“4th of July Boat Parade,” Dexter

July 3, Friday, 8-11pm, “First Friday Jazz,” featuring Bill Barnes Trio, jazz stylings from one of the area’s best jazz performance bands, free, Nocturnem Draft-Haus, 56 Main Street, Bangor. FMI: 207-907-4380, www.nocturnemdrafthaus.com.
July 3, Friday, 9pm, “Live Music,” great jazz, blues and zydeco music the sights and sounds of New Orleans is happening right in the center of downtown Bangor, with over 100 types of craft beer and a large selection of spirits, all in Bangor’s 1st Gallery Hotel, Big Easy Lounge, 20 Broad Street, Bangor. FMI: 207-992-2820, www.thecharlesinn.com.
July 4, Saturday, 6am/events begin, “Independence Day Celebration,” starts with a pancake breakfast at the Brewer Auditorium at 6-10am, parade at 11am that works its way from Brewer across the Penobscot River, festivities including a free concert continue on the Bangor Waterfront from 2-9:30pm with fireworks over the Penobscot River, Brewer/Bangor Downtown. FMI: www.maine.info/July4.php.
July 4, Saturday, 10am, “Boat Parade,” annual boat parade held on Lake Wassookeag, begins at the bridge, Lake Wassookeag, Dexter. FMI: www.bangordailynews.com.
July 4, Saturday, 12pm, “Happy Birthday America,” Cold Comfort Theater in conjunction with the Belfast Parks and Recreation Department bring a cavalcade of songs with familiar tunes such as “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy,” “America the Beautiful,” “This Land is Your Land,” and “The Star Spangled Banner,” bring a seat and sing along, free, Belfast City Park, Main Street, Belfast. FMI: www.bangordailynews.com.
July 4, Saturday, 1-3pm, “Butterfly Walk,” help count butterflies for the North American Butterfly Count. Counts are held nationwide, and the Fields Pond Butterfly Count supplies important data about declines or increases of butterfly populations, $3, Fields Pond Audubon Center, 216 Fields Pond Road, Holden. FMI: 207-989-2591, www.maineaudubon.org.
July 4, Saturday, 4pm-fireworks, “Chords for the Cure VIII,” headlined by The Stone Doctors, a group of medical professionals who perform note-perfect versions of classic material by The Rolling Stones, Chris Ross, and local groups Eric Green Party, Juicebox and 161, concert will be preceded by a boat parade on the Penobscot, $5/adults, $3/students, Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion, 1 Railroad Street, Bangor. FMI: 207-358-9327, www.themaineedge.com.