Live-music venues worth the trip in Bangor, Maine

An outdoor amphitheater on the Bangor riverfront that Waterfront Concerts books with national tours, holding a general admission standing section, a seated section and a lawn.

Bangor’s arena and convention center, opened in 2013, the indoor room where national arena tours and touring headliners play the region.

A 490-seat performing arts center at Husson University in Bangor, a cultural center for the Greater Bangor community presenting touring artists from around the globe, doubling as a teaching room for the New England School of Communications.