Upcoming Events

Each summer longtime Harbor actor and pianist (and Opera House technical director) Kevin Kiley assembles a world-class cast of singers  - this year he will be joined by some of his favorites from Maine, bringing the music of Broadway and the American Songbook to the stage. This night is one of our favorites and sure to be one of yours. Due to Covid19 limited capacity - reserved seats only - $20.

Tim Sprague brings his Murky Water band to the Opera House stage tonight for an evening of country music and more than a bit of fun and laughter along the way. Come on out and cheer on this local favorite! LIMITED SEATING, all seats reserved. $20. Call the box office at 207-633-5159

Golden Oak’s music is rooted by the natural landscape- their songs move like a stream, meandering and weaving in an original yet grounding direction. The Maine based band has built a steady and growing fan base with this kind of energetic intimacy. This is perfectly represented in the group's latest single “Maple Spring”. Fronted by siblings Zak and Lena Kendall GoldenOak’s music calmly excites its listeners while nestled in rich folk-influenced sibling harmony. Their most recent EP “Foxgloves” was awarded…

Friends and neighbors, if you like fingerpicking guitar, songwriters, and rockabilly music, then join us in welcoming Ameripolitan  Musician Of The Year award 2020, Swelltune Records recording artist and  Gretsch Guitar endorsed,  Sean Mencher to the Opera House tonight. Limited reserved seating - tickets $20. Call the box office at $207-633-5159. Special thanks to our sponsors Paul & Louise Cowan

Opera on Tap tells us they are the largest network of performing artists in the country, taking a local, grassroots, and very fun approach to community outreach and engagement in the name of opera. It may be an art form with a reputation for being uptight, stuffy, even thought of as boring… The Opera on Tap troupe can’t wait to prove you wrong! The Maine chapter is quickly gaining acclaim for their engaging performance style and outstanding voices. This event…

Nationally- renowned, ragtime and boogie-woogie piano master Bob Milne makes an annual pilgrimage to the Opera House’s piano each summer and we are all the beneficiaries! Expect a high energy night of music and stories from this internationally touring musician tonight. Tickets $30, available from the box office at 207-633-5159. All seats reserved. Doors open at 7, music starts at 7:30.  

Log Trucks and Snowmobile Trails and more tonight. Mark Farrington’s band of Maine musicians always leaves audiences calling for more of their originals and covers. Hard to describe but we’ll call it “Maine Country and Folk.” You can decide what to call it when you join us for this late summer evening of music and revelry from this fun-loving band. Limited, all reserved seating. $20. Call the box office in advance 207-633-5159 for tickets. No sales at the door.

Musician Don Campbell is a familiar sight on the stages of Maine and Nashville. Tonight’s concert is dedicated to the music of Dan Fogelberg. In 2012, Don released a double CD, Kites To Fly: Celebrating the Music of Dan Fogelberg and in 2013, began presenting live performances of this music around his own busy schedule of Don Campbell Music shows. His performances are endorsed by The Fogelberg Foundation of Peoria whose leadership also brought the Band to Dan’s hometown of…

From his unique background as an Italian musician in love with both American roots music as well as the music of his native country, Beppe has travelled the world and even crossed the “Iron Curtain” to dazzle and charm music enthusiasts everywhere. After 11 CDs, DVDs, teaching books and collaborations with many other top-flight musicians, Gambetta is increasingly known as one of the true live master innovators of the acoustic guitar. With America in his heart and his roots in…

One of Canada’s finest artists, Bruce Cockburn has enjoyed an illustrious career shaped by politics, spirituality, and musical diversity. His remarkable journey has seen him embrace folk, jazz, rock, and worldbeat styles while travelling to such far-flung places as Guatemala, Mali, Mozambique, and Nepal, and writing memorable songs about his ever-expanding world of wonders. “My job,” he explains, “is to try and trap the spirit of things in the scratches of pen on paper and the pulling of notes out…

Sons of Serendip is a unique Billboard Charting quartet consisting of a harpist, cellist, pianist and lead vocalist. This December they bring the music of the holiday season to the dazzlingly decorated Opera House stage. The quartet was a finalist on Season 9 of America’s Got Talent, gaining popularity by offering fresh interpretations of popular music. Since the talent competition, Sons of Serendip has toured nationally, sharing their creative and emotionally stirring arrangements and original compositions with audiences all around…

Tommy Emmanuel has achieved enough musical milestones to satisfy several lifetimes. Or at least they would if he was the kind of artist who was ever satisfied. At the age of six, he was touring regional Australia with his family band. By 30, he was a rock n’ roll lead guitarist burning up stadiums in Europe. At 44, he became one of five people ever named a Certified Guitar Player by his idol, music icon Chet Atkins. Today, he plays…

Over the past 19 years the traditional Quebec group, Genticorum, has become a fixture on the international world, folk and Celtic music circuit. The band’s 6 albums have been met with critical acclaim in Canada, the United States, and Europe. The trio has given more than 1,500 concerts in more than 15 countries. Firmly rooted in the soil of their native land, the energetic and original traditional ‘power trio’ also incorporates the dynamism of today’s North American and European folk…

This multi-national, Celtic juggernaut grows stronger with each live performance and after two decades and over 2000 shows, it is a true force to be reckoned with. With their latest release, Go Climb a Tree, their music has never sounded more representative of themselves as musicians and as live performers. The band attributes their continued success to their fanatic audience, and it’s a well-diversified crowd for sure. The country-music folks adore the storytelling, the bluegrass-heads love the instrumentals, Celtic fans…

Matt Nakoa is an award-winning songwriter, singer, and multi-instrumentalist. A modern troubadour, he makes his home on the highways and concert stages of America, and appears regularly with folk music icon Tom Rush. The Boston Globe says of Nakoa, “Between his piano chops and heartfelt originals on guitar, he drops jaws.” Born on a small goat farm in New York State, Nakoa trained to be a concert pianist before accepting a scholarship to attend Berklee College of Music as a…

Irish virtuoso guitarist Shane Hennessy has established himself as one of the leading guitarists on the world stage, known widely for his fingerstyle, flatpicking, and percussive guitar-playing approaches. His energetic live performances and his cinematically-vivid compositions tie in influences from Bach to Beyoncé – and everything in between! With a unique style of solo guitar playing that encompasses the range of a whole band – covering drums, bass, rhythm and lead lines – Shane builds a complete sonic world entirely…

“Nobody I know — and I mean nobody — has covered more ground and made more friends and sung more songs than Ramblin’ Jack Elliott. He’s got a song and a friend for every mile behind him,” said Johnny Cash. One of the last true links to the great folk traditions of this country, with over 40 albums under his belt, Ramblin' Jack Elliott is considered one of the country's legendary foundations of folk music. From Johnny Cash to Tom…

His incredible journey spans five-and-a-half decade and includes adventures with Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jerry Garcia and music and life lessons from seminal blues guitarist Reverand Gary Davis, who claimed the young Bromberg as a son. A musician’s musician, Bromberg’s mastery of several stringed instruments (guitar, fiddle, dobro, mandolin) and multiple styles is legendary, leading Dr. John to declare him an American icon. Bluegrass, blues, folk, jazz, expect it all tonight from this Grammy-nominated artist. The evening is generously sponsored…

John Gorka is perhaps the quintessential iconic singer-songwriter of the 80’s folk scene. Hailing from New Jersey, but forged in the Greenwich Village Fast Folk scene, he honed his craft and persona into an unmistakable image. The shy, wry, insightful, and sensitive singer-songwriter has been copied and parodied. But the old coat he wove still fits, and still suits him well. The old songs ring as true as they ever did, and the new ones are just as good. “Gorka…

The Slocan Ramblers (2019 Juno Award nominees) are Canada’s bluegrass band to watch. Rooted in tradition, fearlessly creative and possessing a bold, dynamic sound, The Slocans have become a leading light of today’s acoustic music scene. With a reputation for energetic live shows, impeccable musicianship and an uncanny ability to convert anyone within earshot into a lifelong fan, The Slocans have been winning over audiences from Merlefest to RockyGrass and everywhere in between. The Slocans blend bluegrass, old-time and folk…

Take two brothers, Daniel (Accordion) and Martin Gillespie (pipes, whistles and accordion), steeped in the Scottish west coast ceilidh tradition on the Isle of Tiree, and add in friends Fraser West (drums) and Alec Dalglish (guitar and vocals), with a background in brass bands, wind bands, jazz bands, and with blues, folk and country influences, and you have the 2005, embryonic Skerryvore. Fast forward 10 years, add Craig Espie (fiddle) and Jodie Bremaneson (bass), bring in your album producer Alan…

This Carousel alumni photo is just one of many from the scrapbooks of generations of the Boothbay region’s summer stock musical theater talents who were inspired by the Carousel Theatre’s music director, Dominic Garvey. Tonight more than a dozen performers will come together, bringing their musical talents and Broadway credits to the Opera House stage, it’s a reunion celebrating the music of the American songbook, honoring the memory of the man who launched so many of their careers in the…