56th Annual Booksale at the Jesup Memorial Library

Jesup Memorial Library 34 Mount Desert Street, Bar Harbor

The Jesup Memorial Library's 56th Annual Booksale continues on Sunday, August 16th from 12pm to 4pm. Find books, CDs, DVDs, games, and puzzles! The Booksale is a long-standing community event which provides significant support for the library. The Booksale will run until Monday, August 17th at 4pm. 34 Mt. Desert Street, Bar Harbor. Visit www.jesuplibrary.org...

Jennifer Koh Bach Marathon

Lincoln Theater 2 Theater St, Damariscotta

Join us for this tour de force event when Grammy winner and SBC favorite Jennifer Koh performs all of J.S. Bach’s complete works for solo violin in one afternoon. Coffee and donuts will be provided during two intermissions. JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Sonata No. 1 in G minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1001 Partita No. 1...

$45

Grateful Dead Meet-Up At The Movies 2026

Strand Theatre 345 Main St, Rockland

Come celebrate the 35th anniversary of an iconic Grateful Dead show as it makes a high-energy return to the big screen! On August 16 & 20, join Dead Heads in your neighborhood – and around the world – for the 2026 Grateful Dead Meet-Up at the Movies. This can’t-miss event features the complete June 17,...

Swordfish in Wabanaki Homeland

The Good Life Center 372 Harborside Rd, Harborside

Archaeological sites along the Maine coast show that swordfish existed in the Gulf of Maine between approximately 5,500 and 3,700 years ago. Excavations at multiple Maine sites have produced swordfish rostra, vertebrae, and other remains, indicating that Wabanaki ancestors harvested and processed these large fish for millennia. In this presentation, Dr. Bonnie Newsom will discuss...

Free

Haggard and Cashed- Camden Summer Sounds Concert Series at the Camden Snow Bowl

Camden Snow Bowl 22 Barnestown Road, Camden

Haggard and Cashed is a 7 piece, triple fiddle wielding, honky tonkin’, country and western swing band featuring some of the finest musicians in New England. The band is led by renowned singer and fiddler Erica Brown and notable multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter Matt Shipman. You may recognize their names from their other bands, Darlin’...

Free

Surry Rural Hall 6th Annual Art Exhibit and Sale

Surry Rural Hall 680 Surry Road, Surry

Please join us for the Rural Hall's 6th Annual Art Exhibit and Sale! This year our them is COLORS! Outstanding Surry artists will be displaying and selling selections of their finest work. Complimentary wine & hors d'oeuvres will be served. Cash and checks are accepted for artwork purchases. A percentage of each sale helps the...

Free

Camden Summer Sounds free concert series presents: Haggard and Cashed

Camden Snow Bowl 22 Barnestown Road, Camden

Haggard and Cashed is a seven-piece country and western swing band based in Maine, known for their triple-fiddle arrangements and honky-tonk flair. Led by singer and fiddler Erica Brown, the group features some of New England’s finest musicians, including guitarist and vocalist Matt Shipman. Their sound blends classic country and western swing, delivering high-energy performances...

Free

Friend Memorial Public Library’s Second Annual BBQ Cookoff

Atlantic Boat Company 355 Flye Point Road, Brooklin

Bring your apron and/or an insatiable appetite for Friend Memorial's Second Annual BBQ Cookoff, held at the Atlantic Boat Company (355 Flye Point Road) in Brooklin on Sunday 8/16 from 4 to 7 p.m. Live music will be provided by Maine Weather, and many prizes will be given away! Anyone and everyone is welcome to...

Free

Open Irish Session

Bon Vent Cider 684 US Highway 1, Hancock

Get together and play some jigs, reels, hornpipes, barndances..... and sing a few songs. All welcome.

Free

English Country Dance in Belfast

UU Church 121 Bucksport Road, Ellsworth

Gaye Fifer joins us from Pittsburgh to call a special popup English Country Dance on Sunday, August 16. Mark your calendars, since this will be an especially fun one! See you at 6:00pm, with your dance shoes on!

$15 – $25

Don’t miss Sail, Power, & Steam Museum’s next great in-concert performer, Gabriel Donohue & Friends

Sail, Power & Steam Museum. 75 Mechanic St.,, Rockland

Don’t miss Sail, Power, & Steam Museum’s next great in-concert performer, Gabriel Donohue & Friends, on Sunday, August 16, at 7 p.m. Gabriel Donohue, singer-songwriter-musician, is renowned from the dance halls of Dublin, to the East Wing of the White House, along to the Irish pubs of Manhattan. He performs primarily on guitar and piano...

$25