The Pub at Baxter is a live-music venue in Lewiston, Maine. Baxter Brewing's Bates Mill pub combines food and beer with a current events program that includes touring artists, open mics and full bands. The venue supports live-band performance, giving working groups a clear basis for evaluating the room. Programming includes Rock, reggae, R&B/soul, Americana, open mic, mixed. Age access is 21+. The venue is located at 120 Mill St, Lewiston, ME 04240. For musicians evaluating a date, the established programming is the clearest guide to whether a set, instrumentation, and audience profile will fit the room. Artists can compare their sound and show scale with the venue’s existing live-music format before pursuing a date. Bands and solo performers can use the genre mix, audience setting, and performance style as practical signals when building a routing plan. For working musicians, that established performance pattern also provides useful context for deciding how much production, stage footprint, and preparation a show may require. The venue’s live-use pattern makes it a practical lead for suitable performers.
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Sea 40 Japanese Cuisine combines sushi and hibachi dining with a recurring Wednesday live-music program. A June 2026 Vanessa Jones appearance fits the venue’s R&B, soul, singer-songwriter, and local-music profile. Because the music sits inside an active restaurant, performers should be able to hold attention while respecting the rhythm of dinner service. Strong vocalists, solo artists, and compact acts that can create atmosphere without needing a club-scale setup should fit especially well.
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- 21+
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- R&B, Singer-Songwriter, Soul
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- 40 East Ave, Lewiston, ME 04240, United States
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- 207-795-6888
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