Top Fall Activities

Take a day trip or a long weekend and head up or down the coast or into the Western Mountains to view spectacular scenery during the height of Autumn Foliage Season.
Plan to visit one or more of the many apple orchards around the state during Maine Apple Sunday, September 11, 2011 and pick your own apples or enjoy a hayride. Continue to celebrate Maine Apples on the Great Maine Apple Day at the Union Fairgrounds on October 23, 2011.
Enjoy the beauty of Casco Bay by taking a fall cruise. Most of the local excursion boats continue their schedules into early October and Casco Bay Lines provides island-commuting services year-round.
Attend professional theater at the Portland Stage Company, which starts its season in September.
Listen to jazz at the Azure Café in Freeport any Friday evening or go for rock ‘n roll at any one of a number of nightspots in Portland. Celebrate classical music by attending concerts by the Portland Symphony Orchestra, which starts its fall season in October.
Visit the Portland Museum of Art to enjoy their current exhibitions or the galleries of their permanent collection. You can also enjoy movies at the museum or their Jazz Sundays.
Attend one or more of the events at Harvest on the Harbor, the Convention & Visitor Bureau's celebration of the Food & Wine scene in Portland and Southern Maine. Come see "what all the buzz is about” from October 20-22, 2011.
Go to a county fair and enjoy the celebration of country life. County Fairs in Maine start with the Union Fair at the end of August and continue through September until the Fryeburg Fair from Oct 2-9, 2011 ends the season.
The Portland Pirates Hockey Team starts their season at the Cumberland County Civic Center on October 15th. Enjoy minor league hockey through the fall and winter. Or...check out The Maine Red Claws, Portland's NBA development league.
The Maine Brewers Festival takes place at the Portland Expo on November 4 – 5. New Englanders come together to celebrate the local Maine craft beer community.
Enjoy one of New England's premier tours by joining the Wicked Walking Tours in Portland. You'll be exposed humorously to the legends and history of haunted Portland.
The Portland Ovations concert season starts on September 20th and continues through the fall and winter to next spring. You can enjoy anything from Chinese Acrobats to Broadway Musicals to String Quartets.
Don't forget that the Portland Discovery Trolley Tours continue through the fall until October 23rd. This is a great way to get an overview of the city.
Come down to the waterfront in September and October (until October 23rd) to see Cruise Ships at both the new deepwater pier at the Ocean Gateway and at Maine State Pier.