CAMDEN — The Camden Rotary Club will bring four live band performances to town July 4 for this year's Music by the Sea concerts in Camden Harbor Park and Camden Amphitheatre, a major component during the Midcoast Festival of Independence.

An Independence Day tradition since the late 1980s, this free public concert is organized by the Camden Rotary Club and sponsored by Rotarians, local businesses and individuals. The club's goal is to raise $25,000 from concert sponsorships for its Youth Are the Future Program — a major effort to support the development and education of youth in the Knox County and Lincolnville area — and to help fund grants for local organizations. This year's grant recipients include Area Interfaith Outreach, Strive Northern New England, the Knox County Health Clinic, Penobscot School and Merryspring Nature Center.

Music by the Sea 2015 will feature four groups: 2 to 3:15 p.m., Miners Creek Bluegrass Band; 3:30 to 4:45 p.m., Casco Bay Wind Symphony; 5 to 6:15 p.m., Reina del Cid (back by popular demand) and 7:45 to 9 p.m., p.m. David Dodson and the Lowdown featuring John and Rachel Nicholas. Spectacular fireworks over Camden Harbor will follow this performance.

All sponsors will be acknowledged for their generosity with a listing in the concert program, the Camden Rotary Club's website and other promotional materials. For more information or to become a sponsor, contact Glenn Buckingham at 230-7200.

For 90 years, Camden Rotary has embraced Rotary International's motto, Service Above Self, both at home and abroad. Camden Rotarians work together to help those in need by improving living conditions for people in underdeveloped countries, participating in local service projects, providing grants to charities and distributing college scholarships to deserving youth.