Community Calendar

Join us for the 6th annual Maine Book Festival (formerly the Maine Authors Book Festival) on August 23, 2025, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Thomaston Public Library and sponsored by Maine Authors Publishing! This year’s theme is Woods and Waters, and we’re excited to celebrate the natural beauty and outdoor heritage of Maine.

For all Maine Guides, Maine Game Wardens, Foresters, Park Rangers, and Outdoor Professionals, wear your uniform and/or patches for a special prize and automatic entry into our raffle.

The festival will include signings by over 100 authors, presentations, live music by Don Roy, an open studio with Maine artists, and a Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife booth to answer all your wildlife questions. There will also be a children’s area with a scavenger hunt, food for sale from Station 118, and ice cream from Stone Fox Farm Creamery. A portion of the proceeds from book sales and the basket raffle will benefit the Thomaston Public Library.

For more information, visit www.mainebookfestival.com.

The 42nd Annual Seacoast Jazz Festival, presented in partnership with Seacoast Jazz Society and generously sponsored by Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club, returns to the Wilcox Main Stage in Prescott Park on Saturday, August 23 (Rain Date: Sunday, August 24). This year’s festival will feature an outstanding lineup of local, regional, and international talent, culminating in a headline performance by Matt Wilson’s Good Trouble at 5 PM, an energetic and inspiring group celebrating the legacy of the late Congressman John Lewis through music.
Other featured acts include:
12 PM: Sax Summit featuring Charlie Jennison
1:15 PM: Yulia Musayelyan Quartet
2:30 PM: Vintage Vocal Quartet
3:45 PM: New Hampshire Jazz Orchestra
5 PM: Matt Wilson's Good Trouble

An opportunity for bakers to compete with their peers and showcase their skills. Also an opportunity for the public to view spectacular creations and taste them too! All part of a day to celebrate the birthday of Hannibal Hamlin, full of games, entertainment and of course CAKE!

Guests will enjoy the freshest Allagash White while walking through our world-class brewery. We'll finish the tour with three samples of featured releases. If you're looking for a more in-depth experience with more info on our wild and sour barrel room and coolship program, check out our Signature Tour & Tasting.

The highlights:
4 samples
30 minutes
$20 before tax/fees
21+

Please read on before booking:

Tour-goers must be 21 or older. Infant-wearing is welcome - the tour path through our manufacturing plant is not suitable for young children or strollers. Guests who are not drinking beer will have a choice of NA beverage. Dogs are not allowed on this manufacturing plant tour.

This is a Weekly Recurring Event
Runs from Aug 8, 2025 to Sep 4, 2025 and happens every:
Mondays: 12:30pm - 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
Mondays: 4:30pm - 5:00pm Timezone: EDT
Tuesdays: 12:30pm - 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
Tuesdays: 2:30pm - 3:00pm Timezone: EDT
Tuesdays: 4:30pm - 5:00pm Timezone: EDT
Wednesdays: 12:30pm - 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
Wednesdays: 2:30pm - 3:00pm Timezone: EDT
Wednesdays: 4:30pm - 5:00pm Timezone: EDT
Thursdays: 12:30pm - 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
Thursdays: 4:30pm - 5:00pm Timezone: EDT
Fridays: 12:30pm - 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
Fridays: 4:30pm - 5:00pm Timezone: EDT
Saturdays: 12:30pm - 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
Saturdays: 4:30pm - 5:00pm Timezone: EDT
Sundays: 12:30pm - 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
Sundays: 4:30pm - 5:00pm Timezone: EDT

Come celebrate creativity at the Kids Farmers & Makers Market! Young vendors (8th grade & younger) will offer homemade, homegrown, and handcrafted items — sweet treats, produce, flowers, crafts, art, and more. Support local youth, explore their talents, and shop unique kid-run booths. If you’re in 8th grade or younger and want to be a vendor, we welcome you — contact us to reserve a spot!

Annual Lobster Supper for Warren Square & Compass Club. Includes 1 lobster, potato salad, corn on the cob, dinner roll, blueberry cake, beverage. A twin lobster supper is available for $30. A cheeseburger meal is also available if preferred.
All proceeds go to building maintenance and local community charities and outreach.

Come on out to our tasting room to enjoy great music, tasty bevs & good vibes. No ticket required, but we'd love to know you're coming! Here's the current lineup:

6/14 This or Better
One of Portland's most popular duos, Natalie and Max are “This or Better.” A folk acoustic duo with beautiful harmonies, fingerstyle guitar picking and a charismatic vibe that have stolen the hearts of many. Their repertoire includes original music and prime selections from the classics: John Prine, Dolly Parton, Buck Owens, Johnny Cash, June Carter, Willie Nelson, Townes Van Zandt and so many more. They are a heart-filled act any audience will enjoy!

6/21 Seth Gallant
Seth grew up in a mill town in rural Western Maine to a family that played music on the front porch at almost any occasion. These traditions of folk, country, and Acadian music would shape the songs he writes and performs today. Gallant is set to release a new album in 2025, a collection of songs that celebrate simplicity in rural living. This will be his second full length album. Alongside recording and releasing music, he has preformed throughout New England and the northeast since 2021.

6/28 Skip Bailey
Skip Bailey is a Maine singer songwriter who plays salt of the earth music for salt of the earth people. His unique place-based sound combines folk, country, and maritime influences into tunes that you'll find yourself humming for days!

7/5 Sam Cutler
Sam Cutler is a singer songwriter who spent his formative years in New York City before moving to Portland in 2022. His music bounces between genres, sometimes more folk, sometimes more blues, with lyrics that reflect his humor and wit.

We’re lighting up the McLaughlin Garden for a second magical evening — and you’re invited!

Featuring: Live Music with Connor Garvey and His Band

Smokin’ Dave’s Food Truck
Beer Garden in the Garden — courtesy of our friends at Nonesuch River Brewing

Doors Open: 5:00 PM
Music: 7:00 – 9:00 PM

About Connor:

A native of Maine, Connor Garvey is finding his resonance with song enthusiasts across the US. His “winsome way with melody bringing to mind Paul Simon” through songs that “prove you can be optimistic and self-aware without being boring.” Leaving audiences uplifted and inspired he carries with him the tradition of acoustic music which Vance Gilbert and David Wilcox both agree is in the right hands with Connor Garvey. He wins song competitions, he fills rooms, but most of all he moves people.

All are welcome to what we know will be an evening of terrific music in the McLaughlin Barn.

Tickets:

$25 for non-members
$20 for members
Tickets may be purchased at the door, or in advance by calling the Garden at (207) 743-8820.

*Owlbear’s Rest & Cthulhu Present…*
The Caverns of Thracia
by Jennell Jaquays

Come and experience one of the classic early D&D adventure modules. Explore a branching, non-linear, reactive dungeon inhabited by multiple factions and loot their stuff ! Utilizing Basic D&D for simple character creation and a rules light approach.

Casual drop-in/drop-out play — come when you can!
No RPG experience necessary!

📅 Every other Saturday, 5–9 PM (No session 8/9)
💲 $10 per player per session
📍 In the Druid's Grove at Owlbear’s Rest
Grab your dice. Explore the depths. Steal from lizard cultists.

The Caverns await…

Channel your inner explorer and experience the ‘river of many falls’ the oldest way–by paddling and listening.

If a river could speak, what would it say?

The Presumpscot River is a story of rebirth and revitalization. Hundreds of years ago, this ‘river of many falls’ was revered by local indigenous groups. ‘We belong to the river, not the river to us,’ Chief Polin once stated. Take this opportunity to pause for a moment, listen to what the river has to say, and you might just find yourself belonging to the Presumpscot as well.

Our journey begins just a few blocks from downtown Westbrook, where the Presumpscot River invites you to slow down. You will hear the story of how a cherished river became dammed, and how that same river is in a state of rewilding today.

Paddle upriver to escape into the wilderness, surrounded by a canopy of trees and the quiet hum of nature, as our expert guide shares stories about the plants, wildlife, and rich history of the Presumpscot.

Experience magic through a mindful guided night paddle on the gentle Presumpscot River. We will create an opportunity to drop into a deeper awareness through our senses to better experience the wonder in the natural world and our place in it all while navigating by canoe on this beautiful waterway right in Westbrook. In addition, the river's natural and cultural history will be explored.