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Biddeford and Saco – The second annual RiverJam Festival on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015 will feature New England’s top bands in two locations along the beautiful Saco River: Biddeford’s Mechanics Park from Noon-5:30, then right across Main Street on Saco Island from 7:45-10:30. The RiverJam Festival is part of the “Two Cities: One River” bridge dedication and celebration that will take place on Saco Island starting at 10 a.m.
“The pedestrian bridge has helped our two cities of Biddeford and Saco to realize how connected we are by this river, right in the heart of the mills,” says RiverJam organizer Delilah Poupore of the Heart of Biddeford. “The RiverJamFestival will be a great celebration of this beautiful place with music and a fun atmosphere on both sides of the river.”
RiverJam Festival Line-Up In Mechanics Park, Biddeford
Noon Pete Kilpatrick Band, Folk Rock, Named Maine’s Best Act (4x), “Portland’s Best Music Awards”
1:30 p.m. Gorilla Finger Dub Band, Biddeford-based, Reggae-inspired Rock
3:00 p.m. Sarah Blacker, Boston-based acoustic rock, named NE Music Awards Female Performer of the Year 2014
4:30 p.m. North of Nashville, America’s Two Man Outlaw Country Band, named NE Music Awards Country Act of the Year 2015
7:15 p.m. Two Cities: One River Fireworks Celebration, York Hill, Biddeford+Saco. Sponsored by York County Federal Credit Union, Tarbox Land Corporation, PeoplesChoice Credit Union and Nathan Szanton.
RiverJam Festival On Saco Island
7:45 p.m. Amy & the Engine, Indie Pop, Named New England Music Awards “Best New Act” 2015
9:00 p.m. Dominic & the Lucid, Psychedelic Rock, voted “Portland Phoenix’s Best Pop Rock Act” and “Best Male Vocalist” (x2).
The day will begin on Saco Island at 10 a.m. with the Two Cities: One River Bridge Dedication and Celebration. Invited dignitaries are scheduled to speak, and the mayors of the two cities will conduct a ribbon-cutting. The morning event is intended to showcase the Biddeford Saco region’s economic, cultural and environmental vitality, as well as the two City’s unity. In addition to the pedestrian bridge dedication, there will be musical entertainment by Sylvain’s Acadian Aces as well as children’s activities and community booths. Following the celebration, locals and visitors will be invited to take tours of mills, businesses and restaurants with a “Bangor Savings’ Best of Biddeford + Saco Passport” game, as well as attend the RiverJamFestival.
During the evening RiverJam Festival performances on Saco Island, the Run of the Mill will set up a tent featuring great barbecue food and their locally made beer.
Tickets for the RiverJam Festival are available online and at the entrance gate: $10 each, or a family pass for $25 (for up to two adults and their children who are 12-17). Children under 12 who are accompanied by a paying adult are admitted free.
Complete parking information is listed here. The limited parking onsite is limited to Run of the Mill customers. Get creative, plan ahead to do a little walking! Disabled Parking stickers will be honored onsite.
The RiverJam Festival Sponsor is Biddeford Savings Bank, with support from the Cities of Biddeford and Saco, the Orton Family Foundation, Saco Biddeford Savings Institution, P&C Insurance, Biddeford’s Downtown Development Commission, suger, Dispatch Magazine, wmpg, and National Distributors. Heart of Biddeford hosts this event in partnership with many other entities including the Pepperell Mill Campus, angelrox, Saco Main Street, the Biddeford + Saco Chamber of Commerce and Engine.