Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion Nominated For ACM Venue of the Year

The Academy of Country Music has nominated Darling's Waterfront Pavilion as the Venue of the Year (large capacity.)

It's the second time in three years the Bangor concert venue has been nominated.

The four other nominees are the Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, the Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Wash., the Klipsch Music Center in Noblesville, In. and Xfinity Center in Mansfield, Mass.

The Academy of Country Music Awards will be broadcast at 8 p.m. Sunday, April 3 on CBS and will be hosted by Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley both of whom will be playing at the Darling's Waterfront Pavilion this summer.

Here's the full summer country lineup:

• Saturday, June 4: Dierks Bentley, Randy Houser + Cam (Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion, Bangor)*
• Thursday, June 16: Dixie Chicks (Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion, Bangor)
• Thursday, June 23: Florida Georgia Line, Cole Swindell, The Cadillac Three and Kane Brown (Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion, Bangor)*
• Saturday, July 9: Kenny Chesney and Old Dominion.(Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion, Bangor)*
• Sunday, July 17: Luke Bryan, Little Big Town + Dustin Lynch (Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion, Bangor)*
• Thursday, July 21: Toby Keith (Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion, Bangor)*
• Friday, July 29: Darius Rucker, Dan + Shay + Michael Ray (Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion, Bangor)*
• Sunday, Aug. 21: Miranda Lambert, Kip Moore + The Brothers Osborne (Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion, Bangor)*
• Sunday, Sept. 4: Rascal Flatts + Kelsea Ballerini (Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion, Bangor)*