May 14 Tuesday
The Alumni Band, conducted by Danielle Allie, proudly presents the Marcel Drapeau Scholarship Concert. Joining the Alumni Band will be the Biddeford High School Concert Band, conducted by Michael Murphy.
A Feast of Poetry and Song Tuesday, May 14, at 6:30 p.m. The Camden Public Library is de-lighted to welcome a line-up of accomplished poets and performers to the beautiful Reading Room for an evening of poetry and music on Tuesday, May 14, at 6:30 p.m. This event is in lead-up to the 2nd Annual Camden Festival of Poetry, of which the library is pleased to be an institutional partner. Featuring: Carol Willette Bachofner, Keenan Boscoe, Mark S. Burrows, Ellen Goldsmith, Margaret Haberman, Erin Mayer, Benjamin Perry, Louisa Stancioff, and Meg Weston.
Visit us for a fun evening for all at Cherished Pub! Open Wednesday -Sunday 2pm-9pm Music Starts at 6:30pm! Happy Hour Daily Wednesday-Sunday 2pm-6pm! See our Menus and more at www.bayou2atcp.com and www.cherishedpossessions.com
May 15 Wednesday
The outstanding classical musicians of the Heifetz International Music Institute are coming back to Georgetown! The Heifetz Institute musicians were regular visitors before the pandemic and we are so thrilled that they are returning to the Midcoast with new musicians and playing in multiple venues!
With the generous support of the Georgetown Island Education Foundation, performers from the Heifetz Institute, the highly regarded string instruction program and accompanying festival in Staunton, VA, return to Maine for a four-day residency in MidCoast Maine featuring a series of school and outreach events culminating in public concerts Tuesday, May 14 at St. Andrews Church in Newcastle, Wednesday May 15 at Grey Havens Inn and a cabaret style concert Thursday May 16 at the Robinhood Free Meetinghouse.
Grey Havens Concert: A lovely concert in our salon featuring a full string quartet and concert pianist playing our 1920s era Chicago-born baby grand piano! The program will include works from Kreisler, Paganini, Debussy, Zimbalist and Sarasate as well as Schumann's Piano Quintet in E Flat. This is a very special opportunity to enjoy classical music as it was appreciated back in the day! Our fabulous bartender, Richard, will be on hand to prepare you one of the Inn’s delicious signature cocktails starting at 6 PM. The concert will begin at 7 PM. Tix are $25 and seating is very limited. The full program and musician bios can be found on our partner website www.robinhoodfreemeetinghouse.com.
May 16 Thursday
Eliza Ruth Watson stars as “Mama” Cass Elliot, the iconic Grammy Award winning singer who died at age 32 in 1974. Best known for being a member of the 1960’s folk rock band The Mamas & The Papas, Elliot also released five solo albums, which included songs “Dream a Little Dream of Me”, “Make Your Own Kind of Music”, and “I’m Coming to The Best Part Of My Life”. Elliot was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998 and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2022. This multimedia tribute is told through actual TV, radio, and print interviews with Elliot, and includes many of her musical hits.
Cabaret Night: Heifetz prides itself on playing in all kinds of spaces for all kinds of audiences and, for this fun event, they’ll play downstairs in the Meetinghouse dining room, presenting a cabaret-style program featuring Dvorak, Bach, Chopin and a selection of Brazilian songs and sambas!. We’ll have drinks available to aid in your enjoyment. Tickets are $20, doors open at 6 PM, music starts at 7 PM.
To buy tickets, see the full program description and details on the visiting artists visit our site!
May 17 Friday
Tedford Housing's Spring Benefit Concert will feature award-winning songwriter Jud Caswell and the Duo of Giff Jamison and Nancy Sferra. All proceeds from the concert will support Tedford Housing programs and services.
Jud Caswell is an award-winning songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who has been performing in his native state of Maine and beyond for more than 25 years. In 2006 he made a splash on the national scene, winning the legendary Kerrville New Folk competition. He has had his songs taught at Berklee, recorded by Judy Collins, and named “#4 Song of the Decade” by New York’s WFUV. His record “Live at the Seagull Shop” was number 1 album on the Folk Alliance International radio charts in March 2020. Songwriters Giff Jamison and Nancy Sferra frequently perform as a duo, playing mostly original music throughout the Midcoast. Jamison draws from folk, jazz and rock influences, but his roots are country blues and finger-style guitar. He is a four-time finalist at the New England Songwriters Contest; and released a CD of original tunes, 2013’s Ramone. Sferra is a multi-instrumentalist who got her musical start teaching herself to play guitar on a nylon string Harmony and moved into songwriting. With the new millennium, she began performing her folk-blues compositions locally and recorded two CDs, Smoke and Bones and Hardened Ground. Recently they have been recording a new CD of original material at Frog Hollow studio.
For more information, call 207-729-1161 or visit www.tedfordhousing.org/events
A 9-piece, high energy band with horns and multiple vocalists, we’re known for putting our own take on popular songs and playing benefit concerts for causes we believe in. We focus on organizations that serve at-risk youth, and support access to music education. To date we’ve raised over $150,000 for non-profits in our community.
Rooted in our love of the blues tradition, we bring a fresh, fun approach to a variety of songs, from classics to the modern day. Our extensive song list encompasses material from Blues legends like Howlin’ Wolf and BB King, to Motown stars like Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder, and to modern day artists such as Eric Gales, Tedeschi Trucks Band and Gary Clark,