Seaweed Saturday

Start: Saturday, April 26, 2025 11:00AM
End: Saturday, April 26, 2025 4:00PM

Celebrate seaweed with friends, family, and farmers! This day-long event will offer public seaweed demos, talks, art, interactive tables, and a marketplace. Free, for all ages. Join us Saturday, April 26th 2024, from 11am to 4pm for Seaweed Saturday at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute in Portland. Activities at Seaweed Saturday will highlight seaweed in art, food, and science, featuring dozens of local seaweed farms, businesses, and organizations. Visit the event website for a current list of participating businesses and organizations. Maine Sea Grant will offer hands-on seaweed identification workshops and demos. Local artists will exhibit their seaweed-inspired works. In the marketplace, seaweed farms and businesses will showcase their seaweed products to taste or take home. NEW this year, we'll have expert talks and panel discussions on kelp aquaculture, science, product development and more in GMRI's beautiful theater space. Keep an eye on the event website for an online sign-up form for each session!