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Tri-Town Fourth of July Parade Committee Chair Kristie Cooper, left, and her grandmother, Gloria Jacques, sell raffle tickets during the 2024 Apple Pumpkin Festival in Livermore Falls. This year’s festival is set for Saturday, Sept. 26, at the Livermore Falls Recreation Field. (Leo Goddard/Staff Writer)

The Apple Pumpkin Festival will return Saturday, Sept. 26, bringing vendors, crafts, food and fall activities to the Livermore Falls Recreation Field.

The annual festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. to celebrate the cultural, agricultural and industrial heritage of the Jay, Livermore and Livermore Falls area.

The festival is expected to feature vendors and craft artisans, agricultural products, historical items, seasonal decorations and food.

Families take part in fall activities during the 2023 Apple Pumpkin Festival in Livermore Falls. From left, Derek Ledbetter, of Jay, his son Wynston Ledbetter, family friend Eleanore Cates of Wayne, and his daughter Maelynn Ledbetter decorate white pumpkins. (Pam Harnden/Staff Writer) Purchase this image

The event also serves as a gathering place for community organizations and fundraisers. At the 2024 festival, local groups raised money for community programs and activities while vendors reported a strong turnout.

Past festivals have included live music, food trucks, educational displays, children’s activities and roving entertainment, though a detailed schedule for the 2026 festival has not yet been published.

The festival is organized by the Jay-Livermore-Livermore Falls Chamber of Commerce and will be held at the Livermore Falls Recreation Field on Foundry Road next to the town treatment plant, which is at 108 Foundry Road.

Rebecca Richard is a reporter for the Franklin Journal. She graduated from the University of Maine after studying literature and writing. She is a small business owner, wife of 33 years and mom of eight...

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