DAMARISCOTTA — The Inn Along the Way’s Chapman Farm, 741 Main St., is set to offer music, song and spoken word from 1:30-4:30 p.m. Saturday, July 1, with the Damariscotta Open Mic.

Artist performances, inn tours and hay field walks are all part of the by-donation open mic fundraiser in support of the Inn Along the Way. The IAW model is a unique and innovative community design in which older adults live interdependently in a neighborhood-style setting of small, environmentally friendly homes, according to a news release from Marianne Pinkham with the Open Mic Planning Committee.

Finntown Road, whose performance on the main stage will begin at 3 p.m., is composed of four mid-coast Mainers who banded together after years of playing music at a local tavern. Reinterpreting everything from old songs of the sea to folk, rock and popular music, and even some originals, Brian Dunn (mandolin, banjo, vocals), Laura Buxbaum (cello, vocals), John Couch (guitar, harmonica, vocals) and John Monterisi (guitar, vocals) offer an engaging performance style and vocal/instrumental arrangements.

Community members attending the Inn’s Say Hello to Summer lawn and barn party are encouraged to bring a picnic. For musicians and performing artists from all genres and generations, this is an opportunity to step onto the stage beginning at 1:30 p.m. Performer sign-in begins at 1 p.m.

For more information about the open mic participation or the fundraiser, contact Sylvia Tavares at 207-766-8469 or [email protected].

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