Arts & Museums

Schoodic Arts For All Festival Winter Harbor

This year marks the 25th year of the Schoodic Arts Festival, which provides visual and performing arts workshops and performances for the Schoodic Peninsula and the surrounding region. This year’s festival will take place from July 23 through Aug. 12, including a wide variety of workshops, lunchtime events, and evening performances. These exciting workshops cover topics ranging from painting to pottery, writing to dance, cooking, and everything in between.

First Fridays Downtown Bangor

Celebrate the first Friday of every month in historic downtown Bangor with shopping, dining, arts, music, and more. Trunk shows, restaurant discounts, jazz, theater, art receptions and more will keep visitors entertained all over downtown Bangor.

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Haystack Mountain School Of Crafts Summer Workshops Deer Isle

Haystack’s 2023 season explores the intersections of craft, art, and design in broad and expansive ways. Nearly all workshops are designed for all levels of experience, regardless of your background. Writing workshops, artist talks, crafting and blacksmithing demonstrations are all on summer schedule and much more.

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Maine Celtic Celebration Belfast

Come enjoy a family-friendly day celebrating Celtic heritage, culture, and hospitality in Maine with lots of fun on the Belfast waterfront. Activities include highland heavy games, cheese roll, celtic music, a dog show, fireworks, and more. Coming July 21-23, 2023.

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Maine Quilts 2023 Augusta

Pine Tree Quilters presents its annual quilting celebration July 27-29 at the Augusta Civic Center. Enjoy workshops, demonstrations, lectures, raffles, and a merchants hall, along with a variety of special exhibits. MAINEQUILTS.ORG

EASTPORT & LUBEC ARTWALKS EASTPORT AND LUBEC

The Eastport & Lubec Artwalks celebrate the region’s rich cultural heritage, with all-ages, all-inclusive interactive art activities, gallery receptions, live music, film, dance, storytelling, puppetry, parades, and more. This year’s events include a Pride Weekend on June 22-25, Mermaid Festival Aug. 3-6, and Witches of Eastport on Oct. 21.

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Arts In The Park

Belfast

Set this year for June 24-25, 2023, in Belfast’s Steamboat Landing Park along the waterfront, Arts in the Park is one of the most respected fine arts and crafts festivals in midcoast Maine. The variety of artwork and crafts is dizzying, and continuous live music and the smells of freshly grilled food add to the festival atmosphere.

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Stillwater Artsapalooza Orono

A date for this yearly celebration of community arts in the Orono area has yet to be posted. Venues across Orono typically showcase music, theater, dance, poetry and more, in an all-day, family-friendly artistic extravaganza. The event is organized by Stillwater Community Arts. Check the website for updates!

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