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Erica Brown & The Blue Grass Connection (Bluegrass, Americana, Folk)

Ticket Prices: $20 ADV | $22 DOS
Location: Maine Maritime Museum (see map below)

Erica Brown and The Bluegrass Connection is a five-piece band featuring some of the finest musicians in New England. The band features award-winning fiddler and singer Erica Brown, Matt Shipman on mandolin, Lincoln Meyers on guitar, Eli Gilbert on banjo and Kris Day on bass. A fun and energetic band, they incorporate a unique and diverse blend of original and traditional music from their Bluegrass, Folk and Country influences. As a band of renowned and respected musicians in their own right, together they form a bluegrass powerhouse of vocal and instrumental expertise that has delighted audiences all over the Northeast and Canada.

Their latest album “Blue Pine Moon” has been well-received by fans, critics, and musicians alike. The album contains thoughtful, original songs from both Shipman and Brown and other carefully chosen songs from the Bluegrass tradition. Grammy award winning bluegrass songwriter Rick Lang says it is a “… must-have for any lover of good Bluegrass music!”

Some 2022 performance highlights include performing at the Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival and collaboration with The Bangor Symphony Orchestra in which they performed 3 of their original songs with the Orchestra at the Kingfield Pops.

  • Accessible restrooms are located in the Maritime History Building. Changing tables are available in all of the museum’s restrooms.

  • Service animals are welcome, but pets and support animals are restricted to the south end of campus and not permitted in any building. Dogs must be leashed; please clean up after your pet.

  • Maine Maritime Museum is a smoke-free campus.

  • While visiting the museum you may be photographed or filmed, and footage may be used in promotional materials.