The coastal downtown of Yarmouth saw tens of thousands of attendees enjoy iconic events throughout the Yarmouth Clam Festival weekend.
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11 things you need to do at the Yarmouth Clam Festival
To get the most out of southern Maine’s biggest summer party, you should eat clams, see the shucking contest and get a photo with Steamer, among other things.
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Yarmouth Clam Festival returns with focus on sustainability
Organizers are looking to increase composting as the event marks its 60th anniversary.
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Yarmouth Clam Festival parade provides an opportunity for a young salesperson
The clam festival parade, with grand marshal Julia Gagnon of ‘American Idol’ fame, kicked off Friday night.
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Yarmouth Clam Festival ready to get underway Friday
This year’s festival program, including multiple appearances by American Idol’s Julia Gagnon, was a little harder to pull off because of a drop-off in the number of volunteers.
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Nonprofits receive over $500,000 from Yarmouth Clam Festival
The 56th annual Yarmouth Clam Festival last month generated more than half a million dollars for local nonprofits through food sales and parking fees, according to the Yarmouth Chamber of Commerce. An estimated 150,000 people attended the festival. Clam Festival proceeds are generated through local non-profits like sports teams, places of worship, the Scouts, and […]
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Clam session: Yarmouth festival draws big, hungry crowds
The annual event raises money for local nonprofit organizations, such as school booster groups, civic groups and churches.
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Opening ceremony Friday for Clam Festival
Yarmouth Chamber of Commerce Board President Chrissy Mann will officially open the Yarmouth Clam Festival at 10 a.m. Friday on Memorial Green. Local Boy Scouts will raise the flag and the Downeasters Chorus will perform the national anthem. “I am excited and honored to be opening up another year of great fun, great food, great […]
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Intertidal: Yarmouth Clam Festival celebrates valuable economic asset
Everyone who comes to Maine thinks of lobster. It is on license plates, at every gift shop at airports and visitors’ centers, and is iconic to the state. To be clear, I love lobster. I spent my graduate school years studying the offshore lobster population, sampling on boats and learning about their reproduction in the […]