BUCKSPORT, Maine (WABI) – On Wednesday, August 5th at 5:30 p.m., the band Barcelona led by Sam Lardner, will perform at the Alamo Theater in Bucksport.
The concert is raising money for the Bucksport Animal Shelter’s Shed to Shelter fund. The current animal shelter is 50 YEARS OLD. It works with 12 communities to accept animals in need, and their spaces are always full.
The concert is being sponsored by Wednesday on Main. Paula Kee with WOM was on the WABI Morning Show Tuesday along with Bucksport’s Community and Economic Development Director, Rich Rotella.
Kee says one of their most popular performers in the WOM series is the band Barcelona. She notes Lardner has family ties to the Blue Hill penninusula.
Lardner is performing all over Maine this year through his nonprofit Varroomba and at each stop, he will donate the proceeds of the concert to a non-profit organization of the community’s choice. Bucksport’s choice is the new Animal Shelter.
Tickets are $20 each and can be purchased through Evenbrite. Additional donation spots will be avilable at the theater the night of the performance.
The projected cost of a new shelter building is about $600,000, and so far Rich Rotella says about $50,000.has been raised.
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