Benjamin Foss at Bagaduce Music’s Second Wednesday House Party — December 9

On Wednesday, December 9, Bagaduce Music's final Second Wednesday House Party of 2026 features a solo performance by one of its own. Benjamin Foss is a musician and luthier from Brooks, Maine, and a Bagaduce Music teacher who leads the Northern New England Ensemble. His program ranges from high-energy Down East fiddle tunes to traditional dance music from Sweden, southern Old Time, and tunes from Quebec.

Foss grew up in southern New England. As a kid he biked to the Rehoboth contra dance, where he cut his teeth as a player, and he built fiddles and banjos out of anything he could find. He's most at home in the driving Down East fiddle style, but his love of traditional dance music has carried him well beyond New England.

Foss plays guitar with New England trad supergroup Pine Tree Flyers. He also plays in several contra dance bands on fiddle, guitar, tenor banjo, and occasionally other instruments, and on rare occasions he can be found calling the dance. When he isn't teaching, holding down a raging jam, or playing for dancers, he's in his shop restoring vintage guitars, up in a bucket truck on a restoration carpentry job, or working for the Brooks fire department.

The Second Wednesday House Party is a monthly gathering of live music, food, and community, and an affordable chance to hear exceptional artists up close. Soups, snacks, and chai from Conscious Café will be available from 6:00p in the Bagaduce Music Performance Hall, 49 South Street, Blue Hill. The concert begins at 7:00p.

Schedule for Wednesday, December 9

• 6:00p: Soups, snacks, and chai from Conscious Café
• 7:00p: Concert

Concert admission: Advance tickets encouraged, $15–35 suggested. Tickets at the door when capacity allows.

Location: Bagaduce Music Performance Hall, 49 South Street, Blue Hill, ME

Bagaduce Music is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to fostering musical experiences along Maine's coastline.