15
June
July 24 – Aug 2, 2009
Steamboat Landing Park
Belfast, Maine
For the third year in a row, the Belfast Maskers, a community-sponsored and community-run live theater company, is staging an out-of-doors production at Steamboat Landing Park in Belfast. This year they will be performing Oliver!, a large cast musical adapted from the Charles Dickens’ classic, Oliver Twist. [...]
15
June
This three-day festival (Friday, July 17 – Sunday, July 19) highlights the Celtic history and culture of the Maine coast. Enjoy traditional Celtic music with bagpipes, fiddles, drums and accoridans; watch games like cheese rolling and wheelbarrow races; sample homemade food and of course traditional Guiness stout. The event is run by community volunteers and [...]
15
June
July 29 – Aug 2, 2009
Rockland, ME
The focus of this festival is, of course, fresh hot Maine lobster! Enjoy your lobster dinner under the Maine Eating Tent while enjoying a view of Penobscot Bay. What could be better on a warm August day? During last year’s Lobster Festival, over 20,000 pounds of luscious lobster was [...]
15
June
Merryspring, is a non-profit, privately-owned 66-acre park and education center in Camden and Rockport, Maine, with nature trails and eight gardens open to the public every day free of charge. This member-supported organization offers talks, classes and workshops throughout the year.
The Merryspring Nature Center is just 20 min from Belfast Bay Inn.
www.merryspring.org
15
June
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Belfast, ME
This festival is described as “a great day of small boats”, with boat races in Belfast Harbor, a fishing tournament, and a boat show at Heritage Park. Visitors will have the chance to talk with local boat builders and craftsmen and watch boat building demonstrations. The Penobscot Marine Museum will also [...]
15
June
The Cellardoor Winery in Lincolnville (just 15 min from Belfast Bay Inn) offers tours and wine and cheese tastings nearly every weekend throughout the summer. Or you can visit their Villa store in Rockport (another 10 mins away) and while in town, drop by the State of Maine Cheese Shop or their Rockport Marketplace, where [...]
15
June
The Belfast Garden Club offers open garden tours every Friday between May and September from 10am – 5pm. Check the Belfast Garden Club website for the list of the gardens on this year’s tour.
Some tours include refreshments, live music, and visits with artists or writers in residence, in addition to beautiful garden displays. Bring your [...]
9
June
Bay Chamber Concerts was founded as a summer chamber music festival in 1961 by the late Andrew Wolf, pianist, and flutist Thomas Wolf. The two teenage brothers had summered in Rockport, Maine since early childhood.
In organizing a concert series, they were following in the footsteps of famous musicians who had been associated with the Curtis [...]