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Today’s Forecast

🌤️ Mostly Sunny | 67° | Sunset: 6:28 PM

Highlight: Fall Festivals In Maine

Every weekend from September through October, you will see Harvest Festivals, Oktoberfests, Community Celebrations, and more going on across the state.

We’ll continue to add these to our events lists, but here are a few to get excited about in October!

• Fryeburg Fair | Fryeburg | Oct 1 - 8

• Freeport Fall Festival | Freeport | Oct 6 - 8

• Sunday River Fall Festival | Sunday River | October 7 - 8

• York HarvestFest | York | Oct 14

• Kennebunk HarvestFest | Kennebunk | Oct 15

• Ogunquitfest | Ogunquit | Oct 20 - 22

• Harvest On the Harbor | Portland | Oct 25

• Halloween in Kennebunks | Kennebunk | Oct 31

Events This Week

Thursday, September 28 | 🌤️ | 67°

• Bill Burr @ Cross Insurance Arena | Portland, ME | 8:00 PM | Bill Burr making two stops in Portland, ME at Cross Insurance Arena on September 28th & 29th

• Ben Folds | State Theatre | Portland, ME | 8:00 PM | Ben Folds concert at State Theatre this Thursday

• Ols Presents: Micromassé At Congress Square Park | One Longfellow Square | Portland, ME | 6:00 PM | Free community concert at Congress Square Park featuring Micromassé.

• Light Up Bike Ride | Shevenell Park | Biddeford, ME | 7:00 PM | Light Up Rides are slow roll, social rides

Friday, September 29 | 🌥️ | 64°

• Beer In The Garden | Longfellow Garden | 4:30 PM | Join us in the historic Longfellow Garden for craft beer and light snacks

• Maine Lobster Week | Multiple Locations | Multiple Locations | Some participating locations will serve special priced Lobster Meals + Rolls

• Nature At Night Hike | Hinkley Park | South Portland, ME | 7:00 PM | Join the city park rangers for a hike under the Full Corn Moon

Saturday, September 30 | 🌥️ | 62°

• Puzzle Palooza | Scarborough Public Library | Scarborough, ME | 1:00 PM | Teams race against each other to finish a 500-piece jigzaw puzzle

• Portland Maine Oktoberfest | Portland | Portland, ME | 5:00 PM | Exciting Oktoberfest celebration with bar crawl

• Biddeford Oktoberfest | Lincoln Street | Biddeford, ME | 12:00 PM | Banded Brewing Co., Batson River Brewing, and Blaze Brewing to bring the best beer tradition right to downtown Biddeford

• Bunktoberfest | Bunker Brewing | Portland, ME | 2:30 PM | Admission fee of $25 includes a commemorative Bunktoberfest .5L tankard

Sunday, October 1 | 🌤️ | 71°

• Maine Artisan Fest | Sunday River Resort | Newry, ME | 8:00 AM | Maine Artisan Fest: A celebration of local flavors and businesses.

• Point-Toberfest | Thomson Point | Portland, ME | 12:00 PM | Join us for crisp local beers & bevs, live music and warm brezel at the first annual Point-toberfest, a beer-hall style party

• Maine Marathon | Portland | Portland, ME | 7:45 AM | Come cheer on the runners at this USATF certified and Boston Marathon qualifying event

• Adult Volleyball Open Gym | SPCC | South Portland, ME | 4:00 PM | Volleyball drop-in for $5 in South Portland

• The Shining Movie Showing | The Press Hotel | Portland, ME | 3:00 PM | The Press Hotel will be featuring two movies based on Stephen King stories each Sunday in October

News

🌎 General

• Senate unveils stopgap bill in bid to avert shutdown, setting up showdown with the House - CNN | See More

🏥 Health

• Scientists say some tests may be able to identify the markers of prolonged COVID symptoms in the future - ABC News | See More

• State study shows contaminants found in medical marijuana | See More

💻 Technology

• Apple and Google are changing the way we listen to podcasts - The Verge | See More

🦞 Local

• The 151st Cumberland Fair celebrates agriculture in Maine | See More