The Acadia Dance Festival returns to Mount Desert Island for its sixth season, presenting acclaimed contemporary dance company Nimbus Dance in collaboration with musicians from the Bar Harbor Music Festival. On Saturday at 11 a.m., Nimbus presents a Family Matinee, a relaxed and engaging program suited for children ages 3 and up. The Festival brings professional dance artists to Mount Desert Island each year and creates opportunities, such as the Acadia Dance Festival Intensive, for local residents and young dancers to engage meaningfully with the world of contemporary dance.

Make L.L.Bean your place in the sun this summer! Catch some rays (and plenty of yays) with joyful, exciting, and refreshingly FREE outdoor activities happening every single day. We’ve invited some of the best hometown talent to take the stage in Discovery Park. Grab a bite from local food trucks and support some of our favorite Maine musicians. Guests are welcome to put out chairs starting at 4 p.m. No blankets on the lawn please. All outdoor events are weather permitting. Weekly Festival Lineup:

• July 5 – GoldenOak
• July 12 – Black Cat Road
• July 19 – Louisa Stancioff
• July 26 – Love by Numb3rs
• August 2 – Tobey McAllister & The Sierra Sounds
• August 9 – Pete Kilpatrick
• August 16 – Breakin’ Strings
• August 23 – Spencer Albee
• August 30 – Muddy Ruckus

Shop local Artisan makers and PYO Blueberries on a local scenic farm during the height of blueberries season ! JOIN US for our Makers Market & Pick Your Own Blueberries Fest at Orchard Ridge Farm in Gorham! We will have 30 Vendors selling their goods ( Ceramics, Jewelry, Woodworking, Illustration and Painting, Vintage Clothes, Stained Glass, Soap, Candles, Body Products & More.. There will be live music, farm animals and we will have Gunnars Icelandic Hotdogs Food Truck and Top It On The Go Ice Cream Cart serving up ice cream. We are also having a BAKE SALE (blueberry themed) fundraiser for ARLGP with all the funds raised will go to help the shelter continue doing the amazing work they have been doing for years. This event is going to be incredible and at the height of blueberry picking season, on one of the most beautiful local farms in Maine! Stay for the farm animals and specialty homemade lemonade drinks by Orchard Ridge.

Spanning over 60 years of Ralph Steadman’s influential and lauded career, the exhibition fills the museum’s upper and lower galleries with more than 140 original artworks and ephemera, including sketchbooks, handwritten notes, and personal photographs. Steadman is best known for his long collaboration with Hunter S. Thompson, notably illustrating 1971’s "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream," a partnership that defined Gonzo journalism, a style of reporting that blends personal experience with political commentary. Interactive resources in the exhibition will encourage visitors to look deeply and make connections between works.