Shown below are events from the 2009 festival.
Events for the 2010 festival will be posted soon.
Pre-Festival Events (Tuesday, August 11 through Friday, August 14)
- Tue 06:30 pm
- Blueberry Musical at CSCC - Open dress rehearsal, no band ($)
- Doors open at 6:15pm
- Wed 06:30 pm
- Blueberry Musical at the Centre Street Congregational Church. Tickets should be purchased in advance at Church. Doors open at 6:15pm. ($)
- Thu 04:30 pm
- Chicken BBQ at Church under tent ($)
- Thu 06:30 pm
- Blueberry Musical at the Centre Street Congregational Church. Tickets should be purchased in advance. Tickets available at the Church. Doors open at 6:15pm
- Fri 09:00 am
- Flea Market 'til 2pm, next to Church
- Information booth, Centre Street Church
- The Art of Downeast Maine Exhibit, Church stairwell
- Burnham Tavern Tours ($)
- Fri 11:00 am
- Blueberry Farm Tour, map at Information Booth
- Sandwiches, coffee, lemonade, Blueberry soda, inside Church
- Fri 04:30 pm
- Fish Fry, Church under the Tent ($)
- Fri 05:00 pm
- Blueberry Museum Open House - Whole Life Natural Market, Colonial Way
- Fri 05:45 pm
- Children's Parade - Forms at Machias Valley Baptist Church. Parade route: Down Colonial Way to Main Street to Centre Street. Ends at Centre Street Congregational Church
- Fri 06:30 pm
- Blueberry Musical at the Centre Street Congregational Church. Tickets should be purchased in advance at the Church. Doors open at 6:15pm
- Fri 07:00 pm
- Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers, UMM, Performing Arts Center
Saturday, August 15, 2009
- 06:00 am
- Registration - Blueberry Race, Hemmingway Annex, Court Street ($)
- 06:30 am
- Blueberry Pancake Breakfast at Centre Street Church ($)
- 08:00 am
- Blueberry Races begin, Court Street
- 09:00 am
- Information Booth, The Art of Downeast Maine Exhibit, Centre Street Church
- Information Booth, Colonial Parking Lot, MBACC
- Pie Eating Contest Registration - entries accepted until 11am - Machias Savings Bank Community Room
- Food Court Open - Colonial Parking Lot
- Porter Memorial Library Book Sale, Court Street
- Machias Eastern Star food and crafts items, Masonic Hall ($)
- Burnham Tavern Tours ($) 14 Colonial Way
- 09:00 am
- Craft Booths Open
- 09:30 am
- Blueberry Race Awards - Court Street
- Wenona's Band, Church Steps
- 10:00 am
- Blueberry Quilt Exhibit, Church sanctuary
- Blueberry Museum, Whole Life Natural Market, Colonial Way
- Blueberry Farm Tour, maps available, shuttle ride 1/2 hour before tour.
- Kids' Zone, craft lot next to Church
- U.S. Postal Blueberry Stamp, next to Church
- 11:00 am
- Pie Eating contest - Church steps
- 11:30 am
- Blueberry Dessert Cafe, inside Church ($)
- Fantastic Food Court, Church under the tent ($)
- 12:00 am
- Three Button Deluxe band under the Time Warner Cable Tent by the Food Court
- 12:00 am
- Historic Talk of Centre Street Church, sanctuary
- What Cheer Brigade Band performing throughout festival
- 01:00 pm
- Ukulele Band, Church steps
- Blueberry Farm Tour, maps available, shuttle ride 1/2 hour before tour.
- 03:00 pm
- Blueberry Cooking Contest winners announced, Machias Savings Bank Community Room
- 03:00 pm
- Old Timers Band, Church steps
- 04:30 pm
- Baked Bean Supper, Masonic Hall ($)
- 06:00 pm
- Black Fly Ball, Grange Hall. Alcohol & chemical free, live music. Donations accepted.
- 06:30 pm
- Final show of the Blueberry Musical at the Centre Street Congregational Church. Tickets should be purchased in advance at the Church.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
- 07:00 am
- Blueberry Pancake Breakfast - Machias Rotary - Church under the tent ($)
- Pancakes, eggs, bacon, and sausage
- 09:00 am
- Crafts Booths Open
- Information Booth, Church
- Food Court, Colonial Parking Lot
- 09:25 am
- Call to worship ringing the Paul Revere Bell
- 09:30 am
- Community Worship Service, Centre Street Church
- 11:00 am
- Kids' Zone, craft lot next to Church
- The Art of Downeast Maine Exhibit, Church stairwell
- Blueberry Museum, Whole Life Natural Market, Colonial Way
- 11:00 am
- SALT COAST SAGE'S POETRY READING - Colonial Parking Lot Under the Time Warner Cable tent on the green space - local poets read from their published works.
- 11:30 am
- Blueberry Dessert Cafe, inside Church ($)
- Fantastic Food, Church under the tent ($)
- Free Blueberry Farm Tour, maps available, shuttle ride 1/2 hour before tour.
- 01:00 pm
- Blueberry Quilt Drawing, Church sanctuary before concert
- Concert: What Cheer? Brigade Band, Church sanctuary. Donations accepted.
- 04:00 pm
- HOPE YOU HAD A GREAT TIME, SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!