Maine Craft Weekend 2026
2026-10-03 - 2026-10-04 | Statewide Events
Maine Craft Weekend | October 3 + 4, 2026
Statewide Events | mainecraftweekend.org
Discover Maine through its makers during Maine Craft Weekend!
Join us for Maine Craft Weekend, the annual statewide celebration of Maine’s vibrant craft community. For one inspiring weekend, hundreds of craft artists, galleries, and organizations open their doors, inviting you behind the scenes to experience the people, places, and processes that bring handmade work to life.
Create your own adventure with a self-guided tour featuring open studios, live demonstrations, exhibitions, pop-up markets, craft shows, galleries, and special events happening across the state. Meet the makers, watch traditional and contemporary craft techniques in action, hear the stories behind the work, and shop one-of-a-kind handmade pieces directly from the artists.
Whether you’re planning a day trip or a weekend getaway, Maine Craft Weekend is your chance to explore new communities, support local artists, and experience the creativity that makes Maine unique.
Events are being added now through September! Visit MaineCraftWeekend.org to explore the interactive event map, submit your own event, and start planning your route.
Looking for a place to begin? Explore one of our 2026 Featured Cities: Ellsworth and Freeport, where you’ll find an exciting concentration of artists, studios, and events.
Maine Craft Weekend is produced by the Maine Crafts Association in partnership with Maine Made.

Underwater Opera Youth Theatre Camp
2026-10-03 09:00 - 15:00, 2026-10-04 09:00 - 15:00, 2026-10-05 09:00 - 15:00, 2026-10-06 09:00 - 15:00, 2026-10-07 09:00 - 15:00, 2026-10-08 09:00 - 15:00, 2026-10-09 09:00 - 15:00, 2026-10-10 09:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) and 17 more dates | Smithereen Farm, 767 Leighton Point Rd, Pembroke, 04666, United States
Welcome to our “first ever” week-long Youth Theatre Camp. This camp is centered on Smithereen Farm and Greenhorns’ Reversing Hall Agrarian Library and led by a group of young and highly motivated theatre professionals from New York and California who share our ethos of bioregionalism, self determination and youth empowerment.
At the heart of the camp is holistic, uninhibited creativity. In the incredible marine and riverine habitats of our area, children will find natural inspiration to create their own theatrical performance about the eco-system. Your child will learn creative skills by helping build an artistic community and immersing themselves in an environment of rivers and bays, of seas and beaches, barrens, and bogs.
Guided by instructors with backgrounds in theatre, clowning, and education, your child will learn the basic elements of theatre through daily acting, singing, movement, and improv classes. Each day will be filled with outdoor excursions in which your child will integrate their learning by singing to the trees and dancing with the water. The day camp will culminate in a final showcase for friends and family — a student-driven show that utilizes an incredible handpainted underwater backdrop created by the Artists’ Rapid Response Team during the www.ForAlltheFish.org campaign earlier this spring.
All are welcome to join us for the performance at the end: a youth-led tale of the marine heritage, comedy/tragedy, prospects and particularities of this place and moment in time. Amidst theatrical instruction and show development, students will learn about the ecological history of their area through guided study at Greenhorns Agrarian Library. We’ll learn from atlases, field guides, indigenous accounts of encounters with settlers, from wild food cookbooks, as well as many other formats. We’ll focus on cod, pollock, alewives, sardines, clams… all will inspire the costumes and set design.
Want to bring the whole family? We can help you find accommodations if needed.
Underwater Opera is designed for youth ages 7-13 and meets during the day only. Cost is $640 for the full week which includes lunch.

Town of Sullivan Fall Festival
2026-10-03 10:00 - 16:00 | Schoodic Events Center Comples, 1775 US Highway 1, Sullivan, ME, 04664, United States
An unforgettable day of fall fun in Sullivan! For exciting Skatepark America Skateboard contests, Pumpkin Decoration, games, music, food, local craft vendors, a Rabies Clinic cat/dog and line dancing.
🍂 Celebrate Fall in Sullivan! 🎃
Join Sullivan Parks & Recreation for a fun-filled day of community activities at the Schoodic Events Center Complex. Enjoy a crisp fall day with family and friends, featuring:
• 🛹 Skate America skateboarding contest and free lessons
• 🎃 Pumpkin decorating
• 🎲 Games and family activities
• 🚜 Hay rides
• 💃 Line dancing
• 🚚 Food trucks
• 🛍️ Craft vendors
• 🧁 Bake sale
• 🐾 Rabies clinic for dogs and cats
Everyone is welcome! Bring your family, invite your friends, and celebrate the season with a day of fall fun in Sullivan.

Watershed Workshop: Finding Magic in an Acorn with Joan Sommers
2026-10-03 14:00 - 17:00 | Langlais Art Preserve, 576 River Rd, Cushing, ME, 04563, United States
Join designer, author, and educator Joan Sommers for an introduction to the magical boxes of Joseph Cornell (1903-1972). Drawing inspiration from his habitat series of boxes, participants will balance the natural and man-made, focusing on symbolic, metaphorical, or emotional connections. They will create small assemblages using natural materials from the Langlais Art Preserve and objects provided from an overflowing attic.
Watershed Workshops have a pay what you can ($10 suggested) registration fee, to help offset materials costs. If this fee is a barrier, please get in touch with us at langlais@grlt.org—we want everyone who is interested to be able to participate.
Visit georgesriver.org and/or langlaisartpreserve.org for more info and to register!

The Artisans' Market
2026-10-10 10:00 - 15:00, 2026-10-24 10:00 - 15:00 | Masonic Lodge, 327 Main Street, Unity, ME, 04988, United States
The Artisans’ Market is a bi-weekly event to showcase artisans works in the local community. Meet local makers and support small business. Come find a wide variety of unique handmade items covering a range of specialties. This is an outdoor event with indoor availability for weather.
