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WEEK OF JULY 06 - JULY 12, 2026

From Brody Schenk Live at ALL PROGRAMS - Nonnie Hood PRC to Outdoor Adventure Storytime at Gouldsboro Historical Society and Kids Program - Summers with the Roosevelt Kids at Festivals & Events Calendar for the Region - Visit Lubec Mai.

MONDAY - 7/6

Activities: At A Glance - Woodland Parks and Recreation Depa, Baileyville
  • 12:00pm — Summer Day Camp - *SUMMER SCHOOL PARTICIPANTS*WEEK 2 summer school
  • 12:00pm — Summer Day Camp - *SUMMER SCHOOL PARTICIPANTS* WEEK 3 summer school
  • 12:00pm — Summer Day Camp - *SUMMER SCHOOL PARTICIPANTS* WEEK 4 summer school
  • 8:00am — Summer Day Camp - Week 2 summer camp
  • 8:00am — Summer Day Camp - Week 3 summer camp
  • 8:00am — Summer Day Camp - Week 4 summer camp
  • 8:00am — Summer Day Camp - Week 5 summer camp
  • 8:00am — Summer Day Camp - Week 6 summer camp
Classes and Events - Islesford Boatworks, Cranberry Isles — Family Friendly Tea Party at 5:30pm tea party
Community - Deer Isle Yoga Studio, Deer Isle — Campus Tour at 10:00am, 2:00pm register tour
Criterion Theatre, Bar Harbor
  • - name: Author Talk: Steve Kemp – An Exaltation of Parks — TBA see show
  • - name: David Sedaris — TBA see show
  • - name: I’m With Her — TBA see show
Events - Eat Downeast, Pembroke — Underwater Opera Youth Theatre Camp at 9:00am see details
Events - Northfield Area Family YMCA, Northfield
  • 8:30am — Summer Program 2026 - Summer Program Week 3 summer program
  • 8:30am — Summer Program 2026 - Summer Program Week 4 summer program
  • 8:30am — Summer Program 2026 - Summer Program Week 5 summer program
Hitchcock Center for the Environment - Education for a Healt, Amherst
Machias area (Porter Memorial Library), Machias — TBA at - name: Children's Library Garden garden fun
Mount Desert Land and Garden Preserve, Seal Harbor
  • 8:00pm — Field Walk: All About Fireflies register
  • 9:00am — Loon Watching register
  • 9:00am — Little Long Pond Ecology Paddle register
NEHSS - Northeast Harbor Fleet, Northeast Harbor
  • 10:30am — Ranger Read Aloud feat. Blueberries for Sal info
  • 10:30am — Storytime and Craft with Children's Author Rebecca Rule info
  • 10:30am — 6th Annual Harry Potter Day info
  • 10:30am — Bala Bee Kid's Storytime Yoga info
  • 10:30am — Ranger Read Aloud: All About Fishing info
  • 10:30am — Riot in the Garden Kid's Show with Jackson Gillman info
  • 5:30pm — Live Music: Caroline Cotter - A Quiet Song of Hope info
Our Programs - Northfield Community Nursery School, Northfield
Vacation Activities and Recreation - Castine Cottages, Castine
Winter Harbor Lobster Festival, Winter Harbor — Bird Carving with Wendell Gilley Museum at 9:00am carve birds
Witherle Memorial Library, Castine — Chewonki Presents Owls of Maine at 1:00pm learn animals

TUESDAY - 7/7

Acadia Repertory Theatre, Mount Desert — TBA at - name: Charlotte’s Web charlotte's web
Blue Hill Community Events, Blue Hill — Improv: Collaborative Comedy at 5:30pm-7:30pm laugh together
Calendar • Jones Library, MA • CivicEngage - Amherst, Amherst — Graphic Novel Book Club (ages 9-12) at 4:00pm join in
Camp COMO - Stonington Community Center, Stonington
  • - name: Hoops & Dreams — TBA watch sports
  • - name: Squirrel Stole My Underpants — TBA funny show
  • - name: The Firefly Experience — TBA see fireflies
  • - name: The Last Navigator with Steve Thomas — TBA hear story
Classes and Events - Islesford Boatworks, Cranberry Isles — Sofie Dowling Mediterranean Sailing Adventure at 7:00pm sailing adventure
Criterion Theatre, Bar Harbor
  • - name: Bluebird Improv — TBA see show
  • - name: Rhiannon Giddens — TBA see show
Events - Northfield Area Family YMCA, Northfield — Summer Program 2026 - Summer Program Week 2 at 8:30am summer program
Festivals & Events Calendar for the Region - Visit Lubec Mai, Baileyville — Kids Program - Summers with the Roosevelt Kids at 10:30 AM kids program
Gouldsboro Historical Society, Gouldsboro
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle
  • 6:00pm - 8:00pm — 3 Hours Later - Free Beach Concert Series join in
  • 6:00pm - 8:00pm — Rusty Nutz - Free Beach Concert Series join in
Hitchcock Center for the Environment - Education for a Healt, Amherst — Summertime Little Bear Nature Walk at 10:00am explore nature
Machias area (Porter Memorial Library), Machias — Storytime at the Library at 11:00am storytime
Month Calendar - Perry County District Library, Perry — Picnic in the Park at 4:00pm - 8:00pm picnic in park
Sorrento Sullivan Rec Center – Supporting community events ., Sorrento
  • 9:00am — Jr. Beginner Tennis tennis
  • 9:00am — Jr. Advanced Tennis tennis
Vacation Activities and Recreation - Castine Cottages, Castine
Weekend/Holiday Lessons - Otis Ridge, Otis

WEDNESDAY - 7/8

ALL PROGRAMS - Nonnie Hood PRC, Steuben — Family Night with Anita Pizza! at 6:00pm - 8:00pm family night
Blue Hill Community Events, Blue Hill
  • 4:00pm-7:00pm — Hearth and Soul Oven Pizza, Pizza Night eat pizza
  • 5:30pm-8:00pm — Introduction to Contemporary Marbling Intensive: Paper and Fabric get creative
  • 7:00pm — Casual Fifth Taiko Drums hear drums
  • 7:00pm-9:00pm — The 26th Annual Deer Isle Jazz Festival enjoy jazz
Camp COMO - Stonington Community Center, Stonington
  • - name: Acadian Music from Maine — TBA hear music
  • - name: Blanc sur Blanc — TBA see show
  • - name: The Norman Magician Experience — TBA see magic
  • - name: The Soulbenders — TBA hear music
Criterion Theatre, Bar Harbor
  • - name: Bar Harbor Music Festival — TBA see show
  • - name: One Night of Queen — TBA see show
  • - name: Punch Brothers — TBA see show
Event List - Addison County Chamber of Commerce, Addison
  • - name: Cards and Board Games — TBA games
  • - name: Lake Champlain Maritime Museum Summer Party! — TBA summer party
Events :: Seal Harbor Library, Seal Harbor — TBA at - name: Seaside Cinema movie schedule
Festivals & Events Calendar for the Region - Visit Lubec Mai, Baileyville — Wiggles and Giggles at 10:30 AM little ones
Gouldsboro Historical Society, Gouldsboro
NEHSS - Northeast Harbor Fleet, Northeast Harbor
  • 10:30am — Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers: Everybody Loves Pirates at the Neighborhood House info
  • 5:30pm — NYC Monuments of Black Americans: Author Talk with David Felsen info
  • 5:30pm — Maine's Still Reading: Photographs & Reflections info
  • 5:30pm — MDI Historical: Otter Creek's Lost Waterfront info
Pembroke Library, Pembroke — The 18th Anniversary of the First Pembroke Chantey Sing: a Tribute to Jim Sherman at 6:00pm chantey sing
Sorrento Sullivan Rec Center – Supporting community events ., Sorrento
Stone Mountain Arts Center in Brownfield Maine, Brooksville — Birdsacre Sanctuary at 1:00pm learn about birds
Vacation Activities and Recreation - Castine Cottages, Castine
  • - name: Cars and Trucks and Things That Go — TBA vehicles fun
  • - name: Cyanotype Printing with Katama Murray — TBA print art
  • - name: Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers — TBA puppet show
  • - name: House & Garden Show Preview Party — TBA garden show
  • - name: Witherle Author Event: Gillian French — TBA author visit
Witherle Memorial Library, Castine
  • 10:30am — Storytime story time
  • 10:30am — Cars and Trucks and Things That Go Storytime story time
  • 12:00pm — Cyanotype Printing with Katama Murray print art
  • 6:00pm — Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers puppet show

THURSDAY - 7/9

ALL PROGRAMS - Nonnie Hood PRC, Steuben
  • 5:30pm - 6:30pm — FLIGHTS & FLEURS WITH NOUVEAU FLOWER FARM JULY 16th 5:30pm flights fleurs
  • 6:00pm - 8:00pm — FLX TRIVIA 6-8pm flx trivia
Blue Hill Community Events, Blue Hill
  • 11:00am-1:00pm — Maine's Young Entrepreneur Market support youth
  • 7:00pm-8:30pm — Marbling on Stationery with Tempered East make art
Calendar • Jones Library, MA • CivicEngage - Amherst, Amherst — Storytime at Jones Library (ages 0-5) at 11:00am story time
Camp COMO - Stonington Community Center, Stonington — TBA at - name: Broadway Comes to Stonington hear music
Classes & Camps - Aurora Theatre, Aurora — TBA at - name: Annie see annie
Criterion Theatre, Bar Harbor
  • - name: G. Love & Special Sauce — TBA see show
  • - name: How High the Moon | The Music of Ella Fitzgerald — TBA see show
  • - name: Patty Griffin — TBA see show
Event List - Addison County Chamber of Commerce, Addison
Family-Friendly Guide to Bar Harbor - KOA Camping Blog, Bar Harbor
Free + Low Cost Programs - Merrymeeting Adult Education, Sullivan — TBA at - name: Drill Team County Fair Performance performance
Mount Desert Land and Garden Preserve, Seal Harbor
  • 7:00pm — Field Walk: The Night Sky register
  • 7:30pm — Lantern Stroll register
Museum Passes - G.A.R. Memorial Library, Hancock — Shaker Discovery Tour: Shaker Design at 10:30am explore
NEHSS - Northeast Harbor Fleet, Northeast Harbor — Baby Storytime at 10:30am info
Pembroke Library, Pembroke — Li'l Bookworms Story Time at 10:00am - 11:00am story time
Stone Mountain Arts Center in Brownfield Maine, Brooksville
Vacation Activities and Recreation - Castine Cottages, Castine
  • - name: Annual Castine Classic Yacht Race — TBA yacht race
  • - name: Family Movie Night — TBA movie night
Winter Harbor Lobster Festival, Winter Harbor
  • 1:00pm — Observe to Conserve: Learning iNaturalist in Acadia (7/10) learn nature
  • 1:00pm — Observe to Conserve: Learning iNaturalist in Acadia (7/24) learn nature

FRIDAY - 7/10

24th Annual Smelt Fry & Fisheries Celebration - Smithereen F, Columbia Falls
ALL PROGRAMS - Nonnie Hood PRC, Steuben
Activities - Sure Would Forest, Columbia Falls — TBA at - name: Machias Wild Blueberry Festival celebrate blueberries
Activities: At A Glance - Woodland Parks and Recreation Depa, Baileyville — Open Gym at 4:00pm open gym
Blue Hill Community Events, Blue Hill — Blue Hill Bach Summer Festival at All Day enjoy music
Camp COMO - Stonington Community Center, Stonington
  • - name: Deer Isle Jazz Festival — TBA hear jazz
  • - name: Not Strictly Classical — TBA hear music
  • - name: The MetaMarthasis — TBA watch dance
Community - Deer Isle Yoga Studio, Deer Isle — TBA at - name: Summer Benefit summer benefit
Criterion Theatre, Bar Harbor
  • - name: Acadia Dance Festival: Nimbus Dance Presents ANIMA — TBA see show
  • - name: Badfish: A Tribute to Sublime — TBA see show
  • - name: The Mallett Brothers Band — TBA see show
  • - name: Town Talk with Dar Williams | Belfast, ME — TBA see show
Event List - Addison County Chamber of Commerce, Addison — TBA at - name: 47th Annual Middlebury Summer Festival on-the-Green summer festival
Family-Friendly Guide to Bar Harbor - KOA Camping Blog, Bar Harbor
Festivals & Events Calendar for the Region - Visit Lubec Mai, Baileyville — The John Gallagher Memorial Regatta at Call youth sailors
Gouldsboro Historical Society, Gouldsboro — Minquansis Sapiel Book-reading & Storytelling at 1:00pm story time
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle
  • 5:30pm — Free Family Fun Night register today
  • 6:00pm - 8:00pm — The Music Studio - Free Beach Concert Series join in
Machias area (Porter Memorial Library), Machias
Month Calendar - Perry County District Library, Perry
Open Space & Recreation - TOWN OF SURRY, ME, Surry — Emma! A Pop Musical at 7:00pm pop musical
Stone Mountain Arts Center in Brownfield Maine, Brooksville — World Famous Grassholes at 6:00pm dance along
Vacation Activities and Recreation - Castine Cottages, Castine
  • - name: Author Event: Caroline Bicks, Monsters in the Archives: My Year of Fear with Stephen King — TBA author visit
  • - name: The Castine House & Garden Show, Presented by CHS — TBA garden show
Winter Harbor Lobster Festival, Winter Harbor
  • - name: Puffins, Loons, and Blueberry Barrens with Schoodic Institute — TBA explore wildlife
  • 1:00pm — Observe to Conserve: Learning iNaturalist in Acadia (8/7) learn nature

SATURDAY - 7/11

24th Annual Smelt Fry & Fisheries Celebration - Smithereen F, Columbia Falls
  • - name: 17th Annual Car Show (Heritage Days Event) — TBA car show
  • - name: 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament (Heritage Days Event) — TBA basketball
  • - name: 70th Annual Heritage Days in Columbia Falls — TBA heritage days
  • - name: Boogie to the Bank (Heritage Days Event) — TBA boogie bank
  • - name: City Pool Free Public Swim (Heritage Days Event) — TBA public swim
  • - name: Columbia Falls Community Market (Heritage Days Event) — TBA community market
  • - name: Cornhole Tournament (Heritage Days Event) — TBA cornhole
  • - name: Cowboy Music and Storytelling — TBA cowboy music
  • - name: FREE Movie in the Park - Zootopia 2 — TBA movie in park
  • - name: Farm Dinner — TBA farm dinner
  • - name: Glacier Kids Fun Run (Heritage Days Event) — TBA kids fun run
  • - name: Heritage Days Craft & Vendor Fair (Heritage Days Event) — TBA craft fair
  • - name: Heritage Days Parade (Heritage Days Event) — TBA heritage parade
  • - name: Ice Cream Social (Heritage Days Event) — TBA ice cream
  • - name: North Valley High Steppers (Heritage Days Event) — TBA high steppers
  • - name: Northwest Montana United Way back 2 School Bash — TBA back 2 school
  • - name: Pickleball Round Robin (Heritage Days Event) — TBA pickleball
  • - name: Robert Trinastich Memorial Pancake Breakfast (Heritage Days Event) — TBA pancake breakfast
  • - name: The Great Heritage Pie Auction (Heritage Days Event) — TBA pie auction
  • - name: Wildcat Athletic Endowment Association Auction and BBQ (Heritage Days Event) — TBA auction bbq
ALL PROGRAMS - Nonnie Hood PRC, Steuben
Activities - Sure Would Forest, Columbia Falls
  • - name: Eastport Salmon and Seafood Festival — TBA seafood festival
  • - name: Grand Lake Stream Folk Art Festival — TBA explore art
Blue Hill Community Events, Blue Hill
  • 10:00am-4:00pm — Francis Hamabe's Maine: A Life in Art see art
  • 1:00pm-4:30pm — The Puffins Are Back! explore nature
  • 7:30pm-9:00pm — Flash! In the Pans Monday Community Pan Dances join dance
  • 9:00am-4:00pm — Experience a week of intensive dance training! dance camp
Calendar • Jones Library, MA • CivicEngage - Amherst, Amherst — Saturday Stories and Songs (ages 0-5) at Munson Memorial Library at 10:30am stories songs
Classes and Events - Islesford Boatworks, Cranberry Isles — Abi Newell Art Class for Kids at 7:00pm art class
Community - Deer Isle Yoga Studio, Deer Isle — TBA at - name: Open House open house
Criterion Theatre, Bar Harbor
  • - name: Acadia Dance Festival (Matinee) — TBA see show
  • - name: Dar Williams — TBA see show
  • - name: Mamma Mania — TBA see show
  • - name: The Walrus — TBA see show
  • - name: Town Talk with Dar Williams | Bar Harbor, ME — TBA see show
Event List - Addison County Chamber of Commerce, Addison — TBA at - name: West African Drumming for Beginners drumming
Events :: Seal Harbor Library, Seal Harbor — TBA at - name: Native American Festival learn more
Festivals & Events Calendar for the Region - Visit Lubec Mai, Baileyville
Free + Low Cost Programs - Merrymeeting Adult Education, Sullivan
  • - name: Niagara County 4-H Open Horse Show — TBA show
  • 12:00pm — Horseback Riding 12pm-Ride ride
  • 1:00pm — Farmtastic Birthday Party party
Gouldsboro Historical Society, Gouldsboro — Tide Talks: Up Close with Seaweeds at 8:00am explore seaweeds
Harvestfest - Columbia Falls Area Chamber of Commerce, Columbia Falls — TBA at - name: Glacier Kids Fun Run (Heritage Days Event) kids fun run
Month Calendar - Perry County District Library, Perry
  • 10:00am - 2:00pm — Summer Saturdays at the American Tractor Museum summer saturdays
  • 5:00pm - 8:00pm — Cruise In – Downtown Perryville cruise in
  • 6:00pm - 10:00pm — Live Music at The Warehouse live music
Mount Desert Land and Garden Preserve, Seal Harbor — Drop-in Natural History Activities at Little Long Pond at 11:00am drop in session
Museum Passes - G.A.R. Memorial Library, Hancock — Goat Yoga at 10:00am join in
NEHSS - Northeast Harbor Fleet, Northeast Harbor — Outside Storytime on the Lawn at 10:00am info
Our Programs - Northfield Community Nursery School, Northfield — Y Kids Tri at 9:00am y kids tri
Somesville Library Association, Mount Desert — Books & Blueberries fair at 9:00am, 2:00pm donate
Vacation Activities and Recreation - Castine Cottages, Castine — TBA at - name: Art Under the Elms art show

SUNDAY - 7/12

24th Annual Smelt Fry & Fisheries Celebration - Smithereen F, Columbia Falls
  • - name: Badrock Farmer's Market (Heritage Days Event) — TBA farmer's market
  • - name: O-Mok-See Western Divisional Finals (Heritage Days Event) — TBA western finals
  • - name: Wildcat Athletic Endowment 26th Annual Golf Scramble (Heritage Days Event) — TBA golf scramble
ALL PROGRAMS - Nonnie Hood PRC, Steuben
Blue Hill Community Events, Blue Hill
Camp COMO - Stonington Community Center, Stonington
  • - name: Bait & Switch: From Hollywood to Haulin’ Traps — TBA hear story
  • - name: Breakin’ Strings — TBA hear music
  • - name: Goldfinger — TBA watch movie
Criterion Theatre, Bar Harbor
  • - name: An Evening with Bob Marley — TBA see show
  • - name: Judy Collins: Sweet Judy Blue Eyes Farewell Tour — TBA see show
  • - name: Masters of the Telecasters — TBA see show
  • - name: Melissa Etheridge: The Rise Tour — TBA see show
Discover Surry, Sullivan
  • 10:30am — Monthly Farm Tour – July 2026 farm tour
  • 10:30am — Monthly Farm Tour – August 2026 farm tour
Free + Low Cost Programs - Merrymeeting Adult Education, Sullivan
  • - name: Autumn’s Gate Horse Show — TBA show
  • 10:00am — Toddler & Me Horseback Riding ride
Gouldsboro Historical Society, Gouldsboro — Rising Tide: Day of Service at 1:00pm day of service
Harvestfest - Columbia Falls Area Chamber of Commerce, Columbia Falls — TBA at - name: FREE Movie in the Park - Zootopia 2 movie in park
Month Calendar - Perry County District Library, Perry
  • 12:00pm - 4:00pm — East End Market east end market
  • 5:00pm - 8:00pm — Pizza & Pajama Movie Night: Paddington in Peru movie night
NEHSS - Northeast Harbor Fleet, Northeast Harbor — Game On MDI at 4:00pm info
Nearby, Brooksville — Stroll Party with a Purpose and Muirfield’s Fishing Derby at 1:00pm, 3:00pm join us
Winter Harbor Lobster Festival, Winter Harbor — TBA at - name: Sea & Sky at Acadia National Park with Carol Douglas explore nature

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