Downtown Waterville

The City of Waterville with support from Downtown merchants, Mid-Maine Chamber, Greene Block + Studios and Waterville Creates is excited to present A Nightmare on Main Street, a Downtown Halloween spooktacular. Sponsored by KV Federal Credit Union and Central Maine Motors Auto Group, the event features live entertainment, kid activities, movies and a trunk or […]

First Fridays celebrate the vibrant creativity in Waterville through a wide array of arts experiences. On the first Friday of every month, visit downtown Waterville to meet artists, see performances, listen to live music, eat delicious food, shop at local businesses, enjoy the arts, and come together as a community. Celebrate Pride Month of First […]

First Fridays celebrate the vibrant creativity in Waterville through a wide array of arts experiences. On the first Friday of every month, visit downtown Waterville to meet artists, see performances, listen to live music, eat delicious food, shop at local businesses, enjoy the arts, and come together as a community. Join us May 3 for […]

Party Like It's 1599! What ho! Come party with Recycled Shakespeare Company for 460th birthday of the great bard William Shakespeare on Waterville, on Saturday, April 20, with the 11th annual Bard's Birthday Bash. Weather permitting join costumed readers and revelers to begin the Sonnet Stroll on Main Street at the corner by Key Bank […]

First Fridays celebrate the vibrant creativity in Waterville through a wide array of arts experiences. On the first Friday of every month, visit downtown Waterville to meet artists, see performances, listen to live music, eat delicious food, shop at local businesses, enjoy the arts, and come together as a community. Join us March 1 for […]

First Fridays celebrate the vibrant creativity in Waterville through a wide array of arts experiences. On the first Friday of every month, visit Main Street in downtown Waterville to meet artists, see performances, listen to live music, eat delicious food, shop at local businesses, enjoy the arts, and come together as a community. Highlights for […]

First Fridays celebrate the vibrant creativity in Waterville through a wide array of arts experiences. On the first Friday of every month, visit Main Street in downtown Waterville to meet artists, see performances, listen to live music, eat delicious food, shop at local businesses, enjoy the arts, and come together as a community. LEARN MORE

Dirigo Labs and its partner, the Skowhegan Center for Entrepreneurship, are pleased to announce that Kennebec Savings Bank will once again be the Lead Sponsor for the 2023 Better Maine Conference, taking place on October 5th in downtown Waterville. This year's conference will focus on "Growing a Diverse Workforce" and feature keynote speaker Kerem Durdag, President […]

First Fridays celebrate the vibrant creativity in Waterville through a wide array of arts experiences. On the first Friday of every month, visit Main Street in downtown Waterville to meet artists, see performances, listen to live music, eat delicious food, shop at local businesses, enjoy the arts, and come together as a community. Highlights include […]

    Date: Friday, August 4, 2023 Time: all day Location: Multiple Locations, Main St, Downtown Waterville Paul J Schupf Art Center: 5-7pm Opening Reception for “Potluck”- food, drinks, and celebration! Ticonic Gallery is pleased to present Potluck, an evolving exhibition centered on the work of Jenny Ibsen, a relief printmaker, ceramicist, storyteller, and restaurant worker based in Portland. The metaphor of the potluck touches […]

First Fridays celebrate the vibrant creativity in Waterville through a wide array of arts experiences. On the first Friday of every month, visit Main Street in downtown Waterville to meet artists, see performances, listen to live music, eat delicious food, shop at local businesses, enjoy the arts, and come together as a community. In addition, […]

Join us for a fun and creative celebration of spring! Kicking off with May’s First Friday festivities, this year’s Arts in Bloom is a multi-day affair featuring art making, live music, movies, story walks, giveaways and more. Presented by Waterville Creates! in partnership with community partners, activities will be held in locations throughout Waterville, including […]

Come join Recycled Shakespeare Company for our 10th Annual Bard's Birthday Bash! Throughout the day, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., we will be reading all of Shakespeare's 154 sonnets interspersed with monologues and songs from his plays. It is a special birthday party for Shakespeare being our 10th year and the 400th anniversary of the publishing of […]

Uliana Fournier, Landscape, acrylic on canvas, 2022, Winslow High School, Grade 10 Ticonic Gallery, a division of Waterville Creates!, is delighted to partner with Greene Block + Studios to celebrate Youth Art Month (YAM) with a spectacular, multi-site exhibition of artwork by local students in grades K–12. The 9th annual YAM exhibition will be on […]

Join us in celebration of our Youth Art Month (YAM) exhibition on March 3 from 4 – 7pm. This year marks our ninth annual YAM exhibition, and we’re thrilled to be able to expand this program by partnering with Colby’s Greene Block + Studios. Student work will be displayed at both Ticonic Gallery + Greene Block […]

First Fridays celebrate the vibrant creativity of Waterville by inviting people downtown to engage in arts experiences. On the first Friday of every month, visit Main Street in downtown Waterville to meet artists, participate in various workshops, listen to live music, eat delicious local food, and come together as a community. Highlights of this month's  […]

First Fridays celebrate the vibrant creativity of Waterville by inviting people downtown to engage in multidisciplinary arts experiences. On the first Friday of every month, visit Main Street in downtown Waterville to meet artists, participate in various workshops, listen to live music, eat delicious local food, and come together as a community. This Friday stop […]

Registration open until November 14th Parade of Lights Saturday, November 26, at 6pm Downtown Waterville’s annual holiday event is BACK and this year we are happy to announce that Winslow will be joining the team to extend the parade to both sides of the river! This annual event has drawn thousands of families for many […]

Young professionals from across Maine are invited to attend this year's Magnetize Maine! Register Today! Space is limited. Our day kicks off at 9:00 at the Waterville Opera House. Keynote speaker Katie Shorey, Director of Engagement at Live + Work Maine and President of Startup Maine, will present ideas for how young professional groups can […]

The 9th annual Bard's Birthday Bash will be held on Saturday, April 23. We ask you to let us know if you are interested in dressing up and parading around Waterville reading sonnets, singing Shakespearean songs, and performing monologues and scenes. No memorizing or prior experience necessary. We begin at 10 a.m. at Camden National […]

For the fourth year, Joy to the Ville returns to Waterville on Saturday, November 27, from 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Waterville Creates, together with the Maine Film Center, Waterville Public Library, Colby College Museum of Art, Children’s Discovery Museum, and downtown businesses, worked to bring back this afternoon of free family-friendly holiday activities in […]

What could be better than supporting our mid-Maine small businesses? Once again, this year the Mid-Maine Chamber will take the lead in bringing attention to Small Business Saturday. What can shoppers expect for 2021? The highly popular coupon booklets will be offered once again. The booklets contained savings and dollars-off coupons from approximately 40 small […]