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.
WEDNESDAY ON MAIN IS GENEROUSLY SPONSORED BY DARLING’S OF AUGUSTA, BANGOR & ELLSWORTH AND THE TOWN OF BUCKSPORT WITH ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM BANGOR SAVINGS BANK & CAMDEN NATIONAL BANK