The Maine Fairs & Festivals Blog
Guides to planning your 2026 Maine fair and festival season.
Maine Craft Fairs 2026: Full Schedule, Overlaps, and Prices
Twelve Maine craft and artisan fairs for 2026, mapped by month, county, and price, with the four weekends where two of them land on the same dates.
July 30, 2026 · 5 min read
Maine Fall Festivals 2026: Every Weekend, Mapped by County
Nineteen Maine fall events for 2026, September through November, with four weekend clusters where multiple fairs overlap and 22 of 24 overlaps crossing county lines.
July 30, 2026 · 5 min read
The 2026 Maine Fair and Festival Calendar, Month by Month
Dates are what people actually search for, so here is the whole year in one place: 70 Maine fairs and festivals in date order, with full multi-day windows. The season opens in February at Camden and closes in December.
July 29, 2026 · 5 min read
Maine Food Festivals in 2026: 18 Dates, From June Oysters to the November Harvest
Eighteen events in our directory carry a food-festival tag, and they run from late June to late November. Two of them, Rockland's lobster festival and the Yarmouth Clam Festival, are the only events in the whole dataset listed with free admission.
July 29, 2026 · 5 min read
Maine's 2026 Agricultural Fair Circuit, in Date Order
Twenty-nine listings in our directory carry an agricultural tag, and 26 of those list livestock. They run from early June in Windsor to Fryeburg in mid-October, with September the densest month.
July 29, 2026 · 5 min read
Midcoast and Islands: 13 Maine Fairs and Festivals in 2026
The Midcoast and Islands region carries 13 events in our directory, more than any other region, and seven of them sit in Knox County alone. It also has the longest season, opening in February at Camden.
July 29, 2026 · 4 min read