Free events in Belfast, ME

Explore the Winterport Farmers Market in Winterport, Maine, featuring plants, jams and pickles, handmade dishcloths, and more. Enhance your shopping with a snack or drink from the Rolling Pin Cafe while you browse for items for the garden and kitchen.

SardineFest shines a spotlight on sardines with a range of experiences for all ages. Admission is free, and the schedule features activities for families, demonstrations, live music, and talks, plus storytelling with Salty Tales. Exhibitors and vendors will be on site, and tastings featuring sardines offer a chance to sample the catch. After a debut that welcomed about 1,200 guests, an even larger turnout is expected. More details will be shared.

Enjoy free, easygoing sea chantey singalongs guided by museum staff, volunteers, and fellow music lovers. Join the chorus or relax and listen, and if you have a favorite chantey, you are welcome to lead one. Along the way, conversations will highlight how these songs once helped sailors coordinate their work at sea. No experience is needed, all ages are welcome, and registration is not required. Drop in for a single session or make it a regular tradition.

The market runs rain or shine and welcomes leashed pets. SNAP/EBT, Maine Harvest Bucks, and Maine Senior FarmShare are accepted, and some vendors are approved for WIC. It offers partial ADA accessibility and welcomes questions about access. Restrooms are available on site at Waterfall Arts. Free street parking is available, including accessible spaces nearby. A full vendor list is available.