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WEEK OF APRIL 20 - APRIL 26, 2026

From For All the Fish Conference & Concert at Events - Eat Downeast to Seaweed Social: Voices of Frenchman Bay at Gouldsboro Historical Society and Song & Story Program: Barnyard Critters in Herds, Flocks & Litters at Museum Passes - G.A.R. Memorial Library.

MONDAY - 4/20

Events - Northfield Area Family YMCA, Northfield — April Vacation Program at 9:00am vacation program
Festivals & Events Calendar for the Region - Visit Lubec Mai, Baileyville — Lego Club at 2:45pm lego club
Free + Low Cost Programs - Merrymeeting Adult Education, Sullivan — Firefighter Appreciation Day at 8:00am thank you
Gouldsboro Historical Society, Gouldsboro — Frenchman Bay & Taunton Bay Shoreline Clean-Up at 10:00am join in
Hitchcock Center for the Environment - Education for a Healt, Amherst — April Vacation Days at 8:45am - 3:00pm vacation days
Home Page - Welcome to Charlotte Mecklenburg Library - Charl, Charlotte — TBA at - name: Now Showing: The Librarians explore
ImaginOn: The Joe & Joan Martin Center - ImaginOn, Charlotte — TBA at - name: YMCA Golfing for Good Tournament golfing for good
Month Calendar - Perry County District Library, Perry — Indoor Community Garage Sale at Perry Park Center at 7:00am garage sale
Museum Passes - G.A.R. Memorial Library, Hancock
  • 11:00am - 3:00pm — Celebrate Chicks (and Other Animals) with Berkshire Museum! celebrate animals
  • 11:00am - 4:00pm — Baby Animals baby animals
  • 11:00am - 4:00pm — Behind the Scenes Tour – Baby Animals behind scenes
  • 11:00am - 4:00pm — Sheep Shearing Weekend sheep shearing
NEHSS - Northeast Harbor Fleet, Northeast Harbor — Lego Club at 3:00pm info
Pembroke Library, Pembroke — Girl Scout Troop #2259 at 6:00pm to 7:30pm girl scouts
Weekend/Holiday Lessons - Otis Ridge, Otis — Kids Reading Club at 3:30pm read more

TUESDAY - 4/21

Blue Hill Community Events, Blue Hill
Camp COMO - Stonington Community Center, Stonington
  • - name: Hilby, The Skinny German Juggle Boy — TBA see show
  • - name: Squirrel Stole My Underpants — TBA see show
Discover Surry, Sullivan — Yoga on the Farm at 4:00pm yoga farm
Event List - Addison County Chamber of Commerce, Addison — TBA at - name: Funlab: Make Your Own Stickers make stickers
Events - Northfield Area Family YMCA, Northfield — Youth Drop In Soccer - Youth Drop In Soccer Spring 2026 at 5:00pm youth soccer
Festivals & Events Calendar for the Region - Visit Lubec Mai, Baileyville — Fundy Chapter of Maine Audubon at 7:00pm audubon program
Gouldsboro Historical Society, Gouldsboro — Volunteer Open House at 4:00pm meet staff
Home Page - Welcome to Charlotte Mecklenburg Library - Charl, Charlotte
  • - name: Preschool Listen and Move Storytime — TBA join in
  • - name: School Age Story Explorers Visit — TBA explore
NEHSS - Northeast Harbor Fleet, Northeast Harbor
  • 11:00am — Kid's Bracelet Making info
  • 3:00pm — Family Book Club- Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume info
Pembroke Library, Pembroke
Southwest Harbor Public Library, Southwest Harbor — Crane Folding at 3:00pm - 4:00pm fold peace cranes
Weekend/Holiday Lessons - Otis Ridge, Otis — April Vacation Family Workshop: Butterfly Kite at 7:00am read more
Winter Harbor Lobster Festival, Winter Harbor
  • 1:00pm - 3:00pm — Schoodic Marine Touch Tank and Art Program explore marine life
  • 9:00am - 4:00pm — Bird Carving with Wendell Gilley Museum carve birds
Witherle Memorial Library, Castine
  • 10:30am — Cars and Trucks and Things That Go Storytime storytime
  • 10:30am — Storytime storytime

WEDNESDAY - 4/22

Calendar - Town Of Waltham, Waltham — Summer on the Farm 2026 at 9:00am summer farm
Camp COMO - Stonington Community Center, Stonington — TBA at - name: The Legend of the Banana Kid see show
Events - Northfield Area Family YMCA, Northfield — Choir Club - Choir Club March to May 2026 at 3:30pm choir club
Festivals & Events Calendar for the Region - Visit Lubec Mai, Baileyville
Free + Low Cost Programs - Merrymeeting Adult Education, Sullivan — Nurse Appreciation Day at 8:00am thank you
Gouldsboro Historical Society, Gouldsboro
  • 1:00pm — Nature Journaling in the Intertidal Zone explore tides
  • 9:00am — Lady Slipper & Wildflower Walk find flowers
Hitchcock Center for the Environment - Education for a Healt, Amherst
  • 10:00am - 11:15am — Little Bear Nature Walk little bear walk
  • 1:00pm - 5:30pm — Junior Nature Play Afterschool junior play
  • 1:00pm - 5:30pm — Nature Play Afterschool nature play
Museum Passes - G.A.R. Memorial Library, Hancock — Song & Story Program: Barnyard Critters in Herds, Flocks & Litters at 11:30am - 12:00pm song story
NEHSS - Northeast Harbor Fleet, Northeast Harbor — Movie Night: Twisters (2024) at 6:30pm info
Parks and Recreation Facilities - Topsfield MA, Topsfield
Programs - First Step Learning Center, Gouldsboro — Homeschool Programs: Coastal Orienteering and Map Reading at 1:00pm explore
Southwest Harbor Public Library, Southwest Harbor
Weekend/Holiday Lessons - Otis Ridge, Otis
  • 1:00pm — Vernal Pool Walk with Martha Bell read more
  • 8:00am — April Vacation Family Workshop: Build Your Own Electric Motor read more

THURSDAY - 4/23

24th Annual Smelt Fry & Fisheries Celebration - Smithereen F, Columbia Falls — Kinusaiga Class at 2:00pm kinusaiga class
Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor — TBA at - name: Statewide Tour of Declaration of Independence view declaration
Camp COMO - Stonington Community Center, Stonington — TBA at - name: Broadway Comes to Stonington hear music
Events - Northfield Area Family YMCA, Northfield
  • 4:30pm — Track Club - Track Club Spring 2026 track club
  • 6:00pm — Flag Football - Flag Football Spring 2026 flag football
Free + Low Cost Programs - Merrymeeting Adult Education, Sullivan — Open House at 8:00am, 5:00pm explore
ImaginOn: The Joe & Joan Martin Center - ImaginOn, Charlotte — 39th Annual Community Prayer Breakfast at 7:15am - 8:30am prayer breakfast
NEHSS - Northeast Harbor Fleet, Northeast Harbor
  • 10:30am — Baby/Toddler Storytime info
  • 3:00pm — Girls Who Code Club-CANCELLED APRIL 23 info
  • 3:00pm — Girls Who Code Club info
  • 3:00pm — Family Book Club- The BFG by Roald Dahl info
Open Space & Recreation - TOWN OF SURRY, ME, Surry — The Shark is Broken at 7:00pm season plays
Pembroke Library, Pembroke
  • 10:00am to 11:00am — Li'l Bookworms, Story Time story time
  • 11:00am — Biscuits & Books book club
Southwest Harbor Public Library, Southwest Harbor — Mr. Drew and His Animals, Too at 3:30pm - 4:30pm meet animals
Youth Dance Classes - Trails Park and Recreation District, Aurora — TBA at - name: Summer Celebration celebrate summer

FRIDAY - 4/24

24th Annual Smelt Fry & Fisheries Celebration - Smithereen F, Columbia Falls — 6 Year Birthday and Community Appreciation Party at 2:00pm birthday party
Blue Hill Community Events, Blue Hill — Tree Planting with BHHT at 8:00am - 5:00pm plant trees
Camp COMO - Stonington Community Center, Stonington — TBA at - name: Happy Feet watch movie
Event List - Addison County Chamber of Commerce, Addison
  • - name: Fiber Arts Circle — TBA fiber arts
  • - name: Vernal Pool Walk with Andrew L'Roe — TBA pool walk
  • - name: Who Am I? — TBA who am i
Family-Friendly Guide to Bar Harbor - KOA Camping Blog, Bar Harbor
Festivals & Events Calendar for the Region - Visit Lubec Mai, Baileyville
  • 1:00pm — Denizens of the Deep: Fish of Bonaire fish of bonaire
  • See website for complete schedule — 2026 Annual Bay of Fundy International Marathon bay of fundy marathon
  • See website for schedule — 2026 Down East Spring Birding Festival birding festival
Gouldsboro Historical Society, Gouldsboro — Seaweed Social: Voices of Frenchman Bay at 4:00pm explore seaweed
Jonesboro Occasions, Jonesboro — Oasis Arts and Eats Fest at 12:00pm, 6:00pm arts and eats
Month Calendar - Perry County District Library, Perry
  • 10:00am — 2nd Annual Poker Run Benefiting The HOPE Center poker run
  • 1:00pm — Perry County Mule Show mule show
  • 5:00pm — Cruise In – Downtown Perryville cruise in
  • 9:00am — 4th Annual Suicide Prevention Ride in Honor of Travis Boettcher prevention ride
Mount Desert Oceanarium -, Bar Harbor — Maine Ocean Festival at 9:00am explore ocean
Museum Passes - G.A.R. Memorial Library, Hancock — Weaving Demonstrations with the Hudson-Mohawk Weavers’ Guild at 11:00am - 4:00pm weaving demo
Open Space & Recreation - TOWN OF SURRY, ME, Surry — Eureka Day at 7:00pm season plays
Southwest Harbor Public Library, Southwest Harbor — Family Storytime at 10:00am - 10:30am books puppets songs
Winter Harbor Lobster Festival, Winter Harbor — TBA at - name: 23rd Annual Downeast Spring Birding Festival birding festival

SATURDAY - 4/25

24th Annual Smelt Fry & Fisheries Celebration - Smithereen F, Columbia Falls
Activities - Sure Would Forest, Columbia Falls — TBA at - name: Free Family Fishing Days fishing days
Blue Hill Community Events, Blue Hill
  • 10:00am - 4:00pm — Francis Hamabe's Maine: A Life in Art art exhibit
  • 3:00pm - 4:30pm — Family Friendly Printmaking Workshop printmaking workshop
Calendar - Town Of Waltham, Waltham — Seedling Sale 2026 at 9:00am seedling sale
College of the Atlantic (community programs), Bar Harbor — Leaping into spring at COA Peggy Rockefeller Farm at 9:00am spring farm fun
Community - Deer Isle Yoga Studio, Deer Isle — TBA at - name: Open House open house
Discover Surry, Sullivan
  • 10:30am — Monthly Farm Tour farm tour
  • 3:30pm — REGENERATE! An Eco-Performance Fest eco fest
Events - Eat Downeast, Pembroke
  • 10:00am — Fifth Annual Pennamaquan Alewife Festival see details
  • 10:00am — Fish Paint-a-Thon with ARRT see details
  • 11:00am — 24th Annual Smelt Fry & Fisheries Celebration see details
  • 11:00am — Seaweed Saturday 2026 see details
Events - Northfield Area Family YMCA, Northfield — Baseball - T-Ball at 10:30am t-ball
Family-Friendly Guide to Bar Harbor - KOA Camping Blog, Bar Harbor
Festivals & Events Calendar for the Region - Visit Lubec Mai, Baileyville — Public Baked Bean Supper at 5:00pm baked bean supper
Free + Low Cost Programs - Merrymeeting Adult Education, Sullivan
  • 12:00pm — Horseback Riding 12pm-Ride ride
  • 1:00pm — Farmtastic Birthday Party party time
  • 4:00pm — Date Night Couples Ride couples ride
George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History, Bar Harbor — Leaping into spring at COA Peggy Rockefeller Farm at 9:00am spring farm fun
Gouldsboro Historical Society, Gouldsboro
  • 10:00am — Tidal Falls Native Garden Clean-up: Volunteer Event freshen garden
  • 10:00am — Planting at Jordan River Preserve: Volunteer Event restore nature
  • 10:00am — Fern Walk at Simon Trail Preserve walk ferns
  • 4:00pm — Jane’s Walk: Imagining the Riverwalk Sculpture Trail imagine art
  • 9:00am — Card Brook Clean-up: Volunteer Event help out
Harvestfest - Columbia Falls Area Chamber of Commerce, Columbia Falls
ImaginOn: The Joe & Joan Martin Center - ImaginOn, Charlotte
Local Events - Princeton, ME - The Hideaway on Pocomoonsine, Columbia Falls
  • 10:00am — Fifth Annual Pennamaquan Alewife Festival see details
  • 10:00am — Fish Paint-a-Thon with ARRT see details
  • 11:00am — 24th Annual Smelt Fry & Fisheries Celebration see details
  • 11:00am — Seaweed Saturday 2026 see details
Museum Passes - G.A.R. Memorial Library, Hancock — Spinning Demonstrations with the Berkshire Hills and Dales Spinners at 11:00am - 4:00pm spinning demo
NEHSS - Northeast Harbor Fleet, Northeast Harbor — All Ages Storytime at 10:00am info
Parks and Recreation Facilities - Topsfield MA, Topsfield
  • 10:00am — CraneOutdoors: The Castle Hill Hike explore estate
  • 9:00am — Annual ECTA Equine Expo & Tack Sale equine expo
  • 9:00am — Family Day at the Bird Banding Station family nature
Pembroke Library, Pembroke — Annual Potted Perennial Swap at 10:00am to 12:00pm swap plants
Pembroke Town Library Calendar, Pembroke
  • 10:00am — Fifth Annual Pennamaquan Alewife Festival alewife festival
  • 11:00am — 24th Annual Smelt Fry & Fisheries Celebration celebrate fish
Programs - First Step Learning Center, Gouldsboro — Meet A Scientist at 10:00am discover
Youth Dance Classes - Trails Park and Recreation District, Aurora

SUNDAY - 4/26

Bass Harbor Memorial Library, Tremont — TBA at - name: School Art Show school art show
Calendar - Town Of Waltham, Waltham — Join Team WFCF at the 2026 Walk for Hunger at 9:00am walk for hunger
Events - Eat Downeast, Pembroke — For All the Fish Conference & Concert at 9:00am see details
Events - Northfield Area Family YMCA, Northfield — Inclusion Soccer Program - Inclusion Soccer Program 2026 at 12:00pm inclusion soccer
Festivals & Events Calendar for the Region - Visit Lubec Mai, Baileyville — Masons' Community Breakfast at 7:30am community breakfast
Free + Low Cost Programs - Merrymeeting Adult Education, Sullivan
  • 10:00am — Toddler & Me Horseback Riding toddler fun
  • 8:00am — Niagara County 4-H Open Horse Show horse show
  • 8:00am — Mother’s Day Celebration celebrate mom
ImaginOn: The Joe & Joan Martin Center - ImaginOn, Charlotte — Overnight Camp: On-Site Tour at 12:30pm - 2:30pm camp tour day
Local Events - Princeton, ME - The Hideaway on Pocomoonsine, Columbia Falls — For All the Fish Conference & Concert at 9:00am see details
NEHSS - Northeast Harbor Fleet, Northeast Harbor — Game On MDI at 4:00pm info
Pembroke Town Library Calendar, Pembroke — For All the Fish Conference & Concert at 9:00am fish festival

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