http://www.umpi.maine.edu/~mccartnk/mfest05.htm
Northern Maine Music Festival
Northern Maine Agricultural Fair
July 29th to August 6
at the
Major Sponsors
Night Sponsors
Cary Medical Center
Presque Isle and Caribou Inns and Convention Center
John Noble
SW Collins (building materials for dance floor)
Council for the Arts (organizational support)
Aroostook Centre Mall
Duncan Graves Funeral Home
Baressi Financial
Old Iron Inn B&B
The Yellow Pages
Aroostook Music Company
Alpha One
Don Campbell Band, in Forum (this is the only event that requires a separate gate admission; all other musical events are free except for the $6 fair entrance).Saturday, July 30
Fiddle Contest in afternoon (noon – 4:00)Sunday, July 31st
Karaoke Night (6:30-9:00ish, Commercial Bldg)
Jazz Night (6:30-9:00ish, Commercial Bldg)Monday, Aug. 1stPhil Yeager, Kyle Green, Larry Jenkins, Vaughn McLaughlin, Vicki King, Kevin Kinsey...Outdoor stage, (starting at 8:00) Music from Full Circle.
Folk/traditional Night (6:30-9:00ish, Comm. Bldg)Tuesday, Aug. 2ndCeltic Weave (Scottish)Outdoor stage, (starting at 7:00) Music from Full Circle.
Don Cyr [w. Aimee Wilkins] (Acadian)
Steve Boody (Swedish)
Jan and Evelyn Kok (Folk)
Gospel Night (6:30-9:00ish, Commercial Bldg)Wed. Aug 3rdCommon GroundMcLaughlin's Big Band in front of the grandstand prior to fireworks.
High Meadow
Kim Kiehn
Bluegrass Night (6:30-9:00ish, Commercial Bldg)Thurs. Aug. 4thBorderline BluegrassOutdoor stage (6:30-9:00?) – mixed genres
Cold Brook (Nissley Family)
Valley Folk (group from Ft. Kent area)
Flat Soda (Blues trio)
Fiddle Jamboree (6:30-9:00ish, Comm. Bldg)Friday, Aug. 5thDave PutnamOutdoor stage devoted to Haystack Hist. Soc. Look-a-like contest, starts at 6:00
Garold Hanscom & Wednesday Night Fiddlers (young fiddlers from New Brunswick)
Don Saucier
Steve Boody
Fort Fairfield Fiddleheads (Sue Herald and her young fiddlers, Ft. Fairfield area)Starting after look-a-like contest, Paul Clayton and friends (Country)
Rock Night (6:30-9:00ish, Commercial Bldg)Sat. Aug. 6th
Too Far NorthOutdoor Stage – rock and roll (starting at 7:00)
Scapegoat
Teen night inside Forum
Django
Alienz Among Us
Contra dancing in afternoon (12 – 2:30, Comm. Bldg)For a list music events in northern Maine this monthJaige Trudel and Adam Broome (contra dance band)Classical Night (2:30-5:00, Commercial Bldg)
John McIntire (caller)
Caribou Choral Society
Northern Maine Chamber Society
Grace Notes