The Island Falls Opera House

06/12/2026

New Flexible Hours For The Tavern During Regular Open Days!

06/11/2026

🎭 A child sat in one of these seats sometime around 1930!

❤️ A young couple may have slipped into the balcony during a Saturday night show in the 1940s!

🎬 A family climbed these stairs to watch a movie in the 1950s!

😂 Laughter echoed through this room!

👏 Applause filled the air!

🎶 Performers waited behind the curtain for their moment on stage!

For generations, people gathered here and created memories that would last a lifetime!

⏳ Then the years passed!

🚪 The crowds grew smaller!

🎭 The curtains closed!

🕸️ The dust settled!

The theater became quieter with each passing decade!

Eventually, it reached a point where it could have been lost forever!

💔 Not because it wasn’t important!

💔 Not because it wasn’t beautiful!

💔 Simply because time has a way of erasing things when no one is left to protect them!

But somehow…

✨ This theater survived!

🪑 The seats installed nearly a century ago are still here!

🎭 The stage is still here!

🏛️ The balcony is still here!

📖 The stories are still here!

And now something extraordinary is happening!

🌎 For the first time in the history of this 1894 Opera House, people far beyond Island Falls can step inside and experience its wonder!

📱 A person sitting hundreds or even thousands of miles away can now see details that generations before them could never have shared with the world!

🎥 Every video!

📸 Every image!

✨ Every glimpse inside these walls!

…is a window into a world that almost vanished!

When you watch these videos, you’re not just looking at an old theater!

❤️ You’re looking at a survivor!

🏛️ A place that almost became a memory!

📜 A place whose story is still being told!

🎭 And because it survived, generations yet to come will have the chance to experience its wonder too!

06/10/2026

Mysteries of The Opera House Theatre Volume 1.1 🤪

06/09/2026

Mysteries of The Opera House Theatre Volume 1

06/06/2026

Try it out!!

❤️Have you visited The Red Tape Tavern yet?❤️

Every meal, every drink, and every visit helps support the ongoing restoration and preservation of the historic Island Falls Opera House!

One thing we’ve noticed is that some people still think of us as “just a bar!”

We’re not!

Yes, we serve beer, wine, cocktails, and whiskey! So do countless restaurants across Maine!

We also serve:
☕ Coffee
🫖 Tea
🥤 Sodas
🧃 Juice
🍹 Mocktails
🍔 Burgers
🌮 Nachos
🍕 Pizza
🍗 Chicken dishes and more!

If you’re not a drinker, that’s perfectly okay! Many of our guests aren’t!

The Red Tape Tavern was created to be a comfortable gathering place for locals, travelers, families, and visitors to enjoy good food, good company, and a unique historic atmosphere!

The reality is that supporting The Red Tape Tavern helps support the entire Opera House project! Every visit helps us continue preserving and improving one of Island Falls’ most historic buildings!

If you’ve never stopped in because you thought it was only a drinking establishment, we invite you to come see what we’re really about!

You might be surprised!

📍 The Red Tape Tavern
🏛️ Inside the Historic Island Falls Opera House
❤️ Supporting the preservation of a local landmark one visit at a time!!

06/06/2026

❤️Have you visited The Red Tape Tavern yet?❤️

Every meal, every drink, and every visit helps support the ongoing restoration and preservation of the historic Island Falls Opera House!

One thing we’ve noticed is that some people still think of us as “just a bar!”

We’re not!

Yes, we serve beer, wine, cocktails, and whiskey! So do countless restaurants across Maine!

We also serve:
☕ Coffee
🫖 Tea
🥤 Sodas
🧃 Juice
🍹 Mocktails
🍔 Burgers
🌮 Nachos
🍕 Pizza
🍗 Chicken dishes and more!

If you’re not a drinker, that’s perfectly okay! Many of our guests aren’t!

The Red Tape Tavern was created to be a comfortable gathering place for locals, travelers, families, and visitors to enjoy good food, good company, and a unique historic atmosphere!

The reality is that supporting The Red Tape Tavern helps support the entire Opera House project! Every visit helps us continue preserving and improving one of Island Falls’ most historic buildings!

If you’ve never stopped in because you thought it was only a drinking establishment, we invite you to come see what we’re really about!

You might be surprised!

📍 The Red Tape Tavern
🏛️ Inside the Historic Island Falls Opera House
❤️ Supporting the preservation of a local landmark one visit at a time!!

06/04/2026

A different perspective!

05/31/2026

🏛️✨ FREE HISTORIC OPERA HOUSE GUIDED TOURS! ✨🏛️

Come explore the historic Island Falls Opera House and see one of Maine’s local treasures up close! 🎭📜

Tours are FREE:
✅ No admission fee
✅ No purchase required
✅ Small group tours
✅ Maximum 4 guests per tour
✅ 20–30 minute guided walkthrough

Tour availability:

📅 Thursdays: 4–9 PM
📅 Fridays: 4–9 PM
📅 Saturdays: Noon–9 PM

Stop into the tavern during these hours and we will show you around!! RSVP for larger groups and we will schedule a time that we can accommodate more tours!!

🍻 The Red Tape Tavern is in the SAME BUILDING! - Note: Unfortunately no alcoholic beverages are allowed outside the tavern per state law.

Before your tour, stop into the tavern and enjoy a full bar with:

🍺 Beer
🍷 Wine
🥃 Spirits
🍻 Draft beer options

📞 To schedule a tour or ask questions, call us:

☎️ 207-463-5024

Come see the history, enjoy the building, and make a visit out of it! 🏛️🍻✨

05/30/2026

05/30/2026

👕🔥 T-SHIRT SALE 🔥👕

All in-stock tees are just $15 each + tax while supplies last!

🎨 Some larger sizes feature artwork on the back.
⭐ One special large tee features graphics on BOTH sides.

Take your pick and grab one before they’re gone!

🏛️ Pop on in Saturday just for a shirt if you want!

🕛 Saturday: Open Noon - 9 PM (or later!)

📍 Red Tape Tavern
At the Opera House Inn
Island Falls, Maine

🔥 Limited quantities available. When they’re gone, they’re gone!