The Swine & Stein Festival in downtown Gardiner. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
It’s almost time to eat, drink and be very merry in Gardiner. The annual Swine & Stein Brewfest takes over the downtown Saturday. With live music, bevvies from 14 breweries, wineries and distilleries, and fun events like the frozen T-shirt race, this is a sure bet for a heck of a good time. Other weekend options include ColoniALE at the Tate House Museum in Portland, the play “Molly Sweeney” at the Saco River Theatre and the Harvest Chill Fall Festival in Arundel.
Pick your own pumpkins are part of the fun for kids at Pumpkin Valley Farm in Dayton. Photo courtesy of Pumpkin Valley Farm.
Have you turned on your heat yet, or are you holding out for a few more weeks? Point being, fall certainly is here, and this is no time to sit around waiting for the ground to freeze. Get out there, people! There are corn mazes to get lost in, flannel shirts to try on, pumpkins to pick and several other autumnal outings waiting for you.
The cast of the world premiere production of “My Best Friend’s Wedding” at Ogunquit Playhouse. Photo Nile Scott Studios
The moment you wake up, before you put on your makeup, you might want to buy a little ticket to the musical version of “My Best Friend’s Wedding,” in its world premiere run at the Ogunquit Playhouse, through Oct. 27. The delightful, comedic show is packed with hit songs and laughs. This weekend, there are two performances on Friday and Saturday, and a Sunday afternoon matinee.
Visitors get ready for a tractor-drawn wagon ride at Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, one of the oldest farms in Maine still operated under the same management, since 1783. Derek Davis/Staff Photographer
If you have Monday off, we’ve got you covered. Head to Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village for its Harvest Festival. Admission is free, and the festival features demonstrations, tours, wagon rides, all sorts of food and live music from bluegrass band Albert Price and the Pseudonyms, as well as 19th-century tunes from Paul and Sally Wells.
Maia Sharp. Photo by Anna Haas
There are still tickets left to see a bunch of concerts this weekend, including Maia Sharp & Willy Porter at Stone Mountain Arts Center on Friday in Brownfield and Adrian Vandenburg at Aura in Portland on Saturday. Our tickets list is long and has something for most musical tastes.
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