Friday, August 1
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
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.