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Events Calendar - 2025

Find a multitude of fun events and great things to do, including weekend events, throughout the year, like music, festivals, comedy, outdoor fun, boat cruises, excursions for families and kids, food, wine and beer tastings.

Check out the listings of year-round Fairs & Festivals throughout New England. Also be sure to read our list of Great Things To Do in New England. Whether you're curious about what to this weekend, this month, or this season, we have you covered.

For events specifically related to the anniversary of the American Revolution, please visit our MA250 Events Calendar.

Find the dates you plan to travel or simply search the full events list below.

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Cultural Events

Wells Beach Pow Wow 2025 - Wells, ME

Jul 19, 2025 - Jul 20, 2025 331 Harbor Road Wells, ME 04090

This event is open to the public - All are welcome to attend this Native American Event! There will be Drums, Dancers, Vendors and Raffles. Please visit our Food Vendors for some delicious food and drinks. Hosted by: NH Intertribal Nattive American Council and The Wells Chamber of Commerce.
10 Am to 5 PM
Donation
603-723-4982

Dance

Acadia Dance Festival

Aug 1, 2025 - Aug 2, 2025 Criterion Theatre, 35 Cottage Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609

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.
7:00 PM, 11:00 AM
$35 Adult, $15 Student, $15 Matinee
207-288-0829

Fairs & Festivals

Summer in the Park 2025 - Freeport, ME

Jul 4, 2025 - Aug 31, 2025 Discovery Park - 95 Main Street Freeport, ME

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
See Schedule

Maine Japanese Woodworking Festival 2025

Jul 24, 2025 - Jul 27, 2025 Never Stop Building - 772 Rome Road Mercer, ME 04957

The annual Maine Japanese Woodworking Festival brings together the best of the Japanese woodworking community where beginners to seasoned woodworkers can share their experience, learn from tool and technique demonstrations and workshops, and compete in a contest to pull the thinnest shaving with a Japanese hand plane. This year we are expanding from 3 to 4 days, starting with an all-hands group timber frame raising and continuing the tradition of in-depth, hands-on workshops, expert instructors, opportunities to learn and practice with Japanese tools, and special events including a Japanese boat launch ceremony, swordsmanship demonstration, BBQ Bonfire Party, and of course the revered planing competition! Featured presenters include Jeff Bearce, Jim Blauvelt, Dorian Bracht, Douglas Brooks, Jason Forster, John Reed Fox, Yann Giguere, Brian Holcombe, Andrew Hunter, Alex Perez, Andrew Ren, Sayuri Suzuki, and Jay Van Arsdale. Most ticket packages include meals and free on-site camping is available!
8:30AM - 4:30PM
$55 to $360
202-509-5359

Farms & Orchards

Makers Market & PYO Blueberries !

Aug 9, 2025 - Aug 9, 2025 236 Sebago Lake Road Gorham, ME 04038

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.
10:00 a.m.-2:00p.m.
free

Films

Maine International Film Festival

Jul 11, 2025 - Jul 20, 2025 93 Main Street Waterville, ME 04901

Founded in 1998, the Maine International Film Festival (MIFF) is a project of the Maine Film Center. The 10 days of the festival showcase nearly 100 films, representing the best of American independent and international cinema, and spotlight some of Maine and New England’s most exciting and innovative filmmakers.
12AM-12PM
https://miff.org/passes
207-873-7000

Museums

Ralph Steadman: And Another Thing

Jun 6, 2025 - Oct 11, 2025 Bates College Museum of Art, Olin Arts Center, 75 Russell Street Lewiston, ME 04240

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.
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Free
207-786-6158