This year's Downtown Holiday Festival will be Friday, November 30 from 5-8 p.m. in City Square. The Heart of Biddeford is organizing this free event with hopes to see the community turn out for Santa, music and dance acts on the stage, pop-up stores, grand openings, sleigh rides, photo with Santa, cookie decorating and much more! Santa will arrive by sleigh at 5:35 p.m., when the Mayor and Santa will light the tree.

More than 50 local crafters will show and sell their finest work at the 38th annual Island Arts Association (IAA) Holiday Fair on Friday, Nov. 30 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 1 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The fair will be held in the conference center of the Atlantic Oceanside Resort, 119 Eden St. (Route 3), Bar Harbor. Admission is free. Crafts include pottery, jewelry, knits, photography, quilting, bags, hand-blown glass, woodworking and more. Food sales will support the heating costs of the YWCA of MDI. For information, contact the YWCA at 288-5008.

More than 50 local crafters will show and sell their finest work at the 38th annual Island Arts Association (IAA) Holiday Fair on Friday, Nov. 30 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 1 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The fair will be held in the conference center of the Atlantic Oceanside Resort, 119 Eden St. (Route 3), Bar Harbor. Admission is free. Crafts include pottery, jewelry, knits, photography, quilting, bags, hand-blown glass, woodworking and more. Food sales will support the heating costs of the YWCA of MDI. For information, contact the YWCA at 288-5008.

This holiday season, fulfill your pledge to buy local, handmade and personal gifts. Black Friday, Shop Small Business Saturday, & Super Sale Sunday, we'll have three floors of vendors selling:

* New and antique art
* Bath & beauty products
* Handmade & vintage jewelry
* Housewares
* Furniture
* Collectibles
* Men's & women's apparel and accessories,
...and much more.

More than 50 Maine crafters will show and sell their finest work at the 38th annual Island Arts Association (IAA) Holiday Fair on Friday, Nov. 30 and Saturday, Dec. 1. Crafts include pottery, jewelry, knits, photography, quilting, bags, hand-blown glass, woodworking and more. Food sales will support the heating costs of the YWCA of MDI.

The 19th-annual Maine Brewers Festival will be held on Friday and Saturday, November 2nd and 3rd, 2012, as New Englanders come together to celebrate the local Maine craft beer community. The Evening with the Brewers VIP Session will kick off the festival weekend on Friday night, and the highly anticipated festival will begin on Saturday afternoon with two high-energy sessions.

Join renowned Maine chefs & cookbook authors for their lively “local and fresh” cooking demonstrations and samplings, scheduled every hour throughout our festival. And if you’re looking for that perfect holiday gift, signed Maine cookbooks, sure to inspire and delight, are a must have!

Join renowned Maine chefs & cookbook authors for their lively “local and fresh” cooking demonstrations and samplings, scheduled every hour throughout our festival. And if you’re looking for that perfect holiday gift, signed Maine cookbooks, sure to inspire and delight, are a must have!

Join us for this free family event from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and celebrate the season at the Farnsworth!
Free-style pumpkin carving
hands-on seasonal craft activity
face painting
fall labyrinth constructed of hay
corn hole bean bag toss with prizes for every child
live music entertainment by The Rusty Hinges
fresh pizza sold on site by The Uproot Pie Co.
and don't miss the annual pumpkin lighting display at dusk!

New to the event this year will be a pumpkin-inspired recipe contest. Prizes awarded in the following categories:
sweets
savories
most creative use of pumpkin

Our Fall Festival is a celebration of the year's harvest. Similar to the Spring Celebration, we cooperate with local farms and organizations to provide activities including seed saving, hay climbing, horse team demonstrations, pumpkin decorating and more. We also run pumpkin hayrides during the festival - take a tractor ride out to our pumpkin patch and pick your favorite pumpkin. The Fall Festival also offers hot food and lively music. This is a great educational afternoon for families