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UPCOMING EVENTS

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April 6, 2025

THE TRAIL RUNNING FILM FESTIVAL

Join us on Sunday, April 6 for The Trail Running Film Festival 2025, a celebration on film of this wild, wonderful trail running community! The Portland, Maine screening of the 2025 Trail Running Film Festival is hosted and sponsored by the Runaways Run Club at Empire Live.

The mission of the Trail Running Film Fest is to celebrate running as a universal practice, to explore our collective and individual potential, and to pursue our wildest dreams. The Trail Running Film Festival creators accomplish this by documenting the culture of trail running, supporting filmmakers and creatives, and hosting events that bring our community together. TRFF is committed to promoting inclusivity, adventure, wilderness, art, and diversity across the trail and ultra community.

Tickets are now available at UltraSignUp through the provided link!

Ticket sales will benefit the TRFF Filmmaker Fund and local nonprofit Northeast Runners Alliance (NeRA).

Stay tuned for ongoing updates including event details, selected films, participating national and local sponsors, raffle prizes, and more!

Upcoming RACES

Back Cove Backyard Ultra

July 11, 2026

Year 5 of Portland’s only backyard ultra on the iconic Back Cove Trail! Choose to challenge yourself over and over (and over) again until the last biped remains standing. Every hour on the hour you’ll head out to complete the 4.16 mile loop in a test of physical and mental fortitude. Think you have what it takes? Let’s find out!

Firebird Trail Races

August 22, 2026

Firebird Trail Race is a challenging and wicked fun trail race with distance options of 13M, Marathon, & 50K (be warned, it’s brutal), that runs on donations, positive vibes, and a crushingly technical course in Falmouth, Maine.