Out and About for the Mid Coast Lakes Region of Maine April 25-May 1

Out and About for the Bangor Lakes Region of Maine Apr. 25-May 1
April 24, 2013
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Out and About for the Mid Coast Lakes Region of Maine April 25-May 1

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4th Annual Free Range Music Festival, Belfast

April 25, Thursday, 6:30-8:30pm, Chocolate Buffet, benefit for Morse High School Project Graduation sponsored by Wilbur’s of Maine, sample chocolate confections, silent auction and music by Morse musicians, $20, Bath Middle School, Bath. FMI: 207-798-0269, www.rsu1mhs.sharpschool.net.
April 25, Thursday, 7-9:30pm, Novel Jazz, this begins their ninth year of performances. The evening will feature Barney Balch (trombone), Herb Maine (acoustic bass), Mickey Felder (piano), David Clarke (guitar), Michael Mitchell (trumpet), Mark Macksoud (drums) and special guest, Bryan Jones (reeds), $14/adults, $13/seniors, $6/12-18, free/under 12 with parent, Skidompha Public Library, Main Street, Damariscotta. FMI: 207-563-5513, www.skidompha.org.
April 26-27, Friday-Saturday, 7:30pm, “The Early Evening Show,” late-night talk-show spoof, $18/advance, $20/door, $12/advance child, $14/door child, Theater of Awesome, Freeport. FMI: 207-518-8839, www.awesometheater.com.
April 27, Saturday, 11am-11:45pm, 4th Annual Free Range Music Festival, all-day festival will feature thirty four acts representing a wide-range of genres, from all over Maine, New England, and the world performing across multiple venues in the downtown area. Kick-off party featuring alt-comedy troupe, Her Majesty’s Cabaret, will take place on Saturday, April 26th. Full Weekend and Saturday passes can be purchased at the Belfast Co-op or through the festival’s website, Multiple Venues, downtown, Belfast. FMI: 207-930-0245, www.freerangemusicfestival.com.
April 27, Saturday, 12pm, Met Opera: Giulio Cesare, David McVicar’s second new production of the season is this dynamic staging, a hit at the Glyndebourne Festival in 2005, which incorporates elements of Baroque theater and 19th-century British imperialism to illuminate the opera’s themes of love, was, and empire building, $27, The Strand Theatre, 345 Main Street, Rockland. FMI: 207-594-0070, www.rocklandstrand.com.
April 27, Saturday, 6-9pm, Community Band Concert: ‘Oh, the Places We Shall Go!’ a fun concert of music from the world over, presented by southern Maine’s 60-member community band. Come join the band and special guests The Foreside Clarinet Quartet for a trip around the world! Nina K. Oatley Walsh will present a free Director’s talk at 6pm, followed by the full concert at 7pm, $10, $7/seniors, free/students, Freeport Performing Arts Center, 30 Holbrook Street, Freeport. FMI: 207-865-0928, www.fpac.rsu5.org.
April 27, Saturday, 8pm, An Evening of Comedy, Karen Morgan, Kate Ghiloni, Stephanie Doyle, Tuck Tucker and John Ater, $10/advance, $12/day of, The Frontier, Brunswick. FMI: 207-725-5222, www.explorefrontier.com.

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