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Lost Valley Brewing Company sits inside a ski-area event property and runs a recurring live-band concert series in the brewpub. Rock, pop and cover bands fit the all-ages format, which favors broad material, strong pacing and a party-ready set over a narrowly targeted club show.

317 Main Community Music Center is a 200-capacity, All Ages room in Yarmouth, Maine. The center brings the power of music to people of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds across southern and mid-coast Maine. Founded in 2004, it works from the idea that music can engage, vitalize, and strengthen human connections throughout the community. Musically, 317 Main Community Music Center accommodates Acoustic, Americana, Bluegrass, Cajun, Folk, Irish, and Salsa. Booking inquiries go through the online form. Artists need to confirm the sound system, monitoring, available backline, and technical staffing. The final schedule and show-specific deal should be settled before the date is published.

Independent Portland brewery and taproom with current live-music dates in its Fox Street event calendar. An independent Fox Street brewery that includes live musicians in its current taproom event schedule. The music mix includes Acoustic, Singer-songwriter, Brewery events, Local, which helps define the kinds of performers already represented in the venue’s programming. For working musicians, that established live-use pattern makes the venue easier to evaluate in terms of format, audience setting, and show style. Austin Street Brewery — Fox Street is located at 115 Fox St, Portland, ME 04101. Musicians considering the venue can use its existing programming and performance format as the main guide when deciding whether their set, instrumentation, and audience expectations are a good match. Its ongoing connection to live performance also gives artists a stronger basis for judging the room than they would have with a venue used only sporadically for music. The combination of an established music identity and a defined performance setting gives musicians practical context before deciding whether to pursue a date.