Bagaduce Music and Pan Institute are excited to present the 30th Pan New England Steel Band Festival. In the spirit of the tradition that Carl and Susan Chase created here in Blue Hill, we are celebrating this two-day Festival in their honor. The Festival will take place May 6th and 7th on the campus of Bagaduce Music at 49 South Street, Blue Hill. This is a public Festival, bringing together steel bands from all over New England for two days of music and fellowship.

MUSIC CELEBRATION AND BACKYARD PARTY, free and open to the public, will take place on SATURDAY, May 6th at 6 pm. Come to a barbeque and pot luck dinner at 6pm, followed by an evening featuring Carl Chase’s songs and arrangements performed by Ready About! and the Atlantic Clarion Steel Band with special guests. This is a celebration hosted by Bagaduce Music for Carl and Susan Chase’s named collection of music donated to the Bagaduce Music Library by the Chase family.

PAN NEW ENGLAND STEEL BAND FESTIVAL will take place on SUNDAY, May 7th from 11am to 3 pm. Fifteen steel bands from all over New England will come together to play their own music and perform together. Food truck fare, including Caribbean food, will be available to purchase along with Festival 2023 t-shirts. The entrance fee is $10 for adults and students/children are free.

This Festival is organized by the students of Pan Institute along with Bagaduce Music and Peninsula Pan, Inc. If you would like to support the Festival with a tax-deductible donation, please send a check to Peninsula Pan, Inc. c/o Matt Freedman(Treasurer), 667 Bagaduce Rd., Brooksville, ME 04617, or donate through the Peninsula Pan website, peninsulapan.org.