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December 2019
Dough Ball Preview Party
The 2019 Gingerbread Spectacular winners are announced at this gala fundraising evening. Be the first in your neighborhood to see this year’s confectionery creations, while enjoying wonderful hors d’oeuvres prepared by the Friends of the Opera House and listening to a live dance band lead by Barney Balch in the spectacularly decorated Opera House. Cash bar. Dress is anything from casual to holiday finery. A magical evening, perhaps the best party of the season. Starts early with doors opening at…
Find out more »Annual Gingerbread Spectacular
10am - 4pm daily. This annual display of gingerbread houses large and small, with a few cabins, castles, lighthouses, and mythical structures thrown in for good measure shows off the heart of the community. Professional bakers and grade school builders all compete in this hilarious annual event with prizes awarded for Most Ingredients Used, Best Holiday Spirit, Most Obsessive Compulsive, Best Landscaping and, of course, Most Spectacular among other awards. The confectionery creations are on display beginning Friday evening at…
Find out more »Community Band Holiday Concert
As part of the Gingerbread Spectacularfun this year, the Community band will present a holiday concert at 3 pm amidst the gingerbread-filled Opera House. Free!
Find out more »Holiday Potluck & Carol Sing
Bring an ample main, side or salad to share and come to the Opera House on this winter's eve for a night celebrating community and the holiday season, and listen to the joyful music presente dby Kevin Kiley on piano and a talented group of vocalists. Doors open at 5:30, dinner around 6 pm, music around 6:45. All ages. Please bring serving utensils and a plate and eating utensils as well. Free, donations welcome.
Find out more »Coig – Celtic Holiday Concert
One of Atlantic Canada's premiere traditional groups, with the fiery Celtic style as its musical core, Còig easily shifts between century old tunes of past generations to original and contemporary compositions, featuring the band’s range of over a dozen instruments (vocals, fiddles, piano, guitar, banjo, mandolin, viola, bouzouki, whistles, and more). This holiday season they bring the best of a Celtic Christmas to the Opera House stage. With driving tunes, haunting songs, and infectious energy, Còig is an unparalleled musical…
Find out more »January 2020
Open Mic Upstairs
The Opera House's winter Open Mic series starts this January and welcomes musicians, poets, comedians, story-tellers and what have you? Sign-ups begin at 6:30 pm and the mic opens at 7 pm. Open mic slots are rotating 12 minutes sets. The Opera House's volunteer group, the Friends, will have chili and soup and dessert available, and the Opera House bar will have cold drinks. Cash only, no credit cards. Call 633-6855 for additional information.
Find out more »The Boneheads & Holy Mackerels Winter Kick-off Concert
Each winter, after the holidays have passed, the Opera House welcomes some of our favorite musicians, the members of the Boneheads and the Holy Mackerels, to help us kick off the new season. Mark the date on your calendar now, call the box office to get discounted tickets ($10) and be ready to usher in 2020 at the Opera House. Music starts at 7, doors open at 6:30.
Find out more »Seth Warner & Friends – An Evening of Neil Young
Portland, ME based musician Seth Warner returns to the Opera House this winter and will lead an All-Star band in a complete live performance of Neil Young’s much loved 1972 record Harvest. What is it about this record that catapulted Neil Young to international prominence and the LP to become the best selling album of the year and an instant classic? Is it the decidedly country and organic acoustic flavors? The moments of symphonic grandeur and electric grit hewn together?…
Find out more »February 2020
February Open Mic
Upstairs in the historic bar. Sign-ups for musicians, poets, story-tellers, comedians...come bring your talent, or come as an enthusiastic audience member, but do join us for at least one of this winter's open mics. Talent sign-ups begin at 6:30 pm in the bar, mic goes live at 7 pm. 12 minute time slots, with the possibility of doing two slots depending upon the size of the talent pool. The volunteer Friend's group will have chili and stew and desserts, and…
Find out more »Altan
We welcome back these masters of Irish music in 2020! Advance tickets $28 from the box office. Regular tickets $33. Details to follow!
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