Past Summer Events 2018

WEDNESDAY ON MAIN FROM 5:30 - 7:00 P.M

Our 4th year of bringing live events to Main Street every Wednesday all summer long.

 Donations gratefully accepted. 

LIMITED SEATING AT OUTDOOR EVENTS - BRING A CHAIR

All Events Begin at 5:30 unless otherwise noted.

6/13 Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers Encore Performance of “The Banana Kid” Alamo Theatre 85 Main Street. Doors open at 4:45 pm. Suggested Donation $5. Come early, full house every year.

6/20 Warden Randall Liberty, Maine State Prison. This remarkable man is making a difference with his progressive and humane approach to governing prisons. Alamo Theatre, 85 Main Street / Suggested Donation $10

6/27 Gus LaCasse & Peter Lindquist Gus’ Hard Driving Traditional Acadian Fiddle matched by Master Guitarist Peter Lindquist - Spectacular Talent! Main Street Tent, 74 Main Street / BRING A CHAIR / Suggested Donation $10

7/4 NO EVENT Enjoy your Independence Day!

7/11 Mainely Country Band Country / Country Rock from seasoned performers! Waterfront Gazebo / Bucksport Town Dock / BRING A CHAIR / Suggested Donation $10

7/18 - Maine Street R&B Revue This powerhouse R&B band will bring you a sound like no other in the area! Waterfront Gazebo – Bucksport Town Dock -BRING A CHAIR Suggested Donation $10

7/25 Food On Main The Bucksport Fire & Police Return as “Guns & Hoses” to cook amazing burgers and more and The Bucksport Garden Club will sell their delicious pies (slices or whole)! Music by perennial favorites JONESVILLE - returning for their 3rd year! Main Street Lot, 74 Main Street.

8/1 Sam Lardner & Barcelona This spectacular Flamenco fusion big band takes you on a journey through the sounds of Spain. “A delicious cross-cultural musical feast.” From Flamenco to Environmental Activist (with Maine ties), Lardner will astound. Alamo Theatre, 85 Main Street / Suggested Donation $10

8/8 The Crown Vics Their ever popular “hard-twang”, “slacker swing” and & “post-punk honky tonk”, provides a high- octane mix of vintage rock, country, and ska. Straight from their European Tour! Waterfront Gazebo / Town Dock / BRING A CHAIR / Suggested Donation $10

8/15 The Blake Rosso Band Their high energy, rootsy Americana music will get your feet a-stompin’. Main Street Tent, 74 Main Street / BRING A CHAIR / Suggested Donation $10

8/22 Katie Matzell Portland’s Matzell brings her soulful, progressive pop and R&B to Bucksport. Lighthouse Arts Gallery, Waterfront Patio, 86 Main (inside if rain) BRING A CHAIR Suggested Donation $10

8/29 4th Annual Mini-Buskers Festival Along Main Street. Playing for tips & your joy. 5:30 Start with Finale at Gazebo 6:30-7:00 pm. No admission, but bring $$ for Buskers!

2nd Annual Music Documentary Film Series. Alamo Theatre, 6:30 pm. Suggested Donation $8

9/5 “Miss Sharon Jones” This fiery soul singer’s comet streaked across our skies and disappeared too soon, leaving a legacy of funk and soul that still gladdens our hearts.

9/12 “Standing in the Shadows of Motown” Celebrate the amazing Funk Brothers, the uncredited and largely unheralded studio musicians behind nearly every hit in the Motown playbook.

9/19/19 “Louis Prima: The Wildest!” Before Frank, Dean, Tom, Tony or Englebert ever played Vegas, there was Louis Prima – profiling the magnetic Prima in a nostalgic, historical journey.

9/26 “Elvis: That’s The Way It Is” Highly anticipated by Elvis fans, the film, directed by Denis Sanders, documents The King’s return to live performance, 1970, Las Vegas.