Boat Show News
New Features Added to the 2025 Maine Boat & Home Show
Iconic Boats, Educational Seminars, On-Site Painters, and Art Show
The 2025 Maine Boat & Home Show poster features art by Stephen Florimbi
A plein air painter's perfect summer day sets the scene.
2025 Maine Boat & Home Show: Save the dates August 8-10
Preparations are underway for the 20th edition of the Maine Boat & Home Show, to be held on the Rockland waterfront August 8-10, 2025. Next summer’s show will feature in-the-water displays of a broad range of sail and power boats, both new and brokerage models, as well as a host of shoreside exhibitors that include regional craftspeople and artisans with their handcrafted bespoke wares.
2024 Show Poster Design
The producers of the 2024 Maine Boat & Home Show have unveiled the new poster design for the annual celebration of boats and life on the coast. The poster features a painting by downeast Maine artist Philip Frey, who is known for his colorful and light-filled images of the coast.
Maine Boat & Home Show to Showcase the State’s Best Boats
As the largest of its kind north of Newport, Rhode Island, the Boat & Home show presents a wide range of boats, ranging from large and small, luxurious and down-to-earth, power and sail, displayed both on land and in the water. The show also boasts a plethora of activities for children and adults. As well as a variety of art, clothing, jewelry, live music, marine gear, and food, most of which will be in the many exhibits around the grounds.
Special Events at the Maine Boat & Home Show
The Maine Boat & Home Show returns to the Rockland waterfront with boats, live music, food, art, fine furniture and jewelry, a Just for Kids area, and a series of special events.
Maine Boat & Home Show Unveils 2023 Poster
The 2023 Maine Boat & Home Show poster will feature a detail from a painting by Maine artist Brad Betts, who is known for his light-filled images featuring boats and historic scenes.
The barks have been tallied: this year’s champion boatyard dog is Huckleberry
This year’s world champion dog contest took a different a different form than in past years. Instead of a competition featuring live dog performances at the Maine Boat & Homes Show in Rockland, show visitors and online viewers voted for their favorite pooch featured in Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors’ Boatyard Dog column during the past year.
State's best boats on display at Maine Boat & Home Show in Rockland
As the largest of its kind north of Newport, Rhode Island, the Boat & Home show presents a wide range of boats, ranging from large and small, luxurious and down-to-earth, power and sail, displayed both on land and in the water. The show also boasts a plethora of activities for children and adults. As well as a variety of art, fine furniture, clothing, jewelery, live music, Marine gear, and food.
