Welcome to the Maine Lobster Festival!
The Maine Lobster Festival is five days of fun and feasting on the fabulous coast of Maine! This annual seafood festival takes place during the first weekend of August, from Wednesday through Sunday.
What started as an idea for a local marine festival to revive Midcoast Maine communities has turned into an internationally-recognized celebration of local seafood. The Maine Lobster Festival attracts visitors from as near as our local communities to those from countries around the globe.
Schedule of Events:
All Day
Free Shuttle Bus
The festival provides free shuttle services to and from the festival grounds from the following locations. A bus arrives at each location approximately every 30 minutes.
South Elementary School: 30 Broadway, Rockland, ME
Oceanside High School: 400 Broadway, Rockland, ME
Check days for detailed schedule:
Wednesday: 11 am - 10 pm
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday: 8:30 am - 11:30 pm
Sunday: 8:30 am - 6:30 pm
Bus arrives at each location approximately every 20 minutes. Saturday morning shuttle service will be limited due to the parade. Shuttle will not be running approximately 9 am - noon Saturday, Aug. 2.
All Day - Art Show at Fine Art and Craft Tent
"Heritage, History, and Ancestry" (at the Maine Heritage Tent at Middle Pier)
Listen for music and festival announcements in the PA booth.
Touch Tank, Books, and Demonstrations of the Maritime Industry in the Marine Tent, on Middle Pier
7:00 am - 10:00 am: Pancake Breakfast (in the Food Tent)
9:00 am: Children's Parade Registration, Food Tent
9:00 am - 01:00 pm: Amateur Seafood Cooking Contest, North Tent
10:00 am: Children's Parade
Sign up to participate at the far end of the Food Tent at 9 am.
10:00 am - 2:00 pm: Pirate Tavern, Buoy Park
Meet and greet with our visiting pirates as well as kids activities and skits.
12:00 pm - 6:00 pm: Paddy Mills, Food Tent
An award-winning folk singer/songwriter whose songs are as salty as the Maine coast he calls home.
12:00 pm - 8:00 pm: The food tent opens to serve fresh Maine lobsters and other seafood.
Midday - King Neptune and his Court, 2025 Maine Lobster Festival Delegate, and Black Beard visit the festival.
12:30 pm - 1:45 pm: The Returnables, Main Stage
Classic rock, blues, and jams galore.
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm: Dog Show, Main Stage
The festivities kick off with a delightful Dog Parade winding through the festival grounds. From there, prepare for the main event featuring three tail-wagging categories: Best Costume, Best Hair, and Best Trick.
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm: Piracy 101, Buoy Park
Everything one needs to know to be a pirate!
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm: Pirate Weapons Demonstration, Buoy Park
A demonstration of the piratical arts.
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm: Kris Rogers and the Dirty Gems, Main Stage
Explosive and engaging rock and roll.
5:00 pm: Cannon fire, Buoy Park
The pirates will be firing cannons.
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm: Master Stroke Queen Experience, Main Stage
Celebrating the amazing music and performances of the incomparable Queen.
8:00 pm - 9:30 pm: Dirty Deeds - The AC/DC Experience, Main Stage
Celebrating the thunderous energy of the Bon Scott and Brian Johnson era and delivering a power-packed performance that takes the audience on a journey through the story that is AC/DC, the band that defined a genre.
