Maine Spring Events: May 2024

Maine Spring Events: May 2024

More dates are rolling in for upcoming events this spring. Check back often as I update the list! Visit my online Maine Outdoor Events Google Calendar here for more information about each event and a complete list of all events for the year, or click the event’s title to go directly to their website.

Have a fantastic May in Maine, and I hope to see you at some of these fantastic Maine spring events!

Maine Spring Events May 2024

• 3-5  Rocky Mountain Terrain Park Mud Runs, Carthage- Spring ATV Bash Weekend
• 4 Palmyra Mud Runs, Palmyra
• 4 Kennebunk Annual May Day Festival
• 4-5 Kenduskeag Slalom
  • Kenduskeag Stream, Valley Ave. & Exchange St. (Bangor)
  • Saturday 4pm, Sunday 9am
• 4 Meduxnekeag Canoe Race
  • Houlton
  • 10am, preregistration is mandatory, see website
• 5 1st Annual ATV Show Shine & Swap 4 Vets
  • Auburn Mall Parking Lot
  • No Admission, raffles and auction, all profits donated to Veteran’s Charities
• 11 Aroostook River Spring Runoff Canoe and Kayak Race
  • Lower Lyndon Street Boat Launch, Caribou
  • Mandatory Race Briefing 9:45 am, race begins 10:00 AM
• 11 Baskahegan Stream Canoe Race
  • East Grand High School, Danforth
  • 7:30 am
• 11 East Grand Adventure Race
  • East Grand High School, Danforth
  • 8:45 am
• 12  Pine Brook Mudders Mud Runs, Steuben
• 15 Maine Moose Permit Lottery Closes
• 18 Aroostook River Fun Run
  • Washburn Boat Launch to Presque Isle Boat Launch
  • Mandatory Race Briefing 10:45 Race begins at 11:00
• 18 Maine Forest and Logging Museum Alewife Day
  • 262 Government Rd., Bradley 10am-3pm
• 18 Benton Alewife Festival
  • 1279 Clinton Ave., Benton, 11am-3pm
  • Food, music, and fun to celebrate the return of the alewives to the Sebasticook River
• 19 Mid Coast Mud Racing Mud Runs, Ellsworth
• 24-25 Third Annual Pennamaquan Alewife Festival
  • Pembroke
  • Fish smoking, indoor and outdoor activities, free lunch from Smithereen Farm, demonstrations, naturalists and experts
• 24-26  4×4 Proving Grounds Mud Runs, Lebanon -Spring Mud Fling
• 30-June 2 25th Annual Acadia Birding Festival
  • Mount Desert Island, Southwest Harbor, Acadia National Park
• 31-June 2 Barnyard All Terrain Mud Runs, Livermore- 2024 Barnstock