Maine Memory Network

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Allies & Allegiance: Military comradery at the Centennial, 1920

"… including an exposition, several parades, a music festival, visiting dignitaries, and international ships in port."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders At Play

"It continues to this day. A group of musicians, many from Maine, gather and perform in the Odd Fellows Hall for three nights usually in early August."

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… X In 2004, the first Piscataquis River Festival was held; a gala event with a huge parade, musical entertainment, and games."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Welcome - Valkommen

"This site was created by a partnership between the New Sweden Historical Society, the Stockholm Historical Society, Maine Swedish Colony, Nylander…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Odd Fellows Hall

"… in the hall on Sundays, the theater group 'The Hockamock Players' and the annual Sweet Chariot Festival uses the stage for their summer concerts."

Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 1 of 3

"These festive events are probably one of the reasons so many islanders married other islanders and just as they gave each other a helping hand when…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… craft fairs during the holiday season, and summer festivals. Jewelry makers, painters, photographers, wood-carvers, knitters, crocheters, spinners…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"… ferry to serve Swan’s Island, welcomed with a festive inaugural ceremony in July of 1960. This vessel could transport seven to eight vehicles…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Wabanaki Today

"The Festival is a market for selling baskets and other Wabanaki crafts, but it is also an opportunity for tribal members from far reaching…"

Jonathan Fisher Memorial

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Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"The Maine Music Festivals were held in the auditorium. This building remained in use until it was torn-down in 1965, about ten years after the 1955…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"… and Germany as well as Maine and Canada, with musical works in all languages, chamber music, many-hands and multi-piano performances, and at some…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"Greek Festival, Bar Harbor, 1920Bar Harbor Historical Society To match its impressive roster, the Building of the Arts was an impressive structure."