Friday, July 19, 2024
1:00 - 4:00 pm - Bethel Library Book Sale 5 Broad Street
7:00 - 10:00 pm - Live music in several venues around the area
7pm - 10pm Suds Pub Friday: Brad Hooper LIVE
7:00 - 10:00 pm - Live music in several venues around the area
7pm - 10pm Suds Pub Friday: Brad Hooper LIVE
Saturday, July 20, 2024
On and around the Bethel Town Common
9am - 4pm Bethel Library Book Sale, 5 Broad Street. Also Sunday all day!
10am – 4pm: Craft, commercial and community vendors on Common
10am – 3pm (with a break for the parade): Children's activities on the lawn of the Museums of the Bethel Historical Society (MBHS)
10am – 4pm: Bounce house for kids on lawn of MBHS
11 am: Parade (line up begins at 10 at the River Lanes Parking lot) – Theme is “Celebrating the Olympics”
Noon - 1pm: Wildlife Encounters Junior Zookeeper Show on Gazebo
1pm – 4pm: Totally Rad Band on the Gazebo. More info: thetotallyrad.net Band members are: Kevin O’Reilly, Doug Alford, Krister Rollins, and Russ Murley
6pm – 9pm: The Fossils on the Gazebo – come bring your dancing shoes and enjoy this great band featuring Rod Royer, Mike Cyr, Steve Sessions, Jim Whitman, Angie Lovejoy, and Butch Fuller
9pm: Fireworks at the Bethel Resort & Suites
Museums of Bethel Historical Society
- Grounds
- Children's activities, 10:00-3:00
- Treats for sale from the Mt. Zircon Bottle Lunch Stand, 10:00-4:00
- Robinson House:
- Museum Shop open, 10:00-4:00
- Exhibits: "Bethel and Beyond," "The Golden Age of the Gehring Clinic," "The Mount Zircon Bottle at 100," and "Oxford County Skiing History: From Jockey Cap to Jordan Bowl," 10:00-4:00
- Presentation: The Evolving Legacy of Mali Agat (Molly Ockett), 12:00-1:00
- Twitchell Education Center
- Exhibit: "The World of Cyrene Ayer: Childhood in 19th-century New England," 10:00-4:00
- Mason House:
- Exhibit: "Crafting Traditions of the Newell Family," 10:00-4:00
- Guided tours of the 9 period rooms, including Rufus Porter School wall murals (donations requested)
Saturday Market at the Methodist Church on Main Street
"Make A Sphere" at the Maine Mineral & Gem Museum
Suds Pub Saturday: Lee Sykes LIVE
Lots more going on around town. Check the Community Calendar here!
Curious about what's open? Visit bethelmaine.com/whatsopen for chamber member hours, menus, and much more.