Name: Bailey's Mistake at Mayo Street Arts
Start: 2025-03-14T19:00:00-04:00
Location: Mayo Street Arts

Celebrate St. Patrick’s with Bailey’s Mistake, a not-quite-traditional, Celtic-inspired folk band
playing ancient songs of the sea, Newfoundland, Ireland, Scotland and their home state of Maine.
Powered by guitar, bagpipes, bass and drums, their totally danceable music invites merry hearts to
sing along and feel the power of ancient tradition as it transitions into the 21st century.
The band takes its name from a legend told for generations along the Maine coast. Back in the 19th century, there was a certain ship captain named Bailey. He was trying to guide his vessel safely around West Quoddy Head Lighthouse and into Lubec Harbor. Unfortunately, it was a foggy night and he missed. Instead of safe harbor, Bailey ran aground in a shallow, rocky inlet just south of the lighthouse.
But rather than face the wrath of the ship’s furious owners in Boston, Bailey and his crew unloaded the lumber they had on board, built houses in the cove and settled down with several local ladies.
To this day, on most good maps, that little harbor is simply labeled “Bailey’s Mistake.”