My Maine Meal

Maine Lobster Festival

Wednesday to Sunday. Harbor Park, Rockland. mainelobsterfestival.com

If your summer hasn’t been all it’s cracked up to be, claw your way to Rockland and join the crustacean nation known as the Maine Lobster Festival. Harbor Park and surrounding spots become not only the lobster capital of the world but home to a wide range of entertainment including the Sea Goddess Pageant, Coronation Parade, international lobster crate race, arts and craft show, cooking contests, Steins & Vines tasting event, live music and more. Don’t worry if you’re not a lobster eater, the festival also will have plenty of fried clams, shrimp, mussels and a slew of standard summer-fair food options. Here, it’s more than OK to be shellfish.

Originally published at Portland Press Herald.