The Joan Kennedy Band will perform at 5 p.m. Friday, June 25, at the Red Barn in Augusta. Additional performances are set for 7 p.m. Saturday, June 26; 2 p.m. Sunday, July 25; 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 21; and 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 26. Kennedy, a singer and musician, is a Canadian born and raised […]
Things to Do
Events and things to do from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Live Music Returns to the Camden Amphitheatre
The public is invited to kick off summer with an evening of big band jazz from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Monday, June 21. Local favorite Mondaynite Jazz Orchestra (MoJO) returns for a free community concert in the Camden Amphitheatre. Bring a chair or blanket, a picnic supper, and your dancing (or tapping) feet. If one […]
Wiscasset pop-up gallery to feature work by Saco artist
Wiscasset Art Walk’s pop-up Hasenfus Gallery, 64 Main St., is to host emerging artist Seth Bond Perry from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, June 24. The Saco artist plans to be in the gallery drawing and painting, and welcomes visitors to stop in and say hello. Although Perry has worked as a professional graphic designer […]
Full-scale Wiscasset Art Walk to return June 24
Wiscasset Art Walk — a summertime celebration of art, music, performance and community, entering its ninth year — returns this month in full force with the participation of village galleries, shops, and restaurants. The village becomes a festival with sidewalk activities, community art projects, and special features. Art Walks are held from 5 to 8 […]
Blistered Fingers Bluegrass Festival slated for this weekend
LITCHFIELD — Blistered Fingers Bluegrass Festival is celebrating its 54th festival at the Litchfield Fairgrounds, 30 Plains Road. After taking 2020 off due to the pandemic organizers are excited to welcome everyone back to the festival to bring the rich bluegrass music back to the Kennebec Valley. “The festival location has that ‘Welcome Home’ country […]
Alligator Records‘ creator celebrates 50 years of blues
Bruce Iglauer to release three-CD set of ‘Genuine Houserockin’ Music‘ on June 18.
Oakland Waterfront Park music series returns this summer after pandemic pause
Free concerts are scheduled for 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. every Thursday from July 8 to Aug. 26.
‘Four Old Broads’ to be staged
“Four Old Broads” will be staged for the next two weeks at Lakewood Theater, 76 Theater Road in Madison. Performances are set for 8 p.m. June 17, 18, 19, 24, 25 and 26; 4 p.m. June 20; 2 and 7 p.m. June 23. Retired burlesque queen Beatrice Shelton desperately needs a vacation — and NOT […]
Thomaston’s Knox Museum to reopen June 22
The General Henry Knox Museum, at 30 High St. in Thomaston, plans to reopen for the 2021 season Tuesday, June 22. “After remaining closed for the 2020 season, the Knox Museum is thrilled to open its doors to visitors once again,” said Executive Director Ethan Yankura, in a news release from the museum. Museum hours […]