Down East 2013 ©
Aug. 4
Mumford & Sons headlines a day of music for 12,000 fans on Portland’s Eastern Promenade as part of the Gentlemen of the Road tour. Supporting artists include St. Vincent, Dawes, the Maccabees, Apache Relay, Simone Felice, and Haim. Gentlemenoftheroad.com [1]
Aug. 4–22
Camden, Maine, native Samantha Appleton displays photography from her time spent in Iraq throughout the war and as an official White House photographer during the Obama administration.
Here From There:
Photographs by Samantha Appleton.
Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport. cmcanow.org [2]
Aug. 18 L.L.Bean continues its free summer concert series with Chatham County Line performing contemporary bluegrass. Local band This Way will open the show. 7:30 P.M. L.L. Bean’s Discovery Park, Freeport. llbean.com/summer [3].
Aug. 8–25. “Come on along and listen to The Lullaby of Broadway”
The Maine State Music Theater ends its season with 42nd Street — the ultimate tribute to Broadway and showmanship.
Brunswick. msmt.org [4]
Aug. 21–Sept. 1 “There’s No Place Like Home”
Arundel Barn Playhouse holds the New England premiere of Beyond the Rainbow: The New Judy Garland Musical — a new musical that details the life and music of Judy Garland. . Arundel. 207-985-5552. arundelbarnplayhouse.com [5]
Favorite Festivals:
Maine Lobster Festival, Rockland, Aug. 1–5
Listed as one of the top five summer festivals by the Today Show, the festival celebrates everything lobster with parades down Main Street, lobster boat races, and all of the red crustaceans you can eat. mainelobsterfestival.com [6]
Maine Fairy House Festival, Boothbay Harbor, Aug. 3–5
Let the kids roam the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens for a weekend of building fairy houses, live children’s performers, marionette shows, and more. mainegardens.org [7]
Acadian Festival, Madawaska, Aug. 9–15
This yearly festival celebrates all aspects of Acadian culture with cuisine, music, and the hospitality of French Acadians. acadianfestival.com [8]
Maine Antiques Festival, Union, Aug. 10–12
No need to go antique hunting when more than one hundred vendors from around the Northeast come to Union. maineantiquefest.com [9]
Great Falls Balloon Festival, Lewiston/Auburn, Aug. 17–19
Now in its twentieth year, the festival attracts more than one hundred thousand visitors for the launch of dozens of dazzling hot air balloons. greatfallsballoonfestival.org [10]
Machias Wild Blueberry Festival, Machias, Aug. 17–19
Celebrate the pride and joy of Down East Maine, the blueberry, with three days of crafts, food, entertainment, and pie-eating contests. machiasblueberry.com [11]
Links:
[1] http://Gentlemenoftheroad.com
[2] http://cmcanow.org
[3] http://llbean.com/summer
[4] http://msmt.org
[5] http://arundelbarnplayhouse.com
[6] http://mainelobsterfestival.com
[7] http://mainegardens.org
[8] http://acadianfestival.com
[9] http://maineantiquefest.com
[10] http://greatfallsballoonfestival.org
[11] http://machiasblueberry.com