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Bar Harbor Parade and Seafood Festival July 4
Starts: 07/04/2025 - Ends: 07/04/2025
Start Independence Day off with blueberry pancakes, followed by an old-fashioned hometown parade. Directly following the parade, the Seafood Festival takes place at the athletic field on the corner of Park and Main. Thousands of people will attend, and hundreds of pounds of lobster, corn-on-the-cob and mussels will be prepared to perfection.
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Annual Acadia Half Marathon and 10K
Starts: 06/01/2025 - Ends: 06/01/2025
The course is a spectacular 13.1 mile route that travels on the scenic Acadia National Park Loop road. Featuring gorgeous views of Acadia National Park and Maine's rocky coastline. The third largest island on the eastern seaboard, Mount Desert Island boasts an impressive 41,000 acres of land devoted to the Northeast's only National Park, Acadia. Sign up today for either the Half Marathon, 10K, or Half Marathon-Walker.
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Annual Bar Harbor Bank & Trust Half Marathon & Fall 5K
Starts: 09/13/2025 - Ends: 09/13/2025
In 1913, John Rockefeller Jr. built a series of carriage roads so he could avoid cars in the Acadia National Park. Nine miles of the Bar Harbor Bank & Trust Half Marathon run on that still-existing system of hard-packed trails. The hilly course starts in the small, picturesque fishing town of Bar Harbor, then cuts into the National Park. Register for either the 1/2 Marathon, Fall 5K, or 1/2 Marathon-Walker.
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Bar Harbor Music Festival
Starts: 07/02/2025 - Ends: 10/12/2025
Critics call the Bar Harbor Music Festival "one of the nation's proving grounds for gifted young artists." With several weekly concerts, from classical to string-quartet jazz and even opera, the music aficionado will not be disappointed.
Times and concerts vary. Click here for concert and ticket information.
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Father's Day Weekend
Starts: 06/13/2025 - Ends: 06/14/2025
Grab Dad and get back to the great outdoors with our fun campground activities!
Saturday will have Grill out potluck!
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4th of July Weekend
Starts: 07/04/2025 - Ends: 07/04/2025
Come celebrate Independence Day with us! We'll have plenty of star-spangled fun! Be sure to check out Bar Harbor's Fourth of July Parade on this great weekend! Don't forget to bring decorations for our site decorating contest and golf cart parade!
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Memorial Day Weekend
Starts: 05/23/2025 - Ends: 05/23/2025
Celebrate Memorial Day the KOA way!
Bring your best red, white, & blue for our site decorating contest.
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Pink Flamingo Weekend
Starts: 07/11/2025 - Ends: 07/11/2025
Bring your plastic flamingos and decorate your site!
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Bar Harbor Halloween
Starts: 10/11/2025 - Ends: 10/11/2025
Bring your favorite decorations and our site decorating contest! There will be trick-or-treating, Halloween activities and more!
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The Acadia Festival of Traditional Music and Dance
Starts: 06/22/2025 - Ends: 06/27/2025
The Acadia Festival of Traditional Music and Dance is a week long summer celebration of Acadian, Cape Breton, Irish, Quebecois, Scottish, and other Celtic-influenced traditions that contribute to the vibrant culture and authentic character of Downeast Maine.
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Fee Free National Park Entry Days
Starts: 01/20/2025 - Ends: 11/11/2025
Mark your calendar for these entrance fee-free dates in 2025:
- January 20: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
- April 19: First day of National Park Week
- June 19: Juneteenth National Independence Day
- August 4: Anniversary of the Great American Outdoors Act
- September 27: National Public Lands Day
- November 11: Veterans Day
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Bar Harbor Art in the Park
Starts: 06/14/2025 - Ends: 06/15/2025
June 14–15, 2025, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM EDT at Village Green, Bar Harbor. This is Bar Harbor's longest-running art show, showcasing artists in painting, printmaking, and photography. Free to the public.
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Maine Ocean Festival
Starts: 06/21/2025 - Ends: 06/21/2025
Celebrate the wonders of the Gulf of Maine and the extraordinary life that lives within it! Join us at the Oceanarium and Education Center in Bar Harbor, Maine for a day full of celebration, featuring live music, arts and crafts, vendors, presenters and more!
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The Acadia Festival of Traditional Music & Dance
Starts: 06/22/2025 - Ends: 06/28/2025
The Acadia Festival of Traditional Music & Dance is a weeklong summer celebration of Acadian, Cape Breton, Irish, Québécois, Scottish and other Celtic-influenced traditions that contribute to the vibrant culture and authentic character of Downeast Maine.
Founded in 2013 and newly reimagined in 2023, the Festival gathers world-class performers, students and community members together at the beautiful oceanfront campus of College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor for awe-inspiring nightly concerts and dances, as well as daily classes and workshops. Our flagship intensive program offers unparalleled instruction in Fiddle, Dance, Piano, Guitar, Flute, Community Song and much more.
It's more than a place to enjoy music and dance. It's a place to learn, share ideas and connect with others. Students of all ability levels are welcome, and tickets to a wide selection of afternoon workshops and evening concerts are open to the public. Explore our website to learn more about who we are and the many ways you can join us!
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Bar Harbor July 4th Celebrations
Starts: 07/04/2025 - Ends: 07/04/2025
Bar Harbor's July 4th events are legendary, with a grand parade, seafood festival, craft fairs, and a stunning fireworks display over Frenchman Bay. The day typically includes family-friendly activities and entertainment throughout town.
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2025 Acadia Birding Festival
Starts: 05/29/2025 - Ends: 06/01/2025
Where there are birds, there will be birders—and with spring in full swing, Acadia National Park is an avian hotspot. So it's no surprise that bird lovers from around the country will be converging for the 26th Annual Acadia Birding Festival. Experience the birding wonders of Maine, from boreal to ocean-warblers, puffins, and more. We offer field trips, pelagic trips, paddling trips, talks, social events, and evening presentations.Keynote speakers to be announced. About 50 experienced guides on these adventures around Acadia National Park and beyond. Don't miss our Pelagic Seabird Trip.Please preregister online. Preregistration opens in March 2025, and registration to select events opens early April 2025.
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Care Camps Weekend
Starts: 05/09/2025 - Ends: 05/10/2025
Stay at a participating KOA campground on May 9 & 10, 2025, and 50%* of the cost of the site on the second night will be donated to Care Camps!
Your stay will make a difference in the lives of children with cancer, by helping raise funds for medically supervised pediatric oncology camps.
These camps help children who have cancer enjoy care-free time focusing on fun, friends, and activities instead of on their illness. Funds raised from Saturday, May 10, will be donated to the Care Camps Foundation, which distributes $2 million annually to support 100+ pediatric oncology camps across the U.S. and Canada. Learn more at koacarecamps.org.
* Only valid at participating KOA locations. Applies to one site, for two consecutive nights at the same KOA. Sites may be limited. Only KOA Rewards discounts apply.
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KOA Rewards Weekend
Starts: 09/05/2025 - Ends: 09/06/2025
KOA Rewards holders stay as a paying guest on Friday, September 5th at any participating KOA campground and get Saturday, September 6th for FREE*.
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KOA Rewards Appreciation Weekend is designed exclusively for KOA Rewards holders to say thanks for your loyalty and for trusting your camping memories to us. On this late-summer weekend, we gather to celebrate friends, family and fun in the great outdoors we all adore.* Only at participating KOA locations. Applies to one site per a KOA Rewards account, for two consecutive nights at the same KOA. Sites may be limited. KOA Rewards discount does apply but not valid with other discounts.
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Water Weekends
Starts: 07/01/2025 - Ends: 07/31/2025
Join us for Water Weekends every weekend in July for water balloon fights, dunk tanks, and more!
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Labor Day Weekend
Starts: 08/29/2025 - Ends: 08/31/2025
Come relax with us for your long weekend! We'll have red, white and blue crafts ready on Sunday night!
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