Maine Lobster Festival canceled for second year due to COVID
Festival organizers say while vaccinations are encouraging and despite the festival being four months away, canceling is the right choice
Author: Don Carrigan
Updated: 9:00 PM EDT March 31, 2021
ROCKLAND, Maine — “Heartbreaking.”
That’s the word used by the President of the Maine Lobster Festival to describe the decision made Tuesday night to cancel this year’s festival.
After months of discussion and worry, Celia Knight said the Board of Directors made the hard decision to cancel for the second consecutive year because of the continuing COVID pandemic.
“I have had sleepless nights trying to figure how to make it safe for everyone. We looked at every option you could possibly think of and we could not figure a way we were comfortable doing it,” Knight said.