Blue Hill Maritime Heritage Festival

Saturday, Aug 9, 2025 at 10:00am

Various Venues in Blue Hill, ME

Blue Hill Maritime Heritage Festival are planning a fun summer day by the bay, with a lot of maritime and historical related activities: boats, and boat building demonstrations, art on the lawn, sea shanties, seafood and more. Come join us for that fun summer day by the bay. 

Schedule of Events:

10am: Festival Opens

10am - 4pm: Traditional Boats on Display - Town Wharf
Boat rides, demonstrations

10am - 4pm: Shaw Institute Blue Hill Bay Marine Science - Shaw Institute
Touch tank, microscopes

10am - 4pm: Blue Hill Historical Society - Holt and Carriage House
Museum, sea captains' artifacts, antique marine engines

10am - 4pm: Art Show & Sale
Local artists, nautically inspired art, plein air demonstations

10am: Live Music Waterbound - Sculpture Emerson Park

11am: Live Music Leftovers - Sculpture Emerson Park

11am - Noon: Paul Gartside - TSCA Tent
Book Signing

11am - 1pm: History Tales: Eliza Ann Wescott - Holt House Lawn
Discussions with a Ship Captain's wife

11:30am - 3:30pm: Blue Hill Community Rowing - Town Dock
Introductory Coastal Crew Rowing

12:00pm: Live Music-Stephen Sanfilippo - Sculpture Emerson Park

1pm: Live Music Gordon Ward - Sculpture Emerson Park

1pm - 2pm: Paul Gartside - TSCA Tent
Book Signing

2:30pm: Live Music Castlebay - Sculpture Emerson Park

4pm: Festival Closes

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