The Christmas shopping village, European-style, was an obvious draw for lots of people, who jammed the newly made shopping shacks with wallets and purses already in hand.
Festival Plaza
Video: Splash of colors added to Festival Plaza
The awnings at Festival Plaza go up for possibly the last time ahead of a redesign in the coming year.
Twin Cities celebrate Christmas
Snow adds festive air to Lewiston and Auburn events
Christmas tree heads to downtown Auburn
Employees from the Auburn Public Works Department and Cote Crane & Rigging secure Auburn’s 2018 Christmas tree, donated by Joan Combs of Maple Point, early Wednesday. The tree was hauled to Festival Plaza and is scheduled to be lighted Saturday, Nov. 24, as part of the Twin Cities Holiday Celebration. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal)
First Riverwalk Blues & Jazz Festival to be held in October
AUBURN — Ken Goodman of Auburn is organizing a Riverwalk Blues & Arts Festival from 2 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, at Festival Plaza. The free community event will feature some of Central Maine’s favorite blues artists, including Juke Joint Devils, Continental Shakedown, Voodoo Clowns, Black Cat Road and more, plus family- and kid-friendly […]
Tinpanic Steel Band to perform as part of Art Walk LA
Tinpanic Steel Band will perform as part of Art Walk LA at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, at Auburn’s Festival Plaza. Tinpanic will play a repertoire of high energy calypso music along with popular hits. This event is free and open to the public.
Auburn Community Concert Band to give last summer performance
AUBURN — The Auburn Community Concert Band, under the direction of Milt Simon, will conclude its 10-week evening concert series at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 22. The 75-minute performance is scheduled to take place at Festival Plaza on Main Street, weather permitting. If inclement weather is forecasted, the concert will be held indoors at the […]
Auburn Summer Festival kicks off
Amelie Koss, 5, left, of Auburn, kicks her feet to make the sound of an engine as she starts her box car for judges at Festival Plaza in Auburn on Friday night during the first day of the Auburn Summer Festival. Her sister Nuria, 8, right, waits in her car during the Box Car Contest […]
Race again launches on morning of Brewfest
AUBURN — The Androscoggin Land Trust will hold its third annual Canoe & Kayak River Race on Saturday, June 23, before the kickoff of the annual Great Falls Brewfest that afternoon. The race will take off at 9 a.m. from Festival Plaza boat launch on Main Street in Auburn. Participants have three course options to choose from […]
Auburn selects Christmas tree
Roger Begin of Cote Crane & Rigging lowers the Auburn Christmas tree onto a trailer at the home of Catrina Bonney on Alderwood Road in Auburn on Monday. Auburn Public Works arborist Noel Skelton cut the top half of a 60-foot fir before the tree received a police and fire department escort to Festival Plaza. […]