BETHEL – The Mahoosuc Arts Council will sponsor Mollyockett Day on July 17. The annual community event honors Mollyockett, a Pequawket Indian who lived among the early settlers of western Maine.

The day features a parade, races of all kinds, arts and crafts, entertainment, food, a frog- jumping contest and fireworks at dusk.

The day kicks off with the Key Bank Mollyockett Day Classic Road Race at 8:30 a.m., with 1-kilometer, 3-kilometer, and 5-kilometer run and walk with categories for all ages.

The parade begins at 11 a.m. with this year’s theme, Folk and Fairy Tales, promising fanciful floats.

The bandstand on the Bethel Common is the site of the crowning of this year’s Princess Mollyockett as well as entertainment featuring Roger Tincknell, Songs for Kids, the Mahoosuc Community Band, The Muddy Marsh Ramblers, the 8th Annual Old Time Fiddlers Contest at 5:30 p.m. and Malinda Liberty & The Silver & Lace Band at 7:30 p.m.

There’s also the 22nd Annual Western Maine Frog Jumping Contest, an Adirondack chair auction, and the duck race at the Artist’s Covered Bridge on the Sunday River.

Fireworks at dusk conclude the day’s event.

For more information or a complete listing of all the events, phone the Mahoosuc Arts Council office at 824-3575.