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           140th Cumberland County Fair, Cumberland

Sept. 22, Thursday, 10-11:30am, Hay Ride and Apple Cider Making, hayride to the Valley Farm for an apple cider making demonstration and tasting, pick apples and learn how to make them into apple cider, $5, Pineland Farms, 15 Farm View Drive, New Gloucester.  FMI:  207-688-4800 ext. 15, www.pinelandfarms.org.

 

Sept. 24, Saturday, 10am-4:30pm, Apple Saturday, featuring cider pressing with a hand press, bring your own apples to be pressed or buy Shaker apples at the Shaker Store.  There will be an apple pie sale in cooperation with the New Gloucester Historical Society, free, Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, 707 Shaker Road, New Gloucester.  FMI:  207-926-4597, www.shaker.lib.me.us.

 

Sept. 24, Saturday, 11am-4pm, 8th Annual Maine Lakes Brew Fest, sample brews from Otter Creek Brewing, Gritty McDuff’s, Mass Bay Brewing AKA, Sunday River Brewing and more, takes place on the beach at Point Sebago, entertainment provided, you must be 21 years of age or older, $25/advance, $30/day of event, Point Sebago, 261 Point Sebago Road, Sebago.  FMI:  207-647-3472, www.mainelakesbrewfest.com.

 

Sept. 24, Saturday, 12:00pm, Old-Fashioned Outdoor Concert, savor the final days of summer and step back in time to enjoy an old-fashioned outdoor concert and picnic on the Green with the USM Concert Band, bring the whole family, plus a lawn chair or blanket, barbecue lunch at old-fashioned prices, free/concert, Corthell Hall, USM, 38 College Avenue, Gorham.  FMI:  207-780-5555, www.usm.maine.edu/music.

 

Sept. 24, Saturday, 7:00pm, Bruce McKenzie Johnson, a magician, comedian, pickpocket and escape artist, this show is a winning combination of comedy, audience participation and mind  boggling magic, $8/adults, $4/students, Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, Bradley Street, Fryeburg.  FMI:  207-935-9232,www.fryeburgacademy.org.

 

Sept. 25-27, Sunday-Wednesday, 7am-7pm, 140th Cumberland County Fair, an old-time fair featuring a variety of events including antique tractors, livestock, midway, entertainment and harness racing, $9/Sunday, $7/Monday-Wednesday, $2/seniors on Tuesday, free/children 12 and under, Cumberland Fair Grounds, 197 Blanchard Road, Cumberland.  FMI:  207-829-4215, www.cumberlandfair.com.

 

Sept. 25, Sunday, 8:00pm, doors open at 6:00pm, Boubacar Traore, Mali’s legendary blues guitarist and singer, is a harmonious contradiction, his voice is drop dead amazing, singing with a soul that you can not compare to anyone, $17.50, see ‘by the ways,’ Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dug Way Road, Brownfield.  FMI:  207-935-7292,www.stonemountainartscenter.com.

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