay Church. Courtesy of the venue

Inanna, Sisters in Rhythm, will fill Broad Bay Congregational Church (941 Main St., Waldoboro) with the sounds of African drums and chanting in a concert for all ages on Friday, Oct. 25 at 7 p.m.…

The duo Ryanhood at the BBH Opera House Nov. 9. Got tickets? Courtesy of the venue

Named ‘Best Group/Duo’ in the International Acoustic Music Awards, acoustic duo Ryanhood got their first break as street performers at Boston’s Quincy Market. It was there that they were spotted…

The duo Ryanhood at the BBH Opera House Nov. 9. Got tickets? Courtesy of the venue

Named ‘Best Group/Duo’ in the International Acoustic Music Awards, acoustic duo Ryanhood got their first break as street performers at Boston’s Quincy Market. It was there that they were spotted…

Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
Carlos Nunez. Opera House. Oct. 24. 7:30 p.m. Got tickets? Courtesy of the venue

Spain’s internationally acclaimed piper and musician Carlos Núñez is making a rare U.S. appearance this fall, with concerts scheduled in New York City and at Boothbay Harbor’s historic Opera House…

Where It's At
Courtesy of the author

This summer I received a copy of a memoir written by a man who had been a member of a small band that was part of the original stage production of “The Rocky Horror Show.” Martin Fitzgibbons was…

Where It's At
Courtesy of the author

This summer I received a copy of a memoir written by a man who had been a member of a small band that was part of the original stage production of “The Rocky Horror Show.” Martin Fitzgibbons was…

Corte Swearingen

For the first time ever, the Glenn Jenks Ragtime Revue comes to Boothbay Harbor. Founded by Artistic Director Aaron Robinson of Alna, the Ragtime Revue has brought the world's best ragtime, stride…

Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas. Courtesy photo

Have you signed up yet for the Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas fiddle workshop on Saturday, Oct. 12 at 1 p.m. at The Waldo? 

Based on the fiddle music of Scotland and beyond, this workshop…

Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
The Boneheads/Stoneheads. Oct. 11. Opera House. Got tickets? Courtesy of the venue

The fall season at Boothbay Harbor’s historic Opera House includes the arrival of The "Stoneheads,' more often known to Midcoast fans as The Boneheads. On Friday, Oct. 11, the band brings an…