Tickles the Clown, right, and his son march through downtown Clinton last September during the Clinton Lions Agricultural Fair parade. This year’s fair runs Thursday through Sunday. (Dylan Tusinski/Staff Writer)
Clinton Lions Agricultural Fair
The Clinton Lions Agricultural Fair is set for Thursday through Sunday at the fairgrounds, 1450 Bangor Road, Clinton.
The event will feature food, rides, exhibits, animals, children’s events, music, demolition derby, truck and tractor pulling and more.
Admission is $15 per carload.
Ben Cosgrove is set to perform Thursday at Twice Sold Tales in Farmington. (Courtesy of the artist)
Ben Cosgrove
Twice Sold Tales will host Ben Cosgrove at 6 p.m. Thursday at 155 Main St. in Farmington.
The American composer, pianist and multi-instrumentalist based in northern New England is known for creating instrumental music that explores themes of landscape, place and environment. His work blends folk and classical genres and is often described as painting “sonic portraits” of various geographical locations through music.
His albums include “Yankee Division” (2011), “Field Studies” (2014), “Salt” (2017), “The Trouble With Wilderness” (2021) and “Bearings” (2023).
For more information visit twicesoldtales.com.
Sheryl Crow will be joined by Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan and others during Outlaw Music Festival 2025 on Friday. (Micksphotos/Shutterstock.com)
Outlaw Music Festival 2025
The Outlaw Music Festival 2025 opens at 2 p.m. Friday at Maine Savings Amphitheater, 1 Railroad St. in Bangor.
The event will feature Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, Sheryl Crow, Waxahatchee and Madeline Edwards.
Nelson is a legendary American country music singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans over six decades since his debut in 1962. He has released more than 150 albums, including a mix of solo, collaborative, live and compilation records.
Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman, is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet and artist, whose place in American and European culture in the 1960s through to the present is unique. Much of Dylan’s best known work is from the 1960s, when he became an informal documentarian and reluctant figurehead of American unrest.
Crow is an American singer-songwriter and musician known for her distinctive raspy voice as she skillfully blends rock, pop, country, folk, and blues genres. She gained major recognition with her 1993 debut album “Tuesday Night Music Club,” which included the hit single “All I Wanna Do,” earning her three Grammy Awards.
Waxahatchee is an American indie music project led by singer-songwriter Katie Crutchfield. Starting as a solo acoustic project in 2010 after the breakup of her band P.S. Eliot, Waxahatchee has evolved to include a full backing band. Crutchfield’s songwriting is deeply personal, exploring themes of relationships, emotional struggles, and self-discovery with introspective lyrics.
Madeline Edwards is a genre-defying singer-songwriter known for blending country, jazz, soul and rock influences into a sound marked by powerful and vulnerable vocals.
Tickets are $67.50-$299.40; waterfrontconcerts.com.
New Relm. (Contributed)
New Relm
A New Relm concert is set for 2 p.m. Friday at Araxine Wilkins Sawyer Memorial, 371 Sawyer Road in Greene.
The band is a diverse, yet dynamic, blend of modern country-rock, honky-tonk, blues and bluegrass. The band plays both catchy originals and cover tunes. The original members have been partners for 14 years.
Harold Olmstead II and Elise Sproul are known for entertaining performances, tight harmonies, versatility and evocative vocals. Many of their songs have a western or rural theme. Some send a message, while others encompass Maine’s rich history.
For more information email [email protected] or call 207-946-5311.
Isabelle and Phoebe Rogers make up the local folk band Sagittarius Rising. (Courtesy of the band)
Sagittarius Rising
Big Sky Grill is set to host Sagittarius Rising at 5 p.m. Friday at 108 Narrow Gauge Square in Farmington.
The twin sister duo Isabelle and Phoebe Rogers from western Maine create uplifting, original music inspired by nature and the imagination with vocal harmonies, guitar, penny whistle and percussion.
For more information visit narrowgaugecinema.net.
Maren Morris is scheduled to perform Saturday in Sidney along with special guest Jade LeMac. (Gary Gerard Hamilton/Associated Press)
Maren Morris & Jade LeMac
Maren Morris and Jade LeMac will perform at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Bowl in the Pines, 1 Geranium Lane in Sidney.
Morris has broken boundaries, smashed records and affirmed herself as a dynamic vocalist and prolific songwriter on her own terms. Her catalog encompasses a trio of acclaimed albums, namely “HERO” (2016), “Girl” (2019), and “Humble Quest” (2022).
LeMac takes pride in her half-Asian heritage and connection to the 2SLBGTQ+ community, both of which have largely influenced her ability to bend and break barriers between genres. The 20-year-old Vancouver-based singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist pens introspectively emotional soundtracks for even your saddest nights but shows up with anthems for “when you want to … get pumped up.”
Tickets cost $49.50-$119.50; bowlinthepines.com.
Litchfield Fair
The Litchfield Fair starts Friday and runs through Sunday at 44 Plains Road, Litchfield.
Fair highlights include livestock exhibits, demonstrations, Wheeler’s Wee Farmers’, pig scramble, Red Neck Truck Pull, live music and more.
Admission will cost $10 for adults, $5 for seniors and children 12-17; litchfieldfair.com.
‘Man or Mouse’
Lakewood Theater will present “Man or Mouse” at various times through Sept. 20 at 76 Theater Road, Madison.
Show times are 7:30 p.m. Sept. 11-13 and 18-20, 4 p.m. Sept. 14 and 2 p.m. Sept. 17.
About the play: Charlie Bump is so disillusioned with modern-day America, with its mass shootings, corporate greed, conspiracy theories, and governmental dysfunction, that he decides to leave the only home he’s ever known and emigrate to another country in hopes of finding a better future for himself and his son. It’s a comedy!
Starring Art Meneses, Nancy Carbone, Jeffrey Quinn, Ethan Richards, Martha Hunt, Jakob Sutton and Vincent Morin.
Tickets are $28-$34; lakewoodtheater.org or 207-474-7176.
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