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Maybe the most impressive thing about Bangor’s wildly eclectic August blowout is its scale: It’s a music fest that’s brought in acts like My Morning Jacket, Earl Sweatshirt, and St. Vincent, but it’s also an arts fest, a film fest, a beer fest, and a TED-style ideas conference. The crowd skews young at New England’s ascendant answer to South by Southwest.