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Dam Jam to rock Denmark Saturday be in the best stone-soup tradition to have a big party, and invite everyone. That’s how the DAM JAM was born.” This year, organizers have changed the format slightly. There will still be a beer garden, courtesy of Bray’s Brewpub of Naples, but this year it will include most of the park itself, instead of being limited to the Gazebo area. Also, the time has been shifted from early afternoon to later into the evening, with music wrapping up by 11 p.m. They have also expanded the food offerings to include two great local vendors: Fire Placed Pizza is an artisanal pizza maker based in Bethel, and El Corazon is an authentic Mexican taqueria-onwheels based out of Portland. Both will be on hand to satisfy throughout the day, along with the DAC youth volunteers, who will be offering homemade cookies, popsicles and lemonade. Also on hand will be the
Concert listings Thursday-Sunday, July 25-28 The Ossipee Valley Music Festival is a four-day celebration of roots, Americana, and openminded acoustic music. It is a camping/RV-friendly festival and features four stages with over 40 Grammy and award-winning bands, regional talent, as well as workshops, contests, barn dances, midnight film screenings, morning yoga, farm fresh local food, swimming. The fairgrounds are at 291 South Hiram Road, Hiram. Festival tickets range from $25 to $115. FMI: 625-8656. Thursday, July 25 The Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival comes to Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School to perform Stories in Music at 1 p.m. Tickets are $4 for adults, $2 for children, free to LOOK participants. The Blues Summit will give a concert on the north slope of Cranmore Mountain in North Conway, N.H., as part of the Arts Jubilee Summer Concert Series. FMI: 603356-5543. The Paul McKenna Band from Scotland kicks up the stage with traditional Celtic music at Deertrees Theatre, Deertrees Road, Harrison. Paul has showcased regularly with headline performances at the internationally-acclaimed Celtic Connections Festival at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. FMI: 583-6747. The new Crystal Lake Park Gazebo in Harrison will feature the music of Al Bean & BAWT at 6:30 p.m. They do a variety of upbeat, rocking, contemporary Christian music, some original. Bring your own chair or blanket and enjoy an evening of music with old friends as the band plays on. Saturday, July 27 Harrison musician Bob Carabia brings together old
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Artvan, Maine’s signature mobile art-therapy program. A nonprofit organization dedicated to offering kids the opportunity to develop a love for art making through guided activity, the Artvan has worked with countless schools and organizations throughout central Maine, and is a welcome addition to the DAM JAM. But, in the end, it’s all about the music. This year’s lineup crosses the spectrum, kicking off with a bona-fide Japanese drum ensemble, the celebrated Burlington Taiko Ensemble at 4 p.m., and ending with Portland’s fast-rising synth-pop juggernaut Sunset Hearts at 9:45 p.m. In between, the DAM JAM will entertain with a raucous, NY-based bluegrass duo Mountain Animation at 5 p.m.; Northwood Maine’s experimental folk hero (with a full band) Jacob Augustine at 6:15 p.m.; and, returning from last year, Bar Harbor’s groundbreaking fuzz-rockers Coke Weed at 8:45 p.m. Then,
DAM JAM is this Saturday, July 27 from 4 p.m. to midnight at Bicentennial Park in Denmark (Route 160), benefiting the Denmark Arts Center. The festival will feature six bands. anchoring the heart of the lineup at 7:30 p.m., is headliner Kristin Hersh, accompanied here by last year’s DAC artist-in-residence, cellist Brent Arnold. The whole affair costs a sociable $10, and ID will be required for the beer garden. Kids 12 and under are free. Tickets are available starting
at 3:30 p.m. at Bicentennial Park, or may be purchased in advance at damjam.brownpapertickets.com The entire event is a fundraiser for the Denmark Arts
Center — so you can have a blast, and feel great about supporting your local community! For more information, see www.denmarkarts.org
Ricky Nelson remembered FRYEBURG — Experience “Ricky Nelson Remembered” at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center on Saturday, July 27, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $30 for adults, $25 for seniors (65-plus) and $15 for students (18 and younger). Tickets may be purchased at the box office by calling 935-9232 or online at www.fryeburgacademy.org/pac. Group discounts are available to parties of 10 or more. The theater is located at 18 Bradley Street on the Fryeburg Academy campus. Parking is free. “Ricky Nelson Remembered” is a unique multimedia entertainment event featuring the live music of Ricky Nelson’s hit songs (including Hello Mary Lou, Travelin’ Man and Garden Party) performed by Ricky’s own twin sons, Matthew and Gunnar and includes never before seen big screen video footage of the Nelson family with interviews from celebrities influenced by Ricky Nelson, who died in a tragic New Year’s Eve plane crash. The show appeals to a wide audience and multiple generations and celebrates the life of America’s original “Teen Idol.”
Ossipee festival starts today HIRAM — The self-proclaimed “Festival that dares to be different,” the Ossipee Valley Music Festival, begins today, July 25, and runs through Sunday, July 28 at the Ossipee Valley Fairgrounds, 291 South Hiram Road, Hiram. The festival’s aim is to find bands that push the limits of genre, and straddle
invention and tradition with barn dances, midnight film hybrid musical performances screenings, morning yoga, of exceptionally high quality. farm fresh local food, swimThis four-day celebraOSSIPEE, Page B tion of roots, Americana, and open-minded acoustic music is camping/RV friendly, and features four stages with over 40 Grammy and award-winning bands, regional talent, as well as workshops, contests,
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DENMARK — “Last year was our first try at this, and it was way beyond our expectations,” said Jamie Hook, organizer of Denmark’s DAM JAM music festival. “So, I guess someone was trying to tell us we had to do it again!” So this Saturday, July 27 from 4 p.m. to midnight, the Denmark Arts Center (DAC) will, for the second year in a row, unfurl their signature hootenanny down by the usually placid shores of Moose Pond, right in the heart of Denmark Village. An all-day music festival, the DAM JAM is fast making its mark on the Maine music scene, with pedigreed acts from Maine and beyond anchoring a day of music, fine food, arts activities, and even a beer garden — all in the spectacular surroundings of Denmark’s Bicentennial Park (Route 160). “Denmark is still very much a small village,” Hook said, “but it’s one with an overdeveloped sense of community. So, we felt it would
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