History
› Aroostook County, known as "The County" and the "Crown of Maine", is the largest county in Maine and east of the Mississippi. Two thirds of the land is made up of the beautiful Northern Maine wilderness in the west. The rest of The County consists of vast farmland with potatoes, broccoli, and peas as the main crops.

› Over 2,000 lakes, ponds, rivers, streams make Aroostook a popular destination for outdoor recreation in the spring, summer, and fall. In the winter, ice-fishing, snowmobiling and skiing are major attractions.

› The French-Acadians were some of the first settlers in the area during the 1800's, and in the mid-1800's Swedish families settled villages in Stockholm and New Sweden, which are just north of Caribou. Aroostook County is also home to two Native American tribes, namely the Maliseets and the MicMacs.       
                                                                         From www.visitaroostook.com

Arts and Culture
› Aroostook County is known for its rich historical culture and focus on the arts. Numerous festivals are held throughout the year in The County, such as the Potato Blossom festival in Fort Fairfield, the Acadian Festival in Madawaska, Pioneer Days in Patten, Houlton's Potato Feast Days, and Caribou's CaribouFest.

› In terms of music, Aroostook is rich with organizations and performing groups. For school-aged musicians, there are music programs at nearly every high school and middle school. The annual Large Group Festival is a competition between Aroostook bands and choral groups from participating bands and chorus. The annual All-Aroostook Festival brings the best musicians in the county together to practice and then perform together in a major concert at the end of the weekend. The new facility to be located in Caribou will be the only center large enough to properly house these events in the county.

› Community bands and choral groups are also scattered across the region. These ensembles range from classical groups to acadian and rock rock groups. Aroostook County currently does not have a facility that can house large groups of musicians in acoustically engineered practice areas, something the new facility will offer to the county. These groups will be able to use the facility and the various music technologies that can easily be found in Southern Maine, but not in Northern Maine.