Community Calendar

Camden Opera House's occasional series of free performances in its intimate third-floor listening room returns with Darlin’ Corey. Award-winning fiddle and singer Erica Brown teams up with singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Matt Shipman; and Portland’s fave bass player, Kris Day, to blend folk, bluegrass and old-time music. Doors open 7 p.m. to the opera house’s street-level elevator lobby, 29 Elm St. Attendees take the elevator to the third floor, whose windows will be outlined with blue rope lights for the evening. The Blue Café seats around 50, with more room in the adjacent lounge. Free admission to all. Donations to sponsoring Community Arts Fund welcomed.

Get ready to dance, feast, and celebrate! This one-day festival brings together the vibrant beats, flavors, stories, and rich traditions of Canadian, Franco-American, and Cajun cultures—it’s a can’t-miss celebration of joy, music, and community!

2-2:30 pm Welcome / Rob Sylvain Mémère’s Notebook
2:30 T Marie dance lesson
3:30 Acadian Aces music and dancing
4:30 T Marie and Bayou Juju music and dancing
5:30 DINNER BREAK
7:00 p.m. Doors open for concert, concert 7:30 p.m.

Concert: Side by Each & Genticorum

A week-long summer festival of classes, workshops and concerts in Bar Harbor, ME, celebrating Celtic-influenced traditional music and dance.

A week-long summer festival of classes, workshops and concerts in Bar Harbor, ME, celebrating Celtic-influenced traditional music and dance.

A week-long summer festival of classes, workshops and concerts in Bar Harbor, ME, celebrating Celtic-influenced traditional music and dance.

In collaboration with the Franco-American Collection at the University of Southern Maine, the Franco Center’s La Rencontre will celebrate Saint-Jean-Baptiste day on Tuesday, June 24, with dinner and dancing.

The doors will open at 5 p.m., along with the cash bar and conversation in French and English. At 6 pm, dinner will begin. Music, featuring Robert Sylvain and Steve Muise, will begin at 6:30 p.m.; and Don and Cindy Roy will take the stage at 8 p.m. accompanied by Cindy Larock who will lead contra dancing until 9 p.m. The dinner menu will include Franco-American foods, featuring Pâté chinois, pea soup, and sugar pie for dessert. There will also be a vegetarian version of Pâté chinois, and a green salad and rolls. Water, lemonade and coffee drinks are free with your ticket, and sodas and bar drinks available for purchase.

Tickets for this extra special La Rencontre must be purchased by 5 PM on June 17 so we can plan the number of meals to prepare.

Please be sure that you are choosing the correct date!

Admission: Adult $22, Senior $18, Child (under 12 yr old) $12

All ticket fees are included in this price.

Meals will not be sold at the door.

All Sales are Final. No refunds will be given unless we have to cancel or postpone the event.

Photo credit: Sun Journal archives. Roger Bouffard dressed as a young Saint Jean Baptiste for the annual parade in Lewiston, Maine in the 1950s.

A week-long summer festival of classes, workshops and concerts in Bar Harbor, ME, celebrating Celtic-influenced traditional music and dance.

A week-long summer festival of classes, workshops and concerts in Bar Harbor, ME, celebrating Celtic-influenced traditional music and dance.

A week-long summer festival of classes, workshops and concerts in Bar Harbor, ME, celebrating Celtic-influenced traditional music and dance.

Music by the Sea is a series of free public concerts held on July 4 at the Camden Amphitheatre. Bands include the Bay Chamber Jazz Group, Hadacol Bouncers, Midcoast Community Band, and The Right Track. They will perform a variety of American music including traditional jazz, New Orleans jazz, broadway music, patriotic music, march music, R&B, and much more. Here is the schedule:
Noon: Bay Chamber Jazz Group (at Village Green)
2 pm: Hadacol Bouncers
4 pm: Midcoast Community Band
6 pm: The Right Track