Tucked away on a side road off a side road is one of Belfast's most understated resource and finest spots in the community, its Municipal Airport. Small planes come and go on the asphalt runways that stretch out, meeting on either side spacious stretches of mown green grass. Red hangars, appearing modest from the outside, open their big doors and reveal spotless bays home to well-tended aircraft.

Veggies to Table's summer gala returns to Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences on Sunday, Aug. 9, 5 to 7:30 p.m. This year’s event, To the Nines, invites guests to dress up, indulge in small plates from Solo Pane and Solo Italiano, oysters, macarons, and bites from East Boothbay General, an open bar and a lineup of extraordinary Live and Silent auction experiences.

The Riley School and Penobscot Bay Language School will hold an inaugural Multicultural Festival, a vibrant community celebration of cultures from around the world. The free event will take place Saturday, July 18, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., on the Riley School campus.

One of Maine’s oldest food cooperatives, the Belfast Community Co-op, is hitting the milestone of fifty years serving the communities of the Midcoast and beyond. From summer 2026 through summer 2027, the Belfast Community Co-op will be honoring its past and celebrating its future with member-owners, staff, friends and neighbors.   

University of Maine Cooperative Extension will host its annual Sustainable Agriculture Research Tour on Wednesday, August 5, from 2- 5:45 p.m., at Rogers Forage and Crops Research Farm, part of UMaine’s Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station, 914 Bennoch Road, Old Town. Sign-in opens at 1:30 p.m.

Many music-loving hearts broke when Gordon Lightfoot died unexpectedly in May of 2023. A singer-songwriter of extraordinary talent, his songs were the soundtrack of his fans’ lives for over 60 years. Bereft, but believing that his music needed to live on, his bandmates rallied in their grief to reconstitute as The Lightfoot Band and set about establishing themselves as his legacy. The band will play the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor on Thursday, July 23 at 7:30 p.m.

The Maine Daylily Society will host Daylily Day at Merryspring Nature Center on Saturday, July 25, at 10 a.m.

Daylilies are blooming in colorful profusion at Merryspring. Gardener and daylily hybridizer Susan Shaw will share how easy it is to grow and even hybridize daylily varieties on this walk through the Maine Daylily Society Display Garden, according to Merryspring, in a news release.

Most of the daylilies in the garden are named cultivars, registered with the American Hemerocallis Society. 

Saturday, July 25, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m., the Belfast Garden Club will host an Open Garden Day at 64 Appleton Ridge Road in Appleton, the home of mixed-media artist Abbie Read. 

"Sitting atop the ridge of Appleton Ridge Road and among open blueberry barrens, the garden is chock full of perennials artistically woven together for beauty and function," said the Garden Club, in a news release.

Abbie Read studied landscape design after earning her MFA in art.

The 10th Annual Washington Community Auction will be held Saturday, July 25, 2026 at the Washington Fire Station, 42 Old Union Road. 

Eureka Masonic Lodge will kick off St. George Days with a community Lasagna Dinner on Thursday, July 16, from 5 to 7 p.m. at 4 Watts Avenue, Tenants Harbor.

Dinner will include varieties of lasagna, including vegetarian and gluten-free, Caesar salad, garlic bread and dessert. 

The cost is $15 for adults and $5 for children under 12. 

Lincolnville Center Indoor Flea Market will be held July 18, from 8 a.m. to noon, in the Community Building located at 18 Searsmont Road, Rt. 173, Lincolnville CENTER. 

This is the 14th season of the flea market, which is held the third Saturday of each month through October.

ROCKLAND — Coastal Family Hospice Volunteers is offering a Drop In Caregiver Support Group on the last Monday of the month, at Breakwater Marketplace, 91 Camden St, Suite 408, Rockland, from 4 - 5 p.m.

THOMASTON — Witches, wizards, and muggles alike are invited to test their knowledge of the wizarding world at Knox Clinic's next Community Trivia Night on Thursday, July 16, from 6 to 7:30 p.m., at the Thomaston Public Library.

This free event will feature Harry Potter-themed trivia, prizes, refreshments, and an evening of friendly competition for fans of all ages. Participants are encouraged to come dressed in costume, represent their Hogwarts house, and embrace the magic of the evening.

2026 Rising Tide Party & Auction will take place Thursday, Aug. 20, from 5:30 to 8 p.m., at Riverside Farm & Learning Center in Searsmont.

"Bringing together community members, nonprofit leaders, business supporters, and philanthropists from across Knox and Waldo counties, the Rising Tide Party & Auction celebrates the generosity and partnerships that strengthen our region," said United Midcoast Charities, in a news release.

On Saturday, July 18, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m., the gardens at the historic Major John Russ farmhouse, at 148 Head of Tide Road in Belfast, will be open to view, the third event of Belfast Garden Club’s 2026 Open Garden Days. Built in 1865, the home is now owned by Brit Ziegler and Phil Jacks, an architectural historian who frequently teaches courses on architecture for Belfast Senior College. 

The annual memorial service to honor the life of Revolutionary War Hero Major General Henry Knox will take place July 25, at 10:30 a.m., at the Thomaston Village Cemetery.

The Maine and New Hampshire Sons of the American Revolution and Col. Henry Knox Regimental Colors Guards will begin the ceremony with a Revolutionary War period color guard followed by the laying of the wreaths. Morris Berry-St. George will be the guest speaker this year. His talk will focus on Knox's life after his service to our country.