71st Maine Lobster Festival Third Day (Friday, August 3rd) Events

Rockland, Maine - 71st annual Maine Lobster Festival second day events held on Friday, August 3rd, 2018 at harbor park in Rockland, Maine

Friday

7:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

PANCAKE BREAKFAST - MAIN EATING TENT

Food

All-the-pancakes-you-can-eat breakfast in the Food Tent featuring blueberry pancakes, juice, coffee and milk. Cost: $6 for adults, $3 for children; offered through Sunday.

9:00 a.m.

AMATEUR SEAFOOD COOKING CONTEST

Food

North Entertainment Tent

Amateur chefs will compete in this fan favorite annual Maine Lobster Festival Seafood Cooking Contest.

9:00 a.m.

GATES OPEN

Grounds are open at 7AM for the Pancake Breakfast, gates open for tickets at 9AM.

10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

USCG TOURS

Other

Aug 3 - 10am, 1pm, 3pm

The Coast Guard Base is located at 54 Tillson Ave. Minors must be accompanied by a parent/guardian, please. NO pets or backpacks/luggage and no open-toed shoes are allowed.

11:00 a.m.

LOBSTER SERVING BEGINS

Food

Visit our Food Tent for our famous steamed lobster dinners, shore dinners, lobster bisque, lobster mac-n-cheese and fried seafood offerings and our Lobster Café for lobster rolls, lobster wraps, and lobster caesar salad. 

All Food Vendors open at 11 am

12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

JUD CASWELL

Entertainment

Maine Stage

A bit like a one-man folk festival mixing banjo picking, Irish drinking songs and award winning original sounds.

12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

SMOKEY’S GREATER SHOWS BRACELET DAY!

Entertainment

1:00 p.m.

COOKING DEMONSTRATION WITH CHRIS OLIVER

Food

North Entertainment Tent

This 3-time Chili & Chowder Contest champ shows how to make his award-winning Seafood Chowder.

1:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

HARBOR CATS

Entertainment

Maine Stage

Presenting MCMA’s new house band here to rock the stage.

3:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

HURRICANE MOUNTAIN

Entertainment

Maine Stage

Mixes traditional country roots along with swing and boogie-woogie making them one of Maine’s premier country bands!

6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

ERICA BROWN AND THE BLUEGRASS CONNECTION

Entertainment

Maine Stage

The name says it all for this award-winning fiddler and her band.

6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

SMOKEY’S GREATER SHOWS BRACELET DAY!

Entertainment

7:45 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

HELLO NEWMAN

Entertainment

Maine Stage

They give their audience a great show with great tunes and a great time – and that means lots of dancing!