Maine Lobster Festival

July 29 – August 2, 2009:  62nd Annual Maine Lobster Festival!

The Maine Lobster Festival is an annual event during the summer celebrating all aspects of the Maine lobster industry.  It is held at Harbor Park in Rockland, Maine, and attracts tens of thousands of visitors.  During the 2008 Maine Lobster Festival, over 20,000 pounds of Maine lobster was prepared and served.

Highlights of the Festival include the crowning of the Maine Sea Goddess, cooking contests, exhibits about marine life and the lobster industry, a Big Parade down Rockland’s Main Street, and a lobster crate race, in which the goal is to walk across as many partially submerged lobster crates as possible before falling into the water; the record is 4,501 crates crossed by a 12-year old boy from Connecticut.

It's all about the lobster at the Maine Lobster Festival. Kelly Woods Photo