Yellow Brick Road

Yellow Brick Road: An Elton John Tribute, is set for 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Somerset Abbey, ​98 Main St., Madison.

The full concert experience is known to capture the energy and visual spectacle of a live Elton John performance, complete with authentic costumes, stage antics and a talented five-piece band.

The tribute features hits like “Rocket Man,” “Your Song,” “Candle in the Wind” and “Crocodile Rock,” encouraging active audience participation.

The band has received high praise for professionalism, authenticity and musicianship, and has been officially endorsed by Elton John fan organizations and even the Augusta Symphony Orchestra for orchestral performances..

Comedy Series

Michelle Lisi will be the featured comedian at 6 p.m. Thursday at Farber Forum, Jewett Hall, University of Maine at Augusta, 46 University Drive.

Lisi is a feminist Jewish comic from New York who lives in a haunted old house in Midcoast Maine. Her material centers on the joys of middle-aged domesticity and the benefits of sarcasm.

She has performed in comedy festivals in Maine, North Carolina and Montreal and was the featured comic of the 2025 Maine Women’s Lobby Hootenanny. She was a semifinalist for New England’s 2024 Funniest Comic and is a regular on local lineups with the Portland Media Center, Gals and Pals, In Utero and the Misfits.

Tickets cost $10 for community members, free for UMA student, employees and alumni; uma.edu.

Tickets cost $40; somersetabbey.com.

Festival of Trees

The Festival of Trees is scheduled at various times Friday through Sunday and Nov. 28-30, at Waterville Elks Banquet & Conference Center, 76 Industrial Road.

The event has been planned by the Alfond Youth & Community Center and Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce, through the Central Maine Community Betterment Collaborative.

Santa will join the event from noon-3:30 p.m. Saturday and 1-4 p.m. Sunday.
Attendees can purchase and drop individual tree tickets (50 cents each) into the bucket of a decorated tree for a chance to win a tree complete with all trimmings, gift cards, and merchandise displayed.

Admission is $2 for adults and is free for children 12 and younger; children are also given a free book upon arrival; festivaloftreesmaine.net.

Tree winners will be drawn after 5 p.m. Nov. 30, and notified that evening. Trees will be
available for pickup on the following Monday and Tuesday.

An Evening with Ernest Thompson — 2 Films and a Talk

Two films followed by a talk featuring Academy Award winner Ernest Thompson is set for 6-9 p.m. Saturday at Johnson Hall Opera House, 280 Water St., Gardiner.

“The Constituent” is a short film adapted from Thompson’s one-act play by the same name. In it, Chas Potter, a small-town New Hampshire voter, for decades has written no-holds-barred letters to his senator in Washington, D.C. The senator has finally had enough and comes calling. The story is crazy funny and unexpectedly moving.

“On Golden Pond” is a 1981 drama film directed by Mark Rydell from a screenplay written by Thompson, adapted from his 1979 play of the same name. It stars Katharine Hepburn, Henry Fonda (in his final theatrical film), Jane Fonda, Doug McKeon, Dabney Coleman and William Lanteau. In the film, Norman (Henry Fonda), a crusty, retired professor grappling with many effects of aging, has been married for many years to upbeat, feisty Ethel (Katharine Hepburn), and has had a remote, difficult relationship with their daughter, Chelsea (Jane Fonda). At their summer home on Golden Pond, Norman and Ethel agree to care for Billy, the son of Chelsea’s new boyfriend, and an unexpected relationship blooms.

Thompson’s current projects include an “On Golden Pond” Broadway revival, directed by and starring the author, true also of his new one-man play, “Archie Parish’s Parting Words,” now on tour in the Northeast, the short film “The Constituent,” and the long-awaited sequel, “Home On Golden Pond.” His novel “Out Clause” arrives March 3, 2026.

Tickets cost $20; johnsonhall.org.

Festival of Wreaths

The Festival of Wreaths, a raffle-benefit for Winslow Community Cupboard food pantry, is set from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at Centerpoint Church, 155 West River Road, in Waterville. 

Admission to the event is a donation of any amount; raffle tickets cost 50 cents each. Food and beverages will be available for sale, and there will be a very special appearance by Santa Claus.

Featuring dozens of Christmas and holiday wreaths, the raffle-benefit will seek to raise funds for the food pantry, which serves food-insecure children, seniors, and other adults in Winslow, Waterville, and more than 20 surrounding towns. 

For more information, contact Winslow Community Cupboard, at 207-616-0076 or [email protected].

Get your tickets: ‘Who’s Holiday!'”‘

Theater at Monmouth plans to present “Who’s Holiday” at various times Nov. 28 through Dec. 6 at Cumston Hall, 796 Main St., in Monmouth.

Show times are set for 7:30 p.m. Nov. 27, 28, 29, Dec. 4, 5 and 6; 1 p.m. Nov. 29, 30, Dec. 6 and 7.

The play by Matthew Lombardo is directed by Adam P. Blais

About the play: Cindy Lou Who is all grown up and tells the funny and heartfelt story as she recalls that Christmas Eve she first met the Grinch and the twisted turn of events her life has now taken.

Tickets cost $18-$43; theateratmonmouth.org.