The Maine Forestry Museum plans to hold its 42nd annual Logging Festival Days on Friday and Saturday, July 14-15. Submitted photo

RANGELEY — The Maine Forestry Museum plans to hold its 42nd annual Logging Festival Days on Friday and Saturday, July 14 and 15. The festival is located at the museum’s fairgrounds, 221 Stratton Road.

The museum hosts multiple events in mid-July to celebrate its region’s timber heritage. This event features an Arts & Crafts Vendor Day, logging parade and logging festival, according to a news release from Kevin Cyr with the museum. The Arts and Crafts Vendor Day will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days.

On Friday, people can listen to the Bob Greene Band at 2 p.m. Vendors booths will be open. There will be children’s activities, burying of the beans around 3 p.m. for the Bean Hole Dinner that will be served on Saturday, a cookout and a beer garden. Admission is free on Friday.

On Saturday, a logging parade will start at 10 a.m. along Rangeley’s Main Street, featuring loaded big rig logging trucks, floats and antique cars. This year’s parade theme is “Woodstock in the Woods.”

Winners for Best Loaded Truck, Most Appropriate to Logging (logging industry equipment), and Best Fitting Parade Theme for floats and other entries will be chosen.

Those who want to create a float and march in the parade can call parade coordinator Linda Sikes at 207-491-6566.

At the conclusion of the morning parade, the festival kicks off with opening ceremonies followed by hall of fame inductions, a bean hole Dinner, biscuits baked on reflector ovens, and the logging competition.

The competition events will include the axe throw, hot saw, crosscut, bow saw and underhand chop. Children’s activities include a barrel train ride, mini excavator, clowns, face painting and bounce house. Vendors, artisans and crafters will be there, too.

On Saturday, admission to the fairgrounds is $8 for adults, $5 for children 6-17 and free for younger children.

For more information, call 207-864-3939 or visit maineforestrymuseum.org.

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