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Bath’s one-day Fourth of July festival will begin with an antique car show in downtown Bath from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday.
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It’s not Bath Heritage Days, the annual five-day festival that usually takes place in downtown Bath around the Fourth of July, but the city will host a free one-day festival, dubbed “A Day to Celebrate,” on the Fourth of July.
Downtown revitalization group Main Street Bath, in partnership with the Chocolate Church Arts Center, organized the event in roughly a month after Gov. Janet Mills lifted all capacity limits and requirements to physically distance in public outdoor settings effective May 24. Those requirements were first enacted in the hopes of mitigating the spread of COVID-19.
Fryeburg Fair will welcome back people and animals this year, Oct. 3-10
It is Maine s largest agricultural fair and typically draws about 225,000 people.
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Ryan Tammaro, left, and his brother Ben stand with Charlie, an Angus steer and Abby, an Aberdeen cow, at Down Home Farm in Cape Elizabeth in 2020, when the boys plans to show their animals at several Maine fairs were canceled because of the pandemic. Derek Davis/Staff Photographer
Maine’s largest agricultural fair was an online event last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The fair, which typically attracts more than 225,000 people, will set any COVID restrictions based on the state’s guidance in the fall, said Bridget Mayo, assistant to the secretary.
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Maine’s fairs, and some festivals, plan to return this summer and fall
By making adjustments and preparing to pivot, many organizers of the outdoor events believe they can safely resume the traditions this year.
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Lyle Merrifield, president of the Cumberland Fair, says the fair will be held this year, though he’s not sure what it will look like.
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In another sign that Mainers may soon be able to reclaim some of the small pleasures of their pre-pandemic lives, fairgrounds around the state will open this summer and fall for folks to mingle with barnyard animals or snack on fried dough and apple crisp.