Upcoming June, July events at Camden Opera House

Thu, 05/30/2019 - 2:30pm

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29 Elm Street
Camden, ME
United States

    Upcoming at Camden Opera House
    29 Elm St., Camden Maine
    FMI: 207-236-7963; camdenoperahouse.com

    Saturday, June 1, 7 p.m.:
    “Reel to Real,” Sherri’s School of Dance’s 15 annual recital, presents students dancing to music of stage and screen. Tickets are $14, free younger than 3, available from the Rockland-based school and at door.

    Friday, June 7, 10 a.m.:
    Ashwood Waldorf School invites everyone to attend the annual Spring Revels. This year’s free family-friendly “Imagine!” program music, poetry, dance, circus arts, mime, spoken word and more.

    Sunday, June 9, 3 p.m.:
    Atlantic Ballet Company and People to People Dance Center presents its annual recital, featuring ballets “Don Quixote” and “Carnival of the Animals.” Tickets are $18, $14 younger than 12 and seniors, at p2pdance.com, Planet Toys in Camden, and at the door.

    Wednesday, June 12, 7 p.m.:

    Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for the annual Camden Town Meeting in the auditorium.

    Friday, June 14, 7:30 p.m.:
    The Camden Opera House’s monthly Blue Café series presents the Bill Barnes Duo in the intimate third-floor performance space. Doors open 7 p.m. Free/donations; cash bar by 40 Paper Bistro and Bar. Part of Jazz in June.

    Saturday, June 15, 7:30 p.m.:
    Feature concert of the inaugural Jazz in June Festival, a three-day, town-wide music festival, presents the Kenny Barron Trio, headlining an evening that also showcases the Greg Abate Quartet and Peter Dembski Group.
    Tickets are $48 in advance, $53 at door. For full fest schedule, visit jazzinjunecamdenme.com.

    Wednesday, Jun 26, 7 p.m.:
    The monthly CIFF Selects series, co-presented by Points North Institute and Camden International Film Festival, screens a recent. Tickets are $10, free for students, in advance at pointsnorthinstitute.org.

    Friday, July 12, 7:30 p.m.:
    The Camden Opera House’s monthly Blue Café series welcomes pianist, singer and scholar Scott Cleveland and The Blues Spectrum, his presentation on blues origins and its many branches in American music, to the intimate third-floor performance space. Doors open 7 p.m. Free/donations; cash bar by 40 Paper Bistro and Bar.

    Wednesday, July 17, 7 p.m.:
    Camden Opera House’s Community Thank You Film series screens “The Beatles Deconstructed,” free and open to all.

    Wednesday, July 24, 7 p.m.:
    The monthly CIFF Selects series, co-presented by Points North Institute and Camden International Film Festival, screens a recent. Tickets are $10, free for students, in advance at pointsnorthinstitute.org.

    Friday, July 27, 6 p.m.:
    The Camden Opera House offers the Pocket Circus, a fun family show by Happenstance Theater. Tickets are $10, $5 for kids, $1 for those younger than 5.

    Upcoming highlights:
    Saturday, Aug. 31, 7:30 p.m.
    Camden Opera House presents An Evening with Roger McGuinn, groundbreaking and co-founder/frontman of The Byrds. General admission tickets are $30 in advance
    at camdenoperahouse.com, $35 day of show. Part of Camden Windjammer Festival.

    Friday, Sept. 20, 7:30 p.m.
    Camden Opera House presents One Night In Memphis, the critically acclaimed tribute to legendary Sun Records recording artists Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis. General admission tickets are $30 in advance at camdenoperahouse.com, $35 day of show.