Schedule

Friday, August 15, 2025

• 5:30 pm An Evening By the Bay at the United Farmers Market 18 Spring Street.  Silent and live auctions of Arts, Crafts, and Experiences.  Live music by Jonesville, catered Hors d’Oeuvres by Bell the Cat.  Cash Bar.  Proceeds benefit Belfast Rotary Legacy Project.  

Saturday, August 16, 2025

Vendors are located throughout the park.  Kids activities near the main entrance. [All Day]

Come Boating! will be offering free Harbor Rows to any member of the public on Sunday from 10 to 1.  Anyone interested should come to the Come Boating! boat she near the Harbor Masters building on the Harbor Walk to sign up.  Minors must have a written waiver signed by a parent or guardian.

Children’s Activities

• 10 am – 12 noon Model Boat Building
• 10 am – 2:00 pm Treasure Hunt
• 11 am -1:00 pm Face Painting
• 12- 2:00 pm Cardboard Boat Building & Rain Gutter Regatta

Other Activities

• 7:30 – 10:30 am Pancake Breakfast at the Boat House 
• 7:00 – 7:45 am 5K Bug Run Registration Union & Miller Streets
• 8:00 am 5K Bug Run/Walk.  
• 10:00 – 11:30 am Live music at the Gazebo:
• 10:00 – 2:00 pm BAHS Kelp Exhibit
• 11:00 – 2:00 pm Boat Building Demonstrations
• 11:30 – 12:15 pm Front Street Shipyard Tour 101 Front Street
• 11:00 am – 1:00 pm Come Boating! Regatta 4-mile race in Belfast Bay
• 12:00 – 1:00 pm Megan Pinette, BHS&M “Belfast in the Age of Sail”.  Lecture in the Boat House.
• 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Cardboard Boat Building Center Lawn
• 12:15 – 2:30 pm Live music at the Gazebo:  
• 12:30 – 1:15 pm Front Street Shipyard Tour 101 Front Street
• 1:00 – 2:00 pm Cipperly Good, Penobscot Marine Museum.  “The Net Result: Our Evolving Fisheries and the National Fisherman Collection”. Lecture in the Boat House.
• 2:00 – 3:00 pm Leigh Dorsey – R2AK – Race to Alaska (TENTATIVE)
• 2:30 – 4:00 pm Live music 
• 3:00 – 3:45 pm The Dory: Station Wagon of the Sea.  History and Musings about this classic Maine workboat by Nicolle Littrell in the Boat House

Sunday, August 17, 2025

Vendors are located throughout the park.

• 10:00 am to 1:00 pm Come Boating! offers free Harbor Rows.  Sign up at the Come Boating! Boatshed near the Harbor Master’s building.
• 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Befast Rotary Club Bake Sale (Boat House)

Cardboard Boat Challenge (at the Boat House).  Sponsored by the Belfast Parks and Recreation Department and Front Street Shipyard.

• 10:00 am Boats arrive, register, and sign a liability waiver
• 10:30 am Public display and voting for People’s Choice Award.  Boat Judging.
• 10:45 am Boaters and crew meet with officials to go over the rules followed by a parade.
• 11:00 am Races begin by category.  The Awards Ceremony follows the final heat of the races.
• 11:00 am: Habitat for Humanity Lobster Gala.  

• 11:00 am – 3:00 pm Live music at the Gazebo:  TBD