THURSDAY

Dierks Bentley, country music singer-songwriter. With Kip Moore and Cassadee Pope, $40.75 to $60.75. Maine State Pier, Commercial Street, Portland. www.waterfrontconcerts.com. 6 p.m.

Summer Concert Series: Forget, Forget, five-member band, including Aaron LaChance of Grand Hotel, plays a mix of pop-rock-indie music. Sponsored by the Friends of Lithgow Library, Free. Lithgow Public Library, 45 Winthrop St., Augusta. www.lithgow.lib.me.us. 6:30 p.m.

Ashelin, celtic/pop, instrumentals and vocals. Five sister band from Newfoundland, $15. Phillips Area Community Center, 21 Depot St., Phillips. www.necelticarts.com. 7 p.m.

FRIDAY

Thunder Road, Classic rock, no cover . Bumpa’s Bar & Grille, 276 Bath Road, Brunswick. 725-2963. 7:30 p.m.

Penobscot Bay Singers Pops Concert, music of 1960’s. First Church, Belfast, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. $15, kids free. First Church, UCC, Belfast, Maine, 8 Court St., Belfast. www.facebook.com.

Kellie Pickler, $25-$50. The State Theatre, 609 Congress St., Portland. www.statetheatreportland.com. 8 p.m.

Motor Booty Affair, doors open at 7:30 p.m. Tickets available at Down Home Music, Village Market, Shelley’s Used Cars and Central Maine CATV, $25 per person, $40 per couple. Fairfield Community Center, 61 Water St., Fairfield. www.fairfieldme.com. 8 p.m.

Haunt ME’s Supernatural Soiree, Southern Maine’s paranormal investigators, $8. Space Gallery, 538 Congress St., Portland. www.space538.org. 9 p.m.

Joe Ely, singer-songwriter,guitarist, $15,$19, 18-plus. Asylum, 121 Center St., Portland. www.portlandasylum.com. 9 p.m.

Lovers of Fiction with The Feather Lungs, funk, vaudeville, Zappa, math rock and alt country., $5, 21-plus. Empire, 575 Congress St., Portland. www.portlandempire.com. 9:30 p.m.

SATURDAY

Simons & Goodwin, open mic follows concert, $5 suggested donation. UU Coffeehouse, Union Church, 67 Main St., Belgrade Lakes. 495-2490. 7 p.m.

Jazzin’ 4 the Kids featuring Pat Pepin Project, chicken barbecue, 4:30-6:30 p.m. $15 adults, $135 table for 10. Waterville Elks Lodge 905, 76 Industrial St., Waterville. www.maineelks.org. 7 p.m.

Ruth Hill concert, with Silas and Nolan Rogers opening. Singer songwriter from Jay and the Rogersbrothers on Fiddle and Cello. Chesterville Center Union Meeting House, Zions Hill Road, Chesterville. 7:30 p.m.

Hikari Violoncello piano duo, Elizabeth Anderson, violoncello, and Yuri Funahashi, piano play works by Bach, Shostakovich, Janacek and Beethoven, $12 at the door, free for students with ID or younger than 18. Nordica Auditorium, Merrill Hall, UMF, 224 Main St., Farmington. 491-0768. 7:30 p.m.

Ruckus, Classic rock covers, Bumpa’s Bar & Grille, 276 Bath Road, Brunswick. 725-2963. 7:30-11 p.m.

Greg Brown concert, $30 in advance, $33 at the door. Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington St., Bath. www.chocolatechurcharts.org. 7:30 p.m.

Penobscot Bay Singers annual POPS concert, hits from A British Invasion band, folk rock, rhythm and blues, $15. First Church, Church and Court streets, Belfast. 7:30 p.m.

SUNDAY

Patty Griffin, singer-songwriter, $25 to $35; reserved seating. The State Theatre, 609 Congress St., Portland. www.statetheatreportland.com. 8 p.m.

WEDNESDAY

Acoustic Eidolon, Joe Scott and Hannah Alkire, classical, celtic and pop double-neck guitar and cello, instrumentals and vocals, $15. Skye Theatre Performing Arts Center, Winter Hill Road, South Carthage. www.necelticarts.com. 7 p.m.

JUNE 19

Willie Nelson & Alison Krauss with Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas with special guest Kacey Musgraves, $21.75-$81.75. Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion, Bangor. 6 p.m.

Satisfaction, international touring tribute show dedicated to the “World’s Greatest Rock & Roll Band.” $15, 18-plus. Asylum, 121 Center St., Portland. www.portlandasylum.com. 9 p.m.