Music

“Top Gun: Maverick” - (PG-13; 2 hours, 11 minutes) -  After more than 30 years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is where he…

Midcoast Symphony Orchestra

The Midcoast Symphony Orchestra (MSO), conducted by Rohan Smith, returns to the stage for its 33rd concert season with performances in Topsham and Lewiston from October to June 2023. …

Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway

Board your train at Sheepscot station (97 Cross Road, Alna) for a steam-powered ride through the wild pine forests, farmlands and hamlets of the Sheepscot Valley to Alna Center where music and fun…

Skidompha Public Library

The Skidompha Strummers ukulele ensemble will perform outside the Skidompha library’s front door in downtown Damarsicotta from 10 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 27, International…

Opera House at Boothbay Harbor

Over the years nearly every branch of the military has sent their top-ranked professional musicians to Boothbay Harbor’s Opera House to perform. While travel was restricted during the height of…

Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
Le Vent du Nord

The award-winning and acclaimed band Le Vent du Nord are a leading force in Québec’s progressive Francophone folk movement. The group’s vast repertoire draws from both traditional sources and…

Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
The Alt

Together, musicians John Doyle, Nuala Kennedy and Eamon O’Leary make up the trad group, The Alt. Originally hailing from Ireland this trio of musicians come together with their guitar, flute,…

St. Cecilia Chamber Choir
St. Cecilia Chamber Choir is holding auditions for all voice parts as it begins preparing the Dec. 9, 10, and 11 “Ceremony of Lessons and Carols” concerts. Drawing…

Open Mic celebrating music and verse continues in the big red tie out barn at Inn Along the Way’s, Chapman Farm, 741 Main Street, in Damariscotta, Maine. The sounds and spirit of summer’s end…

Sheepscot Chorus invites you to join us as we begin preparations for our December holiday concert, featuring Handel’s “Messiah,” performed with professional…

Novel Jazz is returning to the Skidompha Public Library in Damariscotta for an evening of jazz on Friday, Aug. 26 from 7 to 9:30 p.m.  The band’s last performance at Skidompha was in November 2019…

Andrea Goodman

Andrea Goodman will give a presentation featuring the bandura, the national instrument of Ukraine. You are invited to join us at Mathias Fine Art on Saturday, Aug. 20 from 4 to 5 p.m. for this…

It’s the Lincoln Home’s 95th birthday on Saturday, Aug. 20 from 6 to 10:30 p.m. The event will be  rain or shine, as it will be held under a large tent. Tickets are $50, and can be purchased on-…

If there was ever a film to see on one of the biggest movie screens in the state of Maine, its “Top Gun: Maverick.” If you’ve already seen it, you know you want to see it again. And if you haven’t…

Salt Bay Chamberfest
Jennifer Koh

A concert starring Grammy-winning violinist Jennifer Koh will highlight the final week of this year’s Salt Bay Chamberfest (SBC), an annual chamber music festival centered in Damariscotta. The…

This month, Boothbay Region High School teacher Mary Miller earned a doctorate in music education (DME) online through Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia…

The DaPonte String Quartet is excited to present an evening of chamber music this August at numerous locations around Maine beginning in Eastport and ending in Walpole.

Now celebrating its…

Julia Lane

Julia Lane, singer, songwriter, and Celtic harpist will present a solo concert at the Little Brown Church on Route 32 in Round Pond on Wednesday, Aug. 17 at 7:30 p.m. Admission is by donation, $15…

Each year on the second Saturday of August, the delicious smell of barbecued chicken fills the air in North Nobleboro, accompanied by great music, and family and friends from the…

Salt Bay Chamberfest (SBC), an annual chamber music festival centered in Damariscotta, is set to open its 28th season next week. Continuing until August 20, the nationally recognized festival will…

“Raiders of the Lost Ark” - (1981 - PG; 1 hour, 55 minutes) - What better way to celebrate summer than with some old favorites on the big screen! Lincoln Theater is pleased to…

Aeolus Quartet

Bay Chamber Concerts and Music school launches week one of its August season with three concerts.

On Wednesday, Aug. 3 at 5 p.m., Envision Chamber Music Workshop faculty members will…

Star stuff. It's all about star stuff and imagination, in Heartwood's tour de force production of the Tony…

Tom DiMenna
Come and “Ride the Peace Train” with singer/songwriter Tom DiMenna as he shares classic tunes from the legendary Cat Stevens on the Lincoln Theater stage, Saturday Aug. 6 at 7 p.m. The…

This year The Lincoln Home, a non-profit assisted living community, celebrates 95 years of serving seniors and our Lincoln County community. On Saturday evening, Aug. 20, we will host our big 95th…

The Peace Gallery in Damariscotta is premiering it’s 12th program in August. It’s a one-time-only engagement offering live music and chanting on Thursday evening, Aug. 4 at 6.

Carla and…

Maine State Music Theatre and Portland Stage will once again team up to present a co-production of “Smoke on the Mountain” Aug. 2-28. 

The show tells the hilarious and heartwarming story…

Update: Due to problems with the church’s organ, this event has been postponed and will hopefully be rescheduled later in the season, according to the church’s executive committee…

Save the date: Sunday, Sept. 18! Midcoast Conservancy is happy to announce the 10th annual Live Edge music festival at Hidden Valley Nature Center. A fun-filled day of live music, great local food…

Maine State Music Theatre will open the musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “The Color Purple” on July 21 and run the show through Aug. 6. The most inspirational show…

Cat Video Fest 2022 - (1 hour, 10 minutes) - “Watching silly cat videos is good for you.” - The Wall Street Journal. Fun for all ages and 10% of Lincoln Theater’s ticket sales…

This year’s annual Fort Popham Concert featuring the Bath Municipal Band under the direction of Kathy Downing will be on Wednesday, Aug. 3 at 6:30 p.m. This outdoor concert is a great time to…

The Boothbay Region YMCA Y Arts program is holding three upcoming fundraisers to help with travel costs associated with the Y Arts Competition Team trip to Orlando, Florida for the National…

“Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story” - (PG13; 1 hour, 34 minutes) - Live performances and interviews are woven together from the 50th anniversary of The New Orleans Jazz &…

Opera House at Boothbay Harbor

From Cathy Sherrill, executive director at the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor:  On Wednesday, June 28 the Opera House was contacted by Louis Prima Jr’s management and informed that the group would…

Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce and Wiscasset Parks and Recreation are partnering on this summer’s “Alive on the Common” concert series on Wiscasset Common. All the concerts start at…

During the height of the pandemic touring musicians were forced into hibernation and live performances were few and far between. The summer of 2022 at Boothbay Harbor’s Opera House is now…

Maine State Music Theatre will open the sensational “Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” on June 29 and run the show through July 16. The show tells the journey of Joseph, son of Jacob…

Join the Lincoln Festival Chorus on Monday, June 20, at 7 p.m. - registration at 6:30 p.m. Rehearsals are at the Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor, usually on Monday. 

Membership…

The Waldo Theatre (916 Main St.) announces the one-day-only gala event, “Broadway at the Waldo” on Sunday, July 10 at 4 p.m. featuring stars of the local stage performing old favorites and new…

Kick off Windjammer Days with “Stories from the Sea” on Sunday, June 26 at 10:30 a.m., at the Merry Barn Writers’ Retreat in Edgecomb. Special musical guest Castlebay will share treasured ballads…

Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
Kevin Kiley

In the return of a summer tradition, Boothbay Harbor’s Kevin Kiley will once again settle in at the Opera House piano on Saturday, June 18 for an evening of music from the great shows of Broadway…

This Saturday, the first-ever film of Maurice Béjart's “Ninth Symphony” ballet comes to The Lincoln Theater big screen for one screening only.
 
In 2021, when live…

Three seasoned singer-songwriters will come together for one memorable night of music this season at the Opera House in Boothbay Harbor. On Sunday, June 12, Ellis Paul along with Vance Gilbert and…

Benjamin Franklin once said, “nothing is certain except death and taxes,” and in this week’s film, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” that is exactly how things appear… at least at first. When an…

Boothbay’s Got Talent is back this year and plans to continue with the online format for the competition portion of the event. The reason for this is to give local youth and teens the…

This weekend only at the Lincoln Theater: 38 local Y Arts youth performers will present “Dinosaurs Before Dark Kids!” Performances are Friday, May 27 at 5 p.m. and…

“Downton Abbey: A New Era” opens this Friday, and Lincoln Theater has some fun drawings to add to the excitement of this new film release. Anyone who attends a screening of “Downton Abbey: A New…

With a venue switch two days prior, a group of long-rehearsed, young students and their music teacher pull off a show to their families’ and school’s cheers. A Disney script? Not May 11. This was…

Lincoln County Community Theater

Inspired by a true story and featuring the Tony-nominated score by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, “Bright Star” tells a sweeping tale of love and redemption set against the rich backdrop of the…