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‘O Come, O Come, Emmanuel’ musical event opens in Farmington Dec. 19

Beginning with a flute solo of the title song, and followed by a beautiful rendition of “O Holy Night,” the program features a variety of other Christmas music, both traditional and new, ranging from a 28-voice choir including “Everything Changed That Night,” “Who Could Imagine,” both with full orchestrated accompaniment; “Advent Trilogy” with includes the […]

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The Inflatables to play at Mixers on Dec. 12

, covering dance hits from rock to the top-40 pop, will play at 8:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 12, at Mixers in Sabattus. Band members are Joe McLaughlin, Rick Arsenal, Mark Pipes, and Kevin Descoteaux. There is no cover charge. For more information, call 207-375-4188.

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Night life calendar for the week of December 7

Tonight Film: The 78 Project Movie, 6 and 8 p.m., Frontier, Brunswick Sunday Night Dance Party with Steve Colella, 8 p.m., Mixers, Sabattus Open Mic Blues Jam hosted by The 501 Blues Band, 4 to 8 p.m., Tailgate Bar and Grill, Gray Monday Open Mic Night, hosted by Michael Kropovicky, 6:30 p.m., Pedro O’Hara’s, Lewiston […]

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Old and New World yuletide revelry at Brunswick church on Dec. 19

BRUNSWICK — At 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 19, at the Unitarian Universalist Church, Maine’s premier Celtic duo, Castlebay, will “drive cold winter away” with joyous and mysterious seasonal songs and tunes from the Ireland, Scotland and British Isles as well as their native New England. The lilting sound of Irish flute, Celtic harp, fiddle and […]

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Old World Hanukkah concert and celebration at Auburn library Dec. 15

AUBURN — Dresdner and his wife are international Jewish performers and personalities, and have been featured on PBS-TV and National Public Radio. They have headlined at Jewish Festivals from Cracow, Poland to Jerusalem, Toronto to Texas. Multi-instrumentalists and vocalists, the Dresdners play the clarinet, violin, accordion, bass recorder, cello and drum, and perform and teach Klezmer […]

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Kimball-O’Connell blues duo in rare performance in Auburn Dec. 6

will appear together in a rare acoustic performance at 9 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, at the Fire House Grille, 47 Broad St. in Auburn. Both slide guitarist Kimball (Blue Steel Express) and blues harp master O’Connell (The Juke Joint Devils) have represented Maine in the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tennessee. For more information, call […]