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WEEK OF MAY 25 - MAY 31, 2026

From Moosabec Summerfest - Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers at Events Calendar - Family-friendly sustainable ... to Mr. Drew and His Animals, Too! at NEHSS - Northeast Harbor Fleet and Fern Walk at Simon Trail Preserve at Gouldsboro Historical Society.

MONDAY - 5/25

Bar Harbor Community Events, Bar Harbor — TBA at - name: 2026 Memorial Day with The US ARMY Band memorial day
Blue Hill Community Events, Blue Hill — Colloquy Downeast - Big Ideas in Books for Young Readers at 3:00pm - 5:00pm young readers
Events - Eat Downeast, Pembroke — TBA at - name: Low Low Tides x Spa World seaweed spa
Events :: Seal Harbor Library, Seal Harbor — TBA at - name: Native American Festival learn more
Events Calendar - Family-friendly sustainable ..., Beals
  • 10:00am — Moosabec Summerfest - Children's Pet Show view details
  • 4:00pm — Moosabec Summerfest - Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers view details
  • 6:30pm — Moosabec Summerfest - Ice Cream Social view details
Free + Low Cost Programs - Merrymeeting Adult Education, Sullivan — Memorial Day Camp Open House at 8:00am, 5:00pm open house
Gouldsboro Historical Society, Gouldsboro — Volunteer Trail Workday at 8:30am trail work
ImaginOn: The Joe & Joan Martin Center - ImaginOn, Charlotte — TBA at - name: Morrison Family YMCA Golf Tournament golf tournament
Local Events - Princeton, ME - The Hideaway on Pocomoonsine, Columbia Falls — TBA at - name: Big Towel x Saipua Spa Days relaxing days
Machias area (Porter Memorial Library), Machias
  • - name: Children's Library Garden — TBA garden care
  • - name: Healthy Acadia Partnership Storywalk® — TBA story walk
  • - name: Summer Reading Program Kickoff — TBA summer reading
NEHSS - Northeast Harbor Fleet, Northeast Harbor
  • 10:30am — Kid's Summer Reading Kickoff Party info
  • 10:30am — Ranger Read Aloud feat. Blueberries for Sal info
  • 3:00pm — Lego Club info
  • 9:00am — Big Memorial Day Booksale at the Northeast Harbor Library! info
Our Programs - Northfield Community Nursery School, Northfield
  • 6:30pm - 7:30pm — Page Turners Book Club book club
  • 7:00am - 5:00pm — First Day of Summer Camp! summer camp
Pembroke Library, Pembroke — Girl Scouts at 6:00pm girl scouts
Weekend/Holiday Lessons - Otis Ridge, Otis
Winter Harbor Lobster Festival, Winter Harbor — TBA at - name: 23rd Annual Downeast Spring Birding Festival birding festival

TUESDAY - 5/26

Bar Harbor Community Events, Bar Harbor — TBA at - name: Baby and Toddler Time baby toddler time
Blue Hill Community Events, Blue Hill — The Legend of the Banana Kid at 6:00pm - 7:00pm banana kid
College of the Atlantic (community programs), Bar Harbor — The Civic Circle at 9:30am civic circle
Community - Deer Isle Yoga Studio, Deer Isle — Campus Tour at 2:00pm campus tour
Discover Surry, Sullivan — Farm Kitchen: A Hands-On Cooking Class (Taco Tuesday) at 5:00pm - 7:30pm cook together
Events - Eat Downeast, Pembroke — Benefit Dinner for Cobscook Clean Water with Chef Hannah Black at 5:00pm clean water dinner
Events - Northfield Area Family YMCA, Northfield — Youth Drop In Soccer - Youth Drop In Soccer Spring 2026 at 5:00pm kick around
Events :: Seal Harbor Library, Seal Harbor
  • - name: Acadia National Park Guided Tours — TBA learn more
  • - name: Bar Harbor Town Band — TBA learn more
Events Calendar - Family-friendly sustainable ..., Beals
  • 4:30pm — Moosabec Summerfest - Pour and Paint view details
  • 7:30pm — Moosabec Summerfest - Karaoke Night view details
Festivals & Events Calendar for the Region - Visit Lubec Mai, Baileyville — Fundy Chapter of Maine Audubon at 7:00pm - 9:00pm learn ecology
George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History, Bar Harbor — The Civic Circle at 9:30am civic circle
Gouldsboro Historical Society, Gouldsboro — Volunteer Open House at 4:00pm volunteer open house
Hitchcock Center for the Environment - Education for a Healt, Amherst
Home Page - Welcome to Charlotte Mecklenburg Library - Charl, Charlotte — TBA at - name: Preschool Listen and Move Storytime listen move storytime
Machias area (Porter Memorial Library), Machias — Storytime at the Library at 11:00am story time
Our Programs - Northfield Community Nursery School, Northfield — Together Tuesday at 9:30am - 11:00am together tuesday
Parks and Recreation Facilities - Topsfield MA, Topsfield — Barnyard Story Hour at Appleton Farms at 10:30am story hour
Pembroke Library, Pembroke
Southwest Harbor Public Library, Southwest Harbor — Crane Folding at 3:00pm - 4:00pm fold cranes
Weekend/Holiday Lessons - Otis Ridge, Otis
Winter Harbor Lobster Festival, Winter Harbor — Bird Carving with Wendell Gilley Museum at 9:00am, 4:00pm bird carving

WEDNESDAY - 5/27

Bar Harbor Community Events, Bar Harbor — TBA at - name: Acadia Birding Festival birding festival
Camp COMO - Stonington Community Center, Stonington
  • - name: Hilby, The Skinny German Juggle Boy — TBA juggle boy
  • - name: Squirrel Stole My Underpants — TBA squirrel underpants
  • - name: The Legend of the Banana Kid — TBA banana kid
Discover Surry, Sullivan
  • 4:00pm - 5:00pm — Yoga on the Farm explore
  • 6:00pm - 8:00pm — Celebrate Learning with Rebecca celebrate
Event List - Addison County Chamber of Commerce, Addison — TBA at - name: Funlab: Make Your Own Bubble Wand make bubble wand
Events - Northfield Area Family YMCA, Northfield — Choir Club - Choir Club March to May 2026 at 3:30pm sing out
Events Calendar - Family-friendly sustainable ..., Beals
  • 6:00pm — Moosabec Summerfest - Women's Skillet Toss view details
  • 6:00pm — Moosabec Summerfest - Herky Wilcox Memorial Cribbage Tournament view details
Festivals & Events Calendar for the Region - Visit Lubec Mai, Baileyville
Gouldsboro Historical Society, Gouldsboro
Great Cranberry Library, Cranberry Isles — TBA at - name: RSVP to Join Plant Species Documentation on May 27 at Camden Hills State Park plant documentation
Henry D. Moore Library, Steuben
  • - name: Downeast Story Path at Cobscook Bay State Park — TBA story path
  • - name: Downeast Story Path at Fort O'Brien State Historic Site — TBA story path
  • - name: Downeast Story Path at Lamoine State Park — TBA story path
  • - name: Downeast Story Path at Roque Bluffs State Park — TBA story path
  • - name: Downeast Story Path at Shackford Head State Park — TBA story path
  • - name: RSVP to Join Plant Species Documentation on May 27 at Camden Hills State Park — TBA plant documentation
Hitchcock Center for the Environment - Education for a Healt, Amherst
Louise Clements Library, Cutler
  • - name: Downeast Story Path at Cobscook Bay State Park — TBA story path
  • - name: Downeast Story Path at Fort O'Brien State Historic Site — TBA story path
  • - name: Downeast Story Path at Lamoine State Park — TBA story path
  • - name: Downeast Story Path at Roque Bluffs State Park — TBA story path
  • - name: Downeast Story Path at Shackford Head State Park — TBA story path
  • - name: RSVP to Join Plant Species Documentation on May 27 at Camden Hills State Park — TBA plant documentation
Mount Desert Land and Garden Preserve, Seal Harbor — Field Walk: All About Fireflies at 8:00pm explore fireflies
NEHSS - Northeast Harbor Fleet, Northeast Harbor — MDI Historical: Say What? MDI Lore & Tall Tales at 5:30pm info
Pembroke Library, Pembroke — Biscuits & Books at 11:00am book club
Southwest Harbor Public Library, Southwest Harbor
Stone Mountain Arts Center in Brownfield Maine, Brooksville
Witherle Memorial Library, Castine
  • 10:30am — Storytime story time
  • 10:30am — Cars and Trucks and Things That Go Storytime story time
Youth Dance Classes - Trails Park and Recreation District, Aurora

THURSDAY - 5/28

Blue Hill Books, Blue Hill — Nancy Tandon – “The Haunting of Walker Pond” at 2:00pm read more
College of the Atlantic (community programs), Bar Harbor — Share the Harvest community supper at 5:00pm share harvest
Discover Surry, Sullivan — Farm Film and Music Series – Nature & Wildlife Conservation Films at 6:00pm - 9:00pm watch films
Events - Northfield Area Family YMCA, Northfield
  • 4:30pm — Track Club - Track Club Spring 2026 run fast
  • 6:00pm — Flag Football - Flag Football Spring 2026 play football
Events :: Seal Harbor Library, Seal Harbor — TBA at - name: Seaside Cinema at Bar Harbor learn more
Events Calendar - Family-friendly sustainable ..., Beals — Moosabec Summerfest - Lobster Feed at 4:30pm view details
Mount Desert Land and Garden Preserve, Seal Harbor — Field Walk: The Night Sky at 7:00pm star stories
NEHSS - Northeast Harbor Fleet, Northeast Harbor
  • 10:30am — Baby/Toddler Storytime info
  • 10:30am — Baby Storytime info
  • 3:00pm — Family Book Club- The BFG by Roald Dahl info
Pembroke Library, Pembroke — Li'l Bookworms Story Time at 10:00am story time
Southwest Harbor Public Library, Southwest Harbor — First Day Summer Reading Program at All Day Event summer reading
Stone Mountain Arts Center in Brownfield Maine, Brooksville
Winter Harbor Lobster Festival, Winter Harbor — TBA at - name: 27th Annual Acadia Birding Festival birding festival
Youth Dance Classes - Trails Park and Recreation District, Aurora

FRIDAY - 5/29

Bar Harbor Community Events, Bar Harbor — TBA at - name: 2026 Wilderness First Aid by SOLO wilderness first aid
Camp COMO - Stonington Community Center, Stonington — TBA at - name: Hoops & Dreams hoops dreams
College of the Atlantic (community programs), Bar Harbor — Student arts festival and garden party at 3:00pm arts festival
Discover Surry, Sullivan — Great Outdoor Shabbat at 5:00pm - 7:00pm celebrate
Event List - Addison County Chamber of Commerce, Addison
  • - name: Bixby Storytime — TBA story time
  • - name: Fresh Air Fridays — TBA fresh air
Events Calendar - Family-friendly sustainable ..., Beals
  • - name: Moosabec Summerfest - House and Business Decorating Contest — TBA view details
  • - name: Moosabec Summerfest - Pretty Baby Contest — TBA view details
  • 10:00am — Moosabec Summerfest - Children's Mini Parade view details
  • 2:00pm — Moosabec Summerfest - Lobster Crate Races view details
  • 4:30pm — Moosabec Summerfest - Anything That Floats Race view details
  • 6:00pm — Moosabec Summerfest - Miss Beals Pageant view details
Family-Friendly Guide to Bar Harbor - KOA Camping Blog, Bar Harbor
George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History, Bar Harbor — Student arts festival and garden party at 3:00pm arts festival
Gouldsboro Historical Society, Gouldsboro
  • 1:00pm — Storytime with Minquansis Sapiel story time
  • 4:00pm — Forest Bathing with Shep Erhart forest bathing
Hitchcock Center for the Environment - Education for a Healt, Amherst — Nature Discovery: Sky Explorers (Group A) at 9:30am sky explorers
ImaginOn: The Joe & Joan Martin Center - ImaginOn, Charlotte — Lowe's YMCA Summer Celebration at 6:00pm - 10:00pm summer celebration
Life Enrichment Programs - Portland, ME - The Park Danforth, Danforth — Juneteenth 2026 at 10:00am - 3:00pm celebrate juneteenth
Machias area (Porter Memorial Library), Machias — Lego Time at 1:00pm lego time
Mount Desert Oceanarium -, Bar Harbor — Maine Ocean Festival at 9:00am, 4:00pm explore ocean
NEHSS - Northeast Harbor Fleet, Northeast Harbor — Mr. Drew and His Animals, Too! at 10:30am info
Our Programs - Northfield Community Nursery School, Northfield — Father Daughter Ball at 6:30pm - 8:30pm father daughter
Southwest Harbor Public Library, Southwest Harbor
  • 10:00am - 10:30am — Family Storytime family storytime
  • All Day Event — Last Day: Exhibit Art & Science of Mount Desert Rock and Great Duck Island see exhibit
Stone Mountain Arts Center in Brownfield Maine, Brooksville
Surry Arts & Events - Cottages, Concerts & Culture in Surry,, Surry
  • 9:00am — Kids Friday Fun: Birdhouse Building kids fun
  • 9:00am — Kids Friday Fun: Stream Exploration kids fun
Winter Harbor Lobster Festival, Winter Harbor — Observe to Conserve: Learning iNaturalist in Acadia (7/10) at 1:00pm, 3:00pm learn inaturalist
Youth Dance Classes - Trails Park and Recreation District, Aurora — TBA at - name: Sunset on Summer sunset summer

SATURDAY - 5/30

24th Annual Smelt Fry & Fisheries Celebration - Smithereen F, Columbia Falls
  • - name: Brash Rodeo — TBA brash rodeo
  • - name: Community Benefit Night with Land to Hand — TBA benefit night
Activities - Sure Would Forest, Columbia Falls
  • - name: Free Family Fishing Days — TBA go fishing
  • - name: Grand Lake Stream Folk Art Festival — TBA explore art
Bar Harbor Community Events, Bar Harbor — TBA at - name: Botanical Painting: Maine’s Wildflowers botanical painting
Blue Hill Community Events, Blue Hill — Family Friendly Printmaking Workshop at 3:00pm - 4:30pm printmaking workshop
College of the Atlantic (community programs), Bar Harbor — 53rd Commencement at 2:00pm commencement
Community - Deer Isle Yoga Studio, Deer Isle — TBA at - name: Open House open house
Discover Surry, Sullivan — Summer Solstic Pop-up Market at 9:00am - 12:00pm shop local
Event List - Addison County Chamber of Commerce, Addison — TBA at - name: Watercolor Paint-Along paint along
Events - Eat Downeast, Pembroke — Fish Paint-a-Thon with ARRT at 10:00am paint fish
Events - Northfield Area Family YMCA, Northfield — Baseball - T-Ball at 10:30am play ball
Events :: Seal Harbor Library, Seal Harbor — TBA at - name: Bar Harbor Fourth of July Festivities learn more
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  • 10:30am — Moosabec Summerfest - World's Fastest Lobster Boat Races view details
  • 6:00pm — Moosabec Summerfest - Miss 4th of July Pageant view details
  • 6:00pm — Moosabec Summerfest - Grand Parade view details
  • 7:00am — Moosabec Summerfest - Pancake Breakfast view details
  • 8:00am — Moosabec Summerfest - 5-K Road Race view details
  • 8:00am — Moosabec Summerfest - Annual Yard Sale view details
  • 9:00am — Moosabec Summerfest - Car Show view details
  • 9:00pm — Moosabec Summerfest - Fireworks view details
Family-Friendly Guide to Bar Harbor - KOA Camping Blog, Bar Harbor
Festivals & Events Calendar for the Region - Visit Lubec Mai, Baileyville
Free + Low Cost Programs - Merrymeeting Adult Education, Sullivan
  • 12:00pm, 1:00pm — Horseback Riding 12pm-Ride ride now
  • 1:00pm, 3:00pm — Farmtastic Birthday Party party time
  • 4:00pm, 6:00pm — Date Night Couples Ride couples ride
  • 8:00am, 5:00pm — Niagara County 4-H Open Horse Show horse show
  • 8:00am, 5:00pm — Princess Fest princess fest
George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History, Bar Harbor
Gouldsboro Historical Society, Gouldsboro
  • 10:00am — Planting at Jordan River Preserve: Volunteer Event plant together
  • 10:00am — Fern Walk at Simon Trail Preserve fern walk
  • 8:00am — Guided Birding Walk at Jordan River Preserve birding walk
Great Cranberry Library, Cranberry Isles — TBA at - name: Feathers Over Freeport at Bradbury Mountain State Park feathers over freeport
Henry D. Moore Library, Steuben — TBA at - name: Feathers Over Freeport at Bradbury Mountain State Park feathers freeport
ImaginOn: The Joe & Joan Martin Center - ImaginOn, Charlotte
Local Events - Princeton, ME - The Hideaway on Pocomoonsine, Columbia Falls — Fish Paint-a-Thon with ARRT at 10:00am paint fun
Louise Clements Library, Cutler — TBA at - name: Feathers Over Freeport at Bradbury Mountain State Park feathers over freeport
NEHSS - Northeast Harbor Fleet, Northeast Harbor
  • 10:00am — All Ages Storytime info
  • 10:00am — Outside Storytime on the Lawn info
  • 9:00am — Sports Gear Swap & Repair Cafe info
Our Programs - Northfield Community Nursery School, Northfield
Parks and Recreation Facilities - Topsfield MA, Topsfield
Pembroke Library, Pembroke
  • 10:00am — Annual Potted Perennial Swap plant swap
  • 10:00am — Used Book Shop Sale book sale
Pembroke Town Library Calendar, Pembroke — Fish Paint-a-Thon with ARRT at 10:00am paint fun
Stone Mountain Arts Center in Brownfield Maine, Brooksville — Firefly the Hybrid at 3:00pm firefly the hybrid
Winter Harbor Lobster Festival, Winter Harbor — TBA at - name: Puffins, Loons, and Blueberry Barrens with Schoodic Institute puffins loons
Youth Dance Classes - Trails Park and Recreation District, Aurora

SUNDAY - 5/31

Camp COMO - Stonington Community Center, Stonington
College of the Atlantic (community programs), Bar Harbor — TBA at - name: Acadia Festival of Traditional Music & Dance music dance fest
Discover Surry, Sullivan
  • 10:00am - 2:00pm — Nourished by Nature Workshop learn nature
  • 1:00pm - 2:30pm — Monthly Farm Tour tour farm
  • 5:00pm - 8:00pm — Farm-to-Table Dinner – Menu by Harvest Kitchen dine
  • 5:00pm - 8:00pm — Farm-to-Table Dinner – Menu by Fox Point Farms dine
Events - Eat Downeast, Pembroke
  • - name: For All the Fish Conference & Concert — TBA fish festival
  • - name: Low Low Tides Seaweed Harvest Workshop — TBA seaweed harvest
Events - Northfield Area Family YMCA, Northfield — Inclusion Soccer Program - Inclusion Soccer Program 2026 at 12:00pm play soccer
Events :: Seal Harbor Library, Seal Harbor — TBA at - name: Bar Harbor Music Festival learn more
Events Calendar - Family-friendly sustainable ..., Beals
  • 10:00am — Moosabec Summerfest - Community Church Service view details
  • 1:00pm — Moosabec Summerfest - Cornhole Tournament view details
  • 5:00pm — Moosabec Summerfest - Basket Bingo view details
  • 9:00am — Moosabec Summerfest - Cake Decorating view details
  • 9:00am, 3:00pm — Moosabec Summerfest - Craft Fair view details
Festivals & Events Calendar for the Region - Visit Lubec Mai, Baileyville — Masons' Community Breakfast at 7:30am - 10:00am community breakfast
Free + Low Cost Programs - Merrymeeting Adult Education, Sullivan
  • 10:00am, 11:00am — Toddler & Me Horseback Riding toddler ride
  • 8:00am, 5:00pm — Autumn’s Gate Horse Show horse show
  • 8:00am, 5:00pm — Father’s Day Celebration celebrate dad
George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History, Bar Harbor — TBA at - name: Acadia Festival of Traditional Music & Dance music dance fest
Life Enrichment Programs - Portland, ME - The Park Danforth, Danforth
  • - name: New Orleans Sunday Brunch — TBA brunch now
  • 11:00am - 2:00pm — A Legacy of Silk and Satin: Inspired by the Weddings of Victoria Mansion explore exhibit
Local Events - Princeton, ME - The Hideaway on Pocomoonsine, Columbia Falls
  • - name: Coast Umami Lab — TBA explore food
  • - name: Low Low Tides Seaweed Harvest Workshop — TBA harvest fun
  • 9:00am — For All the Fish Conference & Concert music festival
NEHSS - Northeast Harbor Fleet, Northeast Harbor — Game On MDI at 4:00pm info

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