AUGUSTA — The 23rd annual Rockhounders Gem and Mineral Show, sponsored by the Kennebec Rocks and Minerals Club, will be held on Sept. 1 and 2, Labor Day Weekend, at the National Guard Armory, Western Avenue. The hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. For more information call 873-6270.

There will be door prizes, a daily grand door prize, demonstrations in cabbing and lapidary, mineral displays, dealers in minerals, jewelry, gems and fossils, geode slicing, mineral mine and other games for the kids. Children can win a mineral starter kit and get a free stone just for coming in. There will also be information on rockhounding and how to join a mineral club. “Rocky” the rockhound dog will be there.