Maine Concerts

Maine's hottest venue continues to attract national acts. Here are 25 that would be great fits for future shows.

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Aerosmith spent parts of six decades rocking out in front of Mainers across the state.

The Augusta Civic Center is more than just a high school basketball venue. It has a rich history of legendary musicians performing at the venue. Here's a look at some of those performances.

44 years ago today, the very first event happened at the brand new Civic Center. And it is of course quite fitting that here in Blimpville, the first event was a rock concert.

Have you ever been to a show or concert that gave you memories to last a lifetime? Maine has produced some of the best shows, housed by the longest-running concert venues. Let's take a peak at the longest-running venues in Maine.

We found electrifying live footage of Bill Chinnock and his band blazing white-hot at The Great Northeast Music Hall in Portland, Maine circa 1981.

On June 17, 1982, Maine Clapton fans sold out Portland's biggest venue once again for the guitar giant.

37 years ago this week, the Scorpions returned to Portland for their first headlining show at the Cumberland County Civic Center.

On June 14, 1977, it was the Portland arrival of Ronnie Van Zant and the guitar triple threat of Gary Rossington, Allen Collins, and Steve Gaines along with Billy Powell on keyboards, Leon Wilkinson on bass and Artimus Pyle on drums.

There were some pretty amazing big name appearances in the Capital City. Augusta hosted everything from Rock to Country to Vegas.

This was the State of Confusion tour and The Kinks played here in Portland the night before the album of the same name was released.

On June 3, 1986, that “lil’ ol’ band from Texas” returned to Portland for their 5th appearance at the Cumberland County Civic Center. ZZ Top brought along their futuristic melding of blues guitar and dance beats to the stage for the first of two sold-out nights.

With Van Halen as the final Artist of the Day this month on WBLM, we thought it would be good for us Blimpsters to recall all the the amazing times they've played Maine live in concert.

Today marks the 4th anniversary of his sad passing on May 27, 2017. We miss him and it's nice to be reminded that he was such a class act to his friends in radio.

42 years ago today, Eric Clapton played a sold-out show in Portland, Maine. This was the Guitar God's first time at the CCCC. Blues great McKinley Morganfield best known as Muddy Waters, was also on the bill.