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Everyday Events & Activities - Yarmouth Clam Festival

10:00 AM
All Areas Open


Information Booths
On Main Street beside Memorial Green and on the NYA lawn. Clam Festival T-Shirt

A bulletin board at Memorial Green lists Festival daily events and race results.

Clam Festival souvenirs (T-shirts, hats, posters, postcards, "Happy as a Clam" bags, and more!) are available for purchase. The Herbie Project

Herbie Products (bookmarks, pens, bowls, cutting boards, and more!) are also for sale at the information booth! See product photos here!

 


Free Entertainment
All weekend, under four tents:

  • North Yarmouth Academy
  • Memorial Green
  • Library Lawn
  • Serendipity Stage, First Parish Church Lawn

Enjoy an eclectic mix of entertainment all weekend long on four stages, featuring many favorites as well as new acts.


Carnival by Smokey's Greater ShowsSmokey's Greater Shows Carnival
Thrilling rides, games for prizes,
and classic carnival food
Next to the Rowe School

Wednesday and Thursday
5 – 11 PM
("Yarmouth Appreciation Night" all-you-can-ride wristbands for $20 per person wristbands are valid from 6 – 10 PM)

Friday and Saturday
10 AM – 11 PM

Sunday
12 – 4 PM
("Last Blast" all-you-can-ride wristbands for $20 per person are valid 12 – 4 PM)


Craft Show
North Yarmouth Academy Lawn

  • Thursday, 6 – 8 PM (crafters' option to open)
  • Friday & Saturday, 10 AM – 9 PM
  • Sunday, 10 AM – 5 PM

This juried Craft Show offers a broad selection of handmade crafts in every price range created by more than 125 artisans. Preview the crafters.


Art Show and Sale Under the Oaks
Merrill Memorial Library's Front Lawn

  • Friday, Saturday, & Sunday 10 AM - 5 PM

Enjoy original works from the best artists in the State of Maine and the region. Preview the artists. Browse the show under three Maine State Champion Oak Trees, the largest known living members of each species in Maine.


Yarmouth Historical Society and Museum
FREE ADMISSION
3rd Floor of Merrill Library, 215 Main Street

  • Friday, 1 - 5 PM
  • Saturday, 10 AM - 5 PM
  • Sunday, 12 - 3 PM

Step back in time, and see the way Yarmouth used to be. On display are Native American artifacts, 19th-century school supplies, Civil War gear, rail and trolley memorabilia, and more! Stop by our Museum Shop, and get a 10% discount on selected items when you show your Festival brochure.


Trolley Tour of Historic Yarmouth
Historic Trolley Rides of Yarmouth, Maine The Yarmouth Historical Society offers an hour-long narrated tour of our historic town on "Trina" the trolley.

TICKET PRICES:
$15 Adults
$10 Children under 12

The trolley is handicap accessible.

Buy Tickets DURING Festival Weekend:

  • At the Historical Society tent in front of NYA

Buy Tickets BEFORE Festival Weekend:

  • Order by credit card: Call 207-846-6259 M-F, 10 am - 5 pm
  • Order by mail: Send a check to Yarmouth Historical Society, P.O. Box 107, Yarmouth, ME 04096
  • Visit the Historical Society (3rd floor of the Merrill Memorial Library, 215 Main St.) M-F, 1-5 PM
  • Order online (after July 1)

TOUR PICK-UP & DROP-OFF: At the corner of Portland & Main Streets.

  • Friday 10:30 AM*, 12:00 PM, 2:00 PM, 3:30 PM
  • Saturday 10:00 AM, 11:30 AM, 3:30 PM, 5:00 PM
  • Sunday 11:30 AM, 1:30 PM, 3:00 PM

* Friday, July 16, 10:30 am, Historical Society members may ride at a 10% discount ($13.50 Adults / $9 Children under 12).

Thank you for sponsoring, Pineland Farms!


Belgian Horse-Drawn Wagon Rides
FREE RIDES, All aboard at Railroad Park
Friday, 12 – 3 PM
Saturday, 10 AM – 1 PM and 3:30 – 6:30 PM
Sunday, 12 PM – 3 PM


Pink Elephant Sale
Across the street from First Parish Church

  • Friday 10AM – 8PM
  • Saturday 10AM – 8PM
  • Sunday 10AM – 5PM

Treasures for sale. Find books, furniture, household items, and unique collectibles.


Face Painting
Merrill Memorial Library Lawn


Betsy McLellan Poster

Fine Artist, Betsy McLellan
North Yarmouth Academy Lawn, near the Information Booth

Yarmouth artist, Betsy McLellan will sign posters of her Clam Festival collage painting. Get your poster autographed, to make it an extra-special gift for yourself or someone else.


Yarmouth Alumni Association Tent
Next to the Merrill Library driveway

Calling All Clippers!

Alumni, sail by the tent to say hello to fellow alumns, and register for the Yarmouth Alumni Association website, so you can learn of events occurring in the Yarmouth schools and hear news of your classmates and other alumni. Registering also allows you to contact classmates and submit your own class notes.


First Parish Church

Tours of First Parish Church
116 Main Street

Guided tours of the authentically restored 1868 church, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and includes richly colored Victorian wall stenciling and a historic tracker organ built in 1870.

Tour Schedule:
• Friday, 11 AM and 3 PM
• Saturday, 11 AM and 3 PM
• Sunday, 11 AM

 


"Clean Water for Clams" Exhibit
on the Library Lawn

All weekend long, you'll find a display of educational information about the sources of pollution and solutions for people to protect our Maine coast shellfish.

Thank you, Kennebec Estuary Partners: Kennebec Estuary Land Trust, Maine Department of Marine Resources, Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Time & Tide Resource Conservation Area, and Androscoggin Valley Soil & Water Conservation District, for providing this exhibit!

Clean Water for Clams Exhibit