Experience the Arts

Downtown Bangor has a vibrant arts & culture community with entertainment options open all year long. The active and community-supported landscape of arts and culture is constant and provides a welcoming neighborhood atmosphere to all. From large festivals, concerts and theatre, to showcases from local artisans and musicians, there is always something to enjoy in downtown Bangor.

Arts and culture are interwoven into the fabric of downtown Bangor. For more than 150 years theaters, arts and music have been integral parts of the community. Today, there are visual artists, filmmakers, musicians, poets and writers and digital creators living and working in downtown Bangor, and performing and showing their works in a wide variety of venues. 

Art Events in Downtown Bangor

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Scary Stories: An Evening with Nomar Slevik

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What better way to celebrate the Halloween Season than with some scary stories? On Saturday, October 24th The Emporium Spooky Goods and More welcomes local author and podcaster Nomar Slevik back to The Emporium to share some of the many stories he’s collected over the years about ghosts, UFOs, cryptids, and the unexplained… and they […]

MIKE BILLINGS SOLO & THE LUCKY STARS @ Paddy Murphys

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Mike Billings will be playing at Paddy’s doing the 8- string hybrid guitar, live looping thing with beats! Funky pop and classic covers and originals. Also, he will join his band THE LUCKY STARS with Roderick Pinkney on bass and John Sargent Patterson on trumpet, performing high energy funk originals to end the night!

Sunday Community Jam

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Sundays at 2 Feet, come to the community jam, where people just show up with instruments and play from 2 to 5. 2 Feet Brewing is a family-run brewpub in the heart of Downtown Bangor that features craft brews created by Cory Ricker, and pub fare and desserts made by his wife, Nit-Noi. Their son, […]

Broomstick

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A cottage hidden away in the deepest part of the woods and in it a witch with a story to tell. She beckons you into her cozy cottage, bids you sit by the first to hear life story. Her first love affair, how she discovered her powers and how she used them. A completely unsentimental […]

Dialogue – A Concert of Duos for Violin and Cello

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A Concert of Duos for Violin and Cello featuring music by Beethoven, Gliere, Bartok and Ravel. Music performed by Richard Hsu, Violin and Sarah Hoskins, Cello.

Skulls and Spells – After Hours at A Vintage Vixen

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A little spooky, a little whimsical, and entirely your own! Join us at A Vintage Vixen for another After Hours event! This time, we’re turning ordinary skulls into one-of-a-kind works of art, with a little woodland magic, gothic charm, and plenty of personality. Will yours become an enchanted forest relic, covered in mushrooms, moss, and […]

Ghostly Bangor Walking Tour

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The Bangor Historical Society’s Ghostly Bangor Walking Tour features tales of unsolved mysteries, murder, and energies that may still linger in the Queen City. Tours stroll through the streets of Downtown Bangor and last around 90 minutes. Tickets are $12. Advanced ticketing is required. Our tours are capped at 25 guests, and tickets sell out […]

Monday Karaoke at Paddy Murphy's

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Be part of the rumpus! Monday nights starting at 9pm, it’s karaoke night at Paddy’s!

Learn About Rug Braiding

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Local rug braiders have been meeting at the library to work on their craft. Starting this fall, we invite you stop into one of these Monday morning sessions to learn more. Questions like: What is rug braiding, what equipment or fabric do you need, and is it hard to learn? will be answered. This is […]

Umami Halloween Crafting and Paint Your Own Pumpkins

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Monday oct 26th, crafting with Kahia in the bar, paint your own pumpkins from 6 to 9

Songwriters' Open Mic

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Songwriter’s Open Mic at 2Feet Brewing  from 5-8 every Tuesday night. It’s open mic for songwriters on Tuesday! We set up a mic and each songwriter gets 15 minutes.

Tuesday Live Irish Sessions & Open Mic

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Paddy Murphy’s Live Irish Jam 6-8pm & Open Mic, 9pm to close!

Ghostly Bangor Walking Tour

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The Bangor Historical Society’s Ghostly Bangor Walking Tour features tales of unsolved mysteries, murder, and energies that may still linger in the Queen City. Tours stroll through the streets of Downtown Bangor and last around 90 minutes. Tickets are $12. Advanced ticketing is required. Our tours are capped at 25 guests, and tickets sell out […]

Broomstick

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A cottage hidden away in the deepest part of the woods and in it a witch with a story to tell. She beckons you into her cozy cottage, bids you sit by the first to hear life story. Her first love affair, how she discovered her powers and how she used them. A completely unsentimental […]

Stitch & Sip

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Calling all fiber artists! Join us every other Thursday for an evening of crocheting, knitting, coffee, and tea! All skill levels and fiber arts are welcome, but bring your own project if you can.

Broomstick

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A cottage hidden away in the deepest part of the woods and in it a witch with a story to tell. She beckons you into her cozy cottage, bids you sit by the first to hear life story. Her first love affair, how she discovered her powers and how she used them. A completely unsentimental […]

Night of the Living Dead: Live Reading

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Join a group of survivors as they find themselves barricaded inside an old farmhouse in Pennsylvania. The enemy is nothing like they have ever encountered nor believed possible. Flesh-eating ghouls , spawned by radiation from a space probe returning to earth, has caused inanimate bodies to once again roam the world in search of ….us! […]

Broomstick

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A cottage hidden away in the deepest part of the woods and in it a witch with a story to tell. She beckons you into her cozy cottage, bids you sit by the first to hear life story. Her first love affair, how she discovered her powers and how she used them. A completely unsentimental […]

Ghostly Bangor Walking Tour

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The Bangor Historical Society’s Ghostly Bangor Walking Tour features tales of unsolved mysteries, murder, and energies that may still linger in the Queen City. Tours stroll through the streets of Downtown Bangor and last around 90 minutes. Tickets are $12. Advanced ticketing is required. Our tours are capped at 25 guests, and tickets sell out […]

Night of the Living Dead: Live Reading

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Join a group of survivors as they find themselves barricaded inside an old farmhouse in Pennsylvania. The enemy is nothing like they have ever encountered nor believed possible. Flesh-eating ghouls , spawned by radiation from a space probe returning to earth, has caused inanimate bodies to once again roam the world in search of ….us! […]

Tarot Card & Intuitive Readings

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Come visit Red Rabbit Bazaar to get your tarot read! Tarot and Intuitive Readings available every 1st Sunday of the month from 2:00pm to 4:00pm.

Sunday Community Jam

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Sundays at 2 Feet, come to the community jam, where people just show up with instruments and play from 2 to 5. 2 Feet Brewing is a family-run brewpub in the heart of Downtown Bangor that features craft brews created by Cory Ricker, and pub fare and desserts made by his wife, Nit-Noi. Their son, […]

Broomstick

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A cottage hidden away in the deepest part of the woods and in it a witch with a story to tell. She beckons you into her cozy cottage, bids you sit by the first to hear life story. Her first love affair, how she discovered her powers and how she used them. A completely unsentimental […]

Monday Karaoke at Paddy Murphy's

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Be part of the rumpus! Monday nights starting at 9pm, it’s karaoke night at Paddy’s!