Named Most Scenic and runner-up Best Overall Marathon in the USA! by Runner's World Magazine.  MDI Marathon starting line is 200 Main Street, Bar Harbor.  For more information, please visit www.mdimarathon.org.

6a.m. Set your alarm early and shop in your PJs for extra discounts. Sale hours are 6-9am. The bed and pajama parade will begin at the Village Green at 10am with the bed races immediately following on Cottage Street. Businesses throughout downtown Bar Harbor participate.  For more information please call 207-288-5103, X112.

Help us welcome Santa to Bar Harbor on the Village Green at 5pm. Plenty of activities for adults and children, including having pictures taken with Santa immediately following at the YMCA, 21 Park St. The 10th Annual Midnight Madness Sale will be held from 8pm-midnight. There will be great discounts, music, food, drink and midnight raffles!  For more information, please call 207-288-5103, X112.

Join us for a week long celebration of the arts in Bar Harbor and MDI, featuring gallery openings, meet the artist events, concerts, dancing and much more.  The festival will close with the annual art show on the Bar Harbor Village Green.  For more information, please visit:  www.barharborinfo.com/events.

6am Blueberry Pancake Breakfast
MDI Rotary Club, Bar Harbor Athletic Field, Park Street. Blueberry or plain pancakes, sausage, juice, milk and coffee. A fun morning feast for the whole family!

9:00am-3:00pm Craft Fair/Marketplace
The Island Arts Association will be hold a Craft Fair/Marketplace at the YMCA, 21 Park Street, Bar Harbor, Maine. We will have a wonderful selection of Maine crafts, including jewelry, quilts, photographs, pottery, and porcelain dolls. Please join us for a joint fund raiser for the YMCA and the YWCA. 

10am Independence Day Parade
The community shows off its patriotism and good humor. Parade route winds through downtown Bar Harbor from Main St to Cottage Street to Eden Street to Mt Desert St to Ledgelawn Ave. .

11am Seafood Festival
MDI Rotary Club, Bar Harbor Athletic Field, Park Street. Enjoy lobster, mussels, corn, strawberry shortcake and more!

After the Parade, MDI YMCA Annual Lobster Races!
Bar Harbor Athletic Field, Park Street. Watch local businesses put their lobsters to the test in a high-speed crustacean contest where guts and determination will reign supreme. Proceeds benefit the MDI YMCA Scholarship Program.

7:30-8:30pm Bar Harbor Town Band
Free concert on the Bar Harbor Village Green, Main & Mt. Desert Streets. For over 100 years the Town Band, comprised of amateur musicians from around the region, has entertained thousands of locals and visitors.

9:15pm (approx.) Fireworks Over Frenchman Bay
Enjoy the spectacular display on the waterfront, downtown Bar Harbor. Sponsored by the Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce. Brass Venture will perform Handel's Fireworks during the display.'