Live music to beat the rainy-day blues

The Anchor

K E N N E B U N K - K E N N E B U N K P O R T - A R U N D E L C H A M B E R O F C O M M E R C E

We’re so glad you chose to visit the Kennebunks today! Here you’ll find the best that

New England has to offer – a charming seaside community with world-class dining,

superb shopping and a rich history. We are home to the Bushes and wide, sandy beaches,

lobster shacks and the Goat Island Lighthouse.

We hope you enjoy your visit today. More importantly, we hope you’ll return another

time to find out why so many of us love the Kennebunks, a modern escape with timeless

appeal.

Laura Dolce

Executive Director

Welcome to the Kennebunks!

Oct. 2, 2015

Bob Dennis photo

We hope you’ll be back!

The Kennebunks — Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Arundel — are beautiful all year ‘round, and cer-

tainly worth a second visit!

To plan your next trip, go to go-kennebunks.com, to check out ac-

commodations, dining and more.

Also consider returning for our famous Christmas Prelude (christmasprelude.com), taking

place from Dec. 3-13.

Don’t let a gray day get you down. Hunker in with a good book,

a play, a movie or get out to enjoy live music for an instant

pick-me-up. Ahhh, local music ... there's just something about

live music that does us all good, whether you're the one singing

or just humming along with the crowd. Here's where and when

you can catch some live tunes this week:

• Alisson's Restaurant in Dock Square, Kennebunkport, offer

karaoke at 9 p.m. Fridays. www.alissons.com.

• Bentley's Saloon on Route 1, Arundel, is always a rockin'

option! Karaoke starts at 8 p.m. every Thursday, and this week

features Tickle at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2, Saxx Roxx at 2 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 3, Soulmate at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, Lower

Village People from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 4, and Open Mike

Night from 7 to 11 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7. www.bentleys

saloon.com.

• The Colony Hotel's Marine Room Lounge in Kennebunk-

port features a great lineup this week: Don Wessel on Thursday,

Oct. 1; Kennebunk River Band on Friday, Oct. 2, and PackMan

Dave on Sunday, Oct. 3. www.thecolonyhotel.com.

• Federal Jack's Brew Pub in Kennebunk's Lower Village is

your late-night option for live music, with karaoke starting at 10

p.m. Thursdays, and live entertainment at 10:30 p.m. both Fri-

day and Saturday nights. www.federaljacks.com.

• Lodge on the Cove on South Maine Street, Kennebunk-

port, regularly features the band Never Been to Kingston from 6

to 9 p.m. Fridays and live music from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturdays.

www.lodgeonthecove.com.

• At the Nonantum Resort in Kennebunkport, Jim Ciampi

plays at 6 p.m. Thursdays, Lisa Mills and Don Wessel play at 6

p.m. Mondays, Jim Ciampi starts at 6 p.m. Tuesdays, and Curt

Bessette and Jenn Kurtz play at 6 p.m. Wednesdays.

www.nonantumresort.com.

• On the Marsh in Kennebunk's Lower Village, features live

music on Fridays and Saturdays. www.onthemarsh.com.

• At One Dock at the Kennebunkport Inn, catch Local Dish at 7

p.m. Thursday nights. www.onedock.com.

Bob Dennis photo

P a g e 2 T h e A n c h o r

Looking for something to do? There’s plenty! The Arundel Historical Society will hold

its Annual Crafts Fair from 8:30 a.m. to

2:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, at ML Day

School, Arundel. Fair will include jewelry,

wood products, knitting and weaving, hon-

ey, soap, painted feathers and glasses,

birch bark art, photos and photo cards, sea

glass crafts, canned/pickled foods, themed

gift baskets, quilts, shell crafts, and various

other crafts. Get ahead on your Christmas

shopping with beautiful handmade gifts.

Raffles, bake sale and refreshments availa-

ble too.

Frinklepod Farm will host its second

annual Fall Frolic from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 3 rain or shine, at 244 Log

Cabin Road in Arundel. Free for all ages,

the day includes harvest activities and

games, farm tours, organic and locally

sourced produce, apple cider press, lunch

from the farm concession truck, and a veg-

etable fermentation workshop at 2 p.m.

($20, preregister). frinklepod-

farm@gmail.com. (207) 289-5805.

The Seashore Trolley Museum's Pump-

kinheadFEST from 12 to 5 p.m. Saturday,

Oct. 3, will include games and contests in

pumpkin tossing, Hansel & Gretel Cos-

tume, Pumpkinhead costumes and yodel-

ling, raffles and more! Live music by Oc-

tober Road's full band. Produced in part-

nership with Shipyard Brewing Compa-

ny. (*regular admission rates apply to visi-

tors who do not enter the event ar-

ea.) Seashore Trolley Museum is located

at 195 Log Cabin Road, Kennebunkport.

On Sunday, Oct. 4, (and every weekend

this month, actually), Jillyanna’s Cooking

School’s will offer its signature pizza

class, perfect for pizza aficionados. Jilly-

anna will work with three different doughs

using three different flours and cook them

in three different ovens (electric, gas, and

wood-fired). The class runs from 3 to 6:30

p.m. For details, visit www.jillyannas.com.

Are you interested in a fun and enter-taining excursion that includes local cui-sine, snippets of history and points of inter-est? Then join Maine Foodie Tours, in the Kennebunks, for its Tasty Lunch-time Walking Tour Tuesdays through Sundays. For details, contact info@mainefoodie

tours.com or call (207) 773-7485.

From Friday through Sunday, Kenne-

bunkport Brewing Company (birthplace of

Shipyard Ale) will offer a Brew Tour and

Tasting at the KBC Shipyard Store under

Federal Jack’s on Western Avenue. Brew-

ery tours and tastings every hour between

1-5 p.m. Free.

Coming up: Be sure to join us next

weekend, Columbus Day weekend, for

Kennebunk’s Harvest Fest, Cape Por-

poise’s Discoverfest and more in our com-

munity!