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. 3.

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

9 am to 6 pm

U.S.S Delbert D. Black Tours

The U.S.S Delbert D. Black is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer of the United States Navy, which was launched in 2017. It weighs approximately 9,200 long tons, is 510 feet long, and houses 280 officers and enlisted. The ship is named for the first Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy, Delbert D. Black.

Free tours will depart from the Festival grounds at the pier next to the Harbor Master’s building. Tours last approximately 30-40 minutes aboard the ship, with an additional 45 minutes for travel to and from the ship. Minors must be accompanied by a parent/guardian. No pets or backpacks are allowed.

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 4 pm

USCGC Eagle Tours, 54 Tillson Ave.

The USCGC Eagle is a 295-foot, three-masted barque used as a training vessel for future officers of the United States Coast Guard. Minors must be accompanied by a parent/guardian. No pets or backpacks are allowed. No backless shoes or flip flops. Tours are free and depart from the Coast Guard pier at 54 Tillson Ave. in Rockland.

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, 2024 Maine Lobster Festival Delegate, and Black Beard visit the festival.

12:30 to 1:45 pm

The Returnables, Main Stage

A six-piece classic rock band of lobstermen and friends who have been playing together for over 30 years.

2:15 to 3:30 pm

Pen Bay Steel Band, Main Stage

Maine’s own steel drum band.

3 to 4 pm

Piracy 101, Buoy Park

Everything one needs to know to be a pirate!

3:30 to 4 pm

Jim Gibson, Beer Tent

An entertaining blend of blues, rock, gospel and country music.

3:30 to 5 pm

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

4 to 5 pm

Pirate Weapons Demonstration, Buoy Park

A demonstration of the piratical arts.

4 to 5:15 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.”

5 pm

Cannon fire, Buoy Park

The pirates will be firing cannons.

5:15 to 5:30 pm

Jim Gibson, Beer Tent

An entertaining blend of blues, rock, gospel and country music.

5:30 to 7:00 pm

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

5:30 to 7 pm

Rigometrics, Main Stage

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

7 to 7:30 pm

Jim Gibson, Beer Tent

An entertaining blend of blues, rock, gospel and country music.

7:30 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.