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Date | Time |
Event |
Description |
Location |
Links |
January -
Friday 29, 2010
7:00pm-9:00pm |
Open House at
Well Heart Yoga Studio
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Come share in celebration of the newly renovated 2nd floor (Little River Building) food, music and friends.
I'm inviting all CAB members and guests to a Jan.29th (Friday) event at Well Heart Yoga Studio 20 Main St. Cornish.
7pm potluck and BYO beverage.
All are invited to bring an instrument (or your ears for listening) to chase away the winter blahhs.
Hope you will attend. |
Downtown Cornish
20 Main St.
2nd floor (Little River Building) |
www.wellheartyogo.com |
Mar 28,-
2010
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Maple Syrup Sunday
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Details coming soon |
Location to be determined |
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April 11-17,
2010
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Celebrate National Library Week
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Visit the library & learn about what we offer. |
Bonney Memorial Library
36 Main St., Cornish |
www.bonney.lib.me.us |
April 14,
2010 (Wednesday)
During library hours: 10am-7pm |
Celebrate National Library Week
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Open House
Visit the library & learn about what we offer.
Refreshments. |
Bonney Memorial Library
36 Main St., Cornish |
www.bonney.lib.me.us |
April 25,-
2010 (Sunday)
5pm to 8pm |
Spring Celebration
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All profits will be donated toward the renovations at Pike Hall
Advanced tickets $15 each.
Tickets at the door $18.00.
Food, Music, Cash Bar, Silent Auction, Door Prize for those who buy advanced tickets.
Click here for more Details |
Sacopee House of Pizza
( International Pizza Challenge Winners )
On Rte 25 west of town center in the Call's Shopping Plaza.
See Ad in Shopping Guide for locations to buy tickets
or contact Scott Rowley at 625-4993
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May 12,2010
(Wednesday)
5pm to 7pm |
Cornish Business Showcase
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Get to Know Your Local Businesses at Bangor Savings Bank's
Food & Beverages Provided ~ Raffles
Free Online Banking, Check Scanner and Payroll Demos by
Bangor Savings Bank Representatives
Click here for more Details |
Bangor Savings Bank
180 Maple Street, Cornish
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If you (and/or other(s) in your organization) are interested in attending
this event or to reserve a spot for your display, please RSVP Teresa Drown at
teresa.drown@bangor.com or 207.625.0950 by Friday, May 7th. Space is limited. |
May 16, 2010
Rain Date -
May 23, 2010
6:30am-9:30am |
Cross Walk Painting
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We Need Volunteers! Please call or email Scott Rowley (207-625-4993 • srowley@scottdesign-me.com) to volunteer. |
Downtown Cornish |
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May 22,
2010 (Saturday)
Hours: 9am-1pm |
Bonney Memorial Library Spring Book & Pie Sale
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Proceeds to benefit the library |
Cornish United Church of Christ
37 Main Street, Cornish
(Across from the library) |
www.bonney.lib.me.us |
June - 5,
2010 (Saturday)
7:00 AM – 9:30 AM Breakfast
9:00 AM – 2:00 PM Vendors Open
4:30 PM – 6:30 PM BBQ |
13th Annual Kezar Falls Lilac Festival
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The event will kick off with a Pancake Breakfast 7:00 AM– 9:30 AM at the Riverside United Methodist Church. Breakfast tickets are $5.00 for adults, $3.00 for children 10 and younger. Free for a child 6 and younger.
A Bike and Doll Carriage Parade will follow at 9:30 AM. The staging area will be across from the Church. The Kezar Falls Fire Department and the Lilac Festival Queen will lead the parade from the Porter side, across the Ossipee River Bridge and end on the Parsonsfield side. Helmets are required for bicycle riders.
Activities and vendors will be featured in the green spaces on both sides of the river from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM., including artisans, crafters, food concessions, yard sales, informational materials from non-profits and plant sales, including lilacs.
Other activities are:
- Walking Tour of historic village homes
- Book Sale at the Kezar Falls Library
- Open House @ the History House
- Magic Show free for all children
- Pick-up Softball Game
- Fishing Demonstration on the Ossipee River
- “Battle of the Bands” adjacent to Kezar Falls Hardware throughout the day
A Chicken BBQ at the Fire Barn from 4:30 PM– 6:30 PM will conclude the Lilac Festival. Tickets may be purchased @ the door for $8.00 and $5.00 for children 10 & younger.
All events are FREE except for where noted. Proceeds are used for community beautification projects.
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KEZAR FALLS, MAINE by the Ossipee River. |
FMI call 625-3082.
More Information |
June 5
(Saturday)
(rain date June 12)
Hours: 8 AM - 3 PM |
Cornish Historical Society Yard Sale
Donations welcome. |
Proceeds to benefit the Cornish Historical Society |
LOCATION CHANGE:
Parkinglot of From Our House to Yours. |
FMI call
Linda Griffin 650-7484
or
Diane LaVeillier 415-3828
or
625-7897 |
July 6,2010 -
(Tuesday)
7PM - 8:30pm |
Summer Bandstand Series
(Music By)
Casco Bay Concert Band
The Casco Bay Concert Band (CBCB), a non-profit organization of about 70 adult musicians
under the direction of Dr. Peter Martin. Band members come from various musical backgrounds, professions, and localities
from all around Casco Bay. They perform a wide variety of music that is appealing to all ages. The Metropolitan Wind
Ensemble of Boston recognizes top community bands in New England, and has invited Casco Bay Concert Band to perform every
year at the Boston Festival of Bands at Faneuil Hall. This band will fill our bandstand and the ground around it!
They are an amazing group of musicians and we are thrilled to have them kick off our Summer Bandstand Series!
Please come join us for this night of wonderful music.
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The Saco River Festival is pleased to present their Annual Cornish Summer Bandstand Series:
5 Consecutive Tuesdays, beginning July 6, 2010
New this year! Pizza slices from Sacopee House of Pizza, beverages and other refreshments available for sale at the Bandstand! Bring a blnket, or chairs, buy some pizza, enjoy the music and help to support a great cause!!
Free toys for children under 18! (while supplies last) Concerts are free, donations welcome.
All proceeds benefit M.S.A.D.#55 School Music Programs.
This year the S.R.F.A. helped the MSAD#55 music program to purchase 8 keyboards, a soprano xylophone, and some percussion instruments. We also helped to send 135 students to a Maine music festival.
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Cornish Bandstand, Maple Street (next to Bangor Savings Bank, 180 Maple St. Cornish, Maine).
Rte 25, Cornish, ME
In the event of rain, the concerts will be held at the Sacopee Valley Middle School, 137 South Hiram Rd. Hiram, ME)
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More Information |
July -
7 – 11, 2010 |
Ossipee Valley Agricultural Fair |
Since 1980, Ossipee Valley Fair has been "THE place to be" for summer family fun in southern Maine! A true country fair with oodles of livestock events and exhibits. |
Ossipee Valley Fairgrounds,
South Hiram Road, Hiram, ME |
More Information |
July 13,2010 -
(Tuesday)
7PM - 8:30pm |
Summer Bandstand Series
(Music By)
Portland Jazz Orchestra
The Portland Jazz Orchestra is a contemporary big band staffed by local and regional jazz professionals.
Playing music from the libraries of big bands such as The Count Basie Orchestra, The Duke Ellington Orchestra and
The Woody Herman Orchestra, the PJO also enjoys performing more contemporary big band literature.
In addition to performing the music ensembles such as Gordon Goodwin>s Big Phat Band and the Tom Kubis Big Band,
PJO focuses on performing original compositions and arrangements written by band members. Many of these compositions
are published and are highly regarded on a national level. Trombonist, Dr. Chris Oberholtzer, is the artistic director
of the PJO in addition to being the Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Southern Maine School of Music.
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The Saco River Festival is pleased to present their Annual Cornish Summer Bandstand Series:
5 Consecutive Tuesdays, beginning July 6, 2010
New this year! Pizza slices from Sacopee House of Pizza, beverages and other refreshments available for sale at the Bandstand! Bring a blnket, or chairs, buy some pizza, enjoy the music and help to support a great cause!!
Free toys for children under 18! (while supplies last) Concerts are free, donations welcome.
All proceeds benefit M.S.A.D.#55 School Music Programs.
This year the S.R.F.A. helped the MSAD#55 music program to purchase 8 keyboards, a soprano xylophone, and some percussion instruments. We also helped to send 135 students to a Maine music festival.
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Cornish Bandstand, Maple Street (next to Bangor Savings Bank, 180 Maple St. Cornish, Maine).
Rte 25, Cornish, ME
In the event of rain, the concerts will be held at the Sacopee Valley Middle School, 137 South Hiram Rd. Hiram, ME) |
More Information |
July 20,2010 -
(Tuesday)
7PM - 8:30pm |
Summer Bandstand Series
(Music By)
Common Ground Band
The Common Ground Band - Chuck McLaughlin, Marty Mathews, Peter Albert, Marc Lerman. The Common Ground band has performed
at the Riverbank Park Gazebo in Westbrook, ME, the Gorham Maine Bandstand Series and at Hay Day in Farmington, NH.
They are a fun group that performs music from several decades that include rock and roll and soft rock. Dance the night away!
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The Saco River Festival is pleased to present their Annual Cornish Summer Bandstand Series:
5 Consecutive Tuesdays, beginning July 6, 2010
New this year! Pizza slices from Sacopee House of Pizza, beverages and other refreshments available for sale at the Bandstand! Bring a blnket, or chairs, buy some pizza, enjoy the music and help to support a great cause!!
Free toys for children under 18! (while supplies last) Concerts are free, donations welcome.
All proceeds benefit M.S.A.D.#55 School Music Programs.
This year the S.R.F.A. helped the MSAD#55 music program to purchase 8 keyboards, a soprano xylophone, and some percussion instruments. We also helped to send 135 students to a Maine music festival.
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Cornish Bandstand, Maple Street (next to Bangor Savings Bank, 180 Maple St. Cornish, Maine).
Rte 25, Cornish, ME
In the event of rain, the concerts will be held at the Sacopee Valley Middle School, 137 South Hiram Rd. Hiram, ME) |
More Information |
July -
22 – 25, 2010 |
Ossipee Valley Music Festival |
The 2010 Ossipee Valley Music Festival line-up is The Steep Canyon Rangers, The Gibson Brothers, The Claire Lynch Band, Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper, The Bluegrass Gospel Project, The Belleville Outfit, The Good Lovelies, The Packway Handle Band, Darol Anger and the Republic of Strings, Ben Sollee, The Toughcats, The Bagboys, Muddy Marsh Ramblers, Bits & Pieces and more to come. Check back often as we start getting all the new info up on the site.
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Ossipee Valley Fairgrounds,
South Hiram Road, Hiram, ME |
More Information |
July 27,2010 -
(Tuesday)
7PM - 8:30pm |
Summer Bandstand Series
(Music By)
Jimmy Jo and the Jumbol' Ayuhs
JimmyJo & the Jumbol'Ayuhs hails from the "bayous" of coastal Maine. Based in Phippsburg, the Jumbol'Ayuhs serve up music
from Cajun Louisiana with a Downeast accent. Featuring Jim Joseph on accordion, second fiddle, and vocals, and Pam Weeks
on lead fiddle and vocals, the Jumbol'Ayuhs play lively two-steps and waltzes that tug at your heartstrings.
Bill Olson on guitar, Elna Joseph on bass, and Keith Garovoy on percussion round out the sound and provide the bottom end
that will keep you dancing!
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The Saco River Festival is pleased to present their Annual Cornish Summer Bandstand Series:
5 Consecutive Tuesdays, beginning July 6, 2010
New this year! Pizza slices from Sacopee House of Pizza, beverages and other refreshments available for sale at the Bandstand! Bring a blnket, or chairs, buy some pizza, enjoy the music and help to support a great cause!!
Free toys for children under 18! (while supplies last) Concerts are free, donations welcome.
All proceeds benefit M.S.A.D.#55 School Music Programs.
This year the S.R.F.A. helped the MSAD#55 music program to purchase 8 keyboards, a soprano xylophone, and some percussion instruments. We also helped to send 135 students to a Maine music festival.
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Cornish Bandstand, Maple Street (next to Bangor Savings Bank, 180 Maple St. Cornish, Maine).
Rte 25, Cornish, ME
In the event of rain, the concerts will be held at the Sacopee Valley Middle School, 137 South Hiram Rd. Hiram, ME) |
More Information |
Aug 3,2010 -
(Tuesday)
7PM - 8:30pm |
Summer Bandstand Series
(Music By)
Frankie and the Flying Hubcaps
Frank Foss and Frankie and the Flying Hubcaps - This band features a local musician, Frank Foss, Jr. Lots of fun and a
great way to end the Summer Bandstand Series!
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The Saco River Festival is pleased to present their Annual Cornish Summer Bandstand Series:
5 Consecutive Tuesdays, beginning July 6, 2010
New this year! Pizza slices from Sacopee House of Pizza, beverages and other refreshments available for sale at the Bandstand! Bring a blnket, or chairs, buy some pizza, enjoy the music and help to support a great cause!!
Free toys for children under 18! (while supplies last) Concerts are free, donations welcome.
All proceeds benefit M.S.A.D.#55 School Music Programs.
This year the S.R.F.A. helped the MSAD#55 music program to purchase 8 keyboards, a soprano xylophone, and some percussion instruments. We also helped to send 135 students to a Maine music festival.
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Cornish Bandstand, Maple Street (next to Bangor Savings Bank, 180 Maple St. Cornish, Maine).
Rte 25, Cornish, ME
In the event of rain, the concerts will be held at the Sacopee Valley Middle School, 137 South Hiram Rd. Hiram, ME) |
More Information |
September 11
, 2010
12:00 Noon
$3.00 admission
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Twelveth Anniversary Cornish Horseman's Day |
Local and non-local harness racing enthusiasts, horsemen and horsewomen have applauded this popular annual event. Attendance has grown significantly every year. It is a day of fun for everyone and many amateur horsemen and women are given the chance to try their skills at harness racing.
This year's event will benefit the Cornish Fairgrounds Restoration Fund.
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Cornish Fair Grounds
Rte 25, Cornish, ME |
For More Information, or to become a sponsor, contact Diann Perkins at 207-625-3281 or James Ray at 207-625-8838.
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September -
(TBD) – , 2010 |
Oxford County Fair |
Livestock shows, animal pull events, midway, crafts, exhibits and a new harness racing track. |
Oxford County Fair
68 Pottle Road
Oxford, Maine - 04270 |
More Information |
September -
25, 2010
9:00am - 4:30pm |
Cornish Apple Festival |
Each year, this FREE festival is held from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the center of Cornish village in historic Thompson Park and features this season’s apples, freshly pressed cider and other products from local growers, Crafts from New England Artisans, and local musicians.
Volunteers Needed
We need your help with the 21st Annual Apple Festival on September 25th, 2010. All we are asking is 1 to 2 hours of your time for any of the following:
- 5K Running Race Spotter. This position requires you to arrive early on September 26th. You will be told where you will be posted to help guide the runners to the next turn of the race.
- CAB booth help. Because most of us have a business to run during the Apple Festival, we are asking for volunteer CAB member who's business is closed on Saturday to sign up at the booth to help sell items.
For more information regarding any of the positions or if you want to volunteer, please contact Scott Rowley.
email: srowley@scottdesign-me.com or call: 207-625-4993. |
Historic Cornish Village located in the scenic Western mountain and lakes region of Maine on Route 25 — 30 miles West of Portland and 9 miles East of the New Hampshire border. |
More Information
New Release |
October -
3 – 10, 2010 |
Fryeburg Fair |
It was a chilly day in March of 1851 when a few local farmers and merchants got together and decided to show off their produce, cattle and wares to the community. Since those humble beginnings, Fryeburg Fair has grown to become Maine's largest agricultural fair complete with six days of harness racing, a farm museum second to none, the world's largest steer and oxen show and a reputation known throughout North America. |
Fryeburg Fairgrounds
Rte 4, Fryeburg, ME |
More Information |
October - 9th-10th, 2010
Starting at 10am |
National Barrel Racing |
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Cornish Fairgrounds
Rte 25, Cornish, ME 04020 |
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This event is held the last Sunday of April or the first Sunday in May. Cornish Association of Businesses (CAB) created this event to help market any local area business that is just opening or who is featuring a re-opening, expansion, new merchandise, new location, etc. CAB provides food and entertainment as well as marketing of the event which can be held at the featured business' location or another venue. Tickets are sold and an average of 50 people attend.
This event features:
- Live local entertainment
- Catered food from a featured local restaurant
- Silent auction of local businesses' merchandise and services
- Door prize
The Spring Celebration is a fundraising event for the Cornish Association of Businesses (CAB), a non-profit organization of Cornish business owners who volunteer their time to promote general business and community welfare in Cornish.
This FREE festival is held every year on the last Saturday in September.
Thompson Park is the center of the day’s festivities featuring:
- Live Entertainment All Day
- Booths of Arts & Crafts
- Apple Products & Food
- Apple Pie Contest & Auction
- 5K Road Race – Adult & Youth
- Church Supper
- Annual Apple Acres Farm Bluegrass Gathering
- Much More
The Cornish Apple Festival is a fundraising event for the Cornish Association of Businesses (CAB), a non-profit organization of Cornish business owners who volunteer their time to promote general business and community welfare in Cornish.
This event is usually held on the first Saturday in December. This event allows people to "buy" a tree light in memory of a loved one or simply to recognize an individual's accomplishments. A list of honored names is placed at the Thompson Park kiosk and an ad is ran in the Shopping Guide.
This event features:
- Tree lighting
- Carol singing
- Hot Cocoa
Christmas Inn Cornish is a fundraising event for the Cornish Association of Businesses (CAB), a non-profit organization of Cornish business owners who volunteer their time to promote general business and community welfare in Cornish.
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