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WEEK OF APRIL 20 – 26, 2026

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MONDAY - 4/20

2025 Schedule – Harmony Free Fair, Hanover — Mommy & Me Mini Sessions – Seabrook Photography at 6:40pm - 8:00pm mommy me
Ages - Children's Day School of Wilton, Wilton — Decorate Your Own Hairbrush for Grades 4-7 at 4:00pm decorate hairbrush
Apple Hill Stables, LLC - 6th Annual Charity Rodeo September, Lee
Arts & Entertainment, City of Ellsworth — EXHIBIT: Betty & Barney explore exhibit
Autumn's Gate: Niagara's Horseback Riding & Family Fun First, Strong — Carol D. Simmons Storytime Club: Showers and Flowers at 10:30am story time
Beachcombers’ Rest Nature Center, Bristol — Lincoln Academy’s Student Art Exhibition at 9:00am art exhibition
Camp Sacajawea & Camp Amity Acres - Summer Camp at the ..., Amity — Sprouts Family Night at Camp at 5:00pm join in
Coastal Maine Botanacal Gardens - Edgecomb Attractions, Eddington — Earth Day Event at 10:00am explore nature
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay — Vernal Pool Discovery Hike (Ages 4+) at 1:00pm explore nature
Dixfield - River Valley Chamber of Commerce, Dexter — Drop-In Story Time at the Library at 11:00am story time
Events Calendar - Freeport Conservation Trust, Bradley — Freeport Community Services: Weekly Ukulele Jam at 3:00pm join in
Experience Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon — April Vacation Adventure Days at Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary discover adventure
Great Oaks Wilderness Sanctuary, Parsonsfield
  • 10:00am, 12:00pm — “Every Rock Has A Story” with Professor Ethan Baxter explore rocks
  • 10:00am, 3:00pm — Earth Week at Discovery Museum! celebrate earth
  • 10:00am, 5:00pm — April School Vacation week: Made for a Nation vacation fun
Hitchcock Center for the Environment - Education for a Healt, Amherst — April Vacation Days at 8:45am - 3:00pm vacation days
Homeschool Family Camp - Fall - Hartland Christian Camp, Hartland — Baby Storytime at 10:00am baby storytime
Outdoor Learning for Kids - The Trustees of Reservations, Appleton
PENOBSCOT NATION COMMUNITY DAYS, Penobscot — Penobscot Café at 10:00am socialize
Recreation and entertainment in the Central Maine Area, Bingham — Toddler Time: Spring Nature Collage at 10:00am explore nature
Shapleigh Memorial School - Lyman Elementary - RSU 57, Shapleigh — South Berwick Earth Day Clean Up at 9:00am clean up
The Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce, Inc.,, City of Ellsworth — Junior Science: The Wonders of Water explore science

TUESDAY - 4/21

2025 Programs Sawyer Memorial, Greenbush — Family Storytime at 10:00am join us
Ages - Children's Day School of Wilton, Wilton — Mother Goose on the Loose at 10:15am mother goose
Apple Hill Stables, LLC - 6th Annual Charity Rodeo September, Lee
Arts & Entertainment, City of Ellsworth — Junior Science: The Wonders of Water explore science
Attractions - Merrill, Mercer
  • 10:00am — Mercer County Human Services Advisory Council (HSAC) Meeting hsac meeting
  • 6:30pm — Mercer County Library System is hosting the 17th Annual TrashedArt Contest Reception trashedart contest
  • 9:30pm — Read & Pick: Earth Day read pick
Biddeford ME Activities - Maine Vacation - The Lincoln Hotel, Biddeford
  • 4:30pm - 5:30pm — LEGO Club! - Junior Masterminds: Session II 2026 lego club
  • 7:30am - 5:30pm — April Vacation Camp vacation camp
Brooks - Belfast Area Chamber of Commerce, Brooklin
Calendar - The Game Loft, Belfast — Community Clay Studio for Kids clay studio
Calendar • Kids Summer Series - City of Westfield, Westfield
  • 10:00am — Colorful Camouflage info
  • 4:00pm — Beginner Creative Writing info
Caribou Viking Riders Activities and Events, Caratunk — All Sorts of Lil' Sports Session 1 at 10:30am lil sports
Carnegie Science Arboretum, Lewiston — DeStress Fest: Puddle Walk at 10:30am puddle walk
Competitions - Springfield Fair, Springfield
Discover Surry, Sullivan — Yoga on the Farm at 4:00pm yoga farm
Dixfield - River Valley Chamber of Commerce, Dexter
EXPLORE - The Brooklin Inn, Brooklin — Brown Tail Moth Volunteer Day at 10:00 a.m. volunteer day
Events - Organization - Falmouth Chamber of Commerce, Falmouth — April Guided Walk @ Town Landing at 11:00am explore nature
Events Calendar - Freeport Conservation Trust, Bradley — Freeport Community Library: Craft Pop-Up at 10:00am create
Family Fun - Bangor Downtown, Bangor
  • 10:15am — Bouncing Baby Story Time story time
  • 11:00am — Tiny Tots Storytime storytime
Frenchboro, Maine - Here in New England, Freeport — Raven Rangers Homeschool Support Program at 8:00am, 9:00am enroll
Goss Berry Farm, Maxfield
Great Oaks Wilderness Sanctuary, Parsonsfield
Homeschool Family Camp - Fall - Hartland Christian Camp, Hartland
NEHSS - Northeast Harbor Fleet, Northeast Harbor — Kid's Bracelet Making at 11:00am info
Recreation and entertainment in the Central Maine Area, Bingham — STEAM for Little Hands: Recycling Sensory Bin at 10:00am create and learn
Winter Harbor Lobster Festival, Winter Harbor — Schoodic Marine Touch Tank and Art Program at 1:00pm - 3:00pm explore marine life
York County Audubon, York — An Earth Day Bird Walk at 8:30am earth day walk

WEDNESDAY - 4/22

2025 Schedule – Harmony Free Fair, Hanover — Preschool Park Pop-Up at 10:00am - 12:00pm preschool park
Ages - Children's Day School of Wilton, Wilton
Beachcombers’ Rest Nature Center, Bristol — Earth Day Trash Cleanup at 1:00pm trash cleanup
Biddeford ME Activities - Maine Vacation - The Lincoln Hotel, Biddeford — Earth Day Parks and Trails Cleanup - Clifford Park- Earth Day Spring Clean up at 9:00am - 12:00pm earth day cleanup
Boothbay Region Land Trust, Boothbay — Midday Books at Oak Point Farm at 12:00pm read together
Brooks - Belfast Area Chamber of Commerce, Brooklin — Mini Mingle at 11:00am play learn
Calendar • Kids Summer Series - City of Westfield, Westfield
  • 10:00am — Morning Storytime info
  • 2:00pm — Afternoon Storytime info
Camp Sacajawea & Camp Amity Acres - Summer Camp at the ..., Amity
Caribou Viking Riders Activities and Events, Caratunk — Karate For Kids at 5:30pm karate kids
Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust, Damariscotta — Earth Day Trash Cleanup at 1:00pm - 3:00pm join in
Dixfield - River Valley Chamber of Commerce, Dexter
Events, Falmouth — Play and Learn: WINDY, WINDY, WINDY! at 10:30am play learn
Events - Friends of Starling Hall, Fayette — Storytime (Birth-5) at 10:30am story time
Events - Organization - Falmouth Chamber of Commerce, Falmouth — April Forest Playgroup @ Pine Grove Preserve at 10:00am forest fun
Goss Berry Farm, Maxfield — Exploring Art at 10:30am explore art
Great Oaks Wilderness Sanctuary, Parsonsfield
  • 10:00am, 10:30am — Mornings at the Museum museum mornings
  • 10:00am, 3:00pm — Boston Public Market Earth Day Festival earth day fest
  • 1:00pm, 3:00pm — Meet the Scientist: Our Changing Ocean with Boston College meet scientist
Historical Society, Atkinson — Footsteps of History: Walking Tours of Sudbury at 1:00pm register here
Homeschool Family Camp - Fall - Hartland Christian Camp, Hartland — Preschool Storytime at 10:00am preschool storytime
NEHSS - Northeast Harbor Fleet, Northeast Harbor — Movie Night: Twisters (2024) at 6:30pm info
Parks, Playgrounds and Gardens - Town of Sorrento, Maine, Somerville
Plan Your Family Vacation in Maine - Camp Arcadia, Newfield
Shapleigh Memorial School - Lyman Elementary - RSU 57, Shapleigh — Peering Into Vernal Pools at 5:30pm explore pools
Thomaston Community Events, Thomaston
  • 10:30am — Playgroup playgroup
  • 12:00pm — Watts Hall Re-Opening Celebration Free Community Events: Brown Bag with Sean Fleming's Real Ragtime re-opening celebration
Upcoming Events - Linneus SnoSports, Linneus — BINGO at Linneus Sno Sports at 6:30pm join in
Wells Reserve at Laudholm, Wells — Earth Day Celebration at 10:00am, 2:00pm celebrate earth day
Young Explorers Youth Outdoor Adventure Camp, New Gloucester — Wednesday Walkers at 10:00am join in

THURSDAY - 4/23

Ages - Children's Day School of Wilton, Wilton — Snap Circuits for Grades K-2 at 4:30pm snap circuits
Attractions - Merrill, Mercer — Mercer County Children's Interagency Coordinating at 9:30am childrens coordinating
Autumn's Gate: Niagara's Horseback Riding & Family Fun First, Strong — Music For All at 2:00pm music
Beachcombers’ Rest Nature Center, Bristol — April Trail Tamers℠ at 1:00pm trail tamers
Biddeford ME Activities - Maine Vacation - The Lincoln Hotel, Biddeford — Tiny Tigers at 9:30am - 10:30am tiny tigers
Brooks - Belfast Area Chamber of Commerce, Brooklin — Little Learners Art Lab at 11:30am art lab
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay — Earth Day Family Walk (Ages 3-10) at 10:30am celebrate earth day
Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust, Damariscotta — April Trail Tamers℠ at 1:00pm - 3:00pm build trails
Competitions - Springfield Fair, Springfield — Bomba Pop Up Class with the Community Music School of Springfield at 3:30pm music class
Dixfield - River Valley Chamber of Commerce, Dexter — Makerspace at 4:30pm makerspace
Events, Falmouth
  • 10:30am — Toddler Storytime storytime
  • 3:30pm — Kids Club: LEGO Free Play lego play
Events - Friends of Starling Hall, Fayette — Free Play (Birth-5) at 10:30am free play
Family Fun - Bangor Downtown, Bangor
  • 10:00am — Celebrate National Library Week: Decorate Bookends decorate bookends
  • 2:00pm — Next Chapter Book Club book club
Goss Berry Farm, Maxfield
Homeschool Family Camp - Fall - Hartland Christian Camp, Hartland
Jewish Summer Camp: Belgrade, Maine, New England: Camp Modin, Belgrade — Family Camp, April ’26 family camp
Lewiston Community Events, Lewiston — Lewiston Live! Busking Festival at 4:00pm explore
NEHSS - Northeast Harbor Fleet, Northeast Harbor
  • 10:30am — Baby/Toddler Storytime info
  • 3:00pm — Girls Who Code Club-CANCELLED APRIL 23 info
Open Space & Recreation - TOWN OF SURRY, ME, Surry — The Shark is Broken at 7:00pm season plays
PENOBSCOT NATION COMMUNITY DAYS, Penobscot — K9 Frisbee Toss & Fetch at 5:30pm join us
Parks, Playgrounds and Gardens - Town of Sorrento, Maine, Somerville
  • 10:00am — Bingo at Holland Street (Council on Aging) bingo
  • 10:30am — Coffee & Conversation Holland Street (Council on Aging) coffee conversation
Perkins Arboretum, Waterville — Storytime Walk at Mill Brook Preserve South at 10:00am storytime walk
Plan Your Family Vacation in Maine - Camp Arcadia, Newfield — Paul School Open House Art Show at 5:00pm see art

FRIDAY - 4/24

2025 Programs Sawyer Memorial, Greenbush — Baby Storytime at 10:30am join us
24th Annual Smelt Fry & Fisheries Celebration - Smithereen F, Columbia Falls — 6 Year Birthday and Community Appreciation Party at 2:00pm birthday party
Ages - Children's Day School of Wilton, Wilton
Autumn's Gate: Niagara's Horseback Riding & Family Fun First, Strong — Day of Dance! at 11:00am dance
Blue Hill Community Events, Blue Hill — Tree Planting with BHHT at 8:00am - 5:00pm plant trees
Dixfield - River Valley Chamber of Commerce, Dexter — Arbor Day Tree Giveaway tree giveaway
Event List - Addison County Chamber of Commerce, Addison
Events, Falmouth — Preschool Storytime at 10:30am storytime
Events - Shapleigh Memorial School, Shapleigh — Arbor Day Celebration at 9:00am celebrate plants
Events Calendar - Freeport Conservation Trust, Bradley
  • 10:30am — Freeport Community Services: Art Van explore
  • 10:30am — Freeport Community Services: Art Van – copy explore
Family Fun - Bangor Downtown, Bangor
Festivals & Events Calendar for the Region - Visit Lubec Mai, Baileyville — Denizens of the Deep: Fish of Bonaire at 1:00pm fish of bonaire
Fort Fairfield Potato Blossom Festival – Home Town Proud, Fayette — Spring Fling at 6:00pm - 8:00pm spring fling
Goss Berry Farm, Maxfield — Sensory Play at 10:00am sensory play
Great Oaks Wilderness Sanctuary, Parsonsfield
Homeschool Family Camp - Fall - Hartland Christian Camp, Hartland
Jewish Summer Camp: Belgrade, Maine, New England: Camp Modin, Belgrade — Adventure Day Pass April ’26 at 10:00am, 4:00pm adventure day
Jonesboro Occasions, Jonesboro — Oasis Arts and Eats Fest at 12:00pm, 6:00pm arts and eats
Madison-Anson Days 2025 - 107.9 The Mix, Anson
  • 5:00pm — Spaghetti Dinner: Maine Chapter of American Mothers join in
  • 7:30pm — Once Upon a Mattress see show
Mclaughlin Garden & Homestead, South Paris — Volunteer Fridays at 9:30am - 11:00am volunteer
PENOBSCOT NATION COMMUNITY DAYS, Penobscot — Music Buffet at 7:00pm hear music
Plan Your Family Vacation in Maine - Camp Arcadia, Newfield
Programs, Greenfield
Shapleigh Memorial School - Lyman Elementary - RSU 57, Shapleigh
The Family Room, Burlington — Kids Fest at 10:00am kids fest
Thomaston Community Events, Thomaston — The Crafters Club at 4:30pm craft club

SATURDAY - 4/25

2025 Schedule – Harmony Free Fair, Hanover
  • 10:00am - 2:00pm — Mary Poppins Gardenpalooza A Spoonful of Spring mary poppins
  • 10:30am - 12:30pm — Family Fun Day family fun day
  • 1:00pm - 4:00pm — Amelia in Bloom amelia bloom
  • 1:00pm - 4:00pm — Amelia in Bloom: A Spring Aesthetic Open House amelia bloom
About Us - Phippsburg Historical Society, Phippsburg — Seal Day with the Portland Sea Dogs at 1:00pm seal day
Ages - Children's Day School of Wilton, Wilton — Tales to Tails at 11:00am tales tails
Beachcombers’ Rest Nature Center, Bristol — Bristol’s Elmer Tarr Roadside Cleanup roadside cleanup
Boothbay Region Land Trust, Boothbay
Camp Sacajawea & Camp Amity Acres - Summer Camp at the ..., Amity — Build Like a Girl Engineer Journey at 1:00pm engineer journey
Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust, Damariscotta — Bristol’s Elmer Tarr Roadside Cleanup help out
Events - Eat Downeast, Pembroke
  • 11:00am — 24th Annual Smelt Fry & Fisheries Celebration see details
  • 11:00am — Seaweed Saturday 2026 see details
Events - Shapleigh Memorial School, Shapleigh — Volunteer Workday at McKeon Reserve at 9:00am volunteer workday
Events Calendar - Freeport Conservation Trust, Bradley
  • 10:30am — Freeport Community Library: Darn It! Mending Drop-In learn
  • 11:00am — Visit Freeport & Meetinghouse Arts: OPEN STUDIO SATURDAY create
Family Fun - Bangor Downtown, Bangor
Family Fun - Ossipee Valley Music Festival, Cornish — Daffodil Duck Derby at 11:00am duck derby
Family Fun - Visit Belmont County, Belmont — Youth Spelling Bee at 11:00am compete
Family and Kids in Buckfield - TripHobo, Brunswick
Great Oaks Wilderness Sanctuary, Parsonsfield
Hallowell Community Events, Hallowell — Hallowell's Earth Day at 9:00am earth day
Harvestfest - Columbia Falls Area Chamber of Commerce, Columbia Falls — 6 Year Birthday and Community Appreciation Party community party
Local Events - Princeton, ME - The Hideaway on Pocomoonsine, Columbia Falls
  • 11:00am — 24th Annual Smelt Fry & Fisheries Celebration see details
  • 11:00am — Seaweed Saturday 2026 see details
Madison-Anson Days 2025 - 107.9 The Mix, Anson
  • 10:00am — National Drug Take Back Day dispose meds
  • 10:00am — Putt Puttin’ with DeMolay play golf
Midcoast Conservancy / Hidden Valley Nature Center, Jefferson — Vernal Pool Exploration at 1:00pm – 3:00pm explore nature
NEHSS - Northeast Harbor Fleet, Northeast Harbor — All Ages Storytime at 10:00am info
PENOBSCOT NATION COMMUNITY DAYS, Penobscot — Pancake and More Breakfasts breakfast
Paris Hill Maine Historic District, Paris
Plan Your Family Vacation in Maine - Camp Arcadia, Newfield — 3Doodler Youth Craft at 10:00am youth craft
Point Passadumkeag River Cabins, Parsonsfield — Spring Ecology Walk at Spruce Ridge Wilderness Preserve at 10:00am explore nature
Recreation and entertainment in the Central Maine Area, Bingham — Kids’ Cultural Kaleidoscope at 10:00am explore culture
Shapleigh Memorial School - Lyman Elementary - RSU 57, Shapleigh — Public Beach Cleanup Hosted by Seacoast Paddleboard Club at 10:00am beach cleanup
Thomaston Community Events, Thomaston — All Ages Story Time at 10:30am story time
Town Departments - The Town of Norway - Norway, Maine, Norway — Safe Sitter 9-3 at 9:00am safe sitter
York Land Trust, York — The Joy of Coastal Spring in Maine: Guided Forest Bathing at 1:00pm explore nature

SUNDAY - 4/26

Autumn's Gate: Niagara's Horseback Riding & Family Fun First, Strong — Play Lab: Spin Art at 10:00am create
Beachcombers’ Rest Nature Center, Bristol — Salt Bay Sunday with Mid-coast Audubon at 7:00am salt bay sunday
Belfast Community Events, Belfast — Community Tea Party at 1:00pm join in
Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust, Damariscotta — Salt Bay Sunday with Mid-coast Audubon at 7:00am - 10:00am go birding
Events Calendar - Freeport Conservation Trust, Bradley — Wolfe’s Neck Center: Shuck Yeah! Oyster Shucking and Cooking Class at 3:00pm cook
Experience Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon — Pinecone Bird Feeder Craft at Conchas Lake State Park craft birds
Lewiston Community Events, Lewiston — Dash For Dogs 5K & Strutt Your Mutt Dog Walk (GAHS) at 9:00am join in
Madison-Anson Days 2025 - 107.9 The Mix, Anson
  • 12:00pm — Coloring with Goats color goats
  • 9:00am — 15th Annual One in Five 5K run walk
Maine Outdoor Education Program - Penobscot River Trails, Penobscot — APRIL PCCA ARCHERY WEEK 2 at 6:00pm archery class
Martin Woods Farm, Standish
Monthly Kids' Craft Pop Up at The Allagash Bungalow - Event, Allagash
  • 10:00am — Spring Into Art Camp art camp
  • 10:00am — Phenomenal Physics with Mad Science mad science
  • 10:30am — Live Animal Encounter with Joy Marzolf animal encounter
  • 1:30pm — Big Patriots Day Sports Card and Pokemon Show pokemon show
  • 5:00pm — Pet Therapy & Craft Kids' Night! - North Charleston kids night
  • 5:00pm — Pet Therapy & Craft Kids' Night! - Cayce kids night

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