The Maine Pops Concert Band’s 2025-2026 performance year kicks off June 25 with a public outdoor concert at St. David’s Episcopal Church in Kennebunk, beginning at 7 p.m. It is the first of eight public and private performances by the full Maine Pops Concert Band during the summer. There is one more summer rehearsal slated for Falmouth High School on June 11, but the band will not rehearse again until September when it returns to Scarborough High.
The band normally rehearses at Scarborough High School every Wednesday evening from September to June during the school year from 7 to 9 p.m. As always, there will be adjustments to the rehearsal schedule as the local Scarborough schools conduct their own music and theater programs at the high school and middle school levels. The Maine Pops will take all steps necessary to coordinate alternate venues and inform the membership of rehearsal site changes in advance.
The Maine Pops Concert Band continues its recruitment of musicians in Maine and New Hampshire to join or rejoin the band. The band now has over 100 musicians registered. No auditions are required, but the band is now concentrating on filling specific instrumental voids within sections.
2025 Summer Performance Schedule (subject to change)
June 18 – CANCELLED – Beach Street Big Band Performance (Private) – Wet conditions at site.
June 25 – Maine Pops Concert Band Performance, St. David’s Episcopal Church, Kennebunk, 7 to 8:30 p.m.
June 28 – Maine Pops Concert Band individual participation at Robert Browne Hall Day Massed Band performance, hosted by Hallowell Community Band, Gardiner Common, Gardiner, ME, 10 a.m. to noon.
July 2 – Maine Pops Concert Band Performance (Private)
July 9 – OPEN DATE
July 16 – Maine Pops Concert Band Performance – Heseltine Park/Woodfords Corner, Portland, 7 to 8:30 p.m.
July 17 – Beach Street Big Band Performance (Private)
July 23 – Maine Pops Concert Band Performance (Private)
August 1 – Maine Pops Concert Band Performance, Bath Library Gazebo, Bath, 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
August 6 – Maine Pops Concert Band Performance (Private)
August 13 – Maine Pops Concert Band Performance, Cape Elizabeth Town Green, Cape Elizabeth, 7 to 8:30 p.m.
August 15 – Maine Pops Concert Band Performance, Scarborough Summerfest, (tent adjacent to high school tennis courts), Scarborough, 6 to 7 p.m.
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