Music Line-Up
Main Stage
10:00am - 11:00 am
11:15am - 12:15 pm
1:15pm - 2:30 pm
3:00pm - 4:00 pm
Community Stage
BANDS
Tourmaline Tamborine Brass Band
Tourmaline Tambourine Brass Band is a fully acoustic, swinging, New Orleans style party that shows you how to let the good times roll. You’ll hear Mainers honking horns, beating drums, and improvising on instruments your kids might see for the very first time. Come out. Let’s have a good time.
The Pond Lilies
The Pond Lilies consist of five neighbors who live on North Gorham Pond and decided to play music together several years ago. Sharing their love of Irish, Scottish, Québecois, Acadian and other traditional music, you can find them at farmers markets, fairs, festivals, weddings, funerals and other celebrations or events such as the Steep Falls Founders Day and summer music series. Leanne Cooper plays flutes and whistle; Polly Lawson is on guitar; Jodee Davidson on double bass; Kristin Goodall plays accordion and banjo; and Jeanne DiSciullo on fiddle.
@thepondlilies
Golden Oak
GoldenOak’s music is rooted in the natural landscape. Their songs move in an organic, grounding direction, shaped by rich, folk-influenced sibling harmony. Fronted by siblings Zak and Lena Kendall, the Maine-based band has built a steady and growing fan base through a sound that feels both intimate and quietly powerful. This approach is clearly reflected in their new album, All the Light in Autumn.
@goldenoak
BANDWiCH
Hailing from the rolling forests and mountains of Maine, BANDWiCH has been a staple in New England’s diverse club and festival scene since their formation in 2017. With a heavy focus on an unforgettable live performance, the five-piece has cultivated a unique blend of futuristic soul, funk, jazz-fusion and high-octane progressive-rock music for music appreciators all along the Northeast.
@bandwich
Sagittarius Rising
Sagittarius Rising is twin sister duo Isabelle and Phoebe Rogers from Western Maine. Together they create uplifting, original music inspired by nature and the imagination with vocal harmonies, guitar, penny whistle and percussion. They are also artists and award-winning filmmakers, blending their music soundtracks with artistic visuals. Sagittarius Rising believes that music is a powerful way to ignite positive change in the world.
@sagittariusrising
Aaron Bear
Growing up in an Appalachian coal town in Pennsylvania, Aaron Bear developed a deep spiritual connection to nature and a resilient artistic vision shaped by his tumultuous upbringing. His decade-long nomadic journey, performing on stages across the U.S., India, Nepal, Egypt, and Jordan, enriched his artistry with diverse cultural influences. Now settled in Maine, Bear has become a pillar in the New England music scene, creating spaces where creativity and community thrive. His captivating performances and dedication to his craft reflect a powerful narrative of resilience and connection.
@aaronbear
Cilla Bonnie
Cilla Bonnie is a bassist, singer, and songwriter whose soulful grooves and distinctive voice have built a devoted following over two decades of performing, touring, and recording. Cilla works across roles: as a solo artist, she writes all her songs and arrangements, often performing in stripped-down formats (bass + vocal) or with a tight trio for full-band grooves. Her sound draws from R&B and soul influences while embracing structural rock dynamics — a blend that gives her music both intimacy and power.
@cillabonnie
Hymn for Her
Hymn For Her is a roaming folk duo whose sound feels pulled from back roads, front porches, and long stretches of open highway. Blending Americana, country folk, and a touch of old-time grit, they weave rich harmonies, acoustic textures, and foot-powered rhythms into something both intimate and alive. Their songs carry stories of travel, love, and resilience. Whether under festival lights or in a field at sunset, Hymn For Her creates a warm, magnetic atmosphere that draws people in and stays with them long after the music fades.
@hymnforher
10:00am - 11:00am
12:00pm - 1:00pm
2:00pm - 3:00pm
3:15pm - 4:00pm
Sandy River Ramblers
The Sandy River Ramblers are Maine’s longest-running bluegrass band, playing original songs about the state since 1982. Led by nationally-known songwriter and Maine Country Music Hall of Fame inductee Stan Keach, the band features top-notch musicianship from Bud Godsoe (banjo, dobro), Bobby St. Pierre (mandolin), Don LeBlanc (fiddle), Liz Keach (guitar, harmony vocals), and Julie Davenport (upright bass, lead vocals). Known for their high-energy sound and signature three-part harmonies, the Ramblers have released two albums of all-Maine songs and continue to deliver lively, heartfelt bluegrass across the state.
Gawler Family Band
John and Ellen Gawler with their daughters Molly, Edith, and Elsie, and joined by Ethan Tischler and Bennett Konesni bring you an assortment of old and new sounds from many folk traditions. They accompany interweaving family harmonies with fiddles, banjo, cello and guitar, as well as a few surprises.
Whether they are crooning a poignant ballad or delivering a rollicking fiddle tune, their unique arrangements are especially engaging and often go along with anecdotes of historical or humorous content.
Although the Gawlers may be best known for their extensive collection of dance tunes in the Scots-Irish and French Canadian traditions, their repertoire may include a gutsy ‘Sweet Honey in the Rock’ style a'capella worksong or an amusing ode to everyday life.
With their infectious spirit and sparkling musicianship, and with several albums to their credit, the Gawlers have earned a beloved place in the delighted hearts of varied audiences across the Northeast.
Viva The Sensation
VIVA (she/her) is a composer, producer, and solo performer. She is the great-granddaughter of A.A. Thorne, a human rights advocate and the first person of African descent in the world to earn both bachelor's and advanced graduate degrees conferred by a British University. This legacy informs VIVA’s values of civic participation.
VIVA has appeared in award-winning short films, commercials, feature films, is a singer and multi-instrumentalist; and is an Indigo Arts Alliance AIR, a Maine Arts Commission Project Grant Grantee; a Grantee of the National Endowment for the Arts American Rescue Plan; an alum of Re/Union: Re-Editioning: Black + Native Histories, a convening at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts; a Music to Life (funded by the Mellon Foundation) juried artist; and a SPACE538 AIR.
You've seen her at Damnationland, on Portland's Creative Bus Shelters, in music videos and on major stages across the region.
VIVA the Sensation's debut single, Goddess, which she wrote in response to the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down Roe V Wade, is now available on all streaming platforms along with her sophomore track, Want Me.
Midnight Breakfast
Midnight Breakfast is an indie-soul sextet based in Portland, Maine. Initially covering pop standards and funk tunes, they recorded their self-titled debut album during quarantine and released it in January 2021. In 2023, the band returned with their EP Bleeding Red, an exploration of grappling with life’s complexities and the quest for clarity amidst uncertainty. With their unique blend of groovy melodies, kaleidoscopic improvisation, and blissfully jazz-kissed vocals, Midnight Breakfast delves into themes of love, self-discovery, and the universal search for meaning.
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Auntie Bear and the Goons
Auntie Bear & The Goons is an original three-piece band pulling influence from genres ranging from funk and fusion to surf and psychedelic rock. Established in 2022, members Colin Adams on guitar, Marc Bubar on bass, and Adam Tangarone on drums join forces to make noise from around the Midcoast. With a mix of instrumentally and vocally-centered original songs, grooves spanning multiple genres are paired with solos and three-part vocal harmonies that make you want to get up and dance! Continuing to play throughout Maine and New England, The Bear Boys have been lucky enough to make noise at venues like Oxbow Brewery, The Underground Lounge, Lake St George Brewing, Waterhole ADK and many more. Make sure to keep an eye out for a live album dropping this fall!
Preston & Curry
Preston & Curry is an acoustic duo made up of Mike Preston and Kim Curry, both inductees to the Maine Country Music Hall of Fame. Collectively performing over 250 dates annually, they cover over 8 decades of country, contemporary and rarities.
Kioea
Kioea (kēōˈāə) is a music group featuring Carand Burnet (she/her) as lead guitarist, supported by Neil Collins on bass and Matt Wilson on drums. Their music blends sounds of surf rock, psychedelia, and global influences. J. Swartwood (Aquarium Drunkard) described Burnet’s music as “simultaneously modern and vintage.”
Bandcamp recognized Kioea for their EP and album, Stand Tall, which they selected as New & Notable releases. Bandcamp’s Editorial Director writes, “The debut LP from Kioea is dreamy psychedelic surf music that calls back to the ’60s while feeling remarkably contemporary.” Doyle Dean, host of The Dean’s List on NCPR, notes that “Burnet’s guitar playing owes a little bit to the sound of The Ventures, Dick Dale, and the 90’s Canadian daredevils of the form, Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet. But her singular voice owes just as much to that of Sonny Rollins – lost in the madness of a late 1950s session for Riverside. It’s that departure Kioea offers.”
In 2023, Burnet received a Maine ARP Grant through SPACE Gallery and the National Endowment for the Arts, which supported the making of Kioea’s album Stand Tall. Their newest EP, Electric Surf, was released in June 2025.
DJ Angel Investor
It’s funny how sometimes the purest things are the most difficult to explain. How do you explain to someone what you do and why you do it? DJ Angel Investor does what she does simply because she was meant to. There was no great revelation, no moment in which inspiration struck. It has just been intrinsic like blood and DNA to her very being since her eyes opened to the world. Behind the decks is her home, a place of bliss and sheer expression. It is the way she communes with the world and its denizens, with a savage wonder, thrashing and sweating to the rhythm because it's what the body wants to do, sharing the love of this playful game with others because it's what the heart wants to do.
DJ Angel Investor is a musical project of Zoey Patarroyo, a Colombian-American artist who breaks through the mirror, past the reflection and into something deeper. She knows that the boundaries between genres are merely lines drawn in the sand. She threads the needle between electropop, dancehall, reggaeton, cumbia, brega funk, trance, jersey club, punk, and countless more sounds in a harmony that is perfect in its imperfections. She could never get enough of finding new and exciting sounds to absorb into her repertoire, further bolstering her unique approach and appreciation for music in all its forms. She takes the chance to be true to herself while also intentionally spreading her roots ever further, on a truly neverending journey to connect with even more diverse ranges of music and sound.
Among the fragments and whims, when you trace the cracks back, at DJ Angel Investor’s core is a relentless sincerity and true belief in the preservation as well as the evolution of the beautiful and ancient ritual of music and dance.