Purple Pinkie Project: Ending Polio
2025-10-23 - 2025-10-24, 2025-10-24 | ME
Rotary members in Waterville are taking action in honor of World Polio Day to raise awareness, funds, and support to end polio, a vaccine-preventable disease that still threatens children in parts of the world today.
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Waterville Farmers’ Market
2025-10-23 14:00 - 18:00, 2025-10-30 14:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Head of Falls, Temple Street at Front Street, Waterville, ME, 04901, United States
Waterville Farmers’ Market is now open and at Head of Falls from 2- 6 p.m.
every Thursday.
Support local wherever, whenever and however you can!
The smallest gesture can make the biggest impact.

Support a local farmer | Serving the people of the Waterville area since 2006.

Ribbon Cutting
2025-10-23 16:00 | ME
Join us for a ribbon cutting
with Waterville Community Land Trust
to be held 4:00 PM Thurs, Oct 23, 2025
at 226 Water Street, Waterville
Directions: Water St., Past Grove St. toward Sewer District.
Gazebo and small park along the river.

Tusk: The Classic Fleetwood Mac Tribute
2025-10-23 19:30 | Waterville Opera House, 1 Common Street, Waterville, ME, United States
Date: Thursday, October 23 at 7:30pm
Organization: Waterville Opera House
Venue: Waterville Opera House, 1 Common Street, Waterville, Maine
This event is eligible for the Youth Arts Access Fund.
Tusk: The World’s #1 Tribute to Fleetwood Mac
Tusk has been criss-crossing the country since 2008 as The Ultimate Fleetwood Mac Tribute. But of all the Fleetwood Mac tributes playing around the United States today, what exactly sets Tusk apart? Is it more than five skilled professionals turned masters of their trade through decades of individual musical study, live performance, creative risk, and devotion to the art? Is it more than their affection and respect for the Fleetwood Mac experience, an entity that continues to endure over 50 years of musical and cultural evolution? Is it more than vocal similarities, common physical traits, or good costumes? To be sure, one does not fare well in the tribute scene without displaying some or all of these characteristics. So what qualities does Tusk possess that can’t be learned, bought, or created simply from a desire to have them? Chemistry. Synergy. Intuition.
The relationship among the five founding members of Tusk has a rich history that goes back more than four decades. Two met while playing Little League baseball. Two others met in middle school band and marched in lockstep through high school. All five have been playing music with one another over the years in various configurations of original bands, jam bands, singer-songwriter circles, and alternative rock groups. Time, trust, and close friendship have cultivated an intimate familiarity with each other’s musical nuances, shaping each performance with such precision that even the slightest variation, virtually imperceptible to all but the five musicians sharing the stage, is met with a wink and a nod, and usually an inside joke. Tusk is more than a band; they are a family.
Experience the wonder of a Tusk show for yourself.
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Rhymetime
2025-10-24 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-10-31 10:30 - 11:00 | Waterville Public Library, 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME
Come to the Children's Department every Friday at 10:30am for songs and stories for babies, toddlers, and their families.
The themes for October 2025 are:
10/03: Letter "D"
10/10: Letter "E"
10/17: Letter "F"
10/24: Letter "G"
10/31: Letter "H"
For More Information: Call 207.872.5433 or email librarian@watervillelibrary.org

Lovejoy Award Presentation
2025-10-24 16:00 | Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts, Colby College, Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville
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Ribbon Cutting
2025-10-24 16:30 | ME
Join us for a ribbon cutting
Friday, October 24 - 4:30 p.m.
with
Town of Oakland
to celebrate phase one of the
Oakland ATV/Multi-use Kennebec Valley Trailhead Project
Williams Court, Oakland
Directions: Near Williams School. Road is near bus garage and parking is at the trailhead.

KVCC Goes Hollywood
2025-10-24 18:00 | Kennebec Valley Community College, Fairfield Campus, 92 Western Avenue, Fairfield, ME

Sight Unseen
2025-10-24 18:30 - 20:30 | Water Dance Farm, 538 Augusta Road, Belgrade, ME, 04917, United States
Join the Belgrade Parks and Recreation and the Pickleball Committee for a film screening of Belgrade's own Dee Lord Cooke's film Sight Unseen in the barn at Water Dance Farm. This made-in-Belgrade horror thriller debuted at the Maine International Film Festival last July. Partake in an evening of socializing, meeting, support of one another, and community.

Bee Gees Gold
2025-10-24 20:00 | Waterville Opera House, 1 Common Street, Waterville, ME, United States
Date: Friday, October 24 at 8pm
Organization: Waterville Opera House
Venue: Waterville Opera House, 1 Common Street, Waterville, Maine
This event is eligible for the Youth Arts Access Fund.

The Bee Gees Gold tribute is the ultimate salute, capturing the experience of seeing the Bee Gees in their prime, live and in-person! Backed by a live band, Bee Gees Gold recreates the look and sound of the Bee Gees from the ’60s to the late ’70s, with their unique falsettos that made them legends. They play the full range of Bee Gees classics, including early hits such as “Massachusetts” and “I Started a Joke”, and the later disco classics like “Stayin’ Alive” and “You Should Be Dancing”.
Leading the group is John Acosta, who has performed in Bee Gees tributes all over the world for more than 12 years now. His portrayal of lead singer Barry Gibb is imbued with a zest for detail, like no other. John’s lineup-from the look to the falsettos-inspires audiences to blurt out, “Wow, I just heard and saw the Bee Gees!”
Eric Sean (as Robin Gibb) has been singing professionally since the age of 17 and has performed on stages all over the world with Sheena Easton, Michael Grimm, Dian Diaz, and more.
Pete Sprague (as Maurice Gibb) is a native of Washington, DC who started playing piano at the age of 7, and was self-taught until enrolling at the University of Miami where he eventually earned a Bachelor of Music. Pete has performed on stages throughout the country and the world. He operates Firehole Productions, a soundstage/production facility in Las Vegas.
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Nightmare on Main Street
2025-10-25 - 2025-10-26 | Downtown Waterville, Main Street at Common Street, Waterville, ME

Trail of Treats & Discovery
2025-10-25 13:00 - 15:00 | Viles Arboretum, 153 Hospital St, Augusta, ME, 04330
A Fall Adventure Like No Other!
Wander a scenic loop at Viles Arboretum, where each stop along the way offers hands-on activities, nature-inspired fun, and a few tasty treats. Families of all ages are invited to enjoy the season with an outdoor adventure of learning, play, and just a touch of Halloween magic.
October 25, 2025
1pm-3pm
$3 per child (3 and under are free)
FREE for Members of Viles Arboretum and the Children's Discovery Museum
Registration is required - opens October 1st: 9 AM for members,
10 AM for general public
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AYCC Trunk or Treat
2025-10-25 13:00 - 15:00 | Alfond Youth & Community Center, 126 North Street, Waterville, ME
The Alfond Youth & Community Center (AYCC) will host its 4th annual Trunk or Treat & Open House event from 1:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 25th. Our theme this year is Candyland, inside the building. Trunks in the parking lot are welcome to decorate as they like, but keep it family-friendly.
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Fiddle-icious
2025-10-26 14:00 | Waterville Opera House, 1 Common Street, Waterville, ME, United States
Date: Sunday, October 26 at 2pm
Organization: Waterville Opera House
Venue: Waterville Opera House, 1 Common Street, Waterville, Maine
This event is eligible for the Youth Arts Access Fund.
Fiddle-icious is a community-based orchestra, open to all ages, abilities, and instruments. National Heritage Award winning fiddler Don Roy founded the group 25 years ago and still leads Fiddle-icious today! Together, the orchestra listens to, learns, plays, and performs traditional tunes, dances, and songs passed down from Scottish, Irish, Quebecois, and Acadian ancestors. Currently Fiddle-icious has more than 100 players of fiddle, accordion, mandolin, flute, guitar, banjo, cello, and bass!
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Ribbon Cutting
2025-10-27 15:30 | ME
Join us for a ribbon cutting
Monday, October 27 - 3:30 p.m.
with
Summit Real Estate
to be held at
98 College Avenue, Waterville

Impact2032 Summit
2025-10-28 08:00 | Augusta Civic Center, 76 Community Drive, Augusta, ME
Ready to make a difference? Join us for the Impact2032 Summit on October 28, 2025!
Hosted by United Way of Kennebec Valley, this year’s Summit focuses on celebrating progress, learning from local initiatives that are making a difference, and giving attendees the opportunity to connect with colleagues across the community. Throughout the day, you’ll hear inspiring examples of what’s working, engage in interactive discussions, and leave with ideas and connections to inform your own work.
Don’t miss your chance to contribute your insights and be at the forefront of positive change.
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Crafternoons
2025-10-28 14:30 - 16:00 | Waterville Public Library, 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME
Crafternoons are fun weekly crafts for young children and their families! Come to the Children’s Room between 2:30 and 4pm to make the craft with help from library staff!
Crafts for October:
10/07: Firehouse Dalmatian
10/14: Paper Owl in a Tree
10/21: Paper Plate Spider Web
10/28: Salt Dough Fall Ornament

Take pictures of the results and share them in the comments of the Facebook post, tag us on Instagram, or Bluesky. We'd love to see what you create!
For more information: Call 207.872.5433 or email librarian@watervillelibrary.org

Threads & Tales
2025-10-28 17:00 - 18:30 | Waterville Public Library, 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME
Have you been itching to spin a yarn with fellow fiber artists? Check out Threads & Tales at the Waterville Public Library on Tuesdays, now at 5:00pm! Crochet, cross-stitch, sewing, quilting, embroidery, needlepoint, etc. - all crafts and all abilities are welcome. Work on your latest project, try something new, share patterns, or check out the Library's crafting resources. This is a relaxed and informal group, you do not have to attend every session. Just pop in whenever it works for you!
Free and open to all adults and teens, coffee and tea will be available.
FMI: Call 207-872-5433 or email librarian@watervillelibrary.org

Intermediate 3D Design + Printing
2025-11-01 10:00 - 14:00 | Ticonic Classroom, Schupf Art Center, 93 Main Street, Waterville, Maine
Ready to take your 3D printing skills to the next level? This two-part intermediate workshop is designed for those who have taken a beginner class or have some experience and are ready to dive deeper. With a focus on original design, you’ll learn to use Tinkercad, a free, Web-based modeling program, to create and customize your own 3D models. You'll also explore how to design specifically for 3D printing, slice your files for optimal results, and bring your ideas to life on our Bambu Lab A1 Mini printers. With Stephen LaRochelle of Kennebec Valley Community College. Class continues on November 8.
Pre-Requisite: 3D Design + Printing for Beginners or prior experience operating a 3D printer.
Age: Adults and Teens 13+. Ages 13-15 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Limit: 10 participants
Cost: $131. Eligible for the Youth Arts Access Fund.
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Maine Fermentation Festival
2025-11-01 11:00 - 16:00 | Castonguay Square, Common Street, Waterville
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The Fermentation Festival is a yearly celebration of fermented food and drink put on by Maine Ferments, a 501(c)(3) committed to sharing knowledge and cultures through the art and science of fermentation.
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Quarry Road Fall Festival
2025-11-01 12:00 - 15:00 | Quarry Road Recreation Area, 300 Quarry Road, Waterville, ME, 04901
Quarry Road Trails to Host Fall Festival on November 1, 2025
The Fall Festival at Quarry Road Trails on November 1 features a variety of free, fun activities for children and families before the snow flies. This year, the Friends of Quarry Road and the City of Waterville are adding more activities for kids—and all residents—from Noon-3 p.m.
Free activities for children include a bike or hike parade in costumes from the night before (Halloween), apple slinging, pumpkin bowling, pumpkin tic tac toe, cornhole, face painting, pumpkin bingo, a story walk, a fall art project, and the Great Pine Cone Scavenger Hunt.
A free S’more Station will be managed by Colby College student volunteers at a fire pit.
Festival goers are also invited to view progress on over $1.5 million in facility improvements and investments in programming, equipment, and longer-term plans for the park.
“We have much to celebrate with the completion of this massive site infrastructure project, including the elimination of persistent ponding and mud issues in the meadow and parking areas, new stormwater management systems, lighting improvements, and much more,“ said Jeff Tucker, Quarry Road Trails Director.
While most parking will be paved, new event parking space will be using grass pavers. New drainage and stormwater management systems, including underground, engineered filtration, have been installed in and around the meadow and parking areas to improve public access and conditions for year-round events in variable weather.
“The relocated yurt is back in business as our Welcome Center,” said Tucker. “The site isn’t picture-perfect yet, but Quarry Road Trails will be open in time for this winter, and that’s terrific.”
Contributors to this infrastructure project include the Northern Border Regional Commission-U.S. Department of Agriculture, Harold Alfond Foundation, Bill & Joan Alfond Family Foundation, Maine Department of Transportation, City of Waterville, and Friends of Quarry Road. Over $90,000 in state and federal permitting was required. The City’s cash contribution is $35,000, with additional in-kind oversight by City Engineer Andrew McPherson.
Friends Executive Director Jennifer Kierstead said, “Beyond infrastructure improvements, we have even more to celebrate with the purchase of all new snowshoes free for public use, starter ski, bike and paddling equipment for a gear hub, completion of three amazing murals, the successful launch of the Outdoor Adventure Club for teens, a new sign at the corner of North Street and Quarry Road, exciting concept drawings of an outdoor recreation center, and reports on forest management/stewardship and mountain bike trails to guide us for years to come.”
These products and services provided by 12 Maine businesses were paid for with a $140,000 State ARPA Travel, Tourism and Outdoor Recreation grant awarded to the Friends of Quarry Road last year by the Maine Office of Outdoor Recreation, Maine Department of Economic and Community Development.
“We are also excited to announce a recent $25,000 donation from Kennebec Savings Bank, which enables us to extend the rope tow to the Hemlocks on the historic alpine hill this season, another 75 vertical feet,” said Kierstead. KSB is the venue’s leading community banking partner, she said. The Alpine hill is already a proven training ground to learn to ski, including night skiing.
“There is something for everyone at this year’s festival,” she said.
Plans for forestry management, mountain biking, and a year-round outdoor recreation center will be displayed at the Snowmaking Building and will be posted on the venue’s website, quarryroad.org. Other info booths include one on the Outdoor Adventure Club for teens, volunteer opportunities, after school youth Nordic and Alpine skiing programs, and season passes.
The Snowmaking Building also now features a large mural by Maine artist Spenser MacLeod. The range of four-season recreation available at the site is illustrated and includes birds and four-legged animals spotted at the park. MacLeod worked with teens to create a mural for the South End Teen Center three years ago.
To complement the Fermentation Festival downtown, a walk in the woods at Quarry Road is planned with Richie Tory who has led mushroom workshops and walks for over 30 years in central Maine.
Joining the City and Friends of Quarry Road are community partners Colby College, Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce, Children’s Discovery Museum, South End Teen Center, Central Maine Chapter, New England Mountain Bike Association, Quarry Road Ski Club, and local artist Carrie Schenck Haberstock.
To volunteer, contact Quarry Trails Volunteer Coordinator Jeanine Libby at volunteer@quarryroad.org. Registration is open for Youth Nordic and Alpine learn to ski programs, see Youth Nordic Program — Quarry Road Ski Club and Learn to Downhill Ski / Ride — Quarry Road Ski Club.

Met Opera Encore: La Sonnambula
2025-11-01 12:55 | Maine Film Center, 93 Main St., Waterville, ME
Following triumphant Live in HD performances in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, Verdi’s La Traviata, and Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, Nadine Sierra summits another peak of the soprano repertoire as Amina, who sleepwalks her way into audiences’ hearts in Bellini’s poignant tale of love lost and found. In his new production, Rolando Villazón — the tenor who has embarked on a brilliant second career as a director — retains the opera’s original setting in the Swiss Alps but uses its somnambulant plot to explore the emotional and psychological valleys of the mind. Tenor Xabier Anduaga co-stars as Amina’s fiancé, Elvino, alongside soprano Sydney Mancasola as her rival, Lisa, and bass Alexander Vinogradov as Count Rodolfo. Riccardo Frizza takes the podium for one of opera’s most ravishing works.
Admission: $16-19. Eligible for the Youth Arts Access Fund.
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Colby Jazz Band
2025-11-01 19:30 | Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts, Colby College, Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville
Colby Jazz Band – From the Rhythm Section
Date: Saturday, November 1, 7:30pm
Organization: Colby Department of Music
Venue: Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts
Free
This concert will feature compositions from famous members of the jazz rhythm section throughout time. The unique compositional perspective of the rhythm section brings a unique energy to the music. Pianist Horace Silver’s composition “Nutville” alternates between a driving mambo and an uptempo swing feel. “Brother Mister,” by upright bassist Christian McBride, has a straight-ahead groove and a catchy melody.
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Two Cent Talks: Franco American Reading and Music
2025-11-03 17:00 | Greene Block + Studios, 18 Main Street, Waterville, ME
Join us at Greene Block + Studios to celebrate Franco-American heritage with readings by award-winning writers, Denis Ledoux, Steven Riel, Rhea Côté Robbins, and Jeri Thériault, plus music by Robert Sylvain and our very special guest, Alayna Blier '26.
Admission is free, but reservations are encouraged.
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Beginning Clay: Introduction to Wheel Throwing
2025-11-03 17:30 - 19:30 | Ticonic Clay Studio, Schupf Art Center, 93 Main Street, Waterville, ME
Instructor Wendy Burton leads this 6-week class exploring the fundamentals of wheel throwing. Learn clay basics including centering, shaping, trimming, handle making, and glazing in a fun and supportive environment.
Tools, materials, 25-pound bag of clay, glazes, and firings are included with class registration. Students can access the studio outside of class during open studio hours.
Class starts November 3 and continues on Monday evenings through December 8.
For adults and teens 16+. Limited to 7 participants.
Cost: $176. Eligible for the Youth Arts Access Fund.
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Maine Authors: Live Reading
2025-11-04 17:30 - 18:30 | Waterville Public Library, 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME
Join us for a live reading from "North Woods at Night" and "Rivers of Ink" at the Waterville Public Library! The event will feature readings by Sherry Pineau Brown, Sarah Carlson, Wiliam Carpenter, Jean Anne Feldeisen, Annaliese Jakimides, and Twinkle Marie Manning.
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Ribbon Cutting
2025-11-05 16:00 | North Country Car Wash, 201 College Avenue, Waterville, ME
Join us for a ribbon cutting
Wednesday, November 5 - 4:00 p.m.
with
North Country Car Wash
to be held at
201 College Avenue, Waterville
