Friday

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

Children’s Parade Registration, Food Tent

9 am to 1 pm

Amateur Seafood Cooking Contest, North Tent

10 am

Children’s Parade

Sign up to participate at the far end of the Food Tent at 9 am.

10 am to 2 pm

Pirate Tavern, Buoy Park

Meet and greet with our visiting pirates as well as kids activities and skits.

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.

12:30 to 1:45 pm

The Returnables, Main Stage

Classic rock, blues, and jams galore.

2 to 4 pm

Dog Show, Main Stage

The festivities kick off with a delightful Dog Parade winding through the festival grounds. From there, prepare for the main event featuring three tail-wagging categories: Best Costume, Best Hair, and Best Trick.

3 to 4 pm

Piracy 101, Buoy Park

Everything one needs to know to be a pirate!

4 to 5 pm

Pirate Weapons Demonstration, Buoy Park

A demonstration of the piratical arts.

4 to 5:30 pm

Kris Rogers & the Dirty Gems, Main Stage

Explosive and engaging rock and roll.

5 pm

Cannon fire, Buoy Park

The pirates will be firing cannons.

6 to 7:30 pm

Master Stroke Queen Experience, Main Stage

Celebrating the amazing music and performances of the incomparable Queen.

8 to 9:30 pm

Dirty Deeds – The AC/DC Experience, Main Stage

Celebrating the thunderous energy of the Bon Scott and Brian Johnson era and delivering a power-packed performance that takes the audience on a journey through the story that is AC/DC, the band that defined a genre.