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Top 20 Maine Events
by Yankee editors
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MAY 15-17: FRYEBURG, Northern New England Home, Garden, and Flower Show. One of the largest events of its kind, with more than 250 exhibitors of indoor home- and garden-related products, plus outdoor exhibits, all at Fryeburg Fairgrounds. The Garden Marketplace offers favorite and hard-to-find perennials, annuals, veggie seedlings, and shrubs; the Smart Home Owner seminar series on alternative energy options; and a "Meet the Chefs" cooking series featuring culinary artists sharing their secrets. 800-359-2033; homegardenflowershow.com
MAY 22-25: BARING, TRESCOTT, Down East Spring Birding Festival. Visit the Cobscook Bay area during spring migration and nesting season during America's easternmost birding festival. See Atlantic puffins up close, and spot more than 150 different species on self-guided explorations, guided hikes, and boat tours. Presentations are led by area experts. 207-733-2233; thecclc.org, downeastbirdfest.org
JUNE 19-21: DEER ISLE, STONINGTON, Lupine Festival. Celebrate summer's famous bloom with concerts, an art and sculpture show, craft fair, garden tour, boat excursions, airplane rides, quilt show, movies, and much more for the entire family. 207-348-6124; deerislemaine.com
JUNE 20, JULY 18, AUG. 15: YORK, Family Fun Saturdays. Plan some family fun this summer at the Museums of Old York, with tours of historic buildings, traditional craft demonstrations, hearth cooking, colonial games, and crafts for kids of all ages. 207-363-4974; oldyork.org
JUNE 23-24: BOOTHBAY HARBOR, Windjammer Days. Fully rigged schooners, including American Eagle, Heritage, Lazy Jack, and Eastwind, sail into the harbor each day. Other family events include pancake breakfasts, waterfront concerts, fireworks, tours of Navy vessels and the Coast Guard station, an antique-boat parade, and more. 207-633-2353; boothbayharbor.com
JUNE 25-28: MADAWASKA, Acadian Festival. Celebrating tradition at Maine's largest cultural and ethnic heritage festival, with a tag sale, watermelon-eating contest, softball tournament, performances, dinner theatre, craft fair and quilt show, and picnic, townwide. acadianfestival.com
JUNE 27: SOUTH BERWICK, Strawberry Festival. Those luscious red berries rule at Central School for this eagerly anticipated annual event filled with entertainment, food, art displays, and, of course, plenty of homemade strawberry shortcake. 207-384-3300; southberwickstrawberryfestival.com
JULY 10-12: LISBON, Moxie Festival. Join the New England Moxie Congress and the Seashore Trolley Museum for a parade, Saturday-morning 5K road race (starting at the high school), clambake, tables of memorabilia and collectibles, and more in celebration of America's oldest soft drink. 207-353-2289; moxiefestival.com
Reader Comments
Comment from Robert Goodwin on April 29, 2010
What? No mention of the American Folk Festival in Bangor? I feel that is a gross omission.
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