Headlining the evening will be the STEVE BJORK with his observations from everyday life. He’s come a long way from the nights of frying up mozzarella sticks in the back room of an obscure comedy club in the Boston suburbs. He was a college student, using that part-time job to study the craft of stand-up comedy by catching glimpses of the performers on stage.

DJ XO Let’s Go will get you pumped up with the rhythm of a hyped Afternoon Dance Party. Get dressed up or dress down put plan on moving your bootie to lights and a down beat that just won’t let go!

Dragon Wagon yum yum food truck available and Denmark Arts Center has beer, wine and Grandy Organic nuts!

The High Street Jazz Band is a multiple piece band performing jazz standards from the Great American Songbook.

Eclectic, immersive, and mesmerizing, guitarist and composer Hiroya Tsukamoto embodies the notion that music has no language. Beautifully raw and cathartically emotional, guitarist Tsukamoto is a world-renowned, self-made musician. Hiroya is a one-of-a-kind composer, guitarist and singer-songwriter from Kyoto, Japan.

DJ XO Let’s Go will get you pumped up with the rhythm of a hyped Afternoon Dance Party. Get dressed up or dress down put plan on moving your bootie to lights and a down beat that just won’t let go!

Dragon Wagon yum yum food truck available and Denmark Arts Center has beer, wine and Grandy Organic nuts!

Half Moon Jug Band Friday, July 4 7pm The Half Moon Jug Band is a 21st century jug band rooted in the Downeast humor and dry wit traditions of their home State O’ Maine.

Black Cat Road is back, doing what they do best … rocking the house down. Who loves you BCR … Denmark Arts Center! If you believe in black cats, walk under ladders, or stronger, Voodoo, then you’re good at Black Cat Road. Swamp rock & blues, rootsy, funk, and soul coming your way.

Stretta Trio: “Airs and Dances"
Michael Albert, Meagan McIntyre, Nicole Rabata

Creative collaborators for nearly thirty years, Stretta present an offering of compelling and sonorous original compositions inspired by the Maine coast and the aural soundscape of the natural world. Stretta’s music is at once both soulful and energetic, featuring rousing Celtic dance music and beautiful slow air

Al Hospers Birthday Band is a 6-piece group playing in the New England area. They play an eclectic mix of cover tunes, unique arrangements of instantly recognizable favorites as well as original songs that audiences have come to enjoy.

This program explores multiple outlooks on life and chamber music. Described as a “fervent, celebratory investigation into joy itself,” Paul Wiancko’s Lift explodes with adventurous textures that span the full sonic range of the string quartet. The program continues with two short contemplative pieces by Olafur Arnalds, and concludes with Schubert’s epic “Death and the Maiden,” a passionate dance with death that was only published after Schubert’s own death in 1828.

Paul Wianko, Lift (25')
Olafur Arnolds, Momentary + Saman (6')
Franz Schubert, Death and the Maiden (41')

Orkney (Scotland) born fiddler Louise Bichan and Indiana (USA) mandolinist Ethan Setiawan present a collaboration and meeting of their musical worlds. A path steeped in the fiddle traditions of their respective sides of the Atlantic, the journey taken wends through Scottish, oldtime, and Swedish inspired music intertwined with contemporary compositions. Bichan’s fiddle is a melodic foil to Setiawan’s counterpoint and harmonic depth, and the two weave in and out seamlessly.

Carlos Angeles Olmeda Friday August 22 at 7pm Carlos’ music transports listeners to a wide spectrum of emotional and cultural destinations, and his heartfelt delivery is aimed at changing gears and realigning perspectives. On any given night, fans can hear at least four different songwriting styles in at least two languages performed with passion as well as a sense of humor. In a social and Artistic Climate where great songwriting, and, heartfelt performance is fast becoming a forgotten art form, and, where machines and computer apps create and deliver too much of the music we hear, Carlos Angeles brings us home musically to that place where great music belongs, the human heart. Come and revel in matters of the heart! (Photo credit: Susan Asato)

The Shadow Riders are a 6 piece band from the New England area, performing the music of the original Marshall Tucker Band. Fronted by singer, guitarist Bruce Marshall, who has assembled an all star lineup of musicians to faithfully create this timeless music.

THE JAZZ PEAKS. A relatively new band emerging from the MWV music scene with focus on cool cats & hep grooves.

Justin Ramos piano/vocals, Fabio Gutierrez bass, Dave Trooper sax/vocals, Chris Dzengelewski drums

This program explores multiple outlooks on life and chamber music. Described as a “fervent, celebratory investigation into joy itself,” Paul Wiancko’s Lift explodes with adventurous textures that span the full sonic range of the string quartet. The program continues with two short contemplative pieces by Olafur Arnalds, and concludes with Schubert’s epic “Death and the Maiden,” a passionate dance with death that was only published after Schubert’s own death in 1828.

Paul Wianko, Lift (25')
Olafur Arnolds, Momentary + Saman (6')
Franz Schubert, Death and the Maiden (41')

Originally from Erie, PA, Davy Sturtevant is a veteran touring artist, producer, engineer, songwriter, and performer who now makes his home in the wetern foothills of Maine. Blessed with a gorgeous tenor voice and skilled on a range of instruments that come to life in his capable hands, Davy is at once a witty, thoughtful, and has an engaging stage presence. 

Barry Manilow was the biggest hit-maker of the 70s and 80s and he is still touring at age 82. We are happy to present his younger prodigy (not really) for this area premiere. John Waldie thrilled audiences last year with his Billy Joel tribute, now he presents 'Barry Me a Little', his take on the man who "wrote the songs that make the young girls cry" (though he didn't write that song - Bruce Johnston of the Beach Boys did.) Don't miss the local 'King of the Keys' as he modulates his way through the Manilow repertoire.

Scintillating Shorts! Join DAC for a Readers Theater style performance of hilarious comedy scenes and short plays featuring the works of emerging new playwrights and critically acclaimed dramatists. From a bee in search of a Queen to an absurd encounter with a puppet, it’s an evening guaranteed to keep you laughing! Directed by Stan Burgoyne and starring Robert Libbey and Lynne McGhee.

Veteran New England musicians Ray Ryan, Nick Nataluk, and the Smokehouse Boys will be bringing a diverse set of music that will get you to dance in the aisles or just tap your feet and smile!

Heather, piano and vocals; Shawn Nadeau, bass; and Craig Bryan, drums) shares their interpretation of Vince Guaraldi’s iconic soundtrack of “A Charlie Brown Christmas”, additional Guaraldi compositions, and other holiday favorites.

The musical score for “A Charlie Brown Christmas”, composed by the late Vince Guaraldi and first broadcast in December of 1965, is just as poignant and touching as the story and includes the hugely popular hit “Linus and Lucy”. His gentle jazz riffs established musical trademarks that, to this day, still prompt smiles of recognition. The Heather Pierson Trio performs the entirety of the Charlie Brown Christmas album as recorded by the Vince Guaraldi Trio, as well as other Guaraldi compositions.