On The Rocks is a four-piece band from Down East Maine. They play a mixture of classic rock, pop, and country. 

Welcome back students, apprentices, and other young adults! Take a break from those family obligations to hang out with friends and acquaintances you haven’t seen in a while.

We apologize that we will need to cancel this event due to power outages. Stay safe and happy holidays to everyone.

6:30PM Lesson ($5 Suggested Donation)
7:30PM Open Dance

Grab a beer at the bar and a little do-si-do on the floor. Are you a beginner line dancer? No problem; we offer line dancing classes starting at 6:30pm. Open dancing starts at 7:30pm and goes til 9:00pm. Grab your boots if you got em, or whatever you got if you don’t.

Hear ye! Hear ye! Ring in the holiday season by showing off your ugly side! Your ugly sweater side, that is! The Returnables return to Deer Isle Music Hall & BBQ & a room full of UGLY holiday sweaters. Festivities start at 6PM. The Returnables take the stage at 7PM.

https://www.facebook.com/ReturnablesBand

Free Event

Tis the season for illness and being short-staffed...but never fear, tomorrow night's PARTY will go on as planned. NEW YEAR'S EVE tickets are now available for purchase, and we have some EXCITING news coming next week.

6:30PM Lesson ($5 Suggested Donation)
7:30PM Open Dance

Grab a beer at the bar and a little do-si-do on the floor. Are you a beginner line dancer? No problem; we offer line dancing classes starting at 6:30pm. Open dancing starts at 7:30pm and goes til 9:00pm. Grab your boots if you got em, or whatever you got if you don’t.

Reese Fulmer & The Carriage House Band: 

Cutting his teeth as the manager of the iconic Saratoga Springs listening room Caffe Lena, Reese Fulmer has emerged “with a poet’s sensibility rich with great storytelling and a healthy dose of irony.” (Viv Nesbitt, Art of the Song) The 2023 and 2024 Americana Artist of the Year at the Thomas Edison Music Awards, Reese and his band have become one of the fastest-rising groups in upstate NY with a reputation for compelling live performances. With a rotating cast of talented players, a broad and dynamic body of work, and a refusal to set anything in stone, their shows are always fresh, full of joy, and hard to describe: "smart, emotionally tuned arrangements and a stage presence that balanced earnestness with unpredictability. Their live performance thrives in the liminal space between genres folk, Americana, jazz and the result is a sound that’s complex without being convoluted." (NYSMusic) Their debut album In The Sunlight (released October 25th, 2025) offers an expansive palette of rich musicality paired with earnest and poetic lyricism. 

Chicky Stoltz & The Charlie Nobles: 

The Charlie Nobles operate as the house band on the Schooner Stephen Taber out of Rockland, Maine, featuring Tom Whitehead on guitar, accordion, and keys, Jed Kriegel on bass, Captain Noah Barnes on harmonica and percussion, and Chicky Stoltz on drums and guitar. Their catalog ranges from tried and true classics to maritime Blues and contemporary Roots music. Around the Northeast, they serve as the backing band for Chicky's original work. Chicky has spent nearly four decades out there as a musician. Singer, drummer, guitarist, one-man band. Bars and halls, good and bad. Shared the stage with and opened for many of the best (Patti Smith, Paw, Duke Robillard, Sara Cox, Darien Brahms). His music explores many fictional stories of fraud, land development/environmentalism, technology, and death, done with tongue squarely in cheek.

A special night of Line Dancing with 44N. The kitchen will be open until 8:00PM

Local favorite cover band 3 Mile Line has been playing the peninsula for five years. Their sets are tailor made for having a good time. Classic rock, modern rock, grunge, and a little country.

$10 Cover

Inviting all area musicians, storytellers and comedians to join us on our welcoming stage. Whether performing or cheering on, come enjoy a night with great local talent, food and drinks. Sign up in advance at jenn@deerislemusichall.com, or sign up in person starting at 5:30pm. Time slots are 3 songs or 10 minutes total.

We will be closed for Thanksgiving, and will reopen at 4PM on Friday, November 29th. Gobble, Gobble!

*If you pre-ordered Thanksgiving Dinner, you can pickup Thanksgiving morning between 11am and Noon.

Legendary Maine bluesman Mark “Guitar” Miller is described as a soulful, spiritual artist who really wants the listener to feel what he’s feeling. Born in the northern Maine town of Houlton and raised in East Millinocket, Mark has been playing guitar since he was six years old, and for over 50 years Mark has made his living by playing guitar. In the early days, he played with his brothers on the porch. Started his first band at 11 years old, and in high school he had a band playing top 40. Later he played with a number of prominent bands as a "hired gun," did studio work for numerous CDs, then he came back to Maine where he has reigned over the music scene ever since. A guitar-player's guitar player, Mark "Guitar" Miller knows how to fill a room with heart and soul, no matter what its size, from small bars to large clubs to festivals like the North Atlantic Blues Festival.

Deer Isle-Stonington schools and The REACH Performing Arts Center are presenting Frozen to the community for the Holidays and our family and staff are in it, so we will be closing to go to Opening Night to support them. Find out more at thereachpac.com

The Fishin’ Musician, Burt Leach, and his band, Tidewalker, play all your favorites to dance to from the '60's, '70's and beyond! With Burt Leach on vocals and guitar, Kevin Dodge on bass, Hank Whitsett on guitar, and Richard Buxton on drums.

Free Event

From timeless classics to today's chart-toppers, Sunset Crossroad is a genre-blending journey through rock, pop, and country. Fueled by dynamic vocals and tight rhythms, we’re all about feel-good vibes and songs that hit the heart and the dance floor.

FREE Event

Inviting all area musicians, storytellers and comedians to join us on our welcoming stage. Whether performing or cheering on, come enjoy a night with great local talent, food and drinks. Sign up in advance at jenn@deerislemusichall.com, or sign up in person starting at 6pm. Time slots are 3 songs or 10 minutes total.

Hymn for Her is the duo of Lucy Tight and Wayne Waxing, blending Americana, folk, and roots music with harmonies and instrumentation that are both raw and soulful. Their songs carry a timeless quality, drawing listeners into stories shaped by heart, grit, and a love of songcraft.

Free Event

Residing in Stonington, Maine, Alice Kristiansen’s music brings you back to late-night talks on the beach with your best friend. Her lyrics are raw and honest, but her dreamy vocals have a way of making even the heaviest moments feel a little lighter.

Alice first got her start on YouTube, where she has now surpassed 130 million views. She’s quietly built a loyal following of over 1.5 million fans who connect to her vulnerable lyrics and effortless sound. With over 60 million streams, co-signs from FINNEAS, Shawn Mendes, and Alec Benjamin, and sold-out shows all over the country, Alice has grown into an artist with a sound that feels both familiar and completely new.

With highly anticipated new music on the way, Alice is more ready to step into her next era.

Free Event

The Fishin’ Musician, Burt Leach, and his band, Tidewalker, play all your favorites to dance to from the '60's, '70's and beyond! With Burt Leach on vocals and guitar, Kevin Dodge on bass, Hank Whitsett on guitar, and welcoming Richard Buxton on drums.

Lazers in the Jungle, or LITJ, as the kids call them, coalesced from the varied reaches of Deer Isle, Orland, Ellsworth and Hancock Maine. LITJ weaves threads of intricate percussive polyrhythms with flavors of zydeco and latin funk, 80’s-style synth, British funk-rock guitar and background vocals, and a sultry three-piece horn section. Featuring the sizzling lead vocals from Central Maine Idol runner-up Jya Marie. Lazers are proponents of fog machines, percussion breakdowns, conga lines & lobster bakes.

Inviting all area musicians, storytellers and comedians to join us on our welcoming stage. Whether performing or cheering on, come enjoy a night with great local talent, food and drinks. Sign up in advance at jenn@deerislemusichall.com, or sign up in person starting at 6pm. Time slots are 3 songs or 10 minutes total.

Interested in having a private event with us? Reach out at JENN@DEERISLEMUSICHALL.COM or TONY@DEERISLEMUSICHALL.COM.

Cryin’ Out Loud is back for more! COL is a dynamic blues band that has built a loyal following of fans in the North East. Their blend of traditional blues with their innovative and modern original material has made them the band to see in Maine.

https://www.cryinoutloudmusic.com/

Free Event

Our family band, Sunset Crossroad, has a gig at Fogtown Brewery in Ellsworth. Come check us out, and then check out the Fogtown band, Lazers in the Jungle, at Deer Isle Music Hall & BBQ on September 27th.