Stories, tips, and news about fairs, festivals, and community events.
A date-by-date guide to every 2026 gun show in Maine — from the PCCA Bangor and Houlton shows to Augusta, Topsham, Biddeford, and Caribou — with venues, admission prices, and tips for buyers, sellers, and collectors.
The 47th Maine Highland Games & Scottish Festival returns August 8, 2026 to the Windsor Fairgrounds, hosted by the Saint Andrew's Society of Maine — Highland athletics, pipe band competitions, clan tents, Celtic music, and weekend camping.
The Maine Renaissance Faire returns to Acton for three weekends — July 18-19, 25-26, and Aug 1-2, 2026 — with jousting, armored combat, nine stages of performances, and an artisan marketplace. Here's how to plan your visit.
A season-by-season guide to Maine's 2026 food and drink festivals — strawberries and lobster in summer, pumpkins and harvest markets in fall — with full visitor's guides to the Machias Blueberry, Whoopie Pie, Oyster, and Moxie festivals.
Maine's quirkiest summer celebration returns to Lisbon July 10-12, 2026 for its 42nd year — three days of the Moxie Day Parade, chugging contests, a 5K, car show, and live music, all in honor of the state's distinctively bitter soft drink.
The fifth annual Maine Oyster Festival hits Freeport June 27-28, 2026, with dozens of Maine oyster farms, learn-to-shuck sessions, food trucks, free kids' activities, and free admission. Here's how to plan your visit.
The Maine Whoopie Pie Festival returns to Dover-Foxcroft on June 13, 2026, 10am-4pm, with 100+ vendors, samples of Maine's Official State Treat, a 3K race, and family fun. Here's the full visitor's guide.
Maine's iconic wild blueberry harvest celebration returns to Machias August 14-16, 2026, with 250+ craft and food vendors, live music, parades, and blueberry pie-eating contests. Here's what to expect and how to plan your Down East weekend.
Maine has more than 100 craft breweries — Portland alone has been credited as the country's densest brewery city per capita. This 2026 guide covers Portland's anchor breweries, the rest of southern Maine, the Midcoast, and the North Country, plus the Swine & Stein Brewfest in Gardiner.
A pillar guide to the 500+ craft breweries across New England, organized by state — from Massachusetts' Boston taproom scene and Vermont's legendary IPA destinations to Maine's Portland brewery district and the New Hampshire seacoast circuit. Includes the year's major beer festivals and trail events.
