This year's Festival of Lights celebration in Rockland takes place November 25-27. Below is the schedule. To be prepared for events, remember to:
1. Make reservations for the Jungle Bell Express, call 596-6725.
2. Plan your carriage ride through the downtown area. You can board the carriage at the Key Bank. See the Festival Schedule.
3. If you are interested, be sure to buy one of 300 raffle tickets for 100 lobster traps used in the lobster trap tree above for $50. For sale at Brooks Trap Mill, Hamilton Marine, and Camden National Bank.
4. Bid on a "Kids Wreath" for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Midcoast Maine. Info at 593-0380.
5. Plan on attending the Festival of Lights Crafts Fair on Nov. 26 at the Samoset. For info, 596-0376 or 236-4404.
Rockland Festival of Lights Schedule
Friday, November 25
Noon: Santa arrives by Coast Guard boat at Middle
Pier/Buoy Park. Sponsored by O’Hara Corp.
Noon-5 p.m. Breakwater Vineyards — Celebrate
with wine and cheese tastings.
12:30 to 3 p.m.: Santa at his workshop (corner
of Main and Park streets). Sponsored by Kinney
Rentals & MLW, LLC.
12:30 to 4 p.m.: Free Horse-Drawn Carriage
Rides (leaving from driveway next to Rustica
on Main Street). Sponsored by local businesses.
3 p.m. Gingerbread Houses on Main Street.
View Gingerbread Houses all weekend in
store windows. Sponsored by The First.
4:30 to 7 p.m.: Bids for Kids Wreath Auction;
50 wreaths on display at Camden National
Bank (Rockland) to benefit Big Brothers Big
Sisters of Midcoast Maine.
6 p.m.: Lobster Trap Tree Lighting Ceremony,
at Mildred Merrill Park (Main and Myrtle sts.).
Santa arrives by All Aboard Trolley. Cocoa and
cookies served. Sponsored by Camden National
Bank. Tent and tables by Wallace Tent.
Saturday, November 26
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.: The Annual Festival of Lights
Craft Fair at the Samoset Resort; $3 (therealmaine.
com).
10 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Share the Wonder Holiday
Celebration at the Farnsworth Art Museum;
Frogtown Mountain puppet shows, horsedrawn
carriage rides, holiday cookie decorating,
live music and gifts. FREE
11 a.m.: Arrival of Shopping Train, Maine Eastern
Railroad, from Brunswick.
Noon to 3 p.m.: Santa will be at his workshop.
Sponsored by Maine Lobster Fest. Committee.
Noon to 4 p.m.: Free Horse-Drawn Carriage
Rides (leaving from driveway next to Rustica
on Main Street).
1 to 5 p.m.: Historic Inns and Friends of the
Rockland Public Library Holiday Open House
and Festival of Trees Silent Auction; Selfguided
tours of five Historic Inns & decorated
homes, ending at 4 p.m. The Festival of Trees
Silent Auction at the Rockland Public Library
follows, refreshments served. $10.
2-3:30 p.m.: Reading Corner Book Signings; Steve
Powell with Patch Scratching, Tracy Lord with
Good Catch and Jim Nichols with Hull Creek.
6 to 8 p.m.: Festival of Lights Parade with a
NEW Parade Route for 2011: Parade Route
is Main Street between Park & Summer
streets. Stay on Main Street as the parade
doubles-back and parks on Main Street!
Bring your canned goods to vote for People’s
Choice Award. Main Street Cocoa Station
donations benefit local nonprofits. Parade
sponsored by The Free Press and Rockland
Main Street, Inc.
Sunday, November 27
9 to 11 a.m.: Family Pancake Breakfast with
Santa at TradeWinds Motor Inn: $2 Kids, $5
Adults. Sponsored by TradeWinds and Eastern
Tire, served by Camden National Bank employees
to benefit Rockland Main Street, Inc.
During the Month of December. . .
Friday, December 2
11 a.m.-6 p.m.: The Creatorium at Lincoln Street
Center for the Arts; Over 30 vendors. FREE
4:30, 6 & 7:30 p.m.: Kiwanis Jingle Bell Express
Train. FMI and Reservations, 596-6725.
5-8 p.m.: First Friday Celebration Arts in Rockland,
Holiday Open House, Gallery Openings.
6:30 to 7 p.m.: Bids for Kids Wreath Live Auction
at Camden National Bank’s Rockland
branch on Main Street.
Saturday, December 3
All Day: The Apprenticeshop-Toboggan
Building Workshop; produce a 2- to 4- person
toboggan. Cost is $265 for a family or
small group, all materials included. Repeated
December 4.
9-4: The Creatorium at Lincoln Street Center
for the Arts; Over 30 vendors. FREE
4:30, 6 & 7:30 p.m.: Kiwanis Jingle Bell Express
Train. FMI and Reservations, 596-6725.
10:30 a.m.-5 p.m.: Farnsworth Museum, Children’s
Holiday Films. “Rudolph the Red-
Nosed Reindeer” and “A Charlie Brown
Christmas.” FREE
1 pm.: Farnsworth Museum, Togus: A Coon Cat
Finds a Home Book Signing. Local author,
illustrator and real live Togus.
Saturdays, December 3, 10 and 17
Noon-3 p.m.: Santa will be at his Workshop.
Sponsored by Maine Lobster Fest. Committee.
Noon-4 p.m.: Free Horse Drawn Carriage
Rides (leaving from driveway next to Rustica
on Main Street).
Sunday, December 4
11:30 a.m.: Polar Air Mail Express & Holiday
Concert at Owls Head Transportation Museum.
FREE
3 p.m.: Farnsworth Museum, The Penobscot
Bay Ringers Bell Choir will perform.
Thursday, December 8
4 p.m.: Farnsworth Wyeth Center, Camden
Hills Regional High School Women’s Choir
& Chamber Singers
Friday, December 9
3-4:30 p.m.: Reading Corner Book Signings,
John Bird with Rockland Maine’s Tidal Turn,
James Witherell with L.L. Bean, Andrew
Vietze with Becoming Teddy Roosevelt
8 p.m.: The Strand, Eilen
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