Join us for the Fourth Annual Pennamaquan Alewife Festival — Free, family-friendly fun with the fish.

Saturday, May 24 • 10am–5pm
12 Little Falls Road, Pembroke ME 04666

We're excited to bring back this popular family event for a fourth year in a row! Join us for...

SMOKING AND EATING OF FISH
Terran works the Downeast Salmon Federation smoker, free lunch buffet provided by Smithereen Farm, served at noon

LEARNING
Join us at 11am, in the Grey Lodge parlor, slideshow and talk by nurseryman, educator, and permaculture specialist Aaron Parker of Edgewood Nursery in Falmouth. Brought to you by the Eat Downeast! Campaign. All day long, visit the Downeast Salmon Federation info table, and enjoy biologist talks, testing, and netting with Sara Williams of DSF

BIKING LIKE A FISH
Tune ups by Mike Stuart of Mike’s Bikes in Eastport, and a group ride up the river in the afternoon

ARTS + CRAFTS
Make art with local artists! Fish painting with Jessica George and more to come...

KIDS ACTIVITIES
Kids activities with Sophie Foster

EXPLORING
Walk the (flat, family-friendly) Alewife Trail beside the river, an interpretive path with signage by local artist. Take a dip in the river! See the fish!

LIVE MUSIC
Keltic Schmeltic and Golden Oak in the afternoon

Details

• We have an electric car charger available!
• The Smithereen Farmstore will be open, 9am–5pm, with local produce, cheese, meats, baked goods... special treats for the festival. Plenty of delicious treasures to take home.
• Make a weekend of it and book your campsite at Blueberry Land, or Cobscook Bay State Park for a full agritourism experience.

Additional Programming

• Join us Sunday May 25 for two sessions (10am and 4pm) of the famed SPA DAYS at Smithereen Farm. Luxuriate in the seaweed soaking tubs and woodfired sauna, indulge in herbal tea and herbal skin products, wander the springtime farmland, walk through the forest to the beach. Massages may be booked separately, taking place in the Yurt at the farm. More information here.