2025 Maine Lobster Festival

Equally important to having volunteers to help during festival hours is the need for help before we open. The art tent set up is an awesome area to get aquainted with the morning before we open at noon on Wednesday.

We super appreciate our young vistors and are happy to offer a safe and entertaining area for the kids to play. Help keep the area clean and safe for the little ones.

Serve a variety of chowders, located next to the food tent.

The food tent has a wide variety of jobs, including assisting in prepping food for dishes served in the food tent such as lobster dinners, seafood, desserts and drinks. Help keep the tables washed, the trash barrels emptied, and the ground cleaned up in the food tent, providing a critical service in making sure attendees have the very best experience. A great opportunity for school groups to earn funds for their teams, clubs, and events such as project graduation! Please reach out to volunteer@mainelobsterfestival.com with questions about how to sign up a group. Please note, if you are signing up your underage children to assist, please add your email and add +1 after the name. IE: name@email.com additional people using this email use this: name+1@email.com.

For the early birds! Volunteers will serve delicious blueberry pancakes and sausage to visitors. Coffee, milk, and juice is also available.

Although we no longer charge admission to enter the fairgrounds, the gates are the first step in the MLF experience. Gate monitors are tasked with welcoming visitors, counting attendees, handing out festival guides, along with helping to monitor the donation boxes.

Assist in setting up the festival red & whites, set gates, put up banners, and other tasks as assigned by Peter Beal, Vice President, and Grounds Director.

A fantastic spot for those who love history! Assist Heritage Society members answer questions of local and Lobster Festival history for our visitors.

A great opportunity for those who love to interact with our fantastic attendees! Although most people are simply looking for directions or facilities, a little local knowledge and familiarity with the festival is particularly helpful in this position.

King Neptune's Court

Help prep and serve the best lobster rolls!

One of the more vigorous and "hot" spots to volunteer, assist cooking/steaming lobsters for the food tent.

The touch tank, full of beautiful sea creatures, is one of the most popular, but also delicate areas. Help monitor folks as they gently lift or touch the tank inhabitants, taking care to make sure the animals are not removed or placed on the ground.

Assist the parade directors and monitor people/children and traffic along the parade route..

Assist road race organizers in signing up racers and help keep them hydrated and on the route during the race.

Assist in the souvenir tent to display, straighten good, or run the cashier.

Every three years the Maine Lobster Festival selects work from a New England artist to create the featured artwork for the annual poster, rack card, and other promotional elements.  We encourage artists to submit images that best represent their style in any medium.  

 

To be considered, please submit 5-7 images of your finished work.  Images of lobsters and other lobster industry elements are encouraged but not required.