August 29, 2012

Music and Nightlife Listings

Concerts, comedy, bars and clubs

• CONCERTS

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The Quebe Sisters Band brings its fiddles and three-part harmonies to Stone Mountain Arts Center in Brownfield on Saturday.

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Country star Suzy Bogguss performs a free concert at L.L. Bean’s Discovery Park in Freeport on Saturday.

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THURSDAY

"The Bluegrass Special," music festival with The Gibson Brothers, Della Mae, The Sleepy Man Banjo Boys, Snap Jackson, The Tennessee Mafia Jug Band, Al Hawkes, The Lonesome River Band and more, Thomas Point Beach, Brunswick. $25 to $50 per day; multi-day passes available. Schedule at thomaspointbeach.com. Thursday to Sunday.

Popa Chubby, blues, The Brickhouse, Scarborough. $25. 233-6755. 8 p.m.

Built to Spill, indie rock, with Helvetia and Revoltrevolt, State Theatre, Portland. $25; general admission. statetheatreportland.com. 8 p.m.

Friends of Eastern Promenade Concert Series, with Royal Hammer (roots reggae), Fort Allen Park, Portland. Free. 756-8130. 7 p.m.

La Bottine Souriante, French and North American roots music, Stone Mountain Arts Center, Brownfield. $60. stonemountainartscenter.com. 8 p.m.

Summer Concert Series, with Sweet Wednesday (indie roots), Lithgow Public Library, Augusta. Free. www.lithgow.lib.me.us. 6:30 p.m.

Belfast Summer Nights Concert Series, with The Jason Hemmens Band, pop/soul/R&B, High and Maine streets, Belfast. Free. 322-7123. 5:30 p.m.

Jimmy Dority, pianist, Local Sprouts Cooperative, Portland. Free/donation. localsprouts.coop. 7 p.m.

Old Port Concert Series, with Genevieve Beaudoin (singer-songwriter), Gelato Fiasco, Brunswick. Free. gelatofiasco.com. 8 p.m.

Cool Sounds Concert Series and Outdoor Market, with The Time Pilots ('80s covers), downtown Bangor. Free. downtownbangor.com. Market 5 to 8 p.m.; concert at 6 p.m.

The Navigators, Newfoundland folk-rock, Unity Centre for the Performing Arts. $15. uccpa.unity.edu. 7:30 p.m.

Portland Jazz Orchestra, 18-piece ensemble, One Longfellow Square, Portland. $5 in advance and for students and seniors; $9 at door. onelongfellowsquare.com. 8 p.m.

FRIDAY

Big Time Rush, pop, with Cody Simpson, Bangor Waterfront Pavilion. $22 to $67. waterfrontconcerts.com. Gates at 5 p.m.

Marty Stuart and The Fabulous Superlatives, bluegrass/country, Stone Mountain Arts Center, Brownfield. $80. stonemountainartscenter.com. 8 p.m.

Jon Herington Band, touring guitarist for Steely Dan, One Longfellow Square, Portland. $20. onelongfellowsquare.com. 8 p.m.

Veayo Twins, pop, Dufresne Plaza, downtown Lewiston. Free. laarts.org. 6 p.m.

"We Shall Rise," Christopher Pulsoni, Gaelle Robin and others play a variety of music, Local Sprouts Cooperative, Portland. Free/donation. localsprouts.coop. 7 p.m.

"Music for Rivers," benefit concert for Cold Water Fisheries Conservation with The Cowboy Angels, The UMaine Augusta Jazz Band, Ellen Tipper and Christine McCormick; silent auction between acts and food from Just Got Smoked Bar-B-Q; Darrows Barn at Round Top Farm, Damariscotta. $20. 380-5789. 6 to 10 p.m.

SATURDAY

Keith Urban, country, with David Nail, Bangor Waterfront Pavilion. $27.75 to $71.75. waterfrontconcerts.com. Gates at 5:30 p.m.

Suzy Bogguss, country, L.L. Bean Discovery Park, Freeport. Free; bring lawn chairs or blankets. llbean.com. 7:30 p.m.

Iris Dement, country/folk, Opera House at Boothbay Harbor. $25 in advance; $30 day of show. boothbayoperahouse.com. 8 p.m.

Paula Cole, pop/rock/jazz, Jonathan's Restaurant, Ogunquit. $37.50 to $40.50. jonathansrestaurant.com. 7 p.m.

Quebe Sisters Band, vocal/fiddle trio, Stone Mountain Arts Center, Brownfield. $20. stonemountainartscenter.com. 8 p.m.

Summer Concert Series in the Hope Hobbs Gazebo, with The New Legacy Swing Band (classic big band), Wells Harbor Community Park, Wells. Free. 646-5596. 6:30 p.m.

Tillery, jazz vocal group, Lakeside Theater, Rangeley. $15. 357-6934. 4:30 p.m.

Robin Jellis, cellist, Local Sprouts Cooperative, Portland. Free/donation. localsprouts.coop. 11 a.m.

SUNDAY

Jason Aldean, country, with Luke Bryan and Deejay Silver, Bangor Waterfront Pavilion. Sold out. waterfrontconcerts.com. Gates at 5:30 p.m.

All Together Now, Beatles tribute band, Jonathan's Restaurant, Ogunquit. $15 to $52. jonathansrestaurant.com. 8 p.m.

Summer Concert Series, with trumpeter Thomas Kremser and Warren King, Colony Hotel, Kennebunkport. $5. 985-8759. 5 p.m.

Jazz Brunch, with Sean Mencher and Bob Hamilton, Local Sprouts Cooperative, Portland. Free/donation. localsprouts.coop. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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O.A.R. is at the State Theatre in Portland on Sept. 6.

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