Destination Events

The Camden-Rockland Region just might be the world’s capital of fun and intellectual engagement. Think about it: one month you’re racing across a string of bobbing lobster crates; the next you’re viewing the finest new documentary films. One weekend you’re donning a zany costume for a fast ride down an icy toboggan chute; the next you’re exploring global issues with some of the country’s leading thinkers. You get the idea: our calendar is bursting with events of all kinds throughout the year.

HIGHLIGHTS FOR 2024/2025

Maine Maple Sunday, various locations: March 23-24

Calf Unveiling Day, Aldermere Farm, Rockport: May 4

Merryspring Plant Sale, Merryspring Nature Center, Camden-Rockport: May 17, 3-6pm and May 18, 9am-2pm

Spring Auto Tour, OHTM, Owls Head: May 18, 8:30am

Boots on the Ground, Knox Museum, Thomaston: May 25, 11am

Rockport Garden Club Plant Sale: June 1

Rockport Donut Festival: June 7-8

Jazz in June Concert, Opera House, Camden: June 14-15

Summer Solstice Celebration, Rockland: June 22

RAD Maine (Radical Auto Lifestyle 70’s-90’s), OHTM, Owl’s Head: June 29, 10am-3pm

Thomaston Fourth of July: July 4

Music by the Sea, Camden: July 4 (12 to 7:15 PM)

47^th Annual Great Schooner Race, Rockland: July 5 (1-4pm, to watch the finish)

American Dream Machines, OHTM, Owls Head: July 7, 10am-3pm

Great Schooner Race, Rockland: July 5, 1-4pm

Camden Harbor Arts & Books Fair: July 6-7, 9am-5pm

Union Fair and State of Maine Wild Blueberry Festival, Union: July 7-9

Camden Shakespeare Festival BEGINS! (Comedy of Errors): July 10-August 4, 6pm curtain

North Atlantic Blues Festival, Rockland: July 13-14

Camden Club Garden Tour:  July 18

50^th Anniversary-Merryspring Nature Center, Rockport: July 19-20 (Free events on Saturday)

First Annual Rockland Maritime Heritage Days, Rockland (Friendship Sloop Regatta): July 18-20

Antique Truck Show, OHTM, Owls Head: July 20-21, 10am-3pm

Camden on Canvas: July 19-21

Camden Classics Cup, Camden: July 25-27

Maine Lobster Festival, Rockland: July 31-August 4

Rally Tribute 2024 (Aviation and Auto), OHTM, Owls Head: August 3-4, 10am-3pm

Sounds of Summer Concerts, Camden Snow Bowl: August 4

Camden Shakespeare Festival ENDS! (Comedy of Errors): August 6

Maine Boat & Home Show, Rockland: August 9-11

Sounds of Summer Concerts, Camden Snow Bowl: August 11

Screen Door Festival, Bay Chamber, Camden: August 14-18

Sounds of Summer Concerts, Camden Snow Bowl: August 18

46^th Annual New England Auto Auction, OHTM, Owls Head: August 21-24

Maine Authors Book Festival, 12 High St., Thomaston: Saturday, August 24, 11am-4pm

Sounds of Summer Concerts, Camden Snow Bowl: August 25

Labor Day Weekend Concert (TBA), Camden Opera House: August 30, 7:30pm

Camden Windjammer Festival, Camden: August 30-31, 9am-9pm

Maine Open Winery Day, various locations: TBD

Maine Open Lighthouse Day, various locations: September 14

Camden International Film Festival: September 12-15

Vintage Motorcycle Festival, OHTM, Owls Head: September 7, 10am-3pm

Camden Harbor Arts & Book Fair, Library: October 5-6 (Saturday, 9am-5pm; Sunday 9am-4pm)

Foreign Auto Rendezvous, OHTM, Owls Head: September 21-22, 10am-3pm

Night at the Museum: Living History, OHTM, Owls Head: October 6

Festival of Lights, Rockland: November 29-December 1

Christmas by the Sea, Camden-Rockport-Lincolnville: December 6-8

Beltie Holiday, Aldermere Farm, Rockport: December 7, 9am-noon

Rockport Garden Club Holly Berry Fair, Rockport: December 7, 8am-noon

Lights Over Montpelier, Knox Museum, Thomaston: December 5-January 1, drive by lights

Holiday Preview & Open House at Montpelier, Thomaston: December 7-8, 1-4pm

Holidays at the Museum, OHTM, Owls Head: December 8, 10am-1pm

Holiday on the Harbor, Rockport: December 31

Camden Winterfest, Camden: January 25, 2025

US National Toboggan Championships, Camden: January 31-February 2, 2025  

Camden  Conference: February 21-23, 2025