Year’s last concert on the Wayside Grange & Theatre features Castlebay

DEXTER — Castlebay is gracing the Grange stage with toe tapping tunes at Wayside Grange &  Theatre on Saturday, Oct. 14.  

Since 1986 Castlebay has been weaving together Maine’s nautical and British Isles legacies  transporting their audience through time and across the Atlantic. Julia Lane and Fred Gosbee  have loved and researched traditional music for most of their lives and blend history, legend  and experience into their personable performances.  

Finely crafted ballads with evocative imagery and beautiful melodies depict Maine characters,  history, and life close to the elemental beauty of the sea and shore. Their renditions of  traditional and original songs are supported with Celtic harp, 12-string guitar, fiddle &  woodwinds .

Julia & Fred have toured the eastern US and Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, and Kosovo  performing at festivals, museums, schools and folk clubs. They have released over three dozen recordings which receive international airplay. Notable festival experience includes five  International Festivals of the Sea in the UK, the Mystic Festival, the New Bedford Working  Waterfront Festival, the Golden Link Festival, and the Somerset Folk Harp Festival. 

Since 2003 they have annually toured the east coast in the late winter from their home in  coastal Maine to Florida, performing in libraries, concert series, folk clubs, retirement  communities, and house concerts and we are very pleased they are joining us to end our 2023 Concert Series. 

The Wayside Theater in Dexter presents programs of theater and music in an historic and acoustically perfect setting. The building has served the Dexter community for decades and will continue in 2024. More information can be found at www.facebook.com/waysidestage.

Wayside has received a generous donation from McKusick Petroleum again this year to help  bring in these great bands from all over! 

Please join us on Saturday, Oct. 14 when the doors open at Wayside Grange, 851 North  Dexter Road (Route 23) at 6:30 p.m. and Castlebay takes to the stage at 7 p.m. Tickets are $15 and are available at the door. Light refreshments and drinks will be available in our  downstairs dining area.  

If you know of a band, theater group, debate club, or social group that are looking for a venue  to practice or perform to an audience of ninety or less, or just use the hall for music jams or  sound checks please contact Tim Breen at 207-355-5507 and we can try to work something out for them, although the Grange building will be put to bed for the winter soon.

 If you would like to join Wayside Grange & Theatre and/or volunteer, call Tim at 207-355-5507 or  Dave at 207-924-5035 or and please check out our Facebook page at www.Facebook.com/waysidestage.