Community Calendar

Marshall Wharf Brewing Company will be hosting our annual festival B4 (Belfast Bay Beer Bash) on Saturday, October 4 from 4 – 10 pm featuring:
Two Bands
o   Fully Funktional @ 4 pm
o   Primal Soup @ 7 pm
Food trucks
o   Freshies Wood Fired Pizza
o   The Moody Dog
30+ beers including limited release of cask and barrel conditioned specialty beers
$20 cover
$40 Includes commemorative glass + 10 beer tickets
You can reserve your tickets at: www.marshallwharfbrewing.com
It is going to be a great day full of exceptional music, food, and beer. We would appreciate you helping us get the word out!
Please reach out with any questions.

Get ready to spice things up and savor the season! Join us for the Annual Chili & Chowder Festival, a mouthwatering celebration of bold flavors, local chefs, and community fun. Check out details on our website: https://www.chilichowderfest.com/

Join us for our 4th annual art auction to benefit Habitat for Humanity of Waldo County. Artists will paint plein air throughout Waldo County between September 5th and 14th to benefit this great cause. Public viewing from 3-4 in the Bayview Room of the United Farmer's Market of Maine in Belfast, followed by a ticketed reception from 4:30-5:30 anda live auction at 5:30. Absentee bidding available.

Come on out to our tasting room to enjoy great music, tasty bevs & good vibes. No ticket required, but we'd love to know you're coming! Here's the current lineup:

7/26 Skip Bailey
Skip Bailey is a Maine singer songwriter who plays salt of the earth music for salt of the earth people. His unique place-based sound combines folk, country, and maritime influences into tunes that you'll find yourself humming for days!

8/2 Harry 'Flash' Allen & Son
This dynamic saxophone and keyboard duo will be playing all your favorites!

8/9 Touchy Subject Duo
Touchy Subject Duo, is a young local group with Emma Derhak on vocals and Francis Costin on the piano. Their original music is upbeat and relatable, playing genres like Americana/blues/rock and much more! Come listen to the music, dance, and grab a drink!

8/16 Seth Gallant
Seth grew up in a mill town in rural Western Maine to a family that played music on the front porch at almost any occasion. These traditions of folk, country, and Acadian music would shape the songs he writes and performs today. Gallant is set to release a new album in 2025, a collection of songs that celebrate simplicity in rural living. This will be his second full length album. Alongside recording and releasing music, he has preformed throughout New England and the northeast since 2021.

*Owlbear’s Rest & Cthulhu Present…*
The Caverns of Thracia
by Jennell Jaquays

Come and experience one of the classic early D&D adventure modules. Explore a branching, non-linear, reactive dungeon inhabited by multiple factions and loot their stuff ! Utilizing Basic D&D for simple character creation and a rules light approach.

Casual drop-in/drop-out play — come when you can!
No RPG experience necessary!

📅 Every other Saturday, 5–9 PM (No session 8/9)
💲 $10 per player per session
📍 In the Druid's Grove at Owlbear’s Rest
Grab your dice. Explore the depths. Steal from lizard cultists.

The Caverns await…

ArtsFarmington is pleased to present Droplet Dance Co. with FERN from 7pm to 8:15pm on Saturday, Oct. 4 at the Emery Community Arts Center. Inspired by the unfurling spirals of the fern plant, dancers Molly Gawler, Shana Bloomstein and pianist Shepsi Eaton join together to create a magic evening of dance, circus, music, clowning and fun.

Molly Gawler, former principal dancer with the world-renowned dance troupe Pilobulus, brings to life a colorful selection of dances that embraces the wide variety of her abilities from modern dance, ballet to circus and mime, carrying the audience from laughter to tears. All the dances in the show are original choreography by Shana and Molly. Shana is a ballet dancer who seems larger than life on stage because of the spiritual and magical aura she creates around her. The equally magical accompanist, Shepsi Eaton, will hold the musical threads together with stellar pieces on piano, original songs and reggae style guitar beats. The music-scape ranges from Bach, Arvo Part, Work Songs & traditional fiddle tunes. This unique collaboration promises to transport across cultures and genres with humorous, poignant and fabulously unexpected offerings that will surely delight an audience of all ages!

The performance will be on Saturday, Oct. 4 from 7 to 8:15 pm in the Emery Community Arts Center of UMF on Academy Street in Farmington. Tickets can be obtained online at ArtsFarmington.org or at the door. $20 for adults, more if you can less if you cannot and no one turned away. Free, 18 and younger by the Arts Inspire Youth fund and for UMF students. Emery Arts Center is accessible for wheelchairs.

ArtsFarmington is affiliated with the University of Farmington.

Join DAC for a Readers Theater style performance of hilarious comedy scenes and short plays featuring the works of emerging new playwrights and critically acclaimed dramatists. From a bee in search of a Queen to an absurd encounter with a puppet, it’s an evening guaranteed to keep you laughing! Directed by Stan Burgoyne and starring Robert Libbey and Lynne McGhee.

ROBERT LIBBEY has spent the last 20 years in NYC working in the arts and public policy as a Chief Financial Officer. His roots are in theatre and broadcasting, having spent many years as an Emmy Award winning TV producer at Maine Public Television. Prior to that he appeared as an actor at Theatre at Monmouth, Penobscot Theatre, Acadia Repertory Theatre and Ten Bucks Theatre Company. He’s a graduate of the University of Maine Theatre Department and also has a master’s degree in accounting from Bernard Baruch College.

LYNNE MCGHEE is happy to be back at The Denmark Arts Center after previously performing her original shows, Back to the Drawing Board and Dead Girls: The Musical! Lynne is currently working on the Gala opening of Good Theater in I’ll Drink to That, performing with Broadway veterans Valerie Perri (Evita) and George Dvorsky (The Scarlet Pimpernel). She is also in rehearsals for I’ll Eat You Last- A Chat with Sue Mengers by John Larson, a side splitting comedy solo show (performed by Bette Midler on Broadway) at Good Theater at Stevens Square August 7-10! Lynne is a member of Actors Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA and has performed with The Portland Symphony, Maine State Music Theater, and Portland Stage as well as writing and producing her own cabaret and theater pieces. Lynne is also a graduate of the University of Maine Theater Department. (The last time Bob and Lynne performed on stage together was in UMO’s production of The Music Man where Lynne played Marion, and Bob, Mayor Shinn!)

A tour-de-force solo show brings the dynamic First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, to life. As Eleanor weaves the tale of her public and private lives we see her at times both strong and vulnerable. Learn more about the passionate and unforgettable woman at the heart of her husband’s presidency whose impact on history cannot be understated.

"Brilliant and emotionally resonant" – The Wall Street Journal

Get ready for a night of magic, mystique, and musical mastery as Crystal Vision returns to the Chocolate Church on Friday, October 4 at 7:30 PM!

Special performance of both “Fleetwood Mac” and “Rumours” albums in their entirety, plus additional Bonus Tracks of other Fleetwood Mac hits!

This beloved local Fleetwood Mac tribute band has earned a devoted following for their spot-on renditions, soaring harmonies, and undeniable stage presence—and this time, they’re turning it up a notch. With fresh new sounds and dazzling new looks, Crystal Vision is breathing new life into the iconic catalog of Fleetwood Mac while staying true to the heart and soul that fans know and love. Whether you're a longtime devotee or a first-time listener, this is one show you won’t want to miss!

REALLY is a play about mourning, intimacy, and the conflict between goodness and greatness as seen through the lens of photography.