Each summer the Bates Dance Festival offers a 5-week performance and events season featuring world class contemporary dance companies. The Festival brings together an international community of choreographers, performers, educators and students in a cooperative community to study, perform and create new work. Festival events are held in the air conditioned Schaeffer Theatre on the Bates College campus.

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Eat and Drink

• Cyndi's Dockside Restaurant - Poland Spring (9.6 miles) - Cyndi’s Dockside offers more than a great meal, the relaxing atmosphere with several dining locati...

See and Do

• Bates Dance Festival Lewiston (0.0 miles) - Each summer the Bates Dance Festival offers a 5-week performance and events season featuring world c...
• The Public Theatre Lewiston (1.2 miles) - Every traveler knows that the best way to discover a great place is to travel off the beaten path, a...
• Pineland Farms New Gloucester (14.3 miles) - Pineland Farms is a privately-owned working farm and business campus open to the public for explorat...
• Orion Performing Arts Center Topsham (16.3 miles) - Orion Performing Arts Center (OPAC), a beautiful 900-seat theater inside Mt. Ararat Middle School, T...
• Celebration Barn Theater South Paris (16.8 miles) - Celebration Barn is an international residential center for theater training and creation. The Barnâ...