Announcing the 2023 Big Parade Grand Marshals
The Grand Marshal duties for this year’s Big Parade will be shared by two deserving local volunteers who have longstanding ties to the Maine Lobster Festival -- Sharon Lombardo and
Exciting Update: Maine Lobster Festival Modernizes Coronation Tradition To Widen Field of Applicants
For the past seven decades, the Maine Lobster Festival’s Sea Goddess Ambassador program has given a young woman the opportunity to grow in a public role that positively represents the
Meet Jean Kigel, the 76th Annual Maine Lobster Festival’s Poster Artist
Two lobsters facing each other off, claws out. In the real world, that might portray a crustacean showdown, but for artist Jean Kigel, these lobsters aren’t about to fight. They’re
Maine Lobster Festival Honors Its Most Venerated Volunteer Alice Knight
In 1948, Rockland resident Alice MacKay Crie Knight was just 13 years old when she first volunteered for The Maine Lobster Festival. She would become an instrumental part of
Last Chance To Vote for Maine Lobster Festival as USA Today’s Best Specialty Food Festival
The Maine Lobster Festival has been on the map for more than 75 years, but we’re getting some extra love in 2023 from USA Today in its 10Best Contest for
Maine Lobster Fun Facts
There’s something about the American lobster (Homarus americanus), a crustacean species found on the Atlantic coast of North America, that gets people asking questions. A lot of questions! Over the
