Thursday

All Day

Free Shuttle Bus

The festival provides free shuttle services to and from the festival grounds from the following locations. A bus arrives at each location approximately every 30 minutes.

• South Elementary School: 30 Broadway, Rockland, ME
• Oceanside High School: 400 Broadway, Rockland, ME

Check days for detailed schedule:

• Wednesday: 11 am – 10 pm
• Thursday, Friday, and Saturday*: 8:30 am – 11:30 pm
• Sunday: 8:30 am – 6:30 pm

Bus arrives at each location approximately every 20 minutes. Saturday morning shuttle service will be limited due to the parade. *Shuttle will not be running approximately 9 am – noon Saturday, Aug. 2.

All Day

Art Show at Fine Art & Craft Tent

“Heritage, History, and Ancestry” (at the Maine Heritage Tent at Middle Pier)

Listen for music and festival announcements in the PA booth.

Touch Tank, Books, & Demonstrations of the Maritime Industry in the Marine Tent, on Middle Pier

7 to 10 am

Pancake Breakfast (in the Food Tent)

9 am

Pirates of the Dark Rose raid Buoy Park!

9:15 am to 2 pm

Pirate encampment, Buoy Park

10:30 to 11:30 am

Piracy 101, Buoy Park

Everything one needs to know to be a pirate!

Noon to 6 pm

Paddy Mills, Food Tent

An award-winning folk singer/songwriter whose songs are as salty as the Maine coast he calls home.

Noon to 8 pm

The food tent opens to serve fresh Maine lobsters and other seafood. Menu

Midday

King Neptune & his Court, 2025 Maine Lobster Festival Delegate, and Black Beard visit the festival grounds to meet visitors.

1 to 2 pm

Cannon Lessons, Buoy Park

Our visiting pirates will teach guests all about cannons, and even fire some off.

2 to 7 pm

Pirate Lessons, Buoy Park

Learn what it takes to be a pirate!

2 to 3:30 pm

Steins & Vines
Celebrate our annual event, showcasing Maine brewers and vintners. Additional charge for admittance, age 21 or older, photo ID is required.

2:15 to 3:30 pm

Midcoast Music Academy, Main Stage
Students and staff of MCMA will perform in various ensembles.

3 to 4 pm

Pirate Weapons Demonstrations, Buoy Park

A demonstration of the piratical arts.

4 to 5 pm

Pirate Weapons Demonstration, Buoy Park

A demonstration of the piratical arts.

4 to 5:30 pm

Steins & Vines

Celebrate our annual event, showcasing Maine brewers and vintners. Additional charge for admittance, age 21 or older, photo ID is required.

4 to 5:30 pm

Bait Bag, Main Stage

5 pm

Cannon Fire, Buoy Park

The pirates will be firing cannons.

6 to 7:30 pm

Spencer Albee, Main Stage

A Portland based, nationally acclaimed singer, songwriter, and producer. Rolling Stone Magazine called Spencer a “21st century master in the lost art of Beatlesque hooks.”

8 to 9:30 pm

Rigometrics, Main Stage

Bringing original, raw, high-energy rock music to the stage.