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Benton Alewife Festival

Annual community festival celebrating the return of alewives to the Sebasticook River in Benton, ME — home to the largest alewife run in the United States with over 9 million fish. Features food, live music, arts and crafts, face painting, smoked alewife samples, and the chance to see the largest gathering of Bald Eagles in the Northeast. Free admission.

Past years