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Event Calendar
(Events highlighted in GREEN are County Fairs)
May
Fryeburg - Home, Garden and Flower Show
Fryeburg (at the Fryeburg Fairgrounds). May 18-20, 2007. The Northern New England Home, Garden and Flower Show is held at the Fryeburg Fairgrounds, with over 60,000 square feet of exhibit space and hundreds of exhibitors from Maine and Away.
June
Strawberry Festival
South Berwick. June 30, 2007 (always the last Saturday in June, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.). For 30 years, the annual strawberry festival has been a part of South Berwick life. Features a bake-off, juried craft show with over 120 artisans, and entertainment. Phone (207) 384-2882 for details.
July
Houlton Fair
Houlton, Maine. July 4-8, 2007. Small fair featuring livestock, crafts, midway and stage entertainment. Phone Lori Weston at (207) 532-2977.
South Hiram - Ossipee Valley Fair
South Hiram. July 12-15, 2007. A true country fair with livestock, events and exhibits. Novelty events like egg toss, watermelon seed spitting, tractor pulls and more. Find a complete schedule and lots more on the web at www.ossipeevalleyfair.com. Phone Kathleen Haley at (207) 793-8434.
Rangeley - Strawberry Festival
Rangeley (at the Oquossoc Park). July 12, 2007. Strawberry shortcake, crafts, pies, gifts and entertainment
Pittston Fair
Pittston, Maine. July 26-29, 2007. Small, family oriented country fair with midway, animal-pulling events and children's games. Phone Hope Ricker at (207) 582-4969 for details. Note that the fair's domain name, www.thepittstonfair.com has expired.
North Waterford - World's Fair
North Waterford. July 20-22, 2007. Small community fair with midway. Over 150 years running. Phone Rhonda Haney at (207) 583-6663.
Presque Isle - Northern Maine Fair
Presque Isle. July 27-August 4, 2007. Large family fair with rides, exhibits, horse pulling, harness racing, tractor pulling, demo derby and more. Contact Lynwood Winslow at (207) 764-2927.
Bangor State Fair
Bangor. July 27-August 5, 2007. Enjoy outdoor concerts, demolition derby, backyard circus, midway rides, great food, a petting zoo and pony rides, exhibits, fireworks and more. Phone Sally Bilancia at (207) 947-5555.
Presque Isle - Northern Maine Fair
Presque Isle. July 27-August 4, 2007. Large family fair with rides, exhibits, horse pulling, harness racing, tractor pulling, demo derby and more. Contact Lynwood Winslow at (207) 764-2927.
August
Monmouth Fair
Monmouth. August 1-4, 2007. 100th Annual Monmouth Fair. This is a small, family agricultural fair with midway, animal exhibits, crafts and animal pulling events. Contact Lisa Cunliffe at (207) 933-5053
Calais - International Homecoming Festival
Calais. August 3-12, 2007. The International Festival - newly renamed the International Homecoming Festival - is a week-long celebration of the friendship shared between Calais, Maine and St. Stephen, New Brunswick. The week includes pageants, concerts, parades, and other family events and ends with a great fireworks show.
Topsham Fair
Topsham (at the Topsham Fairgrounds at 54 Elm Street, Topsham). August 5-11, 2007. Agricultural exhibits, animal pulling events, 4-H, crafts, midway and harness racing. Contact Tad Hunter at (207) 729-1544.
LAT: 43.928545 LONG: -69.953507
Skowhegan State Fair
Skowhegan. August 9-18, 2007. Grandstand shows, Quarter Horse and other Horse Shows and much more. Contact Rebecca Turner at (207) 474-2947
Union Fair
Union Fairgrounds. August 19-25, 2007. Classic, rural Maine fair, one of the oldest in Maine, celebrating all aspects of agriculture, including a wild blueberry festival. Events include harness racing, old fashioned pig scramble, wild blueberry pie baking and eating contests, horse, oxen and tractor pulls, fireworks, sheep shearing contest, 4-H exhibits, carnival, entertainment and crowning of the State of Maine Wild Blueberry Queen. For info call George Field at (207) 273-2772.
Acton Fair
Acton. August 23-26, 2007. Exhibits, 4-H, flower show, animal pulling events and midway. Contact Lisa Staples at (207) 636-2026 or (207) 324-1250.
Dover-Foxcroft - Piscataquis Valley Fair
Dover-Foxcroft. August 23-26, 2007. Milking parlor with home made ice cream, agricultural exhibits, crafts, midway and animal pulling events. Contact Deanne Merrill at (207) 943-2650.
September
Clinton Lions Club Fair
Clinton. September 6-9, 2007. Family atmosphere, midway, animal pulling events, mechanical pulls, exhibits and stage entertainment. Contact Jon Whitten at (207) 426-8013 or (207) 474-8287.
Litchfield Fair
Litchfield. September 7-9, 2007. Country fair with large midway, agricultural exhibits, livestock, and animal pulling events. Contact Erla St. Pierre at (207) 683-2487.
Oxford County Fair
Oxford. September 9-15, 2007. Livestock shows, animal pulling events, midway, crafts, exhibits and a new harness racing track. For information phone Susanne Grover at (207) 743-9594.
New Portland Lions Fair
North New Portland. September 14-16, 2007. Midway, exhibit hall, animal pulling events, crafts and livestock exhibits. Contact John Duff at (207) 566-5722.
Farmington Fair
Farmington. September 16-22, 2007. Large midway, exhibit halls, livestock exhibits, animal pulling events and harness racing. Contact Neal Yeaton at (207) 778-6083.
Common Ground Country Fair
Unity, Maine. September 21-23, 2007. A celebration of rural life, demonstrations, Maine organic produced foods and crafts and livestock exhibits. Contact Barbara Luce at (207) 568-4142.
LAT: 44.611111 LONG: -69.335000
Cumberland Fair
Cumberland Center, Maine. September 23-29, 2007. Large exhibit halls, midway and livestock exhibits. Also animal pulling events and harness racing. Contact Michael Timmons at (207) 829-4856.
October
Fryeburg Fair
Fryeburg, Maine. September 30 - October 7, 2007. Maine's largest agricultural fair during the spectacular fall foliage season. Exhibit halls, museum, harness racing and livestock shows. Contact June Hammond at (207) 935-3268
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