Thursday, July 31
7 AM – 11 PM
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:
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Wednesday: 11 am – 10 pm
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Thursday, Friday, and Saturday*: 8:30 am – 11:30 pm
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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
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.