First Parish Church Open Sanctuary
2026-04-14 15:00 - 18:00, 2026-04-21 15:00 - 18:00, 2026-04-28 15:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | First Parish Church, 207 Maine St, B
Looking for solitude in a crazy world? Stop by First Parish Church anytime Mondays 3-6pm. Let our sanctuary be YOUR sanctuary. Enjoy the peace, the solitude to pray or just sit quietly. Bring a friend or by yourself. Just be. Breathe. Learn more at firstparish.net/news-events/

Community Conversation: Drawing the Arctic with Michael Boardman
2026-04-14 19:00 - 20:00 | Visual Arts Center Bowdoin College, 255 Maine Street, Brunswick, ME, 04011, United States
Join the Sierra Club in the Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center on the Bowdoin College campus, to hear from the Arctic Refuge’s 2019 artist-in-residence, Michael Boardman. Learn about how he has used his artwork for environmental advocacy all the way from Alaska to Washington D.C.
Register at this link: https://act.sierraclub.org/events/details?formcampaignid=701Po00001X92NGIAZ

Orange Ball Tennis for Kids (Ages 8-11) at Maine Pines
2026-04-15 17:00 - 18:00, 2026-04-20 17:00 - 18:00, 2026-04-22 17:00 - 18:00, 2026-04-27 17:00 - 18:00 | Maine Pines Racquet and Fitness, 120 Harpswell Road, Brunswick, ME, 04011, United States
Orange Ball Tennis for Kids at Maine Pines! Take your child’s tennis game to the next level! Our Orange Ball program is designed for growing players, using 60′ courts and orange balls to help kids build skills with confidence. Kids will learn and improve tennis skills and strategies, develop footwork patters and coordination, practice in game-based drills that keep learning exciting, and have fun from the very start while playing tennis! This meets Mondays and Wednesdays from 5-6pm. This program blends learning and fun, giving players the tools to grow their game while enjoying every step of the journey. It is perfect for kids who are ready to learn, rally, move and compete with confidence! Call 729-8433 to register!

Wednesday Night Bingo
2026-04-15 18:00 - 20:00, 2026-04-22 18:00 - 20:00 | Social Goose Bar, 94 Maine St, Brunswick, ME, 04011, United States
Social Goose hosts a free Bingo Night that’s fun for the whole family. 3 rounds of Bingo with a prize for each round’s winner.
Held Wednesday nights 6p – 8p

Slam Tilt Records + Games – Weekly Pinball Tournament!
2026-04-15 19:00 - 21:00, 2026-04-22 19:00 - 21:00 | Slam Tilt Records + Games, 94 Maine Street - Basement, Brunswick, ME, 04011, United States
Join us Wednesday nights to play in our weekly tournament series at Slam Tilt Records + Games located at 94 Maine Street Basement, Brunswick ME. All ages. All levels of experience welcome. Bring a friend and fling some sling. Check in by 7:15, we start at 7:30. $1-5 entry fee. All games run on quarters and are between .50-$1 per play. Please reach out with any questions!

Brunswick Rotary Club Happy Hour at Flight Deck
2026-04-16 17:00 - 18:30 | Flight Deck Brewing, 11 Atlantic Ave, Brunswick, ME, 04011, United States
Brunswick Rotary Club Happy Hour at Flight Deck – Thursday, 16 April, 5pm. No agenda, no business, just chatting with fellow Rotarians, family members, and friends. A wonderful opportunity to get to meet your local Rotary Club.
Brunswick Rotary Dog Show is being held May 2 at the Brunswick Recreation Center. Details coming soon.
Brunswick Rotary will support Seven Rivers Habitat of Humanity’s Spring Walk to Build on May 3 in Bath @ 2pm with a team of club members, family and friends. Details forthcoming.

2nd Annual Free Community Shredding Event
2026-04-18 09:00 - 11:00 | The Red Mill, 11 Bowdoin Mill Island, Topsham, ME, 04086, United States
2nd Annual Free Community Shredding Event – Hosted by Meghan Moves Maine & RE/MAX Riverside. Free Document Destruction to help protect your identity and declutter for spring! Join us for a Community Shredding Event at The Red Mill, 11 Bowdoin Mill Island in Topsham, on Saturday 4/18 from 9–11 AM. Professional on-site shredding provided by Shredding On Site. Limit 5 boxes per person. This event is free and open to the public. Enjoy complimentary refreshments and enter to win one of our door prizes! For more information contact: Meghan Murphy meghan@homes4maine.com or call/text 207-798-2267.

Coffee Cuppings and Tea Tastings at Tern
2026-04-18 10:00 - 11:00, 2026-04-25 10:00 - 11:00 | Tern, 141 Maine St, Brunswick, ME, 04011, United States
Every Saturday at 10:00 AM, we will host a coffee cupping or tea tasting. Follow our Instagram (@terncoffee) or check out the sandwich board in front of the store to see which one it will be that week! We love getting input from the community to better help us choose what to add to our lineup, as well as dial in our current offerings.

Business Owners Meeting: Spring / Summer Preview
2026-04-20 08:30 - 09:30 | BDA Office, 124 Maine Sreet Suite 107, Brunswick, ME, 04011, United States
Join us on April 20th to discuss local spring and summer opportunities for your business to get involved in the community and to meet your new BDA Marketing and Communications Coordinator, Grace Clendening!
Let Abbey Plankey-Smith know you’re coming at admin@brunswickdowntown.org

Bluegrass Jam
2026-04-20 18:00 - 20:00, 2026-04-22 18:00 - 20:00 | First Parish Church, 207 Maine St, B
Recurring open Bluegrass Jam
1st and 3rd Monday
6 to 8 pm
First Parish Church

"enjoy Today" at Pinecone Studio
2026-04-22 09:00 - 20:30 | Pinecone Studio, 3 Cranberry Dr, Brunswick, ME, 04011, United States
This program offers the opportunity to experience several creative forms of expression in one studio day. Explore how expressive disciplines overlap in our everyday lives and how understanding creative connection can help with problem solving.
This program focus is on the EARTH!
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM – instructor Valerie Upham “Natural Arrangement”
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM – artists Tom Brudzinski & Val Upham “Branching Out” – Botanical Exploration of Trees
5:30 PM – 8:30 PM – printmaker James Sylvester – “Naturally” – Nature Printing

Earth Day at the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum
2026-04-22 14:00 - 16:00 | Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, 10 Polar Loop, Brunswick, ME, 04011, United States
Drop in to the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum for hands-on fun and discovery:
• Make a take-home craft
• Explore an Arctic touchbox
• Join guided, drop-in tours of the 3rd floor
This year’s theme, Our Power, Our Planet, highlights simple, everyday actions we can take to fight climate change and protect animal populations.
Free and Open to the Pubic. All ages welcome. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Come anytime between 2 and 4 pm.

Storytime Stroll
2026-04-23 12:30 - 16:30 | Downtown Brunswick, 124 Maine Street, Brunswick, ME, 04011, United States
Storytime Stroll is a charming downtown event that celebrates local authors, small businesses, and the joy of reading. During the event, local authors will be hosted inside participating downtown shops where they can sell signed copies of their books, meet readers, and host short readings throughout the day.Visitors will stroll through downtown using a passport booklet, stopping into different businesses where they will get a sticker (each sticker gets you an entry to a raffle) and discover new authors, listen to stories, and support both local creatives and small shops. The event is designed to be relaxed, family-friendly, and interactive—creating meaningful connections between authors, readers, and our downtown community.Participating authors will be paired with a local business for the duration of the event, providing a cozy and unique setting for book readings, conversations, and book sales. It’s a wonderful opportunity to share your work, meet new readers, and be part of a vibrant community experience.
Schedule:
12:30pm @ Frosty’s- Tony Perry
1:00pm @ Elevenses – Matt Cost
1:30pm @ Magpie – Maria Castellano-Usery
2:00pm @ Social Goose – Maureen Milliken
2:30pm @ Nest – Kate Flora
3:00pm @ Lil Jam Cookies – Jennifer Merz
3:30pm @ The Mix – Charlotte Agell
4:00pm @ Lemont Block Collective – Moriah Freeman
4:30pm @ Reverie Coffee – Nina Lichtenstein
Check out the virtual map below to see where you can find your favorite local authors!

Earth Day Festival in Brunswick
2026-04-25 10:00 - 15:00 | Harriet Beecher Stowe School, 44 McKeen St, Brunswick, ME, 04011, United States
Dress up as your favorite animal or come as you are, but don’t miss it! The 2026 Earth Day Festival in Brunswick will bring together community members of all ages in the Mid Coast Maine region to celebrate Earth and explore practical ways to protect our environment. The Earth Day Festival in Brunswick is being held on April 25, the first Saturday after Earth Day, from 10 am to 3 pm at Harriet Beecher Stowe Elementary School. Inspired by the power of the first Earth Day that mobilized millions of people across political divides to protect our environment, our Festival aims to carry on the tradition of building community and inspiring effective action for a sustainable future.

The All Species Parade at the Earth Day Festival in Brunswick
2026-04-25 10:00 - 15:00 | Harriet Beecher Stowe School, 44 McKeen St, Brunswick, ME, 04011, United States
The All Species Parade kicks off at 10:30 AM, rain or shine! Dress as any species or part of the natural world and march around the school or school grounds to a marching band. Go big with a group costume, make a statement, or just have fun with it.

The first 200 people in costume receive a $10 gift certificate to Wild Oats Bakery!
The Festival also features an electric vehicle show, solar energy demos, live music, wheelbarrow races, food trucks, and more. Admission is free, thanks to the generosity of our Major Sponsors, Androscoggin Bank, Wild Oats Bakery & Cafe, Lee Auto Malls, Mere Point Oyster Company, The Cryer, First Light Energy, Maine Solar Solutions, and Sentient Digital, Inc. Additional Exhibitors, Advertisers, and Prize Sponsors include All-Around Home Performance, EcoHeat Maine, Holman Homes, Katahdin Property Management, Morning Glory Natural Foods, Renewal by Andersen, ReVision Energy, Shared Solar Advisors, Skillins, The Mendall Financial Group, LLC, and The Mix on Park Row. To join in supporting this fun community Festival, and to get more information about events of the day, go to www.earthdayinbrunswick.com.

Community in Color Art Show
2026-04-25 13:00 - 15:00 | Bath-Brunswick Respite Care, 9 Park Street, Bath, ME, 04530, United States
Art brings people together, and it speaks even when words are hard to find. Join us for Community In Color, a joyful art show celebrating creativity, connection, and self-expression for individuals living with Alzheimer’s and dementia.
Hosted by Bath-Brunswick Respite-Care, this special event features artwork created by our day program participants, along with live music throughout the afternoon. Through color and creativity, these artists share emotions, memories, and stories in a universal language.

The Theater Project's Tell Your Story Series
2026-04-25 19:00 - 20:00 | The Theater Project, 14 School St, Brunswick, ME, 04011, United States
The Theater Project is excited to present the final installation of our Tell Your Story series! In this series, we invite community, local artists, and local performers to come together in a night of sharing our own, everyday stories through performance.
We will focus on a specific theme each night, where Storytellers will tell a true story based on the theme and work with a director to create a piece to perform. This series is four nights only, so mark your calendars and join us for a beautiful night of connection!
Upcoming:
Saturday, April 25th at 7 PM
Theme: What I Didn’t Say
Tickets available online are suggested pricing. To reserve tickets at pay-what-you-can pricing, call the box office at (207) 729-8584 or email at boxoffice@theaterproject.com.

Studio Notes Music performance
2026-04-26 15:00 - 17:00 | Pinecone Studio, 3 Cranberry Dr, Brunswick, ME, 04011, United States
Studio Notes with Jane Clukey
Come join us for an intimate afternoon of local music at Pinecone Studio. Jane Clukey mezzo soprano, is an active performer and teacher of classical and commercial singing styles from Georgetown. Don’t miss this chance to experience Jane Clukey’s beautiful voice up close and personal. Limited seats available, so reserve your tickets today!

BINGO at the American Legion
2026-04-27 16:00 - 20:30 | Brunswick American Legion, 1 Columbus Drive, Brunswick, ME, 04011, United States
The American Legion of Brunswick is hosting BINGO on the last Monday of each month at Post 20 on Columbus Drive near the Rt. 1N entrance ramp. Doors open at 4, games start at 6pm. There will be a snack bar run by the Auxiliary (no outside food allowed). Large package – $20; small package – $10; jackpot at end – $5; daubers – $3; cash only.

Music at the Mill Series: Ying Quartet plays Brahms
2026-04-27 19:00 - 21:00 | Dutchman’s, 14 Maine St, Brunswick, ME, 04011, United States
Join the Bowdoin International Music Festival for a concert featuring the award-winning Ying Quartet at Dutchman’s in Brunswick. The event includes a wine and beer social hour, chamber music performances, and a gourmet pizza reception. Food and drink are included with your ticket purchase.

JOSEPH HAYDN
String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 20, No. 3, Hob. III:33

JOHANNES BRAHMS
String Quintet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 88, “Spring”

The Yings will present Brahms’ String Quintet alongside a guest violist Masumi Rostad.
Gourmet pizza, craft beer, and wine are included with your ticket purchase. Doors and bar open at 6:00 PM and music begins at 7:00 PM, with pizza to follow.
Tickets at: https://bit.ly/Mill-Series or call 207-373-1400. Limited seating, order soon!

Community Song Circle for Love, Peace, Justice Together
2026-04-28 18:30 - 19:30 | Durham Friends Meeting House, 534 Quaker Meeting House Road, Durham, ME, United States
We gather to sing for community and connection – not for performance – so all voices are welcome. Leaders teach simple songs to help our spirits dwell in the positive values of love, peace and justice….together!
