From live music and workshops to kids’ activities and festivals, our events calendar keeps happenings across Blue Hill Peninsula in one easy place to scan by date. Browse what’s coming up here, or hop over to the homepage calendar if you like a full grid view.
Community Calendar
Friend Memorial 5k Fun Run
Lace up those sneakers and come on down to the Friend Memorial Public Library in Brooklin for a 5k fun run on Saturday 7/18 at 8 a.m. The route will run from the library to the Wooden Boat campus and back. Visit our website for more information. Sign ups will begin at 7:30 a.m. on race day; the first 50 runners will get a free swag bag!
Movie Night at the Brooklin General Store with Friend Memorial Public Library
Join us for another Friend Memorial Public Library movie night, which will be hosted by the Brooklin General Store (4 Reach Road) on Saturday 7/18 at 8:30 p.m. This month we will be showing Point Break, a movie about surfer burglars starring Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves. Food and refreshments will be provided; free and open to all!
Mystery Book Group Discussion
Join the Friend Memorial Public Library in Brooklin (1 Reach Road)'s Mystery Book Group, next meeting Tuesday 7/21 from 1 to 2 p.m. This month we will be reading Agatha Christie’s "Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case." Anyone is welcome to join!
Brooklin Reads Group Discussion
Join the Brooklin Reads Book Group at Friend Memorial Public Library in Brooklin (1 Reach Road), next meeting Wednesday 7/29 from 1 to 2 p.m. This month we will be reading "What We Can Know" by Ian McEwen. Anyone is welcome to join!
Eco-Printing Workshop with Teach Peace Prints
Join Katama Murray from Teach Peace Prints, where she will be leading an eco-printing workshop at Friend Memorial Public Library in Brooklin (1 Reach Road) on Thursday 7/30 from 12 to 3 p.m. Eco-printing is the process of taking plants and food waste, extracting its natural pigments via steaming, and making wonderful, colorful art! No experience is necessary, and all are welcome to join! Please see link to sign up for a limited spot!
https://friendml.org/2026/07/01/eco-printing-workshops/
Ninth Annual Cakes and Authors Event
Stop by the Friend Memorial Public Library in Brooklin (1 Reach Road) for our 9th annual Cakes and Authors event, hosted on Thursday 7/9 from 1 to 3 p.m. A celebration of our patrons, six local Maine authors will be selling books and there will be many kinds of cake! Music from jazz pianist Scott Cleveland will accompany the event, along with free books, children’s crafts, and our popular free raffle.
Building Bee Boxes
Learn how to make native bee boxes on the Town Green with the Brooklin Food Corps after Brooklin’s classic Independence Day parade. An updated 2026 guide to local farmers and other producers (with a map!) will be distributed. Free and appropriate for all ages!
https://brooklinfoodcorps.org/events-calendar/
DownEast SongCrafters Meet-Up
Join a group of Downeast singer songwriters who would like to meet and share ideas and original songs to collaborate and learn from each other to foster the capacity to craft, collaborate on, and share songs across Maine’s Down East communities and out to the wider world.
Second Annual All Ages Drag Party
Join Peninsula Pride for an all-ages dance party featuring live music from Old County Road, Hannah B. Designs pop-up, food and drink (all payment forms accepted), a glitter bar, a costume corner, and more. All ages welcome. For full details, visit www.peninsulapride.me
Joyful Hymn Sing at Rockbound Chapel
Singing hymns can be a shared and meaningful experience, even with people you don't know well. The act of singing together can create a sense of connection and mutual support. It doesn't matter how well you sing; what matters is that you participate. Hymns can resonate from childhood and bring back good memories.
Author Talk with Jane Goodrich
Leaf & Anna and Friend Memorial Public Library will host an exclusive early launch for Jane Goodrich’s new historical novel, The Seraph, in Brooklin on June 12. The event begins at 4 p.m. with an author talk and presentation at the library, followed by a book signing and reception at Leaf & Anna. Attendees will get a first look at the story behind the novel, including historical photos that inspired it, and can purchase signed copies of The Seraph—a follow-up to Goodrich’s bestselling The House at Lobster Cove—at both Leaf & Anna locations afterward.
Joyful Hymn Sing at Rockbound Chapel
Singing hymns can be a shared and meaningful experience, even with people you don't know well. These shared songs can express deep emotions like loneliness, fear, love, grace, trust, hope, and peace. The act of singing together can create a sense of connection and mutual support. It doesn't matter how well you sing; what matters is that you participate. Hymns can resonate from childhood and rekindle faith.
Brooklin School presents Disney’s Newsies Jr.
Brooklin School students bring Disney’s Newsies Jr. to the stage on Thursday, May 28, and Friday, May 29 at 6 p.m., with a high-energy, family-friendly musical inspired by the Newsboys Strike of 1899. Join the community for songs, choreography, and a big-hearted story of courage, friendship, and the power of the press; donations are welcome at the door.
Brooklin School presents Disney’s Newsies Jr.
Brooklin School students bring Disney’s Newsies Jr. to the stage on Thursday, May 28, and Friday, May 29 at 6 p.m., with a high-energy, family-friendly musical inspired by the Newsboys Strike of 1899. Join the community for songs, choreography, and a big-hearted story of courage, friendship, and the power of the press; donations are welcome at the door.
Brooklin Food Corps Seedling Swap
Come to swap, drop off, or just to pick up seedlings at the Brooklin Food Corps's annual event. Join the spring excitement! info@brooklinfoodcorps.org.
3rd Annual Rockbound Chapel Contra Dance
3rd Annual Rockbound Chapel Contra dance is coming! Back by popular demand at the beautiful chapel. Join the BAMU Band & friends (former members of the Bagaduce Northern New England Ensemble) as they delight your senses and make you put on your dancing shoes for a night of community dancing.
Brooklin Food Corps Community Garden Work Day
Come meet new and longtime gardeners, and find out how you can help the Brooklin Food Corps in the Community Garden this year, on a regular or occasional basis. We'll start by getting the garden deer- and porcupine-proofed for the coming season.
2 p.m. Community Garden (off the Brooklin School's entry road)
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