WHO: The Midcoast Community Chorus

WHAT: Artistic Director Kim Murphy and accompanist Matt Mainster will lead over 100 singers and local musicians in a diverse lineup of inspiring music, including classic songs like Bridge Over Troubled Waters and What The World Needs Now Is Love, and more contemporary young composers like Connor Warren Smith and Kyle Pederson.

WHERE: The Strom Auditorium at Camden Hills Regional High School, 25 Keelson Drive, Rockport ME 04856

WHEN: Thursday, June 12th, 2025 at 7:00pm

WHY: This year’s concert is a benefit for OUT Maine, the popular statewide nonprofit that is headquartered in Rockland and dedicated to supporting, empowering, and advocating for LGBTQIA+ youth. MCC will present OUT Maine a grant of $5,000 during the concert that will help this incredible organization continue its vital work creating safe, welcoming spaces and resources for queer and trans youth across the state. 

Tickets are on sale now at: mccsings.org/tickets

Join us Saturday, June 7th at The Wharf at Lyman-Morse in Camden for Podcast Palooza 2, a festive kickoff to summer and the official launch of Season 2 of the Camden Famous podcast.

Filmed on location at Salt Wharf Restaurant, this season brings together some of the most compelling voices in Midcoast Maine—from James Beard Award-winning Chef Melissa Kelly of Primo to leaders from The Strand Theatre, CIFF, The Apprenticeshop, CMCA, and more. It’s our biggest season yet, and we’re celebrating in style.

The evening will include live performances by members of the Midcoast Community Chorus and KEA Dance Center plus a photo booth to capture the fun. The Apprenticeshop will be bringing one of their hand-built boats for attendees to explore, and CMCA will debut an interactive art installation created just for this event. Our podcast producer, Gardiner Bryant, will be set up with recording gear if you'd like to drop in and leave a message. And copies of The Insider’s Guide to Midcoast Maine, our new book, will be available as well.

Come meet the guests behind the mic, take in the harbor views, and raise a glass to the stories that make this place special.

With gratitude to our event sponsors, Camden National Bank, RE/MAX Jaret & Cohn and CJ Strength.

Space is limited and this event will sell out so be sure to reserve your ticket today!
Children under the age of 12 can attend for free and must be accompanied by an adult at all times.

For all of the details and to get your tickets, head to our page on on Eventbrite here.

Enjoy a day at Harbor Park in Rockland and support 50 local makers of all things handmade!

Shop quality, handmade products, including jewelry, soap, stained glass, sea glass crafts, clothing, candles, art and more - you'll find something for everyone! 

Free admission and free parking.

Location:
Harbor Park, 1 Pleasant St, Rockland, ME 04841

Camden Famous is delighted to be cohosting the first Annual Outdoor Spring Market at The Wharf at Lyman-Morse on Saturday, May 17, from 12 to 4pm.

More than 20 local vendors will line the boardwalk with fresh food, drinks, and handcrafted goods. The market is timed to coincide with “Camden is Blooming,” a downtown celebration put on by the Camden Area Business Group featuring sidewalk sales, live music, and family-friendly activities.

While you’re there, be sure to also check out the Wharf businesses: Salt Wharf Restaurant, Paper Plane Camden, Motifs Maine, and Blue Barren Distillery & Restaurant — each will be open and ready to welcome you!

Set against some of the most stunning views in the Midcoast, this is your chance to spend the afternoon harborside, shopping, snacking, and celebrating spring - trust us, you won’t want to miss it!

See participating vendors below:

• Bixby Chocolates

• Brodis Blueberries

• Buttermilk Kitchen

• Colby Adolphsen

• Cookies To Go

• Demetra Bread

• Gabrielle Stratmann

• Graze Juice

• Guini Ridge Farm

• Gunner & Lux

• Jordan Adam Designs

• Keyes Pottery

• Lakin’s Gorges Cheese

• Leafsong Family Farm

• Mulxiply

• Olive Rose

• Sea Salt Blooms

• Sweet Monkey Business

• The Cultivated Thread

• Union Street Sourdough

• White Pine Bath & Brew

• Xenos Works

The Camden Art Walk is every third Thursday May through October in Camden, Maine.

From 5-7pm, Bay View Street is closed to traffic with live music, kids crafts with Miss Amy from Camden Public Library, and often features food trucks and live music.

Galleries and shops are open all through town.

Learn more about Camden galleries here.

Celebrating 15 years serving the Midcoast community with dance, KEA Dance Center prepares a very special evening for everyone, near and far. The company's annual dance studio showcase brings 70 dancers to the stage. From ages 7 and up, dancers showcase styles like contemporary, hip hop, ballet, jazz, funk, modern, contemporary jazz and more. Blended together through storytelling and the art of movement, this is not a recital – it is a production, built for one purpose: to inspire hope in you and our world today! 

The caliber of uplifting and energizing numbers that will make you cheer, shout and clap along is truly transformational! A thread of hope and possibility is woven from moment to moment throughout the night, seamlessly taking you on a journey as dancers face grief and challenge during uncertain times while finding strength and courage to show up resilient each day! 

From honoring the past, to facing topics teens are struggling with right now, you’ll witness the real and raw grit that molds dancers into graceful and brave humans. With a special highlight on mental health awareness, Director/Choreographer Kea Tesseyman brings to light that which lingers misunderstood in the dark. She asks her dancers, “Can we cast our fears into the light for them to be seen for what they truly are? Can we be honest and vulnerable even when we are scared? Can we transform darkness by shining so bright like a lighthouse, for all to find their way safely to shore?” 

Tesseyman also has a special note for you, the viewer: “Dear Audience, I welcome you to join us for an evening I have been designing just for you over the past six months. My dancers and I have messages of resilience and hope we are excited to share with you in a time when we need it the most. Please support our work by simply showing up and helping us to complete the journey we set out on, to carry messages of strength and hope to the stage. When it seems most dark, we promise to bring you the light. This is also a very special anniversary show as we are celebrating 15 Years we have been open and creating dance productions in the Midcoast area. We welcome you into our dance family and look forward to seeing you from the stage. Sincerely, Kea Tesseyman, Owner/Artistic Director." 

To buy your tickets, click here.

Celebrating 15 years serving the Midcoast community with dance, KEA Dance Center prepares a very special evening for everyone, near and far. The company's annual dance studio showcase brings 70 dancers to the stage. From ages 7 and up, dancers showcase styles like contemporary, hip hop, ballet, jazz, funk, modern, contemporary jazz and more. Blended together through storytelling and the art of movement, this is not a recital – it is a production, built for one purpose: to inspire hope in you and our world today! 

The caliber of uplifting and energizing numbers that will make you cheer, shout and clap along is truly transformational! A thread of hope and possibility is woven from moment to moment throughout the night, seamlessly taking you on a journey as dancers face grief and challenge during uncertain times while finding strength and courage to show up resilient each day! 

From honoring the past, to facing topics teens are struggling with right now, you’ll witness the real and raw grit that molds dancers into graceful and brave humans. With a special highlight on mental health awareness, Director/Choreographer Kea Tesseyman brings to light that which lingers misunderstood in the dark. She asks her dancers, “Can we cast our fears into the light for them to be seen for what they truly are? Can we be honest and vulnerable even when we are scared? Can we transform darkness by shining so bright like a lighthouse, for all to find their way safely to shore?” 

Tesseyman also has a special note for you, the viewer: “Dear Audience, I welcome you to join us for an evening I have been designing just for you over the past six months. My dancers and I have messages of resilience and hope we are excited to share with you in a time when we need it the most. Please support our work by simply showing up and helping us to complete the journey we set out on, to carry messages of strength and hope to the stage. When it seems most dark, we promise to bring you the light. This is also a very special anniversary show as we are celebrating 15 Years we have been open and creating dance productions in the Midcoast area. We welcome you into our dance family and look forward to seeing you from the stage. Sincerely, Kea Tesseyman, Owner/Artistic Director." 

To buy your tickets, click here.

Ice carving, the Doggie Fashion Show, hot food, the polar plunge, and more. Visit facebook.com/camdenwinterfest to learn more.

From Rockport Harbor’s Facebook page:

Rockport, Maine is the place to be for New Years. There is no setting quite as spectacular as the harbor for a winter night gathering! Festivities will begin in the village as the sun sets and night comes on. Ring in the New Year right! Luminaries will light the way - Food Trucks provide delicious nourishment - Fire Pits for cozy warmth, and a DJ will be offering musical JOY! Come gather with the community of Rockport on Tuesday December 31st. Join us from 4:30 on. Fireworks at 6pm over the Harbor. This event is made possible by the generous support and sponsorship of local individuals and businesses.

The fun continues at the Rockport Opera House from 8:30 – midnight. The local party band sensation that is The Right Track will have us dancing and Rockin’ into the New Year. Come on out and celebrate the New Year in community.

Cash Bar by Flatbread.

May we all celebrate the gifts of 2024 and look forward with anticipation for the opportunity of the new year to come. WELCOME 2025!

Join Rockland Makers for a festive, fun Sunday Stroll with fire pits, s'mores, in-store shopping events, a makers market, visit from Santa, a selfie scavenger hunt, ugly sweater contest, (yarn) snowball fight...and more! The event runs from 12-4pm, with Main Street closed from approximately 10:30-5pm.

For more info, see their event on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/941561317811365

Join us for a festive outdoor holiday market brought to you by Camden Famous and The Wharf at Lyman-Morse! On Saturday, Dec 7th, from 11am to 3pm, the Wharf will be turned into a cozy, European-style Christmas market. We can’t think of a better setting to enjoy the day than alongside the harbor with beautiful Camden Hills as the backdrop.

There will be at least a dozen local vendors, including favorites like Bridget from Union St Sourdough, the fine folks at Demetra Bread, Stacy Leafsong from Leafsong Farm, John and Riley from Gunner & Lux, Loraine and Ryan from Trillium Soaps, Hilary from The Cultivated Thread, Kate from Bixby Chocolate, Matt & Co from Sweet Monkey Business, Kate from GRAZE, Jordan from Jordan Adam Designs, Gabrielle Jolie, Allison from Lakin’s Gorges Cheese, and more. You can also grab a signed Camden Famous book while you’re there! Paula from Motifs will have her shop open, Clementina at Paper Plane will be serving holiday cocktails and wine, Salt Wharf will be open, and there will be hot cocoa served for the little ones. Aaron Snow will also be there taking posed and candid pics.

If you’re looking for a beautiful way to soak in the holiday spirit during Camden’s Christmas by the Sea weekend, mark your calendars: This is it!

Take a chairlift ride at the Camden Snow Bowl and witness the beautiful transition of the leaves in Camden from Ragged Mountain!

Date & Time:
Oct 27, 2024, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Location:
Camden Snow Bowl, 20 Barnestown Road in Camden, Maine

From Our Town Belfast:
The early bird gets the deals! Annual downtown-wide sale in Belfast! Deep discounts and promotions* from retail shops and restaurants throughout Belfast. Always the first Saturday in December. Start your day at Downshift Coffee who will open at 5:30 a.m. to fuel workers and shoppers alike.

For more information, visit ourtownbelfast.org/early-bird-sale.

Take a chairlift ride at the Camden Snow Bowl and witness the beautiful transition of the leaves in Camden from Ragged Mountain!

Date & Time:
Oct 20, 2024, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Location:
Camden Snow Bowl, 20 Barnestown Road in Camden, Maine

From the Wharf at Lyman-Morse:

Join us for a fun day on the wharf in Camden for the first annual Camden Oyster Festival. Enjoy locally sourced oysters from several purveyors, enjoy spirits from local distributors, while enjoying the scenery of Camden Harbor in the fall.

Take a chairlift ride at the Camden Snow Bowl and witness the beautiful transition of the leaves in Camden from Ragged Mountain!

Date & Time:
Oct 13, 2024, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Location:
Camden Snow Bowl, 20 Barnestown Road in Camden, Maine

Take a chairlift ride at the Camden Snow Bowl and witness the beautiful transition of the leaves in Camden from Ragged Mountain!

Date & Time:
Oct 06, 2024, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Location:
Camden Snow Bowl, 20 Barnestown Road in Camden, Maine

From the Camden Maine Vacation Guide:
This two-day event features over a hundred artists, crafts professionals and artisans, displaying, discussing, and selling their work in an open ocean air market, where the seaside scenery of Camden Harbor serves as the backdrop.

Saturday, Oct 5th & Sunday, Oct 6th

The Camden Art Walk is every third Thursday May through October in Camden, Maine.

From 5-7pm, Bay View Street is closed to traffic with live music, kids crafts with Miss Amy from Camden Public Library, and food truck Brother Shucker.

Galleries and shops are open all through town.

Learn more about Camden galleries here.

Maine Wienerfest is a celebration of dachshunds and the people who love them! The 18th annual Maine Wienerfest will be held on Sunday September 10th, 2023 from 11am-3pm at the Steamboat Landing Park in Belfast.

​Maine Wienerfest originated as an informal picnic and gathering for families who lived with these adorable, tiny dogs. Gradually, it grew to include other activities with the number of dogs and dog lovers increasing each year. 

Today, this event is hosted by PAWS Animal Adoption Center, a nonprofit animal shelter serving the Midcoast for 48 years!

​Activities to include:

• Grand Parade of Dachshunds,

• Canine Costume Contest, 

• Doxie Distance Dash,

• Sales tent with Wienerfest items, and Raffle opportunities

• Hotdog Stand

• Village Soup Food Truck

​The Maine Wienerfest will be held rain or shine with gates opening at 10:30am. 

 Admission is $5 for adults; free for children (12 & under) and dogs. 

Details to come. Feel to check this site for the most up-to-date info: https://camdenparksandrec.com/camden-windjammer-festival/

Friday, August 30, 2024- 12:00PM-2:00PM and 2:30pm-4:30pm

Let us carry you back to the golden age of tall-ship sailing as we sail among the entire windjammer fleet entering Camden for Windjammer Weekend. • $55.00

The Camden Art Walk is every third Thursday May through October in Camden, Maine.

From 5-7pm, Bay View Street is closed to traffic with live music, kids crafts with Miss Amy from Camden Public Library, and food truck Brother Shucker.

Galleries and shops are open all through town.

Learn more about Camden galleries here.

The Maine Boat & Home Show is back, August 9 - 11, 2024.

If you love the coast of Maine, you won't want to miss this high-end, high-summer event in Rockland, Maine, the second weekend in August. Each year they gather Maine's finest artists, architects, boatbuilders, craftsmen, designers, furniture makers, jewelers, and marine gear vendors together in ONE place at ONE time!  Meet them all in person at the annual Maine Boat & Home Show.

• Elegant Boats

• Live Music

• Food Court

• Fine Furniture & Jewelry

• Just for Kids Area

It's the pages of Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors magazine brought to life and the largest in-water boat show north of Newport, Rhode Island, with more than 60 boats in the water and on land plus additional exhibitors in tents.

Many art studios and galleries for the evening; come and stroll Main Street and the neighborhood. The Farnsworth Art Museum and the Center for Contemporary Art are open through the evening.

Location:
Main Street, Rockland