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BRUNSWICK – Bluegrass lovers from the northeast and Canada filled Thomas Point Beach in Brunswick Labor Day weekend to celebrate the 40th annual Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival. Started by the late Pati Crooker in 1979, the four-day festival featured 28 bands.

Sister Sadie entertained the crowd Friday evening, sharing stories of telling their families their sophomore album was nominated for a Grammy. (Kathleen O’Brien / The Times Record)

 

The Lonely Heartstrings Band impressed showgoers with their fast fingers and harmonies. This was one of the last times the band played together before beginning an indefinite hiatus. (Kathleen O’Brien / The Times Record) 

 

(L-R) John Krainis, Nora Krainis, and Maria Wolters displayed their own talents at their campsite playing their rendition of Graveyard by The Devil Makes Three. John and Nora Krainis of Freeport and Wolters from Ipswich, Massachusetts come to the festival every year. “As the night goes on ‘pockets of pickers’ will pop up and begin playing throughout the campsite,” said Nora Krainis. (Kathleen O’Brien / The Times Record)

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