Freeport and Beyond: Local Events
Featured Event:
Meetinghouse Arts:
Freeport, Maine Our Town: A Community Self Portrait NEA Project 2023-2024
Our Town: A Community Self Portrait is a community arts documentary project, organized by Meetinghouse Arts, funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. This project invites ALL Freeport residents and businesses to photograph and write about the people, places and activities that exemplify what is meaningful and distinctive about Freeport, community and home.
Exhibitions for the project will be held October 25-Nov 3 at Meetinghouse Arts, the Freeport Historical Society, Freeport Community Services, the Freeport Community Library and Visit Freeport. Community conversations to discuss the exhibitions will be held at Meetinghouse Arts. Selected images will be published as postcards and the project will be archived at the Freeport Historical Society.
Partners with Meetinghouse Arts on Our Town: A Community Self Portrait include: The Town of Freeport, Freeport Historical Society, Freeport Economic Development Corporation, the Freeport Chamber of Commerce, Freeport Community Services, Freeport Community Library, Visit Freeport, Freeport Conservation Trust, Tri-Town Equity and Inclusion Coalition, RSU5, and the Desert of Maine Center for Arts & Ecology.
Local Events
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Farmyard Storytime: Series! Every Tuesday 10am - Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture & the Environment. Freeport
Balsam Realty is a proud business sponsor of Wolfe’s Neck Farm.
Visit the new Wolfe’s Neck Center for a free farm-themed story time! Meet in their barn (or inside the farmhouse depending on weather) to read a few stories about their farm animals and more. Sit back and bring a snack, if you’d like!
Free, 30 minutes, recommended for ages 6 and under.
184 Burnett Rd. Freeport
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Pineland Farms Autumn Event Calendar
There’s always something fun happening at Pineland Farms… corn maze, disc golf, family & farm programs, tastings at the Market, hikes, you name it.
See all of their events in one place or select a category that interests you.
Education is at the heart of Pineland Farms’ mission. Their 5,000-acre property offers an inspiring classroom for students of all ages. On the farm the learning takes place in their forests, fields, barns, gardens and farmyard. Through hands-on participation visitors have the opportunity to explore their connection to the natural and agricultural resources of Maine.
Pineland Farms
15 Farm View Drive
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Freeport Speech: November 13th 7pm
Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson is a marine biologist, policy expert, writer and the Roux Distinguished Scholar of environmental science at Bowdoin College. Barton Seaver is an author, speaker and chef on a mission to restore our relationship with the ocean, the land, and with each other—through sustainable eating. Together, they will lead us down a path to a healthier planet and healthier selves. Combined, Johnson and Seaver's TED talks have had over 5 million listeners.
Balsam Realty is a proud sponsor of Free(port) Speech.
Meetinghouse Arts, 40 Main St. Freeport
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Bowdoin International Music Festival Nov-2024 May 2025 - Brunswick & Other Locations
Bowdoin’s International Music Festival engages exceptional students and enthusiastic audiences through world-class education and performances. After a competitive admissions process, over 270 students are invited to attend the Festival and study with distinguished faculty and guest artists. Audiences are invited to more than 175 free events such as student performances, lectures, masterclasses, studio classes, and community concerts.
The Festival continues to thrive, attracting record numbers of applicants, continuing to build a diverse and world-renowned faculty, and reaching thousands of music lovers across the globe.
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Sparkle: Dec 6-15th, Freeport
Each year, Visit Freeport presents one of Maine’s most popular holiday celebrations, Sparkle Celebration. The 2024 festival kicks off in Freeport on Friday, December 6, 2024 with the Sparkle Celebration Parade of Lights, which ends with Santa arriving to bring the famous talking Christmas Tree to life!
The fun continues for ten days with lots of lights and holiday merrymaking, including Gift Card Giveaways, the Sparkle Stroll, and Sparkle Frosty Frolic.
Tripadvisor included Freeport, Maine among the Top Ten Fastest Growing Winter Destinations Worldwide for Americans.
Various Locations, Freeport
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Freeport Players Radio - December 6-8, 2024, Freeport Performing Arts Center
The 18th year of Radio! Go back with Freeport Players to the golden age of Radio, 1940s-1970s.
Live Band and Songs of the era, Sketch Comedy and Mystery, wacky Acme products, incomparable Sound Effects. You are the “studio audience.”
Balsam Realty is proud to Sponsor the Radio Show!
Freeport Performing Arts Center
Local Places & Venues
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RSU 5 Schools
RSU5 is a school regional unit for the towns of Durham, Freeport & Pownal with many student activities & events throughout the year.
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Portland Ovations & Portland Symphony Orchestra
Portland Ovations is a non-profit performing arts organization in Portland offering performing arts, theater, music, and dance at Merrill Auditorium and many other venues throughout the city.
Portland Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1923 is one of the top symphony orchestras of its size in the country.
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Meetinghouse Arts - Freeport
Meetinghouse Arts is a project of the Arts & Cultural Alliance of Freeport. The newly renovated venue includes a 200-seat performance hall, a gallery, and a meeting space. Here, the community can create, collaborate, learn, present, and enjoy an array of arts and cultural work. Within the facility, ACAF will curate local and traveling programming, host classes and workshops for all ages.
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Cross Insurance Arena - Portland
The Cross Insurance Arena is a multi-purpose sports & entertainment venue. Home to the Maine Mariners of the ECHL.
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