Events

Join us for one of the highlights of the Boothbay Harbor holiday season and get a head start on your holiday shopping!
At our annual Holiday Festival, you will find unique, local, handcrafted gifts in SIX distinct sections:

• DECK THE HALLS: Holiday floral arrangements, table décor and unique handcrafted items!
• NATURE’S GIFTS: Unique handmade gifts expressing our love of nature
• SWEET SHOP: Your favorite baked goods; gift wrapped and ready to go!
• COMFORT AND JOY: Cozy, charming and whimsical one-of-a-kind gift ideas for the special ones on your holiday list!
• GIFT BASKETS: Enchanting collections of gifts wrapped in beautiful containers
• TREES AND ORNAMENTS: Themed, fully decorated trees with lights and ornaments and unique, handmade ornaments

Proceeds from this Boothbay Harbor tradition support local student education scholarships and the numerous environmental and community projects we undertake to contribute to the natural beauty of this area.

See you December 5th and 6th! Cash or check only please!

Come one, come all to Camp Kieve for a family-friendly night of indoor climbing. All gear provided. Waivers to be signed upon arrival.

Suggested donation of $5/per person and $10/per family.

Edgecomb Eddy Artisan and Vendor Show
December 6th, 9am to 3pm
Free entry and free raffle

Please join us for a day of art, crafts and local goods at the Edgecomb Eddy Artisan and Vendor Show! Featuring over 40 local artists and vendors, come meet the makers and find unique gifts for the holiday season.

We are excited to add this event to the wonderful list of things to do in the Boothbay Region; including the Boothbay Lights, Boothbay Harbor Boat Parade and Gardens Aglow.

We will have food available for sale and Santa will be making an appearance!

The show is sponsored by the graduating 6th grade class and families to fundraise for their upcoming trip to Boston.

For more information on vendors, please see the show’s Facebook page Edgecomb Eddy Artisan and Vendor Show FMI Ellen.Verge@gmail.com

Join us for one of the highlights of the Boothbay Harbor holiday season and get a head start on your holiday shopping!
At our annual Holiday Festival, you will find unique, local, handcrafted gifts in SIX distinct sections:

• DECK THE HALLS: Holiday floral arrangements, table décor and unique handcrafted items!
• NATURE’S GIFTS: Unique handmade gifts expressing our love of nature
• SWEET SHOP: Your favorite baked goods; gift wrapped and ready to go!
• COMFORT AND JOY: Cozy, charming and whimsical one-of-a-kind gift ideas for the special ones on your holiday list!
• GIFT BASKETS: Enchanting collections of gifts wrapped in beautiful containers
• TREES AND ORNAMENTS: Themed, fully decorated trees with lights and ornaments and unique, handmade ornaments

Proceeds from this Boothbay Harbor tradition support local student education scholarships and the numerous environmental and community projects we undertake to contribute to the natural beauty of this area.

See you December 5th and 6th! Cash or check only please!

A Winter’s Evening with Ryanhood is an evening of songs and storytelling, heartstrings and laughter. Holiday audience members can anticipate the high-energy, big-harmony, dueling acoustic guitar approach that Ryanhood fans across the country have come to expect.

Featuring a blend of original holiday compositions, wintry covers, and reworked classics woven together with holiday stories and memories, Ryan David Green and Cameron Hood invite you to experience the joy, depth, intimacy, and excitement of the holiday season by sharing A Winter’s Evening with Ryanhood. Advance discount tickets $25, available only from the box office at 207-633-5159 (open Wed – Fri from 10-2). Regular tickets $30 online at boothbayoperahouse.com, and on the day of show if available.

Drop-in to Lay Lines’ cozy shop with family & friends to make paper ornaments during this years Wiscasset Holiday Marketfest. Come create with Joelle for 15 minutes of kid friendly, paper making joy! Her $10 kits are created with handmade decorative papers from Mermaid Bindery.
Tools will be provided for instruction. She hopes you will try one or more of the different ornament styles. Extra kits will also be available for purchase, to share the handmade fun at home!
https://www.facebook.com/joelle.mermaidbindery/events

Rollicking Holiday songs from the Anglo/ Celtic folk tradition in celebration of Yuletide

Sheepscot Chorus invites you to their annual holiday concert on Sunday, Dec. 7, at 3:00 PM at the Boothbay Harbor Congregational Church. This concert features Benjamin Britten’s magical “A Ceremony of Carols,” performed with harpist Melody Lindsay, and conducted by artistic director Linda Blanchard. Tenor soloist David Myers-Wakeman and soprano soloists Jennifer Felkay and Marybeth McCaffrey will be featured.

“A Ceremony of Carols” was based upon poems found in the book “The English Galaxy of Shorter Poems.” Britten discovered this book during a stopover in Halifax, Nova Scotia, while on a wartime voyage back to England from the United States in 1942. Drawn primarily from medieval and Renaissance verses, these texts inspired Britten to compose this beloved work. Sheepscot Chorus will present the SATB version of the piece, which was approved by the composer.

Holiday pops favorites will round out the second half of the program. Co-director and accompanist Sean Fleming has a knack for bringing together top-notch musicians for our holiday pops orchestra, sure to set toes tapping!

Tickets are $20 (free for children and students) and are available at sheepscotvalleychorus.org, in Boothbay Harbor at Sherman’s Books and Stationary, and in Damariscotta Sherman’s Bookshop & Café. For more
information, please email info@sheepscotvalleychorus.org, or visit facebook.com/sheepscotchorus and sheepscotvalleychorus.org.

The next Ocean on Tap is Thursday December 11th, 7pm, at Footbridge Brewery in Boothbay Harbor. Dr. Kara Gadeken, of the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, will be speaking about her research on marine
worms, their bizarre shapes, and the many roles they play in marine ecosystems.

Ocean on Tap is an informal, ocean-centric speaker series organized by researchers from Bigelow Laboratory and hosted by Footbridge Brewery in Boothbay Harbor. Our goal is to bring people of the community together over the fascinating world of the ocean. At these events, speakers will share their corner of expertise in the ocean, and attendees are encouraged to ask questions.

Seedy Folk is excited to welcome Andrew Rothlisberger to Oxbow Brewing in Newcastle on Monday, December 15th. Andrew’s songs feature huge melodies that will be lodged in your head for days. Make sure to make it this one, you’ll be glad you did. At the taproom at Oxbow Brewing on Monday, December 15th from 5-7pm.