South Berwick SoBo Concert Schedule 2011
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Slaid_CleavesSlaid Cleaves will return to Maine again this summer to open the annual Hot Summer Nights concert series in his hometown of South Berwick at 7 pm Wednesday, June 29, in the Marshwood High School Auditorium. Cleaves, who is poised to release his latest album, has appeared in South Berwick every year since 2001. (Full schedule below)

 

Slaid’s concert is the first in a line-up of free shows offered throughout the summer by SoBo Central, a community non-profit group. He will be performing on the eve of releasing his new CD, “Sorrow and Smoke: Live at the Horseshoe Lounge.”

Five other concerts will be at 6:30 pm on Thursday nights, beginning July 14, on the lawn of Central School. Residents are invited to come downtown with picnics, blankets and babies and enjoy the open-air concerts with friends and neighbors. Food and beverages will also be sold. The shows go on rain or shine, but outdoor shows will move across the street to the Town Hall in the case of rain.

The Hot Summer Nights line-up includes local favorites like Joyce Anderson’s one woman-band show and Chronic Jazz Syndrome’s horn band tunes as well as Mudhook, Dan Walker and New England Blue Grass. The concerts feature local teens as the opening acts. A hoot night on Aug. 4 will include a variety of local talents. Anyone interested in performing can contact Chip Harding, who plans the opening acts, at 207-384-5946.

The concert series will close with the first-ever LanternFest, featuring the classic and contemporary covers of PB&J, a community-wide festival of lights and a lantern stroll. The LanternFest, scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 25 at Spring Hill, will involve artists, children, schools, families, fire-lovers and all other community members who want to join in lantern-making, a parade around Knights Pond, music, food, a bonfire, and the launching of boat lanterns. Grounds will open at 5:30 pm and the concert will begin at 6.

The summer concert series, organized and staffed by a small group of volunteers, raises funds to pay the professional musicians and other expenses associated with the concerts. Hot Summer nights is a program of the local non-profit group, SoBo Central, which was incorporated in Maine in July 2009.

SoBo Central is an umbrella for six local organizations dedicated to the community of South Berwick (Green Up, Smart Growth South Berwick, the Food Pantry, Keep South Berwick Warm, and Powderhouse Hill, as well as Hot Summer Nights)

Although the concerts are all free, Hot Summer Nights welcomes donations, which are now tax-deductible.

SOBO Summer Concernt Scehdule 2011

July 14
New England Bluegrass Band, which performs songs rooted in traditional styles; openers: Elizabeth Hopkins and Trestan Matel, seniors at Berwick Academy, who do original tunes.

July 21
Chronic Jazz Syndrome
with its high energy horn band tunes and relaxed ballads; opener: Lane Klossner, powerhouse of a 9th grader from Marshwood HS.

July 28 
Dan Walker Trio; singer and songwriter known as a furious picker and relentless strummer; openers: Isa Burke and Lina Tullgren, incoming seniors at Marshwood HS.

Aug. 4 
Hoot Night. If you’d like to participate in this showcase of local talent, please call Chip Harding at 207-384-5846.

Aug 11
Mudhook, which mixes traditional shanties and ballads with lively instrumentals and contemporary songs of the sea.

Aug 18
Joyce Anderson, singer, songwriter, guitar player and rockin’ fiddler. Come hear Joyce’s brand new sound!

Aug 25
First annual Lantern Fest with PB&J at Spring Hill 5:30 ‘til 9 pm.

 

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