Brother Arnold Hadd leads a tour of the buildings at Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village. Derek Davis/Staff Photographer
If you have the day off, or have a few hours to spare on Indigenous Peoples Day, head to New Gloucester for Harvest Festival at Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village.
Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village is the last active Shaker community in the world.
Its annual Harvest Festival features homemade Shaker doughnuts and other baked goods and a performance by bluegrass band Albert Price and the Pseudonyms, as well as 19th-century tunes from Paul and Sally Wells. You’ll also find book and perennial sales, barn tours with Brother Arnold, museum exhibits, wagon rides, traditional craft demonstrations, tintype portraits by Maine Arts Commission Fellow Cole Caswell and much more, including lunch from Maplewood BBQ.
Admission is free and the festival runs from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 14 at Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, 707 Shaker Road, New Gloucester.
For additional details, head to maineshakers.com.
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