Frenchboro on Long Island will host its 44th annual lobster festival on Saturday, Aug. 12.
The annual event at Frenchboro, located eight miles across Blue Hill Bay from Mount Desert Island, features a beautiful boat ride and some of the best lobster in the world. This year’s festival also will include classic country music by The Higgins Family and a performance by Maine storyteller John McDonald.
Established as a community in 1822, the island now has a population of about 70, with more than 20 children of elementary school age or younger — up from just one in the 1970s.
The dinner menu includes Maine lobster, chicken salad, hot dogs, cole slaw, homemade pies, potato chips and soda. Dinner will be served from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. rain or shine. Proceeds benefit the 117-year-old Outer Long Island Congregational Church.
The Maine State Ferry (passengers only) will make a special Frenchboro Lobster Festival run, leaving Bass Harbor at 9 a.m. and then leaving Frenchboro for the return trip at 3:30 p.m. Ferry tickets cost $5 each and must be purchased the day of the event outside the Bass Harbor Ferry Terminal. In addition, moorings and anchorage are available in Lunt Harbor and fuel and water are available at the Lunt & Lunt dock (334-2922).
For more information about the Frenchboro Lobster Festival call 334-2974 or 334-2923 or visit www.islandportpress.com/frenchboro.