This weekend in Bangor, ME

Discover offerings from a variety of crafters and vendors with no admission fee. To request a registration form, email tlmorrison1969@gmail.com or call or text 207-554-7412. Tina Morrison is the sole point of contact for this event, and messages from anyone else should be ignored to avoid scams. This event is not sponsored by the Bangor Elks Club.

At Bangor Waterfront, BARN, Wellspring, Together Place, Bangor Public Health and Community Services, ME-RAP, and Penquis SAY come together for Maine’s largest recovery celebration honoring National Recovery Month. This free, community-wide gathering welcomes people in recovery, supporters and loved ones, professionals in the field, and anyone who believes recovery is possible. Attendees can enjoy live music and entertainment, talks from recovery speakers, family friendly activities, booths from community resources and organizations, free burgers and hot dogs, and a cornhole tournament, with more to discover. The focus is on celebrating recovery, reducing stigma, and building connections to the support and resources that make recovery possible.

Celebrate the season at the Oktoberfest Family Harvest Festival at Benjamin’s Brewer. This free community gathering features local businesses offering complimentary games and activities for children. Browse a bustling craft and artisan market, watch a chainsaw artist carve live, and wander the Harvest Haus farmers market filled with Maine-grown flavors. Immerse in German traditions while enjoying tasty food, fresh beer, and live music, all designed for families and friends to enjoy together. Bring the kids and invite your crew to help start a new community tradition. Admission is free.

A community celebration highlights Bangor’s new Community Mural by acclaimed Maine artist Rachel Gloria Adams, created in collaboration with the Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce. This large-scale piece transforms a prominent downtown wall into a colorful tribute to the city’s people, places, history, and culture. Patterns contributed by five Bangor-area artists are woven into the design, bringing multiple perspectives together in one vibrant work of public art. The gathering offers a chance to meet the artists, enjoy a beverage and a snack, see the completed mural up close, and snap photos. Drinks are donated by Orono Brewing Company. There is a suggested $5 contribution for entry, and drinks are available for a suggested $5 each, with proceeds supporting Bangor Beautiful and future community projects. Visitors can also learn about Bangor Beautiful, hear the story behind the mural, and discover ways to get involved in creating more public art and beautiful community spaces across Bangor. Appreciation goes out to the many donors, volunteers, artists, businesses, and community partners who made the project possible, with special thanks to sponsors The Rock & Art Shop, Edwards, Faust & Smith, CPAs, Bangor International Airport, and Scott Edwards at the Standpipe level, High Tide Capital, Fairmount Dental, Penobscot Financial Advisors, Verrill Law, Varney Agency, Maine Savings, and Greater Bangor Association of Realtors at the Paul Bunyan level, and Birchbrook and Largay Law Offices at the Penobscot level.

40 FINGERS is an Italian quartet of guitarists known for inventive reinterpretations of well known rock and pop songs, along with film and TV soundtracks. Their performances have attracted millions of views on social media. Queen highlighted the group’s arrangement of Bohemian Rhapsody on the band’s website. They have also collaborated in duets with Andrea Bocelli, U.S. singer Tory Kelly, and Andy Summers of The Police, partnering with Summers to revisit Bring on the Night.