From maple syrup to music to Moxie, potatoes, seafood, and holiday celebrations, there’s something for everybody on the 2026 Maine Festivals, Fairs & Events calendar.
March 21-22 – Maine Maple Sunday Weekend (Statewide)
May 2 – Kennebunk’s Annual May Day Festival (Kennebunk)
May 15-16 – All Roads Music Festival (Portland)
June 11-14 – Springfield Fair (Springfield)
June 13 – Maine Whoopie Pie Festival (Piscataquis Valley Fairgrounds in Dover-Foxcroft)
June 18-21 – Blistered Fingers Family Bluegrass Festival (Litchfield)
June 18-21 – Pittston Fair (Pittston)
June 24-27 – Monmouth Fair (Monmouth)
June 27-28 – Maine Oyster Festival (Freeport)
July 9-12 – Ossipee Valley Fair (Hiram)
July 10-12 – The Moxie Festival (Lisbon)
July 10-12 – Houlton Fair (Houlton)
July 11-12 – North Atlantic Blues Festival (Rockland)
July 11-19 – Maine Potato Blossom Festival (Fort Fairfield)
July 17-19 – Yarmouth Clam Festival (Yarmouth)
July 17-19 – Waterford Worlds Fair (North Waterford)
July 23-26 – Maine’s Roots Music Festival (Cornish)
July 25 – Maine Artisan Bread Fair (Skowhegan State Fairgrounds in Skowhegan)
July 29-August 2 – Maine Lobster Festival (Rockland)
July 30-August 8 – Bangor State Fair (Bangor)
August 4-6 – Sweet Chariot Music Festival (Swan’s Island)
August 4-9 – Union Fair Maine’s Wild Blueberry Festival (Union)
August 5-9 – Northern Maine Fair (Presque Isle)
August 7-9 – On the Ocean Music Festival (Portland)
August 11-16 – Topsham Fair (Topsham)
August 13-22 – Skowhegan State Fair (Skowhegan)
August 27-30 – Blistered Fingers Family Bluegrass Festival (Litchfield)
August 27-30 – Acton Fair (Acton)
August 27-30 – Piscataquis Valley Fair (Dover-Foxcroft)
August 29-September 7 – Windsor Fair (Windsor)
August 29-30 – Washington County Fair (Pembroke)
September 3-7 – Blue Hill Fair (Blue Hill)
September 4-7 – Harmony Free Fair (Harmony)
September 5-6 – Salmon and Seafood Festival (Eastport)
September 10-12 – Litchfield Fair (Litchfield)
September 10-13 – Clinton Lions Fair (Clinton)
September 11-13 – Trails End Festival (Millinocket)
September 13 – Maine Cheese Festival (Manson Park in Pittsfield)
September 16-19 – Oxford Fair (Oxford)
September 18-20 – New Portland Lions Fair (New Portland)
September 20-26 – Farmington Fair (Farmington)
September 25-27 – Common Ground Fair (Unity)
September 27-October 3 – Cumberland County Fair (Cumberland Center)
October 4-11 – Fryeburg Fair (Fryeburg)
October 9-12 – Damariscotta Pumpkinfest & Regatta (Damariscotta)
October 30-November 1 – Harvest on the Harbor (Portland)
December 3-13 – Christmas Prelude (Kennebunkport)
December 4-13 – Freeport Sparkles (Freeport)
December 11-13 – Christmas By The Season (Ogunquit)
For a complete list of 2026 New England Festivals, Fairs & Events, click here. Did we miss your event? Then click here and send along the details and we will get it added to our list!
*Editor’s Note: The 2026 Maine Festivals, Fairs & Events calendar was started in late April 2026. Want to add your event for this year or 2027? Then click here!
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