In Maine, there is ALWAYS something to celebrate. If you’re bored here…it’s your own darn fault!
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Foodie Festivals
Music Festivals
Art Festivals
Culture Festivals
Seasonal/Holiday Festivals
Foodie Festivals
All the food that’s fit to be eaten
Lisbon Falls hosts Maine’s Moxie Festival, to celebrate the most loved (or hated) soda that is said to have been created right here. We’ve got MOXIE!
The Moxie Festival
The BUSIEST of all festivals in the state, I believe. Featuring a not to be missed enormous parade, tons of steamed clams, and down home comfort foods.
Yarmouth Clam Festival - A Maine Summertime Tradition ...
To beer or not to beer. THAT is the question.
Swine & Stein Brewfest - Gardiner, Maine Beer Festival on Oct ...
MIles and miles of whoopie pies to be consumed by YOU!
Maine Whoopie Pie Festival | Discover. Taste. Experience.
I am not sure how I personally feel about Maine's staple red hot dog. The red Snapper. But I DO love hot dogs!
Maine Red Hot Dog Festival - Dexter Maine
a STATE-WIDE event to celebrate the sweetness of Maple Syrup and it's production in Maine. Local maple sugar producers across the state open their farms up for visitors, and have samples, demonstrations, and other events all weekend long!
Maine Maple Sunday Weekend
The whole town turns in oyster central for two days in late June. Purchase tickets, and sample oysters from 45+ oyster farms across Maine. Live music, food trucks, kids activities, and the grand Oyster Shucking Contest.
The Maine Oyster Festival | Freeport
Come to Farmington to celebrate the seasonal fern that is a culinary delight for many a Mainer!
Maine Fiddlehead Festival
Why would someone not enjoy a while weekend of eating donuts? LFG!!!
Donut Festival - Rockport, ME
Maine Grains Alliance celebration of local grain farmers, producers, and bakers of artisan bread.
Bread Fair - Skowhegan
Statewide events for the blueberry enthusiasts to support Maine's wild blueberry farms!
Wild Blueberry Weekend
Wind your way through Maine, to sample wine and support local vineyards
Maine Wine Trail
Cheese Louise, support dairy farms and cheese please!
Maine Cheese Festival
That's the gravy on top of one of Maine's favorite dishes!
Maine PoutineFest
Mmmm a festival for MY personal favorite Maine Candy? YES!
Maine Needham Fest
MORE ways to celebrate cheese? YEHHH!
Open Creamery Day
This festival is RIGHT on the coast, in the heart of downtown Rockland. It celebrates the Lobstering industry in the State of Maine. Come hungry and be prepared to FEAST.
Maine Lobster Festival - A Seafood Festival - Rockland, Maine
Music Festivals
So much good music comes out of this state
Inaugural year for this festival, in Portland’s Payson Park! Check out the line up!
Back Cove Festival | Portland | August 2-3, 2025
1st Annual country and Americana music festival in Carrabasset Valley.
Tall Timber Music Festival
Live music on the harbor in Rockland. Join the fun for the famous PUB CRAWL downtown.
North Atlantic Blues Festival
Big music festival brings excitement to the Ossipee Valley, every summer.
Ossipee Valley Music Festival
This bluegrass festival used to be hosted in Sidney, Maine but has since moved to Litchfield as it has grown!
Blistered Fingers Family Bluegrass Festival
Art Festivals
Maine is an artists muse.
Always a beautiful day in Brunswick Maine. The artists and vendors span from one end of town to the other. Artist demonstrations, live music, good food!
Brunswick Outdoor Arts Festival
Meet and Greets with local and seasonal artists that reside across the Harpswell peninsulas
Harpswell Open Studio Tour
Visit local Pottery studios across the state, support an artist. Learn about pottery and ceramics, and make some beautiful purchases!
Maine Pottery Tour
Celebrate and purchase art from local artists while enjoying the beauty of the Winthrop Lakes region
Winthrop Arts Festival
"The Global Destination for Dance", support the dancers and attend this beautiful festival.
Bates Dance Festival
Culture Festivals
Culture in Maine?! We’ve got PLENTY!
A beautiful celebration of all things Franco-American in one of Maine’s quintessential mill towns.
La Kermesse Festival - Biddeford
There is a CULTURE of kindness, in the city of Bath, every day. But this festival brings it all to the downtown area for the day
Kindness Day Bath
A street festival in Portland, Maine. Celebrating Italian Culture. Food, music, friends and family come together.
St Peter's Bizaar -Italian Festival
Chester Greenwood resided in Farmington, Maine. HE invented the Earmuffs. Farmington celebrates this every year with a big festival and parade!
Chester Greenwood Day - Downtown Farmington Maine
Come to Bootthbay Harbor for Windjammer Days, and experience the harbor full of the most beautiful historic ships.
Windjammer Days
Why celebrate the 4th of July for just one day, when you can come to Bath and celebrate for 5 days? Live music, Strawberry Shortcake Social, a fireman's muster, the largest 4th of July parade in Maine, and some of the largest fireworks displays.
Bath Heritage Days
in Milo Maine they dont swat at the blackflies that buzz and bite your skin. They CELEBRATE them. What?
Black Fly Festival (Milo, Maine)
Northern Maine grows so many potatoes.
Maine Potato Blossom Festival
Belfast celebrates all things Celtic with this wonderful summer celebration.
Maine Celtic Celebration
Pick a farm, any farm...and go visit on this day! Support your local farmers.
Open Farm Day
Get on the water! It's the Maine way of life.
River Fest - Skowhegan R
A festival to celebrate the true Acadian culture and history of the great state of Maine
Madawaska Acadian Festival
Maine's Highland Games. A celebration of Scottish culture in Midcoast Maine
46th Maine Highland Games and Scottish Festival
Celebrate the thrill of a hike, with food and music in Millinocket, Maine!
Trails End Festival
Probably one of the single most quirky festivals we’ve got in Maine. But did you know that Wiscasset, Maine is the worm capital of the world?! I didn’t until now. You’re welcome. 🪱
HOME | Wiscasset Wormfest
Seasonal/Holiday Festivals
In October, GIANT pumpkins line the streets of Damariscottta. They are carved and decorated by local businesses an artists and left on display throughout the duration of the festival. Don't miss the HUGE parade, the mass amounts of pumpkin flavored f...
Damariscotta Pumpkinfest & Regatta
LL Bean. Christmas Lights. Giant light parade. a Talking Tree. Santa's Elves handing out gift cards to shoppers downtown. Making your own candy canes. It is Christmas in Maine! Ayuh!
Sparkle Celebration | Freeport
Lobster Trap Christmas Tree. Giant Light Parade, and Santa arriving by lobster boat!
Rockland's Festival of Lights
Live music, local artisans, slinging their fall themed goodies for the good people of Maine.
Freeport Fall Festival -
this beautiful railway museum in Boothbay, hosts this fun festival every year. Sample tasty food, take a train ride, and enjoy the fresh air and gorgeous foliage.
Fall Foliage Festival at the Boothbay Railway Village
Food trucks, history living right in front of you. Visit the pumpkin patch and paint your own pumpkin.
