Lieutenant_Joe

Lieutenant_Joe t1_je09rw0 wrote

Reply to comment by Sarge75 in Bluegrass in Maine by TheleronTheGreat

Seconding this. I never went (my bus driver would blast the Wolf full volume at 6AM every single day and caused me to despise most forms of country until I was out of my teens), but I grew up in that area, and that festival is really one of the only things keeping the town on the map. Pretty sure it’s bi-annual, too. One in June and one in August.

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Lieutenant_Joe t1_jdqc5yg wrote

Used to be that canucks from the maritimes would always go to the Bangor Mall or elsewhere in Bangor, but the mall is rapidly becoming a ghost town. If you’re okay with adding 2+ hours (one way) to your trip, then you can go to Freeport for clothes, the Old Port in Portland for antiques and doodads, and the South Portland Mall for literally everything except groceries. If you’re not cool doing that, downtown Bangor is like the Old Port. Just smaller.

If you go to Freeport for outdoor wear, don’t buy the boot that looks like the giant one outside the big L.L. bean building. The design hasn’t been updated in like 70 years.

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