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Wild Blueberry Festival Event Schedule

Machias Maine Wild Blueberry Festival 2009

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!
 

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