Daily Calendar For Maine State, County, Craft, Street and Community Fairs, Festivals, Shows and Fun Days out including Parades From Our Maine 2010 Fairs and Fun Diary
, - July, - August, - September,
What's On In Maine July 26th to August 2nd Including Weekend Friday 30th, Saturday 31st July and Sunday 1st August 2010
Bowdoin International Music Festival
Brunswick
June 26th to AUgust 7th
www.summermusic.org/
Bangor State Fair
Bangor
July 30th to August 8th
www.bangorstatefair.com/
Northern Maine Fair
Presque Isle
July 31st to August 8th
www.northernmainefairgrounds.com/
Maine Lobster Festival
Rockland
August 4th to August 8th
www.mainelobsterfestival.com/
Maine Lobster Festival
Rockland
August 4th to August 8th
www.mainelobsterfestival.com/
Art in the Park
Portland
August 7th
www.artintheparkmaine.com/
Celebrate MAINE Festival
Eliot
August 7th and August 8th
www.celebratemainefestival.com/
Skowhegan State Fair
Skowhegan
August 12th to August 22nd
www.skowheganstatefair.com/
Annual Antiques Festival
Union
August 13th to August 15th
www.maineantiquefest.com/
Art in the Park
Portland
August 14th
www.artintheparkmaine.com/
Bar Harbor Jazz Festival
Bar Harbor
August 18th to August 22nd
www.barharborjazzfest.com/
Great Falls Balloon Festival
Auburn
August 20th to August 22nd
www.greatfallsballoonfestival.org/
Machias Wild Blueberry Festival
Machias
August 20th to August 22nd
www.machiasblueberry.com/
Great Falls Balloon Festival
Auburn
August 20th to August 22nd
www.greatfallsballoonfestival.org/
Brunswick Arts Festival
Brunswick
August 21st
www.brunswickdowntown.com/brunswick-arts-festival.aspx
Highland Games
Topsham
August 21st
mainehighlandgames.org/
Union Fair
Union
August 22nd to August 28th
www.unionfair.org/
Blistered Fingers August Festival
Litchfield
August 26th to August 29th
www.blisteredfingers.com/
Crown of Maine Balloon Fest
Presque Isle
August 26th to August 29th
www.crownofmaineballoonfest.org/
Piscataquis Valley Fair
Dover-Foxcroft,
August 26th to August 29th
www.piscataquisvalleyfair.com/
American Folk Festival
Bangor
August 27th to August 29th
www.americanfolkfestival.com/
Windsor Fair
Windsor
August 29th to September 6th
www.windsorfair.com/
Labor Day County Bluegrass Festival
Fort Fairfield
September 2nd to September 5th
www.countybluegrass.com/
Blue Hill Fair
Blue Hill
September 2nd to Spetember 6th
www.bluehillfair.com/
Harmony Free Fair
Harmony
September 3rd to September 6th
www.harmonyfreefair.org/
Clinton Lions Fair
Clinton
September 9th to 12th
clintonlionsfair.com/
Oxford Fair
Oxford
September 12th and September 15th to September 19th
www.oxfordcountyfair.com/
Cumberland Fair
Cumberland
September 26th through October 2nd
www.cumberlandfair.com/
Camden International Film Festival
Camden
September 30th to October 3rd
www.camdenfilmfest.org/
* * * July Events * * *
Featured Events Taking Place In Maine This Weekend Friday 30th, Saturday 31st July and Sunday 1st August 2010
Featured Events Taking Place In Maine This Weekend Friday 30th, Saturday 31st July and Sunday 1st August 2010
Bowdoin International Music Festival
Brunswick, Maine
June 26th to AUgust 7th
Bowdoin International Music Festival
The Bowdoin International Music Festival brings renowned artist instructors, performers, soloists, and gifted pre-professional classical musicians from around the world to beautiful Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine each summer for six weeks of intensive chamber music study, collaboration, and performance.
Brunswick, Maine
June 26th to AUgust 7th
Bowdoin International Music Festival
The Bowdoin International Music Festival brings renowned artist instructors, performers, soloists, and gifted pre-professional classical musicians from around the world to beautiful Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine each summer for six weeks of intensive chamber music study, collaboration, and performance.
The Bar Harbor Summer
Arts and Craft Festival
Bar Harbor, Maine, 04609
July 31st to August 1st
The Bar Harbor Summer Arts and Craft Festival
July 31 & August 1, 2010, Bar Harbor, Maine …The scenic grounds of the College of the Atlantic on Route 3 in Bar Harbor, Maine will come alive with color, flavor and music for the Bar Harbor Summer Arts & Craft Festival on July 31 & August 1, 2010 Over 100 Juried Craftsmen and women will display and sell their American made works including Fine Jewelry, Turned Wood, Original Watercolors, Pottery, Scarves, Quilts, Photography, Painted Antiques, Metal Sculpture, Decoupage, Flags, Wall Hangings, Clocks, Lamps, Hats, Ceramics, Dolls, Quilts, Bonsai, Stained Glass, Candles, Soap, Primitive and Folk Art, Painted Slate, Signs, Soft Sculpture, Dried Floral, Fleece, Leather, Botanicals, Dolls, Oil Paintings, Calligraphy, Tapestry, Pewter, Cheese Boards, Gourds, Celtic Arts, Puzzles, Herbal Dips, Maple Products, Roasted Nuts, Jams, Jellies and much more. Specialty food sampling, craft demonstrations and live musical entertainment complete this perfect summertime event. Directions: From Route 395 take Route 1A onto Route 3 east to Bar Harbor. The College of the Atlantic is on the ocean side of Route 3. Free Admission, free parking and held rain or shine. For more information call 603-332-2616 or visit www.castleberryfairs.com
Bar Harbor, Maine, 04609
July 31st to August 1st
The Bar Harbor Summer Arts and Craft Festival
July 31 & August 1, 2010, Bar Harbor, Maine …The scenic grounds of the College of the Atlantic on Route 3 in Bar Harbor, Maine will come alive with color, flavor and music for the Bar Harbor Summer Arts & Craft Festival on July 31 & August 1, 2010 Over 100 Juried Craftsmen and women will display and sell their American made works including Fine Jewelry, Turned Wood, Original Watercolors, Pottery, Scarves, Quilts, Photography, Painted Antiques, Metal Sculpture, Decoupage, Flags, Wall Hangings, Clocks, Lamps, Hats, Ceramics, Dolls, Quilts, Bonsai, Stained Glass, Candles, Soap, Primitive and Folk Art, Painted Slate, Signs, Soft Sculpture, Dried Floral, Fleece, Leather, Botanicals, Dolls, Oil Paintings, Calligraphy, Tapestry, Pewter, Cheese Boards, Gourds, Celtic Arts, Puzzles, Herbal Dips, Maple Products, Roasted Nuts, Jams, Jellies and much more. Specialty food sampling, craft demonstrations and live musical entertainment complete this perfect summertime event. Directions: From Route 395 take Route 1A onto Route 3 east to Bar Harbor. The College of the Atlantic is on the ocean side of Route 3. Free Admission, free parking and held rain or shine. For more information call 603-332-2616 or visit www.castleberryfairs.com
* * * August Events * * *
The Schoodic Arts Festival
Winter Harbor, Maine, 04693
August 2nd to 15th
The Schoodic Arts Festival
The Schoodic Arts Festival is a two week festival that covers over eighty workshops, evening performances, and a Silent
Auction. The workshops will include Indian and Japanese and Mexican cooking techniques, and the crafts ones can teach you
how to built a Adirondack chair, hand-crafted boxes and baskets, boatbuilding and other skills. Dance classes are available for
swing, country line, hula and salsa. For the other workshops see: http://schoodicarts.org/festival/festival-workshops. The
Festival’s Performances can teach you: http://schoodicarts.org/festival/festival-performances. The Silent Arts Auction will start
at 3pm on Sunday, August 1st and tables will begin closing at 5:30pm. It can offer bidders a selection of art, fine crafts,
jewelry, wearables and decorative items.
Winter Harbor, Maine, 04693
August 2nd to 15th
The Schoodic Arts Festival
The Schoodic Arts Festival is a two week festival that covers over eighty workshops, evening performances, and a Silent
Auction. The workshops will include Indian and Japanese and Mexican cooking techniques, and the crafts ones can teach you
how to built a Adirondack chair, hand-crafted boxes and baskets, boatbuilding and other skills. Dance classes are available for
swing, country line, hula and salsa. For the other workshops see: http://schoodicarts.org/festival/festival-workshops. The
Festival’s Performances can teach you: http://schoodicarts.org/festival/festival-performances. The Silent Arts Auction will start
at 3pm on Sunday, August 1st and tables will begin closing at 5:30pm. It can offer bidders a selection of art, fine crafts,
jewelry, wearables and decorative items.
The Maine Lobster Festival
Rockland, Maine, 04841
August 4th to 8th
The Maine Lobster Festival
Rockland’s lobster festival has the world’s greatest lobster cooker, a sea goddess, a big parade, top notch entertainment, an
international crate race, fine art, talented crafts people and vendors, tours of a US Navy ship and Coast Guard station,
pancakes, free shuttle service, professional and amateur cooking contests, information on marine heritage, road races, kids
events and over 20,000 pounds of lobster. Events for the kids are suffused with the more lobster influenced events, and there
are eighteen contestants for the crown of the Maine Sea Goddess. In addition to the Festival’s lobster dishes you can choose
from steamed and fried clams, fried Maine shrimp, shrimp cocktail, steamed mussels in wine and vegetable sauce for you
meals. For all events, look at the site’s Main Events page.
Rockland, Maine, 04841
August 4th to 8th
The Maine Lobster Festival
Rockland’s lobster festival has the world’s greatest lobster cooker, a sea goddess, a big parade, top notch entertainment, an
international crate race, fine art, talented crafts people and vendors, tours of a US Navy ship and Coast Guard station,
pancakes, free shuttle service, professional and amateur cooking contests, information on marine heritage, road races, kids
events and over 20,000 pounds of lobster. Events for the kids are suffused with the more lobster influenced events, and there
are eighteen contestants for the crown of the Maine Sea Goddess. In addition to the Festival’s lobster dishes you can choose
from steamed and fried clams, fried Maine shrimp, shrimp cocktail, steamed mussels in wine and vegetable sauce for you
meals. For all events, look at the site’s Main Events page.