• 56th Annual Booksale at the Jesup Memorial Library

    Jesup Memorial Library 34 Mount Desert Street, Bar Harbor, ME, United States

    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...

  • Darker the Night, Brighter the Stars

    Darker the Night, Brighter the Stars
    Stonington Opera House 1 School Street, Stonington, ME, United States

    Hopeful, funny, sad, and true, Darker the Night, Brighter the Stars is an interconnected collection of short plays about identity, love, loss, lack, hope for the future, making wishes, and learning that there’s light even when it’s really, really dark. Written by Maine’s beloved playwright, John Cariani, this play revisits the town created in his...

    $29 – $49
  • Mozart’s comic opera The Abduction from the Seraglio

    Winter Harbor Music 427 Main Street, Winter Harbor, ME, United States

    Winter Harbor Music Festival Community Opera presents Mozart’s comic opera, Die Entführung aus dem Seraglio (The Abduction from the Sultan’s palace with English supertitles) a spirited adventure filled with romance, comedy, and dazzling music, directed by Deiran Manning with Michael Haigler conducting the Downeast Chamber Orchestra.

    $20
  • Jennifer Koh Bach Marathon

    Lincoln Theater 2 Theater St, Damariscotta, ME, United States

    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, ME, United States

    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, ME, United States

    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, ME, United States

    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, ME

    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, ME, United States

    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, ME, United States

    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, ME, United States

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

    Free