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Points North’s 22nd Annual Camden International Film Festival

Strand Theatre 345 Main St, Rockland +1 more

The 22nd Annual Camden International Film Festival (CIFF) is almost here! September 17—20, 2026 at venues in Camden and Rockland, Maine. The festival spans four full days (Thurs–Sun) and kicks off with a free community screening of Nanette Burstein’s film Carl Sagan: We Are Made of Star Stuff on Wednesday, September 16, 2026. This year’s...

Wild Blueberry Resilience Summit

Blue Ridge Farms 1284 Waltham Road, Waltham

Maine's wild blueberry barrens are an iconic part of our region's landscape and economy, but our family farms are facing an unprecedented squeeze from historic droughts, rising costs, and real estate pressure. To meet this challenge, Hancock County Soil & Water Conservation District is hosting the free Wild Blueberry Resilience Summit on September 18, 2026,...

Free
Ongoing

CARVE A PREENING DUCK WITH MASTER CARVER JOSH BREWER

Wendell Gilley Museum 4 Herrick Road, Southwest Harbor

Join award-winning master carver Josh Brewer for this 5-day workshop. Josh will lead students through hand-carving a preening duck (no feet showing) from a cedar blank; then finishing it with sanding and paint. All tools, materials and the blank are supplied as part of the class fee, but students are welcome to bring their own...

$165.00 – $205.00

Between Two Rivers: An Annual Celebration of Live DownEast Music & Local Food

Idyllwild 318 E. Side Dr., Verona Island

Fri night rager w/ Primal Soup- 8pm-11pm Featuring food by Conscious Cafe. Saturday picnic, pool party & BBQ 12-8pm Banned from Eden 1-3pm Fully Functional 4-7pm Featuring lobster rolls & famous Jon’s BBQ. Camping available on site. Breakfast provided Sat & Sun mornings. BYOB. Potluck. Rain or Shine.

$25 – $40

Preschool Story times with the Belfast Free Library at the UU Church

Unitarian Universalist Church of Belfast 37 Miller Street, Belfast

Youth Services Librarian and Professional Storyteller Stephanie Holman hosts three story times for ages 3-6 with books, puppets, felt stories and songs. Join her at a temporary location, the UU Church, 37 Miller Street, Belfast on Tuesday, September 14, Friday September 18 and Tuesday, September 22 at 10 am. For more information, www.belfastlibrary.org or 207-338-3884,...

Free

View the Declaration of Independence

Bangor Public Library 145 Harlow Street, Bangor

Join Maine Historical Society and the Bangor Public Library for an incredible opportunity to view the Dunlap Broadside of the Declaration of Independence, one of 26 surviving copies printed on July 4, 1776. Explore Maine's important role in the American Revolution and our country's continuing effort to uphold our founding principles in this interactive traveling...

Free

Homeschool Days – Down by the Bay & Off to Sea

Penobscot Marine Museum 2 Church St, Searsport

Homeschool families are invited to the Penobscot Marine Museum for a hands-on educational visit designed for all ages. Participants can learn about Searsport sea captains and their families, enjoy crafts, and join a Set Sail demonstration. After the structured program ends at 12:30pm, families are welcome to explore independently.  Registration required.

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts: Seven Decades in the Making

Friend Memorial Public Library 1 Reach Road, Brooklin

Friend Memorial Public Library in Brooklin (1 Reach Road) is hosting Haystack Mountain School of Crafts Executive Director Perry Price on Friday 9/18 from 4 to 5 p.m. to discuss the 75-year history of Haystack using archival materials and one-of-a-kind objects to share the story of the School’s impact on the field and its role...

Free

On Balancing: Art in Suspension

Working Loose 49 Main Street, Blue Hill

Working Loose presents On Balancing: Art in Suspension, an exhibition bringing together seven artists whose work explores suspension, movement, equilibrium, rhythm, transformation, and the subtle choreography between objects, forces, and space. This includes not only traditional mobiles but also works that embrace the hanging form, kinetic movement, delicate equilibrium, responsive materials, and sculptural expressions of...

Friends of Ella in Blue Hill

Friends of Ella in Blue Hill
Devil's Half Acre Beer Garden 14 Mill St., Blue Hill

The jazz sextet, Friends of Ella, featuring vocalist Jodi Edwards (of Upbeat and Offbeat on WERU) will be performing at the Devils Half Acre Beer Garden at 14 Mill St. in Blue Hill, on Friday, September 18th and Saturday, September 19th, both from 5pm-7pm.

Hymn For Her @ Bon Vent Cidery

Bon Vent Cider 684 US Highway 1, Hancock

Ruckus outlaw to country folk, injecting backwoods country blues with a dose of Americana first time on the Bon Vent Stage

Free

My Boyfriend Bonhoeffer: Created and performed by Madeline Bugeau-Heartt

First Church UCC Belfast 8 Court St, Belfast, ME 04915

Friday Sept 18th & Saturday Sept 19th 7pm, Parish Hall, First Church Belfast, UCC 8 Court St, Belfast Tickets: Sliding scale starting at $25 (Art for Everyone scholarship tickets available) About: My Boyfriend Bonhoeffer is a haunting exploration of the artist’s imagined romance with Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German prophet, theologian, and martyr living under the...

$25

Between Two Rivers: An Annual Celebration of Live DownEast Music & Local Food

Idyllwild 318 E. Side Dr., Verona Island

Fri night rager w/ Primal Soup- 8pm-11pm Featuring food by Conscious Cafe. Saturday picnic, pool party & BBQ 12-8pm Banned from Eden 1-3pm Fully Functional 4-7pm Featuring lobster rolls & famous Jon’s BBQ. Camping available on site. Breakfast provided Sat & Sun mornings. BYOB. Potluck. Rain or Shine.

$25 – $40

Friends of Ella in Blue Hill

Friends of Ella in Blue Hill
Devil's Half Acre Beer Garden 14 Mill St., Blue Hill

The jazz sextet, Friends of Ella, featuring vocalist Jodi Edwards (of Upbeat and Offbeat on WERU) will be performing at the Devils Half Acre Beer Garden at 14 Mill St. in Blue Hill, on Friday, September 18th and Saturday, September 19th, both from 5pm-7pm.

My Boyfriend Bonhoeffer: Created and performed by Madeline Bugeau-Heartt

First Church UCC Belfast 8 Court St, Belfast, ME 04915

Friday Sept 18th & Saturday Sept 19th 7pm, Parish Hall, First Church Belfast, UCC 8 Court St, Belfast Tickets: Sliding scale starting at $25 (Art for Everyone scholarship tickets available) About: My Boyfriend Bonhoeffer is a haunting exploration of the artist’s imagined romance with Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German prophet, theologian, and martyr living under the...

$25