The next event on the calendar is the Easter Fly at Fort Williams Park in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, on Sunday, April 5.
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147th Annual St Patrick's Day and Vernal Equinox Kite Fly at Hampton Beach, New Hampshire on Saturday, March 21 is over. Photos are available at this link: https://photos.app.goo.gl/4e8wh2JjPsoY8F5u9.
National Kite Month in 2026 will be observed throughout the entire month of April, a time designated by the American Kitefliers Association (kite.org/event-calendar/national-kite-month) to celebrate spring with kite flying, encouraging everyone to get outside and fly kites. Click the title line, the picture, or the link to travel to the AKA website.
Cape Elizabeth, Maine
The picture shows the kite-eating-tree, so be forewarned. Start time around the 10-11am time frame. Pay for parking is the rule now with a two-hour minimum, except for the overflow lot which is free. There is no rain date for this event.
Sunday, April 12, at Bug Light Park
Sponsored by the good kite people of KONE. A fun fly with good friends. Bring your chairs, snacks or lunch, and plenty of water. Start time around the 10 to 11 time frame.
60 Spring Street, Essex, MA
Come fly a kite at Cogswell's Grant! Bring your own kite or build one of your own, and watch professional kite flyers from Kites Over New England. A limited number of kite-building workshops (courtesy of Blue Hill Observatory and Science Center) will be held with all materials included, where kids and adults can make their own kites and learn how to fly them.
FREE for flyers and spectators. Rain date is Sunday, April 19.
A long and complicated link address to see the Kite Day info page: https://my.historicnewengland.org/27739/cog-kite?_gl=1*m2qpu4*_gcl_au*MjAyNTEzNzk3Ni4xNzcyOTgxMTY4*_ga*MTY5ODkwODQwMi4xNzcyOTgxMTY4*_ga_FZ62ER4KHZ*czE3NzM4Mzc3MzIkbzIkZzEkdDE3NzM4Mzc3NjEkajMxJGwwJGg2MTYyNjMzNDI.
Saturday, April 25, at Bug Light Park
Sponsored by the good kite people of KONE. A fun fly with good friends. Bring your chairs, snacks or lunch, and plenty of water. Start time around the 10 to 11 time frame.
This event was originally a huge affair, with support from the museum and the city. It included flying many of the clubs very large structures and inflatables, bol races, a kite help tent, a candy drop, and a long list of rules and regulations commensurate to the size of the crowd that showed up. It was a lot of work. Nowadays we just show up and have a fun fly, and it seems to be much more relaxed. Bring your chairs and snacks and your kites. The BIG STUFF is welcome. We start around the 10-11am time frame. Rain Date is Sunday the 17th.
Date and start time to be determined but usually sometime in June and perhaps around noon.
I found this quote from Joe Osmond of Portland, circa June 2013, in the Portland Press Herald newspaper. He was talking about joining the Goths at the park for their annual kite fly. I don't know if that's him in the picture - probably not.
“I’m not too Goth,” Osmond said. ‘I just hang out with the Goths. I don’t know what it is — some say it’s the music, some say it’s the clothes. I think it’s just a good group of people.” So there you go.
You don't have to dress like a Goth unless you want to. Bring plenty of water and some lunch or snaking food, and definitely a chair.
This is the day that we fill the sky with memories of Hank. Bring anything you have from Hanks' collection or fly your own stuff, it's all good. Start time is around the 10-11am time frame. The rain date will be Sunday the 14th.
Fly them if you've got them, otherwise any color kite will work. There is usually something going on at the museum during our flying window, maybe Benjamin Franklin giving a speech. Possibly a bar-b-que. Start time is around the 10-11am timeframe. If it rains we will fly on the 5th.
This fly is intended for all your older structures that otherwise see little to no flight time. Closet-and-garage-bound kites can rejoice. Any historic stuff is especially welcome even if it doesn't fly, because we all love a good show. Start time is around the 10-11am time frame. Rain date is Sunday the 16th.
9:00 am - 2:00 pm
Get there early if you want a parking space that's close to the beach access ramp. Official start time is 9am, but tent and table set-up time starts around 8am. Keep in mind that this is a beach with a tidal flow that can interfere with your sand anchors.
Here's the link to the Ogunquit Performing Arts webpage advertising the kite festival: <waiting on publication>
Check tides here: https://www.usharbors.com/harbor/maine/ogunquit-perkins-cove-me/tides/?tide=2026-09#monthly-tide-chart
The Annual One Sky One World International Kite Fly for Peace takes place in hundreds of worldwide locations each year on the second Sunday of October. This has been happening for decades, and obviously we still have a long way to go, but every kite flown helps to make a statement. Please join us for this occasion. Start time is around 10am-11am.
There is no rain date for this event.
This traditional fly on the side of Goat Hill is an opportunity to get your apple fix taken care of for a while, while at the same time being afforded the opportunity to fly a kite on the side of an 800 foot hill.
This is a unique flying venue that is worth the navigation to get there. Even if the wind doesn't cooperate, you have the opportunity of going home with the fixings for apple pie or apple crisp - yummy. There will be hay rides, Storytime under the tent, a corn maze, and there is a hiking trail up the hill.
Click on the map picture (View larger map) to get an idea of where this place is located.
There is no rain date for this event.
The flying area is expansive and the tidal flow doesn't get in the way of flying. There is a heated bathroom building on the edge of the sand. There are a few places for obtaining coffee or food if you don't mind walking a little ways. If it's a chilly day the answer is to wear layers. If the wind is blowing from any of the westerly quadrants the launching process can be somewhat challenging but once above any building turbulence things tend to smooth out. It's a beach, so there could be some blowing sand if the wind is vigorous. In November the parking is free and there are usually plenty of open spaces along the roadway to slide into.
Unless someone comes up with something new, this is the last organized fly of 2026. The first fly in 2027 will be the New Years Day fly at your usual flying field.
Some years there is no snow or ice on the field and it's just cold. The cold doesn't seem to stop us from flying, but it does shorten the length of time we voluntarily stay in the air. You have to fly for one minute only to make it official. Start time is around 11am. There is no rain date for this event.