NORWAY – More than 75 artists will display their work along Main Street’s sidewalks during Saturday’s Norway Summer Festival.

This is the third year that the art show, in its 32nd year, has been expanded to include food, music, entertainment and poetry.

There will also be a road race, a library book sale, a yard sale and an art exhibit of the works of Vivian Akers, one of Norway’s early impressionist painters.

The festival organizers, Norway Downtown Revitalization, have made up T-shirts with an Akers painting of Norway Lake on the front. The shirts will be on sale at the revitalization group’s booth in the town parking lot next to the L.F. Pike & Son clothing store.

A collection of Akers’ work will be displayed at the Memorial Library through July 17, and a brochure highlighting his life will be available at the festival.

Books for sale, also

The Oxford County Fair Association is hosting a pig roast Friday, July 9, at 5 p.m. at the Norway Firehouse. The Norway Memorial Library’s book sale will be 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at the Stone-Smart American Legion Hall, followed by a dance and live music performance at 7:30 p.m. at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School featuring the Art Moves Dance Group and Inanna, a female drumming group.

During the art show on Saturday, fiddlers will play on the Weary Club porch from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with an ongoing exhibit of Norway fiddler Mellie Dunham memorabilia.

The Boxberry School in Oxford will offer children’s art activities from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Witherell Park. Poets on the Porch offers original poetry that will be read aloud from 2 to 4 p.m. on the Memorial Library porch. This year’s lineup features Brunswick poet Gary Lawless, in addition to two dozen local bards.

Dancers from Art Moves Dance Studio will offer morning workshops at the studio on Cottage Street and then perform on an outdoor stage near the Town Office from 3 to 5 p.m. Earlier in the day, from the same stage, music by Nathan Towne, Heather Pierson, Bill Shimamura, Mary “Ukelady” Hargreaves, the Matt Newburg Duo and Martin Swinger will fill the summer air.

There will be food available for all tastes, everything from burgers to fruit smoothies. The Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a duck race at 11 a.m., and the Fare Share Co-op is holding a community yard sale behind the market all day. The book sale will continue at the American Legion hall from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. On Sunday, Norway Savings Bank is sponsoring an 8K Run to the Lake road race.

For an updated listing of events, people may check www.downtownnorway.com. If it rains on Saturday, the sidewalk art show and other outdoor events will be held Sunday, July 11.