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Bangor State Fair, Bangor

Aug. 1-4, Thursday-Sunday, gates open at 2pm/Thursday and Friday, 12 pm/Saturday and Sunday, Bangor State Fair, includes A Grizzly Experience, Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Show, State Fair National Lobster Roll eating championship, and much more, $12/per person includes admission, unlimited mechanical rides and all the shows, $7/no rides, no re-admission, free/under 3 unless they want to ride, Bangor State Fair, 100 Dutton Street, Bangor. FMI: 207-947-5105, www.bangormaine.gov.
Aug. 1, Thursday, 7:30-8:30pm, Rosalind Mohnsen Organ Concert, performs music of Theodore Dubois, Joseph Rheinberger, and Louis Vierne, donations appreciated, St. John’s Catholic Church, 207 York Street, Bangor. FMI: 207-974-9380, www.hookopus288.org.
Aug. 2-3, Friday-Saturday, 8am-8pm, Dover-Foxcroft Shiretown Homecoming, a splash of summer, parade kicks off at 10am, vendors, crafters, exhibits, spectacular fireworks at Sebec Lake Public Beach, visit website for a complete schedule of events, Downtown Dover-Foxcroft, Main Street, Dover-Foxcroft. FMI: 207-564-3621, www.dover-foxcroft.org.
Aug. 3, Saturday, 9am, Brownville Church’s Old Home Weekend Auction and Supper, Pleasant River Quilters quilt show will be in the sanctuary, a supper of baked beans and homemade pies will be served from 5-6:30pm, $7/adults, $3/children, Brownville Community Church, 84 Church Street, Brownville. FMI: 207-965-7872, www.brownvillecommunitychurch.com.
Aug. 4, Sunday, 2-3pm, Aquatic Plant Paddle, learn about aquatic plants in the area, and their amazing adaptations! Registration and cancellation requested by August 3rd, $5/adults, free/school-age children, Hirundo Wildlife Refuge, Gate 3, Alton. FMI: 207-944-9259, www.hirundomaine.org.
Aug. 4, Sunday, 6-7:30pm, Summer Instrumental Music Concert, instrumental music concert of solos and duets featuring Jonathan Moody (cello), Reb. Dr. Stan Moody (marimba), Laura Estey (oboe), Clayton Rogers (organ) and Dora Rexrode (piano). Guest cellist Jonathan Moody is performance music major at Susquehanna University and has studied with Yo-Yo Ma. He will be playing a Bach Suite solo and a duet with Laura Esty, free, Columbia Street Baptist Church, 63 Columbia Street, Bangor. FMI: 207-945-6616, www.cbcbangor.org.
Aug. 6, Tuesday, 7-8pm, Six Basin Street, an all-women Dixieland, Jazz Band that plays music for the purposes of having fun, improving on ensemble playing ability, and entertaining others. It is a teaching band, an amateur band, in which players share skills with each other and music with as many as they are able, free, Bangor Public Library, 145 Harlow Street, Bangor. FMI: 207-947-8336, www.bpl.lib.me.us.

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