Mark Your Calendars Today!
Dates for the 2018 Machias Wild Blueberry Festival
August 17, 18, 19, 2018
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2018 Festival Schedule
(Times Subject to Change)
$ = cost involved
“CSCC” = Centre Street Congregational Church
Schedule is subject to change
Click here to download the festival map.
Sunday, August 12 |
| TIME EVENT LOCATION |
| 10:00 am Worship Service to kick off the Blueberry Festival. Then, we will have a Blueberry Drop from the steeple of Centre Street Congregational Church. The Blueberry Drop will happen after the service during coffee fellowship, which will feature blueberry muffins, around 11:15. Everyone is welcome to come to the service or just come watch this exciting event. This heralds the start of the Blueberry Festival week. |
| Tuesday, August 14 | ||
|---|---|---|
| TIME | EVENT | LOCATION |
| 6:30 pm |
Sneak Preview Blueberry Musical Comedy A Mermaid’s Tale |
CSCC $ |
| Wednesday, August 15 | ||
| TIME | EVENT | LOCATION |
| 7 pm |
Blueberry Musical A Mermaid’s Tale |
CSCC $ |
| Thursday, August 16 | ||
| TIME | EVENT | LOCATION |
| 7 pm |
Blueberry Musical A Mermaid’s Tale |
CSCC $ |
| Friday, August 17 | ||
| TIME | EVENT | LOCATION |
| 9 am- 5 pm | Craft Booths on the Church Commons | |
| 9 am–11 am | Blueberry Cooking Contest Entries accepted | Machias Savings Bank Community Room |
| 11 am | Blueberry Farm Tour | Directions at CSCC Information Booth |
| 4 pm-7 pm | Special Preview Book Sale Event | Porter Memorial Library http://www.porter.lib.me.us/events.html |
| 4:30 pm-6:30 pm | All you can eat Fish Fry | CSCC Tent $ |
| 4 pm-6 pm | Zappledan, blues, 50 & 60’s, music duo | CSCC steps |
| 5:45 pm | Children’s parade forms | Machias Valley Baptist Church, Broadway St |
| 6 pm | Children’s parade Cooking Contest winners announced after the parade |
CSCC steps |
| 7 pm | Children’s entertainment | University of Maine, Machias |
| 7 pm |
Blueberry Musical A Mermaid’s Tale |
CSCC $ |
| Saturday, August 18 | ||
| TIME | EVENT | LOCATION |
| 6:30 am-10:30 am | Blueberry Pancake Breakfast, (or until we run out) | CSCC Vestry $ |
| 6 am | Blueberry Run Registration | 118 Court Street $ |
| 8 am | Blueberry Run Begins | 118 Court Street |
| 8 am-10 am | Pie Eating Contest Registration | CSCC Steps |
| 9 am-5 pm | Brian Giles, Master of Ceremonies | Announcing from CSCC steps |
| 9 am-5 pm | Craft booths | |
| 9 am-5 pm | Free Shuttle Service | Between Hannaford and Downtown |
| 9 am-3 pm | Porter Memorial Library Book Sale | Court Street |
| 9 am | Food and Crafts | Masonic Hall, Centre Street $ |
| 9 am-3 pm | Burnham Tavern Tours | Colonial Way $ |
| 9:30 am | Blueberry Run awards | Court Street |
| 10:00 am- 2:00 | Unites States Postal Service Stamp Cancelation | Next to CSCC steps |
| 10 am-2 pm | Blueberry Quilts Exhibit | CSCC, Sanctuary |
| 10 am- 2 pm |
Washington County Children’s Program Kid’s Zone | CSCC church commons, under the yellow and white Tent |
| 11 am | Pie Eating contest | CSCC steps |
|
11:30 am- 3 pm |
CSCC dessert buffet | CSCC Vestry $ |
| 11 am-2 pm | Food Court | CSCC Tent $ |
|
12 pm-1 pm 12 pm-12:30 pm |
Wenona’s Band Climate 911 Puppet Show |
CSCC Steps Yellow and White Tent on the church commons. |
| 12:30 pm | Free shuttle ride from Hannaford to Blueberry Farm Tour | Hannaford, Dublin St |
| 1 pm | Blueberry Farm Tour at Welch Farms | 186 Roque Bluffs Rd, Roque Bluffs |
| 1 pm | Ukelele Band | CSCC steps |
|
2 pm 2pm-3pm |
The Amazing Magic of Wes Booth Country music band, “Timber creek”
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CSCC church commons, under the yellow and white tent On the Centre Street Church steps
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| 3 pm | Old Timer’s Band | CSCC steps |
| 4:30 pm | 4:30 Baked Bean Supper | Masonic Hall, Centre St $ |
| 5:00 pm |
Blueberry Bowl
Youth American Football
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Washington Academy Football Field During the Machias Wild Blueberry Festival |
| 7:00 pm |
Blueberry Musical A Mermaid’s Tale |
CSCC $ |
| Sunday, August 19 | ||
| TIME | EVENT | LOCATION |
| 9 am- 3 pm | Brian Giles, Master of Ceremonies | Announcing from CSCC steps |
| 9 am-3 pm | Craft Booths | |
| 9:55 am | Ringing of the Paul Revere Bell for Call to Worship | CSCC |
| 10 am | Community Worship Service | CSCC |
| 11 am-1 pm | Food Court | CSCC Tent $ |
| 11 am-2 pm | CSCC Dessert Buffet | CSCC Vestry $ |
| 1 pm |
Live Celtic Music |
CSCC sanctuary. A free will donation will be gratefully accepted. |
| 2 pm | Drawing for the winner of this year’s Blueberry Quilt | CSCC steps |
Schedule of events is subject to change