Activities and Events in Maine
June 2010
As colorful Lupine's make an appearance across the
landscape, and summers first visitors are picking strawberries,
villages, towns, and cities will be getting ready for the activities and
events in Maine, June
2010.
Visiting Maine
in June means
birding festivals and garden shows...
...lively parades with marching bands, Maine-made
craft fairs, a Bluegrass Music
Festival and a Pops Concert, the season's first beach parties, night
time fireworks, and fully rigged windjammers, under sail.
Although many of the activities and events in
Maine, June 2010 will be outdoors...
...there will be plenty of indoor children's
activities and family events, should there be a rainy day forecast.
Museums, shops, movie theaters, local playhouses, and
restaurants, all make sure
that tourists have the best things to do, regardless of the Maine
weather forecast!
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you sponsor a Maine event, or know of one to share?
If so, the form at the bottom of this page is for
you! Use it for Activities and Events in Maine, June 2010, or
any other timeframe. In addition to Activities and Events in
Maine, June 2010, you can add events to the April,
May,
July,
or August
2010
calendars.
Great-Maine-Vacations.com will soon include
pages
for September, 2010, October 2010, etc., so...
...it's not too early to submit your Maine summer
activities, or fall or winter events.
June Maine Event Calendar 2010
With all the things
to do in Maine in June, this
list will continue to grow. Please check back periodically to
see what current events have been added.
Very
important...
Activities and
events in Maine, June 2010 may not reflect schedule changes or
cancellations. Before heading out, confirm event dates and event
locations.
Activities and
Events in Maine, June 2010 are listed by event date. For maps and driving
directions click on the Map links.
When:
Saturday, May 15, 2010 - Saturday, June 12, 2010
Where:
Moosehead Lake Region in Maine
- Map
More
information: Moosehead
Lake Region Chamber of Commerce
website, Events Calendar page
"Each spring the Moosehead Lake Region hosts a
month long celebration of the area's favorite resident - THE MOOSE! The
events take place during the time of the year when moose are most
visible. This year's events include the Moose River Canoe Race,
Moosterpiece Craft Fair, Moose Mainea Kid's Fun Day, Famous Moose
Tales, a Quest Fest, and the Chamber of Commerce's Annual Moose Photo
Contest."
When:
Wednesday, June 2, 2010 - Sunday, June 6, 2010
Where:
Kennebunkport
, Maine
- Map
More
information: Kennebunkport Fine
Living Festival website
"Artists, chefs, innkeepers, gallery owners and
musicians share their passions for fine food, fine art, fine wine and
fine living. Art shows, cooking demonstrations, live music, inn tours,
and food and wine tastings are incorporated into a format in which all
types of artists interact, work together, and share their creations
with festival guests."
When:
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Where:
Stonington, Maine - Map
More
information: Old Quarry website,
World Oceans Day Festival page
"World Oceans Day has been celebrated around the
world since 1992. This year, it was permanently sanctioned by the
United Nations, giving June 8th every year the official designation of
World Oceans Day!"
When:
Thursday, June 10, 2010 - Sunday, June 13, 2010
Where:
Mount Desert Island, Maine - Map,
Southwest Harbor, Maine - Map,
Bar
Harbor, Maine - Map
More
information: Acadia Birding
Festival website
"Acadia's birding community invites you and your
family to celebrate the ecological wonders of the birds of the Gulf of
Maine at our 12th Acadia Birding Festival. Explore Mount Desert Island
and its birds through numerous events and venues. Greet our warblers on
early morning birding walks, visit with puffins and pelagic birds at
sea, and observe Peregrine Falcons at an active breeding site in Acadia
National Park."
When:
Thursday, June 10, 2010 - Sunday, June 13, 2010
Where:
Ogunquit, Maine - Map
More
information: Ogunquit
Chamber of Commerce website, Summer Activities and Events page
"Hundreds of corvettes arrive for a welcome party,
grand prix racing, doo wop dance, car cruises and awards banquet with
dance and DJ."
When:
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Where:
Portland,
Maine
- Map
More
information: Portland's Downtown
District website, Old Port Festival page
"Maine’s largest one day festival, featuring
multiple stages of music, Maine-made arts and crafts, great food,
shopping, and fun!"
When:
Thursday, June 17, 2010 - Sunday, June 20, 2010
Where:
Litchfield, Maine - Map
More
information: Blistered Fingers
website
"Some of the Greatest Bluegrass music you can see
and hear at one of the largest family musical events in New England!
This Bluegrass Festival takes place twice every year bringing
thousands of Music lovers from all over the World converging in
Litchfield, Maine to hear banjos, fiddles, and those high, lonesome
harmonics."
More Activities
and Events in Maine, June 2010...
When:
Thursday, June 18, 2010 - Sunday, June 20, 2010
Where:
Deer Isle - Stonington, Maine - Map
More
information: Deer Isle - Stonington
Chamber of Commerce website,
Calendar page
"9th annual celebration of Island springtime:
garden tours, local foods supper, open studios, boat-plane-schooner
trips, quilt show, craft fair, kids activities."
When:
Friday, June 18, 2010 - Sunday, July 4, 2010
Where:
Augusta, Maine - Map
More
information: Kennebec Valley
Chamber
website, Whatever Family Festival page
"The Great Kennebec River Whatever Family Festival
in Capitol Park, now celebrating 33 consecutive years! Saturday, June
26th, brings over 85 events and activities to Capitol
Park, with musical presentations, dancing, balloons, hands-on
activities, and much more!"
When:
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 - Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Where:
Boothbay
Harbor, Maine - Map
More
information: Boothbay Harbor Region
Chamber of Commerce website
"48th
Annual Windjammer Days. Fully rigged windjammers sail into Boothbay
Harbor.
Two days of family fun, pancake breakfasts, waterfront concerts,
fireworks over the Harbor, street parade, antique boat parade and much
more!"
When:
Thursday, June 24, 2010 - Sunday, June 27, 2010
Where:
Madawaska,
Maine - Map
More
information: Madawaska Acadian
Festival website
"For over 33 years, the
town of Madawaska has
celebrated St. John Valley's rich Acadian heritage. Commemorating
the arrival of the first Acadian settlers, in 1785."
When:
Saturday,
June 26, 2010
Where:
Saco, Maine - Map
More
information: Saco Spirit Art Festival website
"The Saco Sidewalk Arts Festival is an annual
cultural extravaganza
occurring in late June along Main Street and Pepperell Square in
beautiful Historic Downtown Saco. The show attracts an assorted array
of talent from all over the country and includes fine art, photography,
fabric arts, sculpture, pottery and fine crafts."
When:
Saturday,
June 26, 2010
Where:
Kingfield, Maine - Map
More
information: Kingfield Pops
website,
Reggae Fest
page
A Festival of the Arts from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM,
with an outdoor evening concert, followed by a fireworks finale.
When:
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Where:
South Berwick, Maine - Map
More
information: South Berwick
Strawberry Festival website
"The Strawberry Festival is a yearly event filled
with entertainment, food, artisans and strawberry shortcakes! Our
festival grows every year and manages to keep its small town
country flavor boasting 20,000+ visitors each year."
Are you Planning any Events in Maine?
...or know of one that should be shared?
Just send me the details and I will be happy to
include it in the appropriate section. Soon, in addition to Activities
and Events in Maine, June 2010 (and April,
May
and
July
2010),
pages will be
added for other summer events in Maine, as well as fall and winter
activities.
(If you would like me to include an event image,
please mention so in the Additional Comments section and I will provide
you
with my
email address.)
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