events

On an Island Known for Visitors, Music Harbor Is Mostly a Festival for the People Who Live There.

The best part isn’t on the punch card: Music Harbor offers prizes and places to hear live music, but its organizer says the real reward is bringing…

Oct 15 • Carrie Jones

Sometimes a Vision Leads to a Party That Helps a Community

Mainely Meat BBQ on Dreamwood Hill hosts its second breast cancer fundraiser

Oct 14 • Carrie Jones

Let’s Get Cryptid

From Grit to Glory, Belt Sanders Bring MDI Together

Oct 4 • Carrie Jones

Water is Life — Indigenous Peoples’ Day at the Abbe Museum

BAR HARBOR — Join the Abbe Museum on Indigenous Peoples’ Day, October 12, 2026, for a special day of programming centered on the theme “Water is Life…

Sep 27

For Ernest Thompson, the Story Isn’t Finished When He Writes It

The “On Golden Pond” writer returns to Bar Harbor August 13 with “Out Clause” and a longstanding belief that readers and audiences bring their own…

Aug 10 • Carrie Jones

BAR HARBOR, ME’S 1932 CRITERION THEATRE SETS ALL-STAR 2026 SUMMER SEASON

BELOVED MOUNT DESERT ISLAND ART DECO LANDMARK TO PRESENT INTIMATE PERFORMANCES FROM WIDE RANGE OF GRAMMY® AWARD-WINNERS, LEGENDARY ARTISTS, RISING…

Jul 23 • Carrie Jones

A “TAIL” OF WOMAN’S BEST FRIEND OPENS AT ACADIA REP

MOUNT DESERT—The title says almost everything you need to know!

Jul 13 • Carrie Jones

At Family Science Night, Wonder Comes Before Answers.

Inside the Bar Harbor Event That’s Inspiring the Next Generation of Scientists.

Jul 13 • Carrie Jones

Author Talk with Margie Patlak: Insect Safari

Thursday, July 23 at 5:30pm at the Jesup Memorial Library

Jul 8 • Carrie Jones

Flamingo Festival Flocks Over This Weekend

SOUTHWEST HARBOR—Every year, at the Flamingo Festival in Southwest Harbor, there are flamingos, yes, but the summer event is

Jul 6 • Carrie Jones

It’s a Bar Harbor Fourth of July!

BAR HARBOR—The Fourth of July celebrations filled the streets, fields, parks, and an occasional front yard yesterday in Bar Harbor as clouds came and…

Jul 6 • Carrie Jones

Jesup Expansion Grand Opening on July 19

Jun 30 • Carrie Jones

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