We’re bumping up the lineup this weekend because of a cool event happening at the Maine Lobster Festival tonight, Thursday. Beyond that, there’s plenty of fun for the foodies and the outdoor adventurers across the weekend. Oh, and if you want to see some coleslaw wrestling, we have that here too.

Steins and Vines Tasting Event

Thursday, July 30 — Rockland

This year, the Maine Lobster Festival is throwing its second annual “Steins and Vines Tasting Event” with local beers and wines under the North Entertainment Tent for $25 (tickets at gate) from 4 to 7 p.m at the Maine Lighthouse Museum. If you went to the Down The Chute events at the 2014 and 2015 U.S. National Toboggan Championships at the Camden Snow Bowl this year, it’s going to be exactly like that—except not freezing!

Play on an Island for $5

Saturday, Aug. 1 — Swans Island

Swans Island is hosting Family Field Day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The cost is $5 per person with a ferry ride provided, $20 for families. There, you can go fishing, archery, geocaching, orienteering, ATVing, trapping, work with firearms, bird house building, paddling, see a working dog demo and more. Take six 50-minute sessions on topics of your choice, with a lunch break (bring a picnic). Ferry rides provided. $5 per person. Registration required at bit.ly/SwanIslandFieldDay.

The First Annual Local Flavor Fare

Saturday, Aug. 1 — Rockport

Rockport Marketplace (State of Maine Cheese Co.) will be bringing the foodies out with its “A taste of the Midcoast’s best food, drink and music” Flavor Fare from 2 to 6 p.m. The event will include five local music acts, wine and beer tastings, a pig roast, local artists, artisan foods and a farmers market. Locally produced wines and beers will be available for tasting. There will be a small fee to enter the wine and beer tasting area and an ID is required. For more information, contact Cathe Morrill at CMorrill@cheese-me.com or call 800-762-8895.

Free Blueberry Picking for A Day

Sunday, Aug. 2 — Rockport

Beech Hill Preserve allows the public to pick their blueberry-covered rolling hills once a year. (Can you just smell the muffins and pancakes and cobbler already?) The Preserve’s 13th annual Free Blueberry Pick goes from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Bring a container. Be ready to walk uphill. No rakes or dogs. FMI: CoastalMountains.org or call 207-236-7091.

Killer Road Trip: Redneck Festival

Thursday, July 30 to Sunday, Aug. 2 — Hebron

So good it will make you slap your granny. Get ready to get your redneck on with this weekend’s ever popular Redneck Festival on a 10-acre farm in Hebron, where you can camp for free, eat lots of great food, listen to bands and watch the Run Your Truck mud runs. And who can pass up the Redneck Olympic Style Games such as: Bobbing For Pigs Feet, Toilet Seat Horse Shoes, Greased Watermelon Haul, The Tire Beer Trot, a Pie Eating Contest, The Wife Haul and Mud A Tug-o-War. Tickets are $45 in advance and $50 at the gate. Tickets can be bought at eventbrite.com or at the gate if not sold out. Day passes will be available for Friday and Saturday only from 8 a.m noon. FMI: redneckolympics@gmail.com  or call 207-966-3333.

Kay Stephens can be reached at news@penbaypilot.com