Slurp, shuck, and sip at Maine Oyster Festival
The Maine Oyster Festival returns June 27-29, 2025, to downtown Freeport. If you love oysters, you’ll want to be there. Even better: Attendance is...
Maine’s best food festivals & events
Hungry for a taste of the real Maine? Feast upon this tasting portion of some of Maine's best food festivals and events. (Updated July...
Light up your life: Visit a Maine lighthouse this summer
The romanticism of lighthouse life has motivated many a traveler to seek out a Maine lighthouse or two, and there are numerous ways to...
Why attend the Free Freeport Fall Festival
Whether you're looking to entertain the kids or to finish (start?) your holiday shopping, the free family-oriented fun Freeport Fall Festival is the answer....
Maine birding festivals: Add to your life list
Add a new species to your life list at one of these Maine Birding Festivals.
Grand Lake Stream Folk Arts Festival is a downeast Maine treasure
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Maine has plenty of festivals, but my favorite is the Grand Lake Stream Folk Arts Festival, an all-around good-time event. I attend almost every...
Maine Maple Sunday: the sweetest day of the year
Maine Maple Sunday, when Maine's maple syrup producers strut their sap, is the sweetest day of the year. On the fourth Sunday of March, Maine's...
Top 10: Best of Rockland, Maine
Wondering where to start when it comes to finding the best of Rockland? Right here.
Rockland rocks. Named a Distinctive Destination by the National Trust...
Windjammer Days 2022 honors 16 Maine women on the waterfront
Boothbay Harbor — The 2022 Windjammer Days festival celebrates working women on the waterfront. Sixty years ago, Captain Marion Dash, the first female boat...
Chill with Cirque du Soleil’s Crystal ice show
Crystal, Cirque du Soleil's first ice show, shimmers and shines. When you take one of the world's foremost athletic troupes and put it on...
All agog about Maine’s Gardens Aglow
Brighten the season with Maine's Gardens Aglow, the annual holiday light extravaganza at the Maine Coastal Botanical Gardens in Boothbay.
If this vibrant illumination isn't...
Eight great Maine summer music festivals
Get your groove on at one of these eight Maine summer music festivals. We've gotcha covered, from rock to folk, bluegrass to blues, pops...
A day on Penobscot Bay aboard the Maine Windjammer Stephen Taber
Just as the show must go on, so must the race. Last Friday, on a foggy and damp morning, with Hurricane Arthur rumbling up...
History buffs and vintage auto fans: Don’t miss Founder’s Day in Paris Hill, Maine
Once a year, tiny Paris Hill comes alive for its Founders Day celebration, when Bob Bahre shares his private car collection with the public....
Maine Restaurant Returns to add some pizzazz to your March
Despite the snow and frigid temps, my winter hibernation is over. I'm swinging back into Maine Travel Maven mode with a reminder about Maine Restaurant...
