COMMUNITY EVENTS

COME FOR THE RACING, STAY FOR THE TOWN 

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Below is the calendar of the 2019 happenings! 2020 Events will be posted Spring 2020 

Tuesday, July 23

• 7 p.m. A Passage to Antigua with Bob Osborn, Camden Yacht Club

• 7 p.m. "Lobster War" Screening, Camden Public Library

Wednesday, July 24

• 3 p.m. Guided Garden Tours: Avena Botanicals, Rockport

• 7 p.m. Designing a Spirit of Tradition Yacht with Bob Stephens, Camden Yacht Club

• 7 p.m. CIFF Selects at the Camden Opera House. Award-winning documentaries

• 6 p.m. Camden Shakespeare Festival: The Taming of The Shrew, Camden Amphitheatre

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Thursday, July 25

• 7:30 p.m. Bay Chamber Concerts- La Belle Epoque, Rockport Opera House

•  5-7 p.m. - Page Gallery - “Tideline” opening reception. 23 Bay View Street, Camden

• 6 p.m. Camden Shakespeare Festival: The Taming of The Shrew, Camden Amphitheatre

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Friday, July 26

• 11 a.m. Grown Up Reading Hour, Camden Public Library

• 12-4 p.m. CAMDEN CLASSICS CUP RACING Drive or Hike to the top of Mt. Battie for viewing! 

• 3-7 p.m. Come chill at Lyman-Morse at Wayfarer. Music by DJ  Rusty Barnard. Be there to welcome the fleet back 

• 4 p.m. Walking Tour of Camden, Camden Public Library

• 6 p.m. Camden Shakespeare Festival: The Taming of The Shrew, Camden Amphitheatre

• 8:30 p.m. Bay Chamber Concerts-Tales Transformed, Union Hall, Rockport

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Saturday, July 27

• 9 a.m. All Comers Row and Paddle Races, Camden Harbor

       (8:30 registration at the Camden Public Landing)

       BYOD - Bring Your Own Craft

       See Harbormaster, Steve Pixley, for details  

• 10 a.m. Parade of Sail - Spectacular Presentation of the 60 plus boats

       entered in the Camden Classics Cup. Get your spot at

       Lyman-Morse at Wayfarer or anywhere along the harbor.

• 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. The Camden Classics Cup is excited to

       welcome back our friends with the Mid Maine Sports Car Club 

       who’ll be returning to the Lyman Morse at Wayfarer campus with

       a display of their breathtakingly beautiful classic European sports

      cars. From Jaguars to Bugattis, to MGs to Porsches and more,

      there’s something special about seeing an elegant classic tourer

      juxtaposed with the Camden Classics Cup racing fleet, and we

      are glad they’ll be returning for another year. Don't miss it!

      European Sports Car Display, Lyman-Morse at Wayfarer Marine, 59 Sea Street, Camden

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• 2:30-5:30 p.m. Come chill at Lyman-Morse at Wayfarer. Music by DJ D-Vice  Be there to watch the Parade of Sail and  Welcome the fleet back from a day of racing. 

• 8:45 p.m. Fireworks over Curtis Island Presented by Camden National Bank. Great viewing from anywhere in Camden Harbor

Sunday, July 28

• 3:30 p.m. Steve Brown, S/V Novara Award Winning adventure sailor. "Plastics in our Ocean: Discoveries & Solutions",  talk and discussion, Camden Public Library

• 7 p.m. Camden Shakespeare Festival: Hamlet, St Thomas's Episcopal Church, Camden

• 3 & 5:30 p.m. Maiden, The Strand Theater, Rockland 

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Monday, July 29

• Dusk Monday Night at the Movies, Outdoor Movie, Camden Amphitheatre

• 7 p.m.  Maiden, The Strand Theater, Rockland 

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Tuesday, July 30 

• 1 & 7 p.m. Maiden, The Strand Theater, Rockland 

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Wednesday, July 31

• 7 p.m. Impacts of Warming on the Gulf of Maine with Richard Wahle, Umaine Lobster Institute,  Camden Yacht Club

• 7 p.m.  Maiden, The Strand Theater, Rockland 

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Thursday, August 1

• 4 p.m. Dr. Jennifer Seavey: "What Seabirds Tell Us About the Health of the Gulf of Maine” Camden Public Library

• 6 p.m. Camden Shakespeare Festival: The Taming of The Shrew, Camden Amphitheatre 

• 7 p.m.  Maiden, The Strand Theater, Rockland 

• 7:30 p.m. Bay Chamber Concerts- Bach Mozart, & Faure, Rockport Opera House

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Friday, August 2

• 5-8 p.m. First Friday Art Walk, Rockland

• 5:30 p.m. Maiden, The Strand Theater, Rockland 

• 6 p.m. Camden Shakespeare Festival: The Taming of The Shrew, Camden Amphitheatre

• 8:30 p.m. Bay Chamber Concerts, Metamorpfose, Union Hall Rockport 8:30pm

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Saturday, August 3

• 10-3 p.m. Wings & Wheels Spectacular, Owls Head Transportation Museum

• 6 p.m. Camden Shakespeare Festival: The Taming of The Shrew, Camden Amphitheatre

• 3, 5:30 & 8 p.m.  Maiden, The Strand Theater, Rockland 

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Harbormaster Steve Pixley and LIfeFlight's Melissa Arndt Present the Winning Trophy to the Winners of the Row & Paddle Race