10th annual 2026 hours: Friday, Aug. 7th from 5:00 - 8:00 PM
and
SATURDAY, Aug.8th from 9:00AM-3:30pm
Free admission- Thanks to our generours sponsors!
Sorry, No Dogs, includes no emotional support dogs.
Celebrating community & culture @ 24 mAIN sTREET, gRAY, ME
New for this year, we added evening hours on Friday, the 7th with music performed by ‘Girls Just Want to Have Fun – 80’s Ladies Tribute Band’ + our Food Court, a Climbing Wall, activities for all ages, and whole wild blueberry pies for sale. Come back on Saturday for even more food options, live music, our classic contests, Kids Fun Run, and over 100 booths!!’
You’re guaranteed to have a great time at our annual family-friendly, Gray Wild Blueberry Festival ‘celebrating all things wild blueberry! Enjoy the day at Gray’s largest outdoor party filled with:
Delicious assortment of 15 sweet and savory Food Trucks/Tents in our expanded Food Court; Wild Maine Blueberry Pie Eating Contests – two contests for the kids + two contests for the adults; Wild Maine Blueberry Dessert Bake-Offs for Adults and for Youth/Teens too!, Spelling Bee (for 1st to 8th graders only), Master Beekeeper, ‘Made in Maine’ 100 Booths: Arts-Craft-Authors-Farmers Market-Community/School/Regional Groups, and local Sponsors; Live Music. Returning again this year – Chain Saw Carvers, Master Bee Keeper, Caricature Artist, and Henna Artist; Kids Area – Climbing Wall, Bouncy Houses, Dunk Tank, Sprinklers (if it’s hot enough out), 1/4 Mile Fun Run, Face Painting at the Kids Tent , and a Toddler Play Area.
Activities may change each year + a few more get added every year!
Booths
Kids Activities
contests
Food & Music
how our small town fESTIVAL BEGAN
2016 A grass-roots committee brought back Gray’s annual summer festival. 2017, we rebranded as ‘Gray Blueberry Festival’ – in honor of wild blueberry barrens/farms located in Gray and surrounding towns – where youngsters once hand-picked wild Maine blueberries as their summer job. And, we began partnering with Wild Blueberry Commission of Maine!
2022 Because of the many heart & brain health benefits of adding WILD Maine blueberries to your daily diet and importance native & wild bees are to pollinating our (nation’s) crops… we went ‘wild’ by rebranding our awesome, small-town event as the ‘Gray Wild Blueberry Festival’, with special thanks to UME’s New Media Department who created this dedicated website for us.
2026 – We are celebrating our 10th year !!! If you’ve attended our annual Gray Wild Blueberry Festival more than once, you’ll notice we try to outdo ourselves every year to make YOUR festival going experience better each year!
