Fryeburg Fair important info for all members and associates of Maine Christmas Tree association! Gary Fisher Superintendent.
Dear Friends of Fryeburg Fair – I’m writing to let you know that due to pending legislation and an adverse decision by the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, we are being denied the ability to open on Saturday and run nine days, as we did for the first time in 2025. We will be going back to eight days for 2026 – Sunday, October 4 thru Sunday, October 11. First, pending legislation submitted by a Representative from Cumberland (LD 2096) proposing, for the first time, to prohibit the operation of a Fair on an unlicensed day, appears poised to become law this year. Under this new law, no Maine fair will be able to run on any unlicensed days as we did on Saturday, September 27th, 2025. Second, the Commissioner denied our petition to have our first Saturday licensed going forward, denying an agricultural fair experience to the 23,000 plus fairgoers who attended on that Saturday last year. While we are disappointed by these developments, we will move forward as the same great fair we have been since 1851 – Maine’s Blue Ribbon Classic! Thank you for being part of our Fryeburg Fair family. Dave Hastings, President