Ready to grab a sausage smothered in onions and maybe pat a cow on the head?  Good!  Because Maine's fair season officially began last week in Mapleton, and it will end way down the line in October with the Fryeburg Fair, Maine's biggest family fun event!

There are twenty-six licensed fairs in the state and 760,000 people attended Maine fairs last year according to Maine.gov, with over 205,000 folks attending the Fryeburg Fair.

This year the state has produced a series of videos entitled "From Farm To Fair", that showcase some of the many events being held at Maine fairs like the barrel racing video above.

Some of the bigger scheduled fairs in our area are:

The entire 2016 Maine Fair schedule can be found HERE!

 

 

 

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