“Josephine County,” Phippsburg Congregational Church, Phippsburg

Sept. 19, Thursday, 6:30-8pm, “Getting to Know Our Trees: Tree Identification,” Morten Moesswilde, Maine Forest Service District Forester, will lead a hands-on tree identification session to help participants recognize a few of the most common native tree species of the midcoast. Using primarily branch samples, we’ll go through as many species as time allows. Learn to focus on a few of the important characteristics that distinguish similar species. A 10x hand lens and camera are helpful. Suitable for ages 8 through adult. Sponsored by the Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition, free, Belfast Free Library, 106 Main Street, Belfast. FMI: belfastbaywatershed.org.

Sept. 19, Thursday, 8pm, “Jed Wilson Trio,” Jed Wilson is a versatile performer, equally at home in the disparate worlds of jazz, free improvisation, and folk music. As an accompanist, Wilson is best known for a long-term collaboration with singer-songwriter Heather Masse, with whom he has toured widely (including making multiple appearances on NPR’s A Prairie Home Companion). Additionally, he has performed with Aoife O’Donovan, Taylor O’Donnell, and Dominique Eade. His solo piano EP of original compositions and free improvisations, Nocturnes, is now available, $12/advance, $15/door, Cadenza, 5 Depot Street, Freeport. FMI: cadenzafreeport.com.

Sept. 20, Friday, 7:30pm, “One Night in Memphis,” the critically acclaimed tribute to legendary Sun Records recording artists Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis, $30/advance, $35/day of, Camden Opera House, 29 Elm Street, Camden. FMI: 207-236-7963, www.camdenoperahouse.com.

Sept. 21, Saturday, 7:30pm, “Matt Newberg and the Hearts of Gold,” Matt Newberg and his new band, The Hearts of Gold, combine threads of Nashville with roots and rock to create a moving and distinct sound, $10/advance, $12/door, Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington Street, Bath. FMI: 207-442-8455, chocolatechurcharts.org.

Sept. 21, Saturday, 7:30pm, “Josephine County,” Josephine County combines the talents of four accomplished traditional musicians into one musical experience that takes the listener on a journey from the United States to Ireland and back. Comprised of award-winning fiddler and singer Erica Brown Shipman, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Matt Shipman, traditional Irish flute player and singer Hanz Araki and guitarist, bodran player and singer Colleen Raney, the band will offer a program of French Canadian, bluegrass, Irish, country music and more, $15/advance, $18/door, $10/students, Phippsburg Congregational Church, 10 Church Lane, Phippsburg. FMI: 207-389-1770, www.phippsburgucc.org.

Sept. 22, Sunday, 2pm, “Le Bon Truc,” Le Bon Truc (The Good Thing) is a unique and dynamic trio that is breathing new life into off-the-beaten-path French folk music. Regular performers at local venues such as Blue, Le Bon Truc treats audiences with tunes from many different regions of France including the valse, mazurka, chanson, bouree and more. Come join us for an afternoon of music and dance, sliding scale donation. $10 per person, $25 per family recommended. All donations go to our hard working musicians, Desert of Maine Barn, 95 Desert Road, Freeport. FMI: 978-394-5923, desertofmaine.com.

Sept. 25, Wednesday, 6pm, “Songs of the Sea,” Jim Mageean and Pat Sheridan, folk singers and international recording artists who hail, respectively, from England and Ireland, will perform traditional sea shanties during an evening celebrating maritime music. Mageean’s world-renowned performances and arrangements have been featured in international festivals, television, and film, including 2003’s Master and Commander:The Far Side of the World. Special guests, Miscellania, Bowdoin College’s female acapella group, will open the show with their rendition of “Roll the Old Chariot” featured in the exhibit, Maritime Music, $16-$20, Maine Maritime Museum, 243 Washington Street, Bath. FMI: 207-443-1316, www.mainemaritimemuseum.org.