Whether you’re looking to entertain the kids or to finish (start?) your holiday shopping, the free family-oriented fun Freeport Fall Festival is the answer. This year marks the event’s 25th anniversary, so the line-up of activities, entertainers, and craft vendors is especially fine. Best of all, this even puts the free in Freeport. Of course, you can be tempted to open your wallet to purchase crafts from participating vendors, merchandise at outlets and shops, or food from restaurants and trucks, but you also can simply come and enjoy it all.
Eight reasons this free family-oriented and fun festival
- Free admission.
- Free, plentiful parking and a free, wheelchair-accessible shuttle service operating between L.L. Bean Corporate HQ and all festival sites.
- Free kid’s activities include:
Face painting is just one of many free family-oriented events at the Freeport Fall Festival- a magical quest with Kids Arcanum,
- hands-on science with author Katie Coppens,
- gem trees with Wolf Willow Trees,
- face painting & glitter tattoos with Party Palooga, and
- other activities and crafts hosted by Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Maine Maritime Museum, Wolfe’s Neck Center, Meetinghouse Arts, The Center for Arts & Ecology at the Desert of Maine, the Freeport Lionesses, Freeport Community Services, Freeport Community Library, Maine Family Sea Farm Cooperative, Taro Health, Renewal by Andersen, and the State of Maine Office of MaineCare Services.
- With more than 225 juried artists, makers, and food producers, the Freeport Fall Festival provides one-stop shopping for your holiday shopping needs. You’ll also discover the most artists and makers in one location during the annual Maine Craft Weekend. Visit Freeport is a 2024 Featured City.
- Find your favorite foods at eight food trucks:
- PB&ME,
- Mr. Tuna,
- Jeff’s Jamaican,
- Empanada Club,
- Pinky D’s Poutine Factory,
- L/A Taco,
- The Ugly Dumpling, and
- Meet on the Street.
- View blacksmithing and knife-making demos with Nick Rossi Knives.
- Enjoy free live music by 25 diverse acts throughout the weekend on two stages: wo stages
the L.L.Bean Discovery Park Stage and the Mallard Parking Lot Stage. Notable performances include Nashville recording artist Charlotte Morris, award-winning Mainers: Paddy Mills, Sara Trunzo and Jack Fossett, and an old-timey string band show by the Bank Mules.
More than 25 diverse acts will perform throughout the weekend on two stages - NEW Rising Stars (ages 13 – 18) and Mini Makers Market (ages 12 and under.) The new market will be located inside Freeport Village Station, Suite 350E and open on Saturday from 10am-6pm and Sunday from 10am-4pm only. Shop for artwork and products made by Maine’s up-and-coming creators!
Details, details
For more details and a full event schedule see Freeport Fall Festival.
The Freeport Fall Festival is presented by Visit Freeport. Formed under the name Freeport Merchants Association in 1977, Visit Freeport serves as the information bureau and destination marketing organization for Freeport, Maine. The office and information center are located at 115 Main St., next to L.L.Bean.
All photos are courtesy of Visit Freeport.
