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200 Years at the Skowhegan State Fair
August 10-19, 2018
In 2018 the Skowhegan State Fair
celebrates 200 consecutive years in
operation, making it by most accounts
the nation’s longest-running.
What are your favorite memories?
Beautifully groomed livestock and
brightly colored ribbons? The Midway
with all the games and attractions?
Musical groups? Or is it the harness
racing? Maybe the bright lights and
gravity-twisting thrills of the rides
take you back in time?
Whatever it is, this year will be bigger
and better than ever. When you get to
the fair make a little time to ride on the
carousel and grab for that brass ring.
But don’t forget that the region is home
to several other longstanding fairs, too.
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We kick off our fair season in early
June with the 17th Annual Fiber Frolic.
A month later, the Central Maine Egg
Festival in Pittsfield. Take a break from
the summer heat at "Maine's Friendliest
Fair" in Pittston or the four days of
the delightful Monmouth Fair.
Then comes the 200th celebration of
the Skowhegan State Fair. A few days
later, the Great Windsor Fair has its
run. September includes the Harmony
Free Fair and the Clinton Lions Fair.
And, while not technically in Maine’s
Kennebec Valley, the Common Ground
Fair, put on by the Maine Organic
Farmers and Gardeners Association,
in Unity is wicked easy to get to from
Waterville.
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AGRICULTURAL FAIRS
Pittston Fair 7/20–23
Monmouth Fair 8/4–7
200th Skowhegan State Fair
8/10–19
Maine Open Farm Days
8/23–24, Region-wide
The Great Windsor Fair
8/26–9/3
Harmony Free Fair 9/1–4
Litchfield Fair 9/7–9
Common Ground Fair
9/21–23, Unity
Clinton Lions Fair 9/7–10
New Portland Lion's Fair
9/15–17
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