St. Patrick’s in Downtown

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Bangor Sandwich Co

For the month of March you can get any milkshake, including the special Shamrock Milkshake, for just $5!

Reuben sandwiches are also only just $10 dollars this month!

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Season’s Irish Specials!

The next round of Season’s specials have arrived with a very Irish theme to it…. Corn Beef is in stock for the next week. Stay tuned for some awesome drink specials taking place on St Paddy’s Day.

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Irish Inspired Specials at Timber Kitchen & Bar!

Fuel up before the evening festivities with Timber’s Irish-inspired specials such as:
Corned Beef & Cabbage
Reuben Egg Rolls
Guinness Beef Stew
Baileys Irish Cream Cheesecake


Grab a pint and celebrate with them. Sláinte!

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Benjamin’s Restaurant and Pub

We’re celebrating our FIRST EVER St. Patrick’s Day, and we want you to celebrate with us!

Join us for a full day of Irish-inspired food, festive drinks, and plenty of fun from 10 AM to 1 AM 


Mainely juice collab ALL DAY!

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Mainely Juice – Shamrock Shakes, Matcha, and Leprechaun punch!

Come visit Mainely Juice this March for plenty of green themed drinks & food! Such as Shamrock shakes & matcha!

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The Leprechauns Took Over the Sandollar Spa and Pool Showroom!

Uh oh…
They filled the hot tubs with gold, scattered four-leaf clovers everywhere, and somehow turned on 0% financing across the store.


Now we need your help getting them out of here the only way we know how… by selling hot tubs!

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Waterfront Concert’s St Patrick’s Day Sale

It’s your lucky week! 🍀 Score 17% off select shows now through March 17th at 10PM or while supplies last.

Use code: CHARM before your luck runs out

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Shop for St. Patrick’s Day at Shaws!

Shaws has everything St. Patrick’s Day, all in one place! There’s corned beef, Irish soda bread, special desserts, decorations & more!

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Early Beginnings at Happy Endings

Opening at 8am 3/17 for St. Patrick’s Day! Check Facebook for specials!

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Plenty of Green at Palomas Gifts

With St. Patrick’s Day upon us, we might not have any leprechauns hiding in the shop 🍀 … But we do have plenty of green!

Stop in, take a look around, and see what green treasures you can find! 💚

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St. Patrick’s Day Cocktails at The Rood’s Room!

The Rood’s Room has special themed St. Patrick’s Day cocktails! Come visit and try cocktails such as the Shamrock Sour.

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We All Eat Down Here…

September 21, 2026 at 12:00 am – October 31, 2026 at 12:00 amcalendar-multiday-dark
Whether spooky season gives you a hankering for zombie brains or slice of Pennywise Pie, Downtown Derry has options to please all the ghouls and goblins. Bangor Sandwich Co: Thomas Hill StandwichChimera Coffe: Carrie’s Tonic – Blood orange espresso tonic AND Here’s Johnny – Brown sugar bourbon latteHappy Endings Martini and Desert Bar: Halloween Crown […]

Deathtrap

October 9, 2026 at 7:00 pm – October 17, 2026 at 2:00 pmcalendar-multiday-dark
In Ira Levin’s classic comedic thriller, Deathtrap, a washed-up playwright finds a chance to rise to the top once more, a shot he’d be willing to kill for. Sidney Bruhl hasn’t written a hit play for 18 years when he receives a script from a former student, Clifford Anderson, that’s a guaranteed success. His wife, […]

Sunday All-Levels Vinyasa Yoga

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Sunday All-Levels Vinyasa Yoga | Sundays at 9:00 AM Start your Sunday with movement, breath, and a little time for yourself. This welcoming Vinyasa class is designed for all ability levels, whether you’re brand new to yoga or have an established practice. Expect a balanced flow incorporating strength, mobility, mindful movement, and options to modify […]

Kickboxing and Martial Arts Class

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Bangor Sandwich Co For the month of March you can get any milkshake, including the special Shamrock Milkshake, for just $5! Reuben sandwiches are also only just $10 dollars this month! Learn More! Season’s Irish Specials! The next round of Season’s specials have arrived with a very Irish theme to it…. Corn Beef is in […]

Indigenous Peoples' Day Film Festival

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On October 11, 2026, the first Indigenous People’s Day Film Festival will take place. It will be held at the Unitarian-Universalist Church in Bangor, 120 Park Street, from 1:30 PM to 7:30 PM. There is no cost, but donations will be accepted. The festival will feature films primarily from the Sunlight Media Collective, a locally-based […]

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, […]

MOVIE NIGHT: Jennifer’s Body, hosted by Maine Women's Lobby

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Start off your scary season with the Maine Women’s Lobby and join us for a free screening of Jennifer’s Body (2009) at The Emporium in Downtown Bangor! Come for the movie and stay for a facilitated discussion afterwards.

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 […]

Kickboxing & Martial Arts Fitness

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Bangor Sandwich Co For the month of March you can get any milkshake, including the special Shamrock Milkshake, for just $5! Reuben sandwiches are also only just $10 dollars this month! Learn More! Season’s Irish Specials! The next round of Season’s specials have arrived with a very Irish theme to it…. Corn Beef is in […]

Chimera Coffee Trivia

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Monday night trivia with Sir_Quizzalot. Every Monday night from 7-8:30. Beer | Wine | Espresso | Snacks.

Bouncing Baby Story Time

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Come, sing, clap and bounce along to action rhymes, songs and stories! Recommended for babies up to 24 months and their caregivers.

Tiny Tots Storytime

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A 30-minute program for 2 to 4 year-olds, with a participating adult, filled with stories, games, songs and finger plays. Ages 2 – 4

Kids Kitchen

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Use up and down arrow keys to resize the meta box pane. Bring out the inner chef in you! Through demos and hands on experience, learn the basics of kitchen safety and make treats you can share with the whole family. *If your child has any food allergies, please call staff to discuss possible accommodations […]

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.

Abstraction to Image: Interactive Poetry Making

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Poet Steve Langan will lead an interactive writing session focused on generating a poem. Steve is a Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation resident this fall. He is the author of several collections of poetry and poems in a variety of journals, Just bring a journal or paper, and your favorite pen or pencil. Registration is […]

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 […]

St. John's Fall Organ Concert featuring Anne Laver

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2026 marks the 166th anniversary of Maine’s largest 19th-Century tracker-action pipe organ, E. & G. G. Hook’s magnificent Opus 288 at St. John’s Roman Catholic Church in Bangor. The St. John’s Organ Society is pleased to announce that Anne Laver from Syracuse, New York will play a concert on the historic organ at St. John’s […]

Bangor Community Resource Fair

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The library will host Food AND Medicine for their monthly resource fair in the Atrium and Crofutt Room. There will be free food and information about community resources available to those in the Bangor area, as well as raffle prizes. Do you need help finding a good job or paying your bills? Do you have […]

Bouncing Baby Storytime

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Come, sing, clap and bounce along to action rhymes, songs and stories! Recommended for babies up to 24 months and their caregivers.

Tiny Tots Storytime

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A 30-minute program for 2 to 4 year-olds, with a participating adult, filled with stories, games, songs and finger plays. Ages 2 – 4

Workshop: Smartphone Basics

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Do you have a smartphone you want to learn to use better? Join us for a workshop about different types of phones and how they work, and get familiar with the basics of using yours to call and text, get online, check your email, take photos, and more! This class is appropriate for both iPhone […]

Tech Tutoring

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Hannah Cyrus, BPL’s Digital Media Librarian, is available for 60-minute appointments to help you with your computer questions in-person, by phone, or over Zoom. Want to organize your emails? Having trouble using a particular website or program? Wondering why that annoying message keeps popping up on your screen? Whatever your question, Hannah will work with […]

Live Harness Racing

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Join us at Hollywood Casino Raceway at Bass Park on October 14th at 2:30pm for the 2026 Bangor Harness Racing season!Post time is promptly at 2:30PM. Be sure to arrive early to pick your favorites! 🏇 Wagers placed on races 3-10 can score points towards our Crown of the Queen City promotion for a chance […]

Teen Dungeons and Dragons Club

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Calling all barbarians, rangers, sorcerers, and warlocks! Dungeons and Dragons is happening at the Library! We will be hosting a learners campaign for those who haven’t adventured before and many other single shot or ongoing campaigns for everyone else! For Grades 6 – 12

STITCH 'N B*TCH

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Come learn how to sew and mend clothes with other people at Red Rabbit Bazaar! Every Wednesday from 4:00pm to 6:00pm.

Wizards and Warp Drives – A Sci-Fi and Fantasy Book Club

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Wizards and Warp Drives is a book club for lovers of the Science Fantasy and Fantasy genres. We meet the second Wednesday evening of the month to discuss a rotating selection of Sci-Fi and Fantasy titles. BPL staff member, Amanda, will lead the group each month. Reading Line-Up: July 8th, The Memory Librarian – Janelle […]

Derry-Free Horror Book Club: THE UNHELD

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Join us for the October 2026 meeting of the Derry-Free Horror Book Club, The Briar Patch’s book club dedicated to spine-tingling reads. Vol. 21 of the Derry-Free Horror Book Club will discuss THE UNHELD by Luke Larkin. Startling monsters and occult oddities abound in this chilling horror Western as a girl journeys across the haunted […]

Ghostly Bangor Walking Tour

October 15, 2026 at 7:00 pm – October 18, 2026 at 8:30 pmcalendar-multiday-dark
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 […]

Inspiration from the Archive

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Elizabeth DeWolfe will lead this interactive program that explores how writers can use historical and archival sources to discover intriguing book topics, create unique characters, develop unexpected plot points, and enrich their writing by uncovering context, incorporating detail, and building a sense of time and place. Drawing on materials from DeWolfe’s Saco-Biddeford-based true crime work, […]

Next Chapter Book Club

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Next Chapter Book Club is a community-based book club for adolescents and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Our members (including some who cannot read) love books for the same reasons most people do. We all enjoy being transported to different worlds where we meet interesting characters and learn new things. Taking that journey with […]

Maine Science Awards

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Science is everywhere in Maine. It is in our forests and our fisheries, our hospitals and our classrooms, our startups and our shorelines. And the people advancing it deserve to be celebrated. Join us on October 15th in Bangor for the inaugural Maine Science Awards, a formal evening of cocktails, dinner, and heartfelt recognition honoring […]

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.

Mystery Making Mayhem

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Matt Cost, Moe Claire, Allison Keeton, and Jule Selbo will work together with the audience to create a mystery on the spot! Attendees will be asked to fill out five slips of paper upon entering the library, including a character name, possible occupations, a setting for the mystery, the weapon used, and the motive for […]

Bangor Pub Run

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Every Thursday at 6:30pm we gather in front of Paddy Murphy’s, run 3-5 miles, and then grab a drink somewhere downtown (location varies). Sometimes when people first start coming, or if they are coming back from an injury they might not run the whole 3 miles and that’s totally ok! People are welcome to run […]

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 […]

Trivia Night at Nocturnem Draft Haus

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Come participate in trivia night at Nocturnem Draft Haus on Thursdays! From 7 – 9:30pm with weekly prizes to win.

Karaoke at Penobscot Pour House

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THE WAIT IS OVER… KARAOKE IS BACK! Bangor, you asked… and we listened! Karaoke is making its long-awaited return to the Penobscot Pour House! Join us every Thursday night for great music, great people, and unforgettable fun. We’re also excited to welcome back one of Bangor’s favorite karaoke hosts… DJ Mad Kat!Whether you’re a seasoned […]

Tech Tutoring

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Hannah Cyrus, BPL’s Digital Media Librarian, is available for 60-minute appointments to help you with your computer questions in-person, by phone, or over Zoom. Want to organize your emails? Having trouble using a particular website or program? Wondering why that annoying message keeps popping up on your screen? Whatever your question, Hannah will work with […]

Migrating Maine's Natural World Into Fiction (and Anything We Write)

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Perhaps for too long, writing nature has been mostly a non-fiction pursuit. What happens when we use powerful images from our own woods, waters, and wildlife resources to enhance fiction? To develop either plot drama or respite? To craft plot twists delivered by weather or animals? To grow a character into someone unique as well […]

FOLKs Trail Days

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Friends of Lower Kenduskeag Stream (FOLKS) is an all-volunteer group that works to improve the Kenduskeag Stream Trail from Franklin St. in Downtown Bangor to Harlow Street. We hold monthly trail days on the 3rd Saturday of the month from 8:00-9:30am that meet behind Penquis on Harlow Street. Ongoing Projects List: 1. Picking up litter […]

Bangor's European Market

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A weekly market hosted by Ingrid’s German Gift Shop with local & word-wide meats, seafood, produce, artisanal baked goods, and gifts!

Saturday Story Stop

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Start your weekend with fun and friends! Discover books, songs, and games to help your child build early literacy, listening, and social skills. Great for kindergarten readiness! Ages 3 – 6

Maine Witch Walk and Goblin Market 2026

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Join us for Maine’s largest and best Halloween event! Fun for the whole family. Help us organize by RSVPing on the website. mainewitchwalk.com 12:00 Market Opens1:00 pm dance practice1:45 walk starts from compass rose2:45 witch dance in center green4:00 Market Close

Stories from Maine Cemeteries: Lives Cut Short

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Maine gravestones from the 1800s were decorated with snapped flower buds, broken tree branches, and cracked columns to reveal that those buried below died before their time. From lightning strikes to shipwrecks, accidents to disease―and even a sensational murder―there were many causes for these untimely deaths. Ron Romano uncovers how mysterious symbols, epitaphs, monument forms, […]

Live Harness Racing

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Join us at Hollywood Casino Raceway at Bass Park on October 17th at 3pm for the 2026 Bangor Harness Racing season!Post time is promptly at 3PM. Be sure to arrive early to pick your favorites! 🏇 Wagers placed on races 3-10 can score points towards our Crown of the Queen City promotion for a chance […]

Halcyon & Friends Present the Dohnanyi Piano Quintet and The Future is Here

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Join Halcyon and friends for an evening of chamber music, film, and storytelling. For the first half of the program, Halcyon will be joined by special guest and pianist, Marlene McCarthy for a performance of Dohnanyi’s brilliant first Piano Quintet – a rousing tour de force full of soaring melodies. In the second half of […]

Chase's Big Thirtieth Birthday Show at Red Rabbit Bazaar

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SATURDAY OCTOBER 17TH Come celebrate our beloved doorman and friend Chase’s transition into chopped unchood at Red Rabbit Bazaar with sets from: Corrective MeasureJeezFree to ThinkBreak Bread SATURDAY OCTOBER 17TH – RED RABBIT BAZAAR – $10 AT THE DOOR ALL AGES – DOORS 7 – MUSIC 8

Riff Johnson at Hollywood Casino

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Located at the Sound Stage Lounge in the casino, join us for an interactive acoustic rock & pop show by Riff Johnson. With 4 United States Tours under his belt, Bangor, Maine Native Riff Johnson is spreading his music, personality and generally fun inspirational vibe. A one-man band with an affinity for decades past and […]