Chocolate Church Arts Center

08/27/2026

Our beautiful time with The Bow Tides this summer on the Bath waterfront! Their performance of traditional Celtic music and Irish dance blew us away and swept us into celebration. Many thanks to these amazingly talented fiddlers, and to the audience who came out to enjoy it with us!

Shout out to the Levitt Family Foundation for making this event possible, and to our co-hosts Main Street Bath and the City of Bath.

08/27/2026

𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙒𝙚𝙚𝙠 𝘼𝙬𝙖𝙮! Martha Spencer & the Wonderland Country Band return to the Annex next Wednesday, September 2, this time with opener Charlie Marie!

Get ready for an unforgettable ride through the heart of Appalachia! Led by the magnetic Martha Spencer, an exceptional singer, dancer, and multi-instrumentalist who reminds us of a young Dolly Parton. We are lucky to have her lead a flat foot dance workshop at 6pm before the concert with the Wonderland Country Band at 7:30pm. The high-energy group brings together Jamie Collins (bass/vocals), Lucas Pasley (fiddle/banjo/vocals), and Jake Dwyer (percussion, washboard, and dance) to deliver a toe-tapping, heartwarming show you won’t want to miss.

Opening the show, Charlie Marie makes classic country music for the modern world. It’s a sound that bridges the gap between Nashville and her native Rhode Island — a blend of old-school traditions and fresh perspectives, fused together by a trailblazer who’s been writing songs since her teenage years.

✨𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮 ✨
𝟲:𝟬𝟬𝗣𝗠 𝗙𝗹𝗮𝘁 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽
𝟳:𝟯𝟬𝗣𝗠 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘅
𝗧𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀 $𝟭𝟴
🎟️ https://www.chocolatechurcharts.org/events/martha-spencer-the-wonderland-band-02-sep

The Chocolate Church Arts Center is a community-centered visual and performing arts center serving midcoast Maine for more than 40 years. The Chocolate Church Arts Center offers a rich program of live music and theatre performances, music education, and Art Lab programs for all ages.

08/26/2026

Pat Colwell and the Soul Sensations are bringing down the house with a powerful mix of Motown/Memphis Soul Music in a concert honoring its history. Join us September 19 at the Chocolate Church Arts Center in Bath for a 100% Old School Soul R***e complete with outstanding female singers, a full horn section, and a Soul Train dance party! 🎺✨🕺

The band covers Soul Classics from Sam and Dave, the Supremes, Wilson Pickett, Etta James, Marvin Gaye, the Temptations, The Staple Singers and The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin! Their danceable repertoire and unique showmanship make this a Sensational night of music you won’t want to miss.

Come celebrate the History of Soul Music with Pat Colwell and the Soul Sensations!

✨Saturday, September 19✨
7:30PM on the Main Stage
Tickets $18 ADV
🎟️ https://www.chocolatechurcharts.org/events/pat-colwell-19-sep

The Chocolate Church Arts Center in downtown Bath has been bringing live music, theater, and art to the Midcoast since 1977. Come experience our Main Stage and Annex performances, and get creative in our free, community Art Lab.

08/24/2026

Can you believe the amount of fun we have in Bath? For the third year in a row we threw a Monster Parade on the waterfront to the beat of our summer concert series, and the creatures just keep getting more spectacular. They danced to the Afrofunk grooves of 𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗟𝗘𝗠𝗔𝗡 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗪𝗟𝗘𝗥𝗦, and romped through the crowd with outrageous joy and aplomb!

Thank you for joining us for one of our favorite homegrown traditions. We, and the monsters, will see you again next year!

📸 Photos by Jamie Mercurio

08/24/2026

For the final event of the Levitt AMP Waterfront Concert Series, we are proud to welcome Dylan Chambers to the stage this Saturday, August 29!

Performing with his band, LA-based Dylan Chambers is a singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer who bridges the golden eras of classic soul with modern pop energy and channels the spirit of artists of the past through his own electrifying voice and showmanship.

Come out and enjoy the last days of summer on the waterfront with our Bath community! 🌞

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Details at levittampbathmaine.org // Presented in partnership by the Chocolate Church Arts Center, Main Street Bath, City of Bath, and Levitt Family Foundation

The Levitt AMP Bath Waterfront Music Series is supported in part by the Levitt Family Foundation, which partners with changemakers and nonprofits to strengthen the social fabric of communities through free, live music in outdoor public spaces. In 2026, the Levitt Family Foundation is supporting over 900 free concerts in 90+ towns and cities across the country, bringing joy to over a million people.

Levitt AMP Bath Waterfront Music Series
Chocolate Church Arts Center
Main Street Bath
Levitt Family Foundation
City of Bath, Maine

08/22/2026

The YellowHouse Blues Band plays tonight RAIN OR SHINE on the Bath waterfront at 5PM. Last summer, the band rocked the stage playing blues and blues rock covers by legends with their own vibrant spin - we are looking forward to another incredible concert tonight!

08/21/2026

One of the highlights of summer in Bath was having Gentleman Brawlers perform at the waterfront in what was a concert of endless surprises and outrageous fun! From the parachute, to the bubbles, to the streamers, and the dance moves, it was like watching a magician pull infinite rabbits out of a hat! This video only captures a handful of the delights shared with us by the band and by the audience who brought the joy and the moves to this unforgettable day. Gentlemen Brawlers, please come back soon!

Many thanks to the Levitt Family Foundation for making this event possible, and to our co-hosts Main Street Bath and the City of Bath, Maine.

08/20/2026

Some of the beautiful cyanotype creations from our time with Madge Evers in the Art Lab this summer. Thank you Madge for leading such a thoughtful and inspiring workshop on this hands-on photographic process. The Art Lab has always been a space of learning and exchange, and we are looking forward to hosting more exciting teachers and workshops like this one in the coming year!

08/20/2026

A circus spectacular is coming to the Chocolate Church on 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟮 with Johnny Peers & the Muttville Comix! Bring the whole family to this heartwarming show full of canine hijinx, stunning tricks, and absolute fun.

Johnny Peers, a Ringling Brothers Clown College Graduate, has been working with dogs since he got his first puppy, Freckles, a Beagle mix, from the Humane Society. Together, the Muttville Comix have appeared on David Letterman, Primetime Live and Circus of the Stars, and at Disneyland, Busch Gardens, the Big Apple Circus, the Royal Hanneford Circus, even The White House!

A show for the whole family and the dog lover in all of us, the show stars mostly dogs rescued from shelters or pounds. Don’t miss this unique spectacle full of remarkable talent and raucous laughter, coming soon!

✨𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟮✨
𝟮𝗣𝗠 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲
𝗧𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀 $𝟭𝟱-$𝟮𝟯
🎟️ 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗯𝗶𝗼!

The Chocolate Church Arts Center is a community-centered visual and performing arts center serving midcoast Maine for more than 40 years. The Chocolate Church Arts Center offers a rich program of live music and theatre performances, music education, and Art Lab programs for all ages.

08/19/2026

YellowHouse Blues Band returns to Bath this Saturday 8/22 for another rockin’ party on the waterfront. The band is a 9-piece, high energy blues & blues rock band with horns and multiple vocalists, known for putting their own take on popular songs and making them their own. Come dance along to their ever changing setlist which includes the sounds of Motown legends Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder, along with blues from Howlin’ Wolf and covers of modern day artists.

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Details at levittampbathmaine.org // Presented in partnership by the Chocolate Church Arts Center, Main Street Bath, City of Bath, and Levitt Family Foundation

The Levitt AMP Bath Waterfront Music Series is supported in part by the Levitt Family Foundation, which partners with changemakers and nonprofits to strengthen the social fabric of communities through free, live music in outdoor public spaces. In 2026, the Levitt Family Foundation is supporting over 900 free concerts in 90+ towns and cities across the country, bringing joy to over a million people.

Chocolate Church Arts Center
Main Street Bath
Levitt Family Foundation
City of Bath