FREEPORT, Maine —

One of many high 10 fall festivals in the USA, in line with USA Right this moment, is occurring in Maine this weekend.

The Freeport Fall Pageant got here in at No. 3 on the 2026 10Best Readers’ Alternative Awards listing for Finest Fall Pageant. To find out the USA Right this moment 10Best Readers’ Alternative Awards, a panel of consultants offers nominees for every award class and the ultimate set of 10 nominees is chosen by USA Right this moment editors. As soon as the nominees are introduced, the general public is invited to vote for his or her favorites over a interval of 4 weeks.

Annually on the primary weekend of October, greater than 200 of the very best artists, makers and native meals producers from throughout New England come collectively for a three-day competition that’s held all through downtown Freeport.

The competition additionally options dwell music, a few of Maine’s hottest meals vehicles and a variety of free household actions.

The twenty seventh annual Freeport Fall Pageant begins Friday, Oct. 2, and ends Sunday, Oct. 4. The competition runs from 12 to six p.m. on Friday, 10 a.m. to six p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday.

The cubicles of taking part exhibitors might be arrange at Freeport City Corridor, the Mallard Parking Lot behind the Freeport Historic Society, the L.L.Bean campus, the Freeport Village Station Shops, Memorial Park and Outdated City Corridor, and at 135 Fundamental St.

All parking in Freeport is free in the course of the fall competition. Free shuttle service for the competition can be supplied for individuals who park on the L.L.Bean Company Headquarters, which is situated at 15 Casco St., and every shuttle loop takes about quarter-hour.

Extra particulars about this 12 months’s Freeport Fall Pageant are featured within the competition information, which you’ll be able to learn by clicking right here.