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Events

If you are looking for inexpensive or free things to do in Southern Maine, you're in the right place! Here are our picks for affordable events and deals in York and Cumberland counties.

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Friday, May 2, 2025

Help Our Garden Grow

All Day | FREE | Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick

LEGOS

All Day | FREE | Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick

Name Our Library Dog!

All Day | FREE | Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick

First Friday Art Walk

FREE | Portland Public Library, Downtown Branch

White Pine Programs at YPL (Middle Schoolers)

FREE | York Public Library

The Wedding Singer

$39.00-70.00 | The Rep (Seacoast Repertory Theatre)

Henry Strater's Ogunquit

$0-15.00 | Ogunquit Museum of American Art

A Sailboat in the Moonlight: Art of Nicole Wittenberg

$0-15.00 | Ogunquit Museum of American Art

Where the Real Lies

$0-15.00 | Ogunquit Museum of American Art

Fiber Arts

10:00 am | FREE | Wells Public Library

Baby Storytime @ Peaks

10:00 am to 11:00 am | FREE | Portland Public Library, Peaks Island

Fiber Arts for Adults at The Wells Public Library

10:00 am to 12:15 pm | FREE | Wells Public Library

Self-Guided Museum Tours

10:00 am to 4:30 pm | FREE | Shaker Village at Sabbathday Lake, New Gloucester

Children's Author/Illustrator Event: Scott Magoon

10:30 am to 11:00 am | FREE | Portsmouth (NH) Public Library

Little Roots Family Music Class

10:30 am to 11:30 am | FREE | Portland Public Library, Downtown Branch

Preschool Storytime @ Peaks

10:30 am to 11:30 am | FREE | Portland Public Library, Peaks Island

Preschool Storytime @ Burbank

10:30 am to 11:00 am | FREE | Portland Public Library, Burbank Branch

Express Yourself With Steve the Puppet

11:00 am to 11:30 am | FREE | Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine

Creative Movement with Portland School of Ballet

11:00 am to 11:30 am | FREE | Portland Public Library, Downtown Branch

Gentle Yoga Flow

11:00 am to 12:00 pm | FREE | Freeport Community Library

Gentle Yoga Flow with Sara Helman

11:00 am to 12:00 pm | FREE | Freeport Community Library

Craft & Chat: Origami

12:00 pm to 2:00 pm | FREE | Scarborough Public Library

Mental Health First Aid for Adults -Part 2

12:00 pm to 4:00 pm | FREE | York Public Library

Crafternoon

12:00 pm to 5:00 pm | FREE | South Berwick Public Library

The Hermit of Treig

1:00 pm | $14.00-16.00 | The Music Hall, Portsmouth, NH

Meet the Artist: Susan Hess

1:00 pm to 2:00 pm | FREE | Freeport Community Library

Weaver's Workshop

1:00 pm to 3:00 pm | FREE | Prince Memorial Library, Cumberland

PMA Films: Misericordia

2:00 pm | $7.00-10.00 | Portland Museum of Art

Technology Tutoring

2:00 pm to 3:30 pm | FREE | Portland Public Library, Downtown Branch

Teen Video Games

2:00 pm to 5:00 pm | FREE | Portland Public Library, Downtown Branch

Explore at Freeport Community Library

2:30 pm to 4:30 pm | Freeport Community Library

Lego and Rubik’s Cube Club

3:00 pm | FREE | Wells Public Library

Creative Writing for Kids @ Peaks (Grades 3–5)

3:00 pm to 4:00 pm | FREE | Portland Public Library, Peaks Island

Music Lab: Ukulele

3:30 pm to 4:30 pm | FREE | Thomas Memorial Library, Cape Elizabeth

Janis Ian: Breaking Silence

4:00 pm | $14.00-16.00 | The Music Hall, Portsmouth, NH

Dungeons & Dragons for kids

4:00 pm to 5:00 pm | FREE | Prince Memorial Library, Cumberland

OMAA Conversations: Where the Real Lies Artist Panel

4:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Ogunquit Museum of American Art

Classical Uprising: Growing up Maine

4:00 pm to 6:30 pm | FREE | Portland Museum of Art

Free Friday

4:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Portland Museum of Art

Our Story is One Exhibit

4:00 pm to 6:00 pm | FREE | William Fogg Library, Eliot

Live Music at the Front Porch

4:00 pm to 11:55 pm | The Front Porch in Ogunquit

May 2 Membership Opening Reception

5:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Ogunquit Museum of American Art

Art Around Town in Portsmouth, NH

5:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Portsmouth, NH

Live Music at the Bitter End

5:00 pm to 8:00 pm | The Bitter End in Wells

PMA Films: Stranger by the Lake (2013)

6:00 pm | $7.00-10.00 | Portland Museum of Art

Secret Mall Apartment

7:00 pm | $14.00-16.00 | The Music Hall, Portsmouth, NH

Karaoke at Feile

7:30 pm to 11:30 pm | Feile Irish Pub in Wells

The THE BAND Band

8:00 pm | $45.00-55.00 | Vinegar Hill

Harrison Goodell

8:00 pm | $22.00-32.00 | The Music Hall, Portsmouth, NH

Another Tequila Sunrise - Eagles Tribute Band

8:00 pm | $32.50-73.50 | Jonathan’s Ogunquit

Dueing Divas

8:00 pm | $25.00 | Mainestreet

Karaoke Queen

9:00 pm | Mainestreet

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