“Candy Cane Train,” Bath

Dec. 13, Thursday, 7pm, Novel Jazz Septet, evening features Barney Balch (trombone), Herb Maine (acoustic bass), Mickey Felder (piano), David Clarke (guitar), Michael Mitchell (trumpet), Mark Macksoud (drums) and special guests, Glen Sargent (reeds), arrive early as seating goes fast, $13/adults, $10/seniors, $5/ 12-18, free/under 12, Skidompha Library, 184 Main Street, Damariscotta. FMI: 207-563-5513, www.skidompha.org.
Dec. 14-16, Friday-Saturday, 7pm/Fri. and Sat, 3pm/Sun, “A Christmas Carol,” special one-man interpretation of Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol,’ $$15/adults, $12/students and seniors, Blue Hill Town Hall Theater, 18 Union Street, Blue Hill. FMI: 207-374-5057, www.newsurrytheatre.org.
Dec. 15-16, Saturday and Sunday, 9am, 11am, 1pm, 3pm, Candy Cane Train, ninety minute rides from Bath to Wiscasset and back, singers, story readers, Santa, cookies and cocoa, $17, Bath Train Station, Bath. FMI: 207-443-6384, www.candycanetrain.org.
Dec. 15, Saturday, 6:15pm, An All-American Christmas Holiday Concert, featuring American themed arrangements of Christmas music, $10, $7/seniors and students, Freeport Performing Arts Center, 30 Holbrook Street, Freeport.  FMI:  207-781-8284, www.publicbroadcasting.net.
Dec. 15, Saturday, 7pm, Saxophone Christmas, Cul de Sax Quartet sacred and secular music, community sing-a-long of popular carols, admission is donation of non-perishable food, Mid Coast Presbyterian Church, 84 Main Street, Topsham. FMI: 207-725-6426, www.mcconline.org.
Dec. 16, Sunday, 5pm, Christmas Winds, holiday music by Pine Tree Coastal Winds, Freeport’s community concert band, admission is one non-perishable food item, Life Source Ministry Church, 34 Grover Land, Brunswick. FMI: 207-833-0054, www.lifesourcemaine.org.