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BookMarcs Calendar of Events
This calendar is a selection of events, including book readings and signings, concerts, plays, movies, and art exhibits taking place in the greater Bangor area.
How to use the calendar: In the left–hand column is an index of links to the sponsoring organizations' websites, keyed to the abbreviations in the calendar, which may have further details about the event. The links in the right–hand column contain directions to or a map of the area, to help you find the site of the event.
We hope you'll agree that downtown Bangor is a lively and stimulating place to be, and we hope to see you at these events!
For More Information:
AFF
American Folk Festival

BB
Bangor Band

BBF
Bangor Book Festival

BCC
Bangor Community Chorus

BSO
Bangor Symphony Orchestra

BMB
BookMarcs Bookstore

CS
Cool Sounds

DADGAD
DADGAD Coffee House

MCA
Maine Center for the Arts

MJP/O
Maynard Jordan Planetarium/Observatory

MTAS
Meet The Author Series

Ongoing Events

PTC
Penobscot Theatre Company

RCCS
River City Cinema Society

SJOS
St John's Organ Society

SMS
Summer Music Series

TBT
Ten Bucks Theatre

UMMA
U.Maine Museum of Art

UMSPA
UMaine School of Performing Arts

WOS
Winterport Open Stage

All times given are PM unless otherwise marked

MAY
May 7 – 18 – PTC: The Night of the Iguana [Bangor Opera House]
——— Set in 1940s Mexico, ex-minister turned tour guide, Reverend T. Lawrence Shannon, has been accused of statutory rape of a seductive sixteen-year-old. As leader of a tour party of church women, Shannon takes the group to a cheap hotel on the coast of Mexico. Shannon, trying to manage both his tour party (who hate him) and hotel-owner Maxine (who wants him for purely carnal reasons), is struck by the appearance of the virginal spinster, Hannah Jelkes.
May 16 & 17 (730) – WOS: Later Life [Wagner Middle School]
May 17 (200) – Spring Student Performance, featuring select students of area piano teachers. [All Souls Congregational Church]
May 18 (200) – WOS: Later Life [Wagner Middle School]
May 24 (200) – MTAS: Shannon Risk, author of Pirate Shirt Dot Com [BPL]
May 27 – June 8 – PTC: 2nd Annual New Play Festival
——— Two weeks worth of readings and workshop productions of new theatrical work in development. 10-minute plays, one-acts, full-lengths and a 24-hour play festival will all be on the bill as Penobscot Theatre becomes a haven for creation in May.
JUNE
June 6 (700) – DADGAD Harpist/Singer-Songwriter Liza Rey [Keith Anderson Community House, Orono]
June 7 (200) – MTAS: Beth Bulmer-Sirois and Thomas-john Veillex, authors of A Handyman for the Heart. [BPL]
June 12 (700) – Cool Sounds: Flash in the Pans [Pickering Square]
June 17 (700) – SMS Bangor Band [Bangor Public Library]
June 18 (400) – SMS Kneisel Hall Children's Concert [Bangor Public Library]
June 18 (700) – SMS Kneisel Hall Classical Music [Bangor Public Library]
June 19 (700) – Cool Sounds: Ragged Moon [Pickering Square]
June 24 (700) – BB Bangor Band [Bass Park]
June 26 (700) – Cool Sounds: Ladies of the Lake [Pickering Square]
June 27 (Dusk) – RCCS She Done Him Wrong [Pickering Square]
JULY
July 1 (700) – BB Bangor Band [Fairmount Park]
July 2 (700) – SMS Spontaneous Jazz Ensemble [Bangor Public Library]
July 3 (700) – Cool Sounds: Spontaneous Jazz Ensemble [Pickering Square]
July 4 (700) – BB Bangor Band [Bass Park]
July 8 (700) – BB Bangor Band [Bass Park]
July 9 (700) – SMS Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Hancock County [Bangor Public Library]
July 10 (700) – Cool Sounds: RetroRockerz [Pickering Square]
July 11 (Dusk) – RCCS The Scarlet Empress [Pickering Square]
July 15 (700) – BB Bangor Band [Bass Park]
July 16 (700) – SMS An Evening of Jazz with the Terry and Karel Lidral Duo [Bangor Public Library]
July 17 (700) – Cool Sounds: Wicked Blue with Maximum Blue [Pickering Square]
July 18 (Dusk) – RCCS Double Indemnity [Pickering Square]
July 18 & 19 (600) – TBT Twelfth Night [Indian Trail Park]
July 20 (400) – TBT Twelfth Night [Indian Trail Park]
July 22 (700) – BB Bangor Band [Bangor Waterfront]
July 23 (700) – SMS Sebasticook Valley Community Band [Bangor Public Library]
July 24 (700) – Cool Sounds: Jambuie [Pickering Square]
July 24, 25, 26 (600) – TBT Twelfth Night [Indian Trail Park]
July 25 (Dusk) – RCCS Payton Place [Pickering Square]
July 27 (400) – TBT Twelfth Night [Indian Trail Park]
July 29 (700) – BB Bangor Band [Chapin Park Block Party]
July 30 (700) – SMS Heart of Maine Chorus [Bangor Public Library]
July 31 (700) – Cool Sounds: Queen City Big Band [Pickering Square]
AUGUST
August 1 (Dusk) – RCCS Vertigo [Pickering Square]
August 5 (700) – BB Bangor Band [Bass Park]
August 8 (Dusk) – RCCS The Girl Can't Help It [Pickering Square]
August 12 (700) – BB Bangor Band: Summer Season Finale [Bass Park]
August 22-24 – American Folk Festival [Waterfront]
ONGOING

  • May 5 - June 5 – Helena Bosse: "Our Beautiful Land" at Earth First Gallery, 128 Hammond Street. Opening reception 1 - 4 pm May 17.

  • June 5 - July 5 – John Leblanc: "Twists on Tradition" at Earth First Gallery, 128 Hammond Street. Opening reception 1 - 4 pm June 14.
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