upcoming Shows
Programs, events, and dates are subject to change.
Open Mic Thursdays
Deer Isle Music Hall & BBQ is so excited to invite Deer Isle and Blue Hill Peninsula musicians to a warm and welcoming stage to try out your new song, poem or story, or to practice old favorites. Enjoy some BBQ with friends and family, have a drink or two, and enjoy and support local musicians!
Are you interested in performing? Sign up at the door for a 10-minute or 3-song slot.
We will have a PA system set up with mics and cables. Please let us know if you have any specific set up needs and we will do our best to accommodate.
Dan Radin
Classically-trained cellist and singer-songwriter Dan Radin is on a mission to entertain and delight audiences by reinventing the role of the cello in popular music.
The folk-neoclassical-acoustic rock fusion is fueled by disarming lyrics and his signature “lead cello,” getting compared often to 2000’s singer-songwriters like John Mayer and Dave Matthews with symphonic textures.
Free Event
Oktoberfest Celebration with The Brooklin Band
Come ring in the beginning of Oktoberfest with The Brooklin Band and other special guests.
The Brooklin Band was formed in 2003 to play for the annual 4th of July parade and celebration in Brooklin. As with many Maine towns, Brooklin had had a town band for years in the 1900s, but not since the 1970s. Original members of the revived band still with them are Jon Hopkins (founder), Tracy Spencer, and Dick Kane. Don Holmes and Jim Fisher joined soon after. They now number 18 when they all show up, and they come from all over the peninsula and beyond.
Open Mic Thursdays
Deer Isle Music Hall & BBQ is so excited to invite Deer Isle and Blue Hill Peninsula musicians to a warm and welcoming stage to try out your new song, poem or story, or to practice old favorites. Enjoy some BBQ with friends and family, have a drink or two, and enjoy and support local musicians!
Are you interested in performing? Sign up at the door for a 10-minute or 3-song slot.
We will have a PA system set up with mics and cables. Please let us know if you have any specific set up needs and we will do our best to accommodate.
Travis Cyr
Travis Cyr is a creative force uniquely his own. His music is a rootsy mix of spacey folk and Americana balladry. Warmly gentle, vastly strong and intensely vivid. Flowing between delicately precise and aggressively percussive acoustic guitar work, washed in splashes of cosmic space and ancient delay and laced with honest and poetic lyrics. The resulting mix is highly original and can effortlessly take the listener on a sonic and emotional journey. He has played over 2,000 shows and released 15 albums of all original songs. He is the founder of the Arootsakoostik music festival, a visual artist and is currently editing a book of short stories.
https://traviscyr.bandcamp.com/
Free Event
Open Mic Thursdays
Deer Isle Music Hall & BBQ is so excited to invite Deer Isle and Blue Hill Peninsula musicians to a warm and welcoming stage to try out your new song, poem or story, or to practice old favorites. Enjoy some BBQ with friends and family, have a drink or two, and enjoy and support local musicians!
Are you interested in performing? Sign up at the door for a 10-minute or 3-song slot.
We will have a PA system set up with mics and cables. Please let us know if you have any specific set up needs and we will do our best to accommodate.
Open Mic Thursdays
Deer Isle Music Hall & BBQ is so excited to invite Deer Isle and Blue Hill Peninsula musicians to a warm and welcoming stage to try out your new song, poem or story, or to practice old favorites. Enjoy some BBQ with friends and family, have a drink or two, and enjoy and support local musicians!
Are you interested in performing? Sign up at the door for a 10-minute or 3-song slot.
We will have a PA system set up with mics and cables. Please let us know if you have any specific set up needs and we will do our best to accommodate.
Anthony St. Peter
Anthony St. Peter is a seasoned musician, songwriter, and singer with a wide range of influences. His passion for music began when he was 10, and his mother bought him a Washburn Lion guitar. From the moment he picked it up, he knew he had a special connection to the instrument.
Over the years, Anthony has honed his skills and developed a unique sound that blends elements of blues, indie rock and heavier alternative. His blend of genres and honest lyrics lends itself to form a sonic landscape of originality. His music speaks to a wide range of listeners and has gained a following throughout New England.
Anthony’s journey has taken him on a winding path: He was born in Westerly, Rhode Island but grew up in Nuremberg, Germany. He attended high school in Waterboro, Maine, Sanford, Maine and Jacksonville, Florida before returning to Germany, where he graduated.
Now, he is taking his music to the next step and is releasing his debut solo album A Familiar War. Anthony lives in Gray, Maine with his wife and two children.
https://anthonystpeter.com/home
Free Event
Dillon Spurlin
Dillon Spurlin is a singer/songwriter who shares stories of travel, independence, and struggle through original music. Spurlin draws inspiration from the timeless sounds of Paul Simon, James Taylor, and Bread, while creating a production that is unique to himself.
Kate McCann
Kate McCann is a folk singer and banjo player based in Midcoast Maine. Playing both original and traditional music, Kate draws from her time spent immersed in old-time, Irish, and maritime folk music traditions. Through her arrangements of traditional songs and original compositions she explores how traditional music exists in the contemporary world not as a static artifact of the past but as an active practice that both the musician and audience can engage with. Her first EP “Sea Songs,” was released during the summer of 2023 and pulls from the maritime music tradition she became deeply familiar with after spending a year working as a chanteyman at the Mystic Seaport Museum. The EP’s first single “Bone Dry,” was winner of the 2023 Maine Songwriters Association Songwriting Contest. With a sound comparable to classic troubadours such as Joan Baez and Peggy Seeger but with contemporary flair and distinct New England roots, Kate is excited to continue creating material that straddles the line between old and new.
https://www.princesspinemusic.com/
Free Event
Open Mic Thursdays
Deer Isle Music Hall & BBQ is so excited to invite Deer Isle and Blue Hill Peninsula musicians to a warm and welcoming stage to try out your new song, poem or story, or to practice old favorites. Enjoy some BBQ with friends and family, have a drink or two, and enjoy and support local musicians!
Are you interested in performing? Sign up at the door for a 10-minute or 3-song slot.
We will have a PA system set up with mics and cables. Please let us know if you have any specific set up needs and we will do our best to accommodate.
JB and the Low Tide Funk
Stonington and Deer Isle musicians bringing you live music with rhythms that will make you tap your feet, move your hips and sing along to your favorite songs.
https://lowtidefunk.com/
$10 Cover at the Door
King Kyote
Harken to a night of whiskey drinking in a cabin among the pines, King Kyote echoes the yells of Rock & Roll’s fore-bearers while having a deeply rooted harmony with the blues, roots-rock & indie-americana genres. A force to be reckoned with on stage, Kyote’s fiery live shows prove that pure raw talent combined with real, honest songwriting is still the future of today’s music.
King Kyote performed live on NBC’s “American Song Contest” and his single “Get Out Alive” was released on Atlantic Records in March of 2022. King has shared stages with legendary artists, including: Taj Mahal, Robert Cray, Rich Robinson (of The Black Crowes), Macy Gray, The Record Company, Molly Tuttle, Lee Brice, Houndmouth, Bombino and Robert Randolph & The Family Band.
$20 Tickets
Open Mic Thursdays
Deer Isle Music Hall & BBQ is so excited to invite Deer Isle and Blue Hill Peninsula musicians to a warm and welcoming stage to try out your new song, poem or story, or to practice old favorites. Enjoy some BBQ with friends and family, have a drink or two, and enjoy and support local musicians!
Are you interested in performing? Sign up at the door for a 10-minute or 3-song slot.
We will have a PA system set up with mics and cables. Please let us know if you have any specific set up needs and we will do our best to accommodate.
A Very Merther Halloween
On the 10-Year anniversary of the last time they played in Deer Isle, Merther will be taking the stage for a Halloween celebration. Costumes are optional, FUN is the goal!
$10 Cover at the Door
Fusing everything from jazz, soul, folk, jamtronica, and funk -to prog rock, heavy metal, reggae/dub, psychedelic rock, Merther has been writing and performing genre-fusing original music all around the Northeast for well over a decade and counting! Since their genesis in Blue Hill in 2012, they have generated and sustained a following of all different types of music lovers, continuing to dazzle audiences with harmonized and syncopated licks, poetic lyrics, and deep sonic improvisations.
Firepit
"Firepit is a modern rock band from Bangor, Maine playing energetic originals and covers from alternative to hard rock, with other genres mixed in. The newest Firepit album "Tunnelight" was released in the spring of 2024 and includes their latest single "Listen to This."
Free Event
Fireside Collective
Fireside Collective has been on a roll since emerging seven years ago from the fertile roots music scene of Asheville, North Carolina. In quick order, the progressive bluegrass group released its debut album, won the 2016 Band Contest at MerleFest, earned an International Bluegrass Music Association Momentum Band of the Year nomination, and embarked on an ambitious touring schedule that’s earned an enthusiastic reception from traditional bluegrass to wide-ranging, eclectic music festival audiences alike.
Blending the characteristic interplay of bluegrass instrumentation and harmonies with strong original material and exuberant energy, Fireside Collective has drawn on folk, blues, funk and a wide variety of bluegrass sounds to create a distinctive body of work that’s all their own.
Each member—Joe Cicero (guitar); Jesse Iaquinto (mandolin); Tommy Maher (resonator guitar) and Carson White (upright bass)— brings a strong, original voice to his instrument, and the unique contributions of different lead and harmony vocalists complement the variety in the group’s many original songs. “Depending on where you come from and your experience with folk music, you may think we’re very traditional, or on the other hand, consider us a progressive act,” says Iaquinto. “We appreciate both ends of the spectrum and may lie on a different end on any given night.” But whether they’re bringing the classic sound of bluegrass or exploring new musical territory, Fireside Collective delivers a fresh, energetic approach and a blast of enthusiastic creativity that’s electrifying audiences across the country.
https://www.firesidecollectiveband.com/
$20 Tickets
The Other Broken Ones
The Other Broken Ones is a Alternative Blues Trio from Gray Maine. They deliver a twist on traditional blues rock, drawn from their multiple musical influences.Their blend of post grunge, heavy rock and southern blues is sure to entertain.
https://theotherbrokenones.com/home
$10 Cover at the Door
River Bottom Funk Band
United by their shared love for the funk and a deep connection to soul, River Bottom Funk embarked on a mission to bring their unique sound to the world. Their journey took them from the smokey bars nestled in the heart of Central Maine to the lively coastal towns filled with hungry for the groove funk fans. Wherever they play, the Funk swings in rhythm to the catchy little tunes they know, leaving a trail of infectious grooves and swaying bodies in their wake.
https://www.riverbottomfunk.com/
$10 Cover at the Door
The Returnables
The Returnables: reunited after 30 years to make joyful noise. Classic rock, blues, and jams galore!
https://www.facebook.com/ReturnablesBand
$10 Cover at the Door
Open Mic Thursdays
Deer Isle Music Hall & BBQ is so excited to invite Deer Isle and Blue Hill Peninsula musicians to a warm and welcoming stage to try out your new song, poem or story, or to practice old favorites. Enjoy some BBQ with friends and family, have a drink or two, and enjoy and support local musicians!
Are you interested in performing? Sign up at the door for a 10-minute or 3-song slot.
We will have a PA system set up with mics and cables. Please let us know if you have any specific set up needs and we will do our best to accommodate.
SARAH TRUNZO & TIFFANY WILLIAMS
A coal miner’s daughter, granddaughter, and great-granddaughter from Eastern Kentucky, Tiffany Williams lives in Nashville, where she writes songs and fiction. She is the recipient of the 2011 Jean Ritchie Fellowship for Appalachian Writing and the 2017 Denny C. Plattner Award for fiction, a 2021 Kerrville New Folk songwriting competition finalist, a 2023 Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Emerging Artist, and has been featured on NPR’s Mountain Stage and WMOT/NPR Live Sessions Finally Friday From Home.
Sara Trunzo is a singer-songwriter, community organizer, and creator and host of “Country & Northeastern” on WERU Community Radio. Lonesome Highway said her last record, Cabin Fever Dream, was “loaded with truly touching lyrics and provide[s] a glimpse of an unquestionably talented artist.” Trunzo has collaborated with Darrell Scott and Mary Gauthier; shared stages with the likes of Suzy Bogguss, Carlene Carter, and Malcolm Holcombe; and played venues such as The Bluebird, Rockwood Music Hall, Club Passim, and the Birthplace of Country Music Museum.
Free Event
Circus Mutt
Experience the fun that is Circus Mutt one more time before they fly South for the winter…Originally formed in 2010, in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Asheville, NC, Circus Mutt draws from a spectrum of musical influences including rock-n-roll, jazz and bluegrass. The band cut their teeth on the road, touring literally non-stop from 2011-2016. Breweries, festivals, bars and thousands of miles of highway have been the proving ground for this group of blue-collar musicians. They are known for their gentlemanly manners and the good natured tail-waggin' that comes naturally to every friendly mutt you know. Wherever they are, it is sure to be a circus and you are surely welcome.
https://www.facebook.com/circusmuttband
Free Event
Alice Limoges & Amelia Ray
Alice Limoges has been singing since before she could walk. Whether performing her poetic songs about love and nature, or shining a light on mental health, Alice Limoges's canon is lit up by her storytelling, unique, soulful voice and sophisticated instrumentals. She has released 6 original albums/EPs, toured festivals and colleges across North America, and even performed on Jon Samson’s Grammy Award winning album.
Amelia Ray is a writer, composer and performer who engages in barrier-breaking storytelling. Her 31-year career has spanned the fields of music, literature, performance art, film and humanitarianism. As a polyglot, Ray has spent decades contemplating how similar concepts are expressed differently linguistically across cultures. This research has permeated her versatile artistic work, which aims to improve understanding and communication between people from different backgrounds. The San Francisco native has performed across the States and Europe, and was selected to appear at the 2024 National Women’s Music Festival. Her performances bring to life intricate, rhythmic and emotional musical stories that are full of characters as raw, confused and contradictory as we all are.
$15 Tickets
Open Mic Thursdays
Deer Isle Music Hall & BBQ is so excited to invite Deer Isle and Blue Hill Peninsula musicians to a warm and welcoming stage to try out your new song, poem or story, or to practice old favorites. Enjoy some BBQ with friends and family, have a drink or two, and enjoy and support local musicians!
Are you interested in performing? Sign up at the door for a 10-minute or 3-song slot.
We will have a PA system set up with mics and cables. Please let us know if you have any specific set up needs and we will do our best to accommodate.
Oshima Brothers
Maine-based indie duo, Oshima Brothers’ have been creating music together since childhood. The brothers blend songs from the heart with blood harmonies to produce a "roots-based pop sound that is infectious." (NPR) On stage, Sean and Jamie offer lush vocals, live looping, foot percussion, electric and acoustic guitars, vintage keyboard and bass - often all at once. They want every show to feel like a deep breath, a dance party and a sonic embrace. When not recording or touring they find time to film and produce their own music videos, tie their own shoes and cook elaborate feasts. Maine Public Radio’s Sara Willis describes their songs as “beautiful, those brother harmonies can’t be beat. They are uplifting and, let’s face it, we need uplifting these days.”
https://www.oshimabrothers.com/
$25 Tickets
Caroline Cotter
Caroline’s Cotter’s sunlit songs honor the countless ways of being human. With her honeyed voice and disarmingly honest lyrics, Cotter sings about connection, nostalgia, gratitude, loss and wanderlust. Lyrics like, “Find me somewhere out on the road / Take me into your heart and into your home,” make perfect sense from a touring artist who has played over 1000 shows in 45 states and 16 countries. She has performed at churches, art galleries, barns, yoga studios, punk bars, Parisian living rooms and even a schooner off the coast of Maine. Everywhere she goes, her oracular songs elicit emotion and spark insight—medicine for our collective longing.
Cotter has performed at the Freshgrass Festival (North Adams, MA), Rocky Mountain Folk Fest (Lyons, CO), Ossipee Music Festival (Ossipee, NH), Falcon Ridge Folk Festival (Hillsdale, NY), Rockwood Music Hall (New York, NY), Isis Music Hall (Asheville, NC), The Alberta Rose Theatre (Portland, OR), Swallow Hill (Denver, CO) and more. She won the Maine Songwriters Association Contest and was a finalist at the Freshgrass and Rocky Mountain Folk Fest Songwriting Competitions. When not living nomadically, Cotter resides on the coast of Maine.
https://www.carolinecotter.com/
$20 Tickets
Smoked Salmon
Central Maine based band for deadheads, phriends, and music lovers. High energy jams. Loads of fun!
https://www.facebook.com/salmonsmoked
$10 Cover at the Door
Wood Lily fundraiser for Project Launch
Blues Rock and Country based in DownEast Maine. This evening will be raising money for Project Launch.
Chris Ross
Award-winning Maine singer-songwriter Chris Ross is a native of Hancock and 2014 winner of the "Songwriter of the Year" award at the New England Music Awards. Known for his cinematic lyrics and sharp humor, Ross’ wit matches his musical talent. “I try my damnedest to make you feel feelings,” he says, “ occasionally even pleasant ones.”
Free Event
3 MILE LINE
A band out of Stonington, Maine that plays classic rock, alternative, and good country.
$10 Cover at the Door
Bad Daddy
Bad Daddy’s musical perspective is a geographical brew of Chicago and coastal Maine where he’s a celebrated yacht designer. His style is a gritty, crunchy compression of classic blues and dank, sticky roots rock. That sound anchors the themes in his new record, It’s a Mad, Mad Bad Dad World — including its kickoff single, “Pork Pie Hat.” Shaken together it’s a modern cocktail of feel good, soul-filled tunes that groove and move.
$10 Cover at the Door
Open Mic Thursdays
Deer Isle Music Hall & BBQ is so excited to invite Deer Isle and Blue Hill Peninsula musicians to a warm and welcoming stage to try out your new song, poem or story, or to practice old favorites. Enjoy some BBQ with friends and family, have a drink or two, and enjoy and support local musicians!
Are you interested in performing? Sign up at the door for a 10-minute or 3-song slot.
We will have a PA system set up with mics and cables. Please let us know if you have any specific set up needs and we will do our best to accommodate.
New Relm
What happens when modern country, honky-tonk, bluegrass, folk and blues collide? You get a diverse, yet dynamic, blend of music, vocal styles and instrumentation. NEW RELM plays both catchy originals and cover tunes. Original members and partners for 17+ years, Harold Olmstead III and Elise Sproul are known for their entertaining performances (that may include animated antics), tight harmonies, versatility and evocative vocals. Harold plays guitar, harmonica or fiddle and Elise plays guitar, banjo, dobro, fiddle, flute or bass.
https://www.reverbnation.com/newrelm
Free Event
Pressing Strings
Indie Soul Rock Trio playing originals and covers.
When music is given the benefit of instinct, imagination and inspiration, the results are guaranteed to be good. So it ought to come as no surprise that the critically-acclaimed Annapolis, Maryland-based trio, appropriately dubbed Pressing Strings, has infused those elements within their musical mantra from the beginning. The band — Jordan Sokel (Guitar/Vocals), Nick Welker (Bass, Vocals), and Justin Kruger (Drums, Vocals) can trace its origins to Sokel’s initial fascination with some iconic influences, among them, the usual suspects — Dylan, Marley, Simon, Withers, Al Green, Marvin Gaye, Led Zeppelin, etc., as well as some more under the radar artists like Taj Mahal, R.L. Burnside, Junior Kimbrough, and Nick Drake.
$20 Tickets
Tyler Walker
Singer Songwriter Tyler M. Walker is a country, folk, rock and roller celebrating the magic of music. With roots in blue collar New England, Tyler sings about the experiences that shaped him from an early age.
Free Event
Paul Gase
Paul Gase is a working musician who lives in southern California but spends part of every summer in Deer Isle. Paul has been playing guitar for decades, both in bands and solo. He loves playing his acoustic guitar on the island – if Paul is in the vicinity, his guitar is not far behind. Solo acoustic guitar improvised and influenced by his surroundings, Paul’s guitar influences include Stephen Stills, Neil Young, Nick Drake, John Fahey and Bert Jansch. Enjoy some great BBQ and Paul will provide the chill soundtrack to your dining experience.
Free Event
The Returnables
The Returnables: reunited after 30 years to make joyful noise. Classic rock, blues, and jams galore!
https://www.facebook.com/ReturnablesBand
$10 Cover at the Door
Circus Mutt (Copy)
Originally formed in 2010, in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Asheville, NC, Circus Mutt draws from a spectrum of musical influences including rock-n-roll, jazz and bluegrass. The band cut their teeth on the road, touring literally non-stop from 2011-2016. Breweries, festivals, bars and thousands of miles of highway have been the proving ground for this group of blue-collar musicians. They are known for their gentlemanly manners and the good natured tail-waggin' that comes naturally to every friendly mutt you know. Wherever they are, it is sure to be a circus and you are surely welcome.
https://www.facebook.com/circusmuttband
Free Event
Wood Lily
Blues Rock and Country based in DownEast Maine.
https://www.facebook.com/woodlilyband
$10 Cover at the Door
The Shank Painters
The Shank Painters are a pirate-themed folk music band based in Portland, Maine. The band's repertoire consists of Shanties - a variety of mostly nautical classic folk songs with catchy sing-along refrains, beloved by children and rowdy drunks alike. These works are treasures of history, preserving the travails and spirit from centuries of seafaring culture.
Formed in the Summer of 2016 between high school friends, Shank Painters began as humble street performers, and have since performed at festivals, parties, venues, and bars all over the Northeast. Bringing together voices, accordion, fiddle, banjo, guitar, and percussion, the Shank Painters bring the past alive with their mixture of playful, rollicking, heartbreaking, and hilarious songs.
Free Event
Pat Colwell & the Soul Sensations
Pat Colwell and the Soul Sensations bring down the house with a powerful mix of Motown/Memphis Soul Music that’s guaranteed to get the party started! This is a100% Old School R&B Revue complete with fabulous female singers, a full horn section, and a show that that will knock your socks off! The band was formed in 2015 and is based in Hallowell, Maine. The Soul Sensations cover Soul Classics from Sam and Dave, the Supremes, The Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, the Temptations, Aretha Franklin, and Etta James. When Pat Colwell and the Soul Sensations hit the stage, it is an instant Soul Train dance party and a History of Soul Music all wrapped up in a single package of FUN!
$25 Tickets
Circus Mutt
Originally formed in 2010, in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Asheville, NC, Circus Mutt draws from a spectrum of musical influences including rock-n-roll, jazz and bluegrass. The band cut their teeth on the road, touring literally non-stop from 2011-2016. Breweries, festivals, bars and thousands of miles of highway have been the proving ground for this group of blue-collar musicians. They are known for their gentlemanly manners and the good natured tail-waggin' that comes naturally to every friendly mutt you know. Wherever they are, it is sure to be a circus and you are surely welcome.
https://www.facebook.com/circusmuttband
Free Event
The Other Broken Ones
The Other Broken Ones is a Alternative Blues Trio from Gray Maine. They deliver a twist on traditional blues rock, drawn from their multiple musical influences.Their blend of post grunge, heavy rock and southern blues is sure to entertain.
https://theotherbrokenones.com/home
$10 Cover at the Door
Cryin' Out Loud
Cryin’ Out Loud is a dynamic blues band that has built a loyal following of fans in the North East. Their blend of traditional blues with their innovative and modern original material has made them the band to see in Maine.
https://www.cryinoutloudmusic.com/
$10 Cover at the Door
Firepit
"Firepit is a modern rock band from Bangor, Maine playing energetic originals and covers from alternative to hard rock, with other genres mixed in. The newest Firepit album "Tunnelight" was released in the spring of 2024 and includes their latest single "Listen to This."
Free
Whippoorwill Wood
Whippoorwill Wood plays a mix of rock, folk, alternative and indie cover songs, plus a few originals, with a focus on driving rhythm and tight harmony.
Free