local happenings.
Resurgam
The Resurgam Music and Arts Festival presented by OTTO is returning for its third year! MAMM is partnering with the City of Portland and local community businesses to offer this one-day music and arts festival at Ocean Gateway and the surrounding areas. The event is FREE and open to the public!
WHEN: Sunday, June 9, 2024
WHERE: Ocean Gateway and surrounding parks
Yarmouth Clam Festival
The Festival features 10 sporting events and competitions that range from a diaper derby to a world-class professional bike race.
Contests and events include the following:
Clam-Shucking Contest
Parade
Running Races
A Professional Bike Race
Muster
Diaper Derby
Car Show
The record-holder for the annual clam-shucking contest shucked 25 clams per minute.
The Festival’s mile-and-a-half, hour-long parade has over 130 neighborhood floats, marching bands, antique cars, and unique entertainers and draws tens of thousands of spectators to line the entire length of Main Street.
WHEN: July 19-21, 2024
WHERE: Yarmouth Town Center
Maine Lobster Festival
The Maine Lobster Festival is five days of fun and feasting on the fabulous coast of Maine! This annual seafood festival takes place during the first weekend of August, from Wednesday through Sunday.
What started as an idea for a local marine festival to revive Midcoast Maine communities has turned into an internationally-recognized celebration of local seafood. The Maine Lobster Festival attracts visitors from as near as our local communities to those from countries around the globe.
WHEN: July 31 - August 4, 2024
WHERE: Rockland’s Harbor Park