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WEEK OF MAY 18 - MAY 24, 2026

From Invasive Plant Pull at York Land Trust to 4th/5th Grade Early Release Wednesdays - June 3rd at Kennebunkport Parks & Recreation and Pre-K Music and Movement at Kennebunk Parks & Recreation.

MONDAY - 5/18

Arundel Parks and Recreation, Arundel
  • 2:45pm — 2025/2026 Before & After School Program - May afternoons after school
  • 2:45pm — 2025/2026 Before & After School Program - June afternoons after school
  • 6:45am — 2025/2026 Before & After School Program - May mornings after school
  • 6:45am — 2025/2026 Before & After School Program - June mornings after school
Farm and Nature Education Programs - Carlisle Academy, Lyman
  • 10:00am — Biddeford-Saco Memorial Day Parade & Ceremony memorial day
  • 10:00am — York Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony memorial day
  • 11:00am — Berwick Memorial Day Parade memorial day
  • 1:00pm — Old Orchard Beach Memorial Day Parade memorial day
  • 2:00pm — Kennebunk Memorial Day Parade memorial day
  • 9:00am — Wells Memorial Day Parade memorial day
  • 9:30am — Kennebunkport Memorial Day Parade memorial day
Kennebunk Free Library (Family Place), Kennebunk — Storytime at 10:00am join in
Kennebunk Parks & Recreation, Kennebunk — TBA at - name: SUMMER PROGRAMMING summer program
Kennebunkport Parks & Recreation, Kennebunkport — After School Adventures '25/'26 at 2:30pm after school
Limerick Parks and Recreation, Limerick — Cards at 1:00pm learn more
Parsons Memorial Library, Alfred
Summer Programs - Briarwood Children's House of Lyman, Maine, Lyman
  • - name: Day Camp 1 - 2026 — TBA day camp
  • - name: Day Camp 2 - 2026 — TBA day camp
  • - name: Day Camp 3 - 2026 — TBA day camp
  • - name: Day Camp 4 - 2026 (Overnight Available) — TBA day camp

TUESDAY - 5/19

Arundel Parks and Recreation, Arundel — Spring Flag Football! - Grades 1,2,3 at 4:00pm flag football
Eliot Recreation Department, Eliot — Firefighter Graduation at 11:00am - 8:00pm firefighter graduation
Frinklepod Farm, Arundel — Sauerkraut & Kimchi: Fermenting Workshop at 5:00pm, 6:30pm view event
Kennebunk Free Library (Family Place), Kennebunk — Kindness Crew at 3:45pm join in
Kennebunk Parks & Recreation, Kennebunk
  • 10:30am — All Sorts of Lil' Sports Session 2 lil sports
  • 2:00pm — Pre-K Music and Movement pre-k music
  • 2:45pm — Blast-Off Rocketry!! blast off
  • 2:45pm — Pre-K Music and Movement! pre-k music
Kennebunkport Parks & Recreation, Kennebunkport — Tennis in the Parks - Learn and Play (Youth) - Spring Session at 4:00pm tennis youth
Limerick Parks and Recreation, Limerick
Plan Your Family Vacation in Maine - Camp Arcadia, Newfield
Shapleigh Memorial School - Lyman Elementary - RSU 57, Shapleigh — The Great Green Crab Hunt at 2:00pm explore nature
Summer Camp - Frinklepod Farm, Arundel — Sauerkraut & Kimchi: Fermenting Workshop at 5:00pm - 6:30pm view event
Wells Reserve at Laudholm, Wells
  • 10:00am — Springtime Forest Foray forest foray
  • 10:00am — Estuary Discoveries discoveries
  • 11:00am — Preschool Story Hour: The Wide-Mouthed Frog story hour
  • 9:00am — Summer Camp: Critter Camp (June - July) critter camp
York Land Trust, York — Invasive Plant Pull at 9:00am plant pull
York Public Library, York

WEDNESDAY - 5/20

Arundel Community Events, Arundel — Ice Cream Night at Seashore Trolley Museum at 5:30pm, 6:00pm, 6:30pm ice cream night
Arundel Parks and Recreation, Arundel
  • 11:45am — 2025/2026 School Year Half-day no-school day & vacation week trips & activities - Wednesday, 6/3/2026 Half-day trip/activity: Hilltop Fun Center, Dover, NH vacation week
  • 4:00pm — Spring Flag Football! - Grades 4&5 flag football
Classes - The Eliot School of Fine & Applied ..., Eliot
Frinklepod Farm, Arundel — Strawberry Jam: Canning Workshop at 5:00pm, 7:30pm view event
Kennebunk Free Library (Family Place), Kennebunk — TBA at - name: Bead Craft create
Kennebunk Parks & Recreation, Kennebunk
Kennebunkport Parks & Recreation, Kennebunkport
  • 10:30am — Music Together - Kazoo Song Collection music together
  • 12:00pm — 4th/5th Grade Early Release Wednesdays - June 3rd early release
  • 12:00pm — Early Release Wednesdays '25/'26 - June 3rd early release
Parks and Recreation - Acton, MA, Acton
  • 6:00pm — Kids Concert Night-Ben Rudnick & Friends kids concert
  • 6:00pm — Kids Concert Night-Jeff Jam kids concert
Parsons Memorial Library, Alfred
Plan Your Family Vacation in Maine - Camp Arcadia, Newfield
Summer Camp - Frinklepod Farm, Arundel — Strawberry Jam: Canning Workshop at 5:00pm - 7:30pm view event
Wells Parks & Recreation, Wells
  • 10:00am — Wells Library Reading Time reading time
  • 4:00pm — Tennis in the Parks-Youth - Red Ball Tennis: SPRING play tennis
  • 5:00pm — Tennis in the Parks-Youth - Red Ball Tennis (2): SPRING play tennis
York Land Trust, York — Bird Walk Wednesday with White Pine Programs: May at 9:00am bird walk
York Public Library, York

THURSDAY - 5/21

Arundel Parks and Recreation, Arundel — Spring A"Run"del Running Club - Kindergarten - 5th at 4:00pm running club
Classes - The Eliot School of Fine & Applied ..., Eliot
Eliot Recreation Department, Eliot
Kennebunk Free Library (Family Place), Kennebunk — Lego Club at 3:45pm build
Kennebunkport Parks & Recreation, Kennebunkport — Lacrosse for Beginners - Beginner Lacrosse (Pre-K - K) at 4:30pm lacrosse beginners
Parks and Recreation - Acton, MA, Acton — TBA at - name: Independence Day Celebration independence day
Plan Your Family Vacation in Maine - Camp Arcadia, Newfield — TBA at - name: Youth Talk Like Yoda Day yoda day
Seashore Trolley Museum, Kennebunkport — Model Railroad Building Open at 10:00am model railroad
Wells Parks & Recreation, Wells
York Land Trust, York
  • 10:30am — Storytime at York Land Trust: June storytime
  • 9:00am — Fuller Forest Preserve Invasive Plant Pull plant pull

FRIDAY - 5/22

Arundel Community Events, Arundel — 3rd Annual ACT Community Celebration at 5:00pm celebrate
Farm and Nature Education Programs - Carlisle Academy, Lyman
Kennebunkport Parks & Recreation, Kennebunkport
Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library, Kennebunkport — STORYTIME – FRIDAYS 10 AM at 10:00am storytime
Plan Your Family Vacation in Maine - Camp Arcadia, Newfield
Wells Reserve at Laudholm, Wells — Sense of Wonder Walk at 1:00pm wonder walk

SATURDAY - 5/23

Eliot Recreation Department, Eliot
Event Calendar - Kennebunk-Kennebunkport-Arundel Chamber of, Arundel — TBA at - name: Welcome back to the Artisans Marketplace! explore crafts
Farm and Nature Education Programs - Carlisle Academy, Lyman — Music on Main at 12:00pm music main
Kennebunk Parks & Recreation, Kennebunk — TBA at - name: Celebration of Our Fish and Rivers - World Fish Migration Day fish rivers
Parks and Recreation - Acton, MA, Acton — TBA at - name: Great American Campout at NARA campout
Plan Your Family Vacation in Maine - Camp Arcadia, Newfield
  • - name: Youth Creativity Day — TBA creativity day
  • 10:00am — Art Reception - Maureen McCarthy art reception
  • 10:00am — Youth World Turtle Day turtle day
  • 9:00am — Friends of the Wakefield Libraries Book Sale book sale
Sanford Parks & Recreation, Sanford — Sanford Farmers Market at 8:00am - 12:00pm farmers market
Seashore Trolley Museum, Kennebunkport
  • - name: Military Appreciation Weekend — TBA military appreciation
  • - name: Speeder Day at Seashore — TBA speeder day
  • - name: “I’ve Driven By Several Times But I’ve Never Been Down the Driveway” Days at Seashore — TBA driveway days
  • 9:30am — Open Today! open today
Shapleigh Memorial School - Lyman Elementary - RSU 57, Shapleigh
York County Audubon, York — A Celebration of Fish and Rivers on World Fish Migration Day at 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm celebrate fish
York Land Trust, York — Get to Know Your Preserves Summer Series: Fuller Forest Preserve at 10:00am explore preserve
Young's Jersey Dairy: Homemade Ice Cream & Family Fun on the, Dayton
  • - name: 52nd Annual Powwow and craft fair — TBA join in
  • 10:00am — WIIC 43ND ANNUAL POWWOW join in
  • 10:00am — RI INDIAN COUNCIL POWWOW join in
  • 10:00am — Eastern Woodland Intertribal Powwow join in
  • 10:00am — Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum Powwow join in
  • 11:00am — Abenaki Heritage Weekend Native Arts Market join in
  • 9:00am — METIS OF MAINE Gathering and Powwow join in

SUNDAY - 5/24

Classes - The Eliot School of Fine & Applied ..., Eliot — Beach Day at 8:30am beach day
Eliot Recreation Department, Eliot
Frinklepod Farm, Arundel — Pop-Up Market! at 12:00pm, 4:00pm view event
Hackmatack Playhouse, Berwick — Sundays At The Farm at 1:00pm join in
Kennebunk Parks & Recreation, Kennebunk
  • 10:00am — Spring Red Ball - Grades 1-2 red ball
  • 11:00am — Spring Orange Ball - Grades 3-5 orange ball
  • 2:30pm — Spring Green Ball - Grades 6-8 green ball
Sanford Parks & Recreation, Sanford — Family Gospel Singers at 2:30pm - 5:30pm singers
Seashore Trolley Museum, Kennebunkport
Shapleigh Memorial School - Lyman Elementary - RSU 57, Shapleigh — Public Beach Cleanup Hosted by Seacoast Paddleboard Club at 10:00am clean up
Summer Camp - Frinklepod Farm, Arundel — Pop-Up Market! at 12:00pm - 4:00pm view event

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