Kingfield Days 2014 Schedule for Saturday afternoon through Sunday:
Saturday July 19
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Kingfield Historical Society Open House, High Street. Theme: Narrow Gauge Railroad and “Grandma’s Attic” sale.
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Narrow Gauge Flea Market. Open to the public. Contact Shannon Rolbiecki at Narrow Gauge Depot (491-2838) to register.
9:00 a.m. -5:00 p.m. The Ski Museum of Maine open on Main Street.
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Food Vendors on Depot Street.
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Kingfield Days’ Artisan Fair on the Old Schoolhouse lawn.
10:00 a.m. Mud Football: Games all day. No admission fee, but donations are welcome and benefit local charities and scholarships. West Kingfield Road, 1.7 miles on the left.
10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Bounce House on Depot Street. Sponsored by Western Mountain Baptist Church.
10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Kids’ Splash ‘n’ Dash at CSM Real Estate, Main Street.
10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. “Stitchers in the Snow” Quilt and Flower Show; Baptist Church, High Street.
10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Webster Library Book Sale at the library on School Street.
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. United Methodist Church luncheon: Soups, sandwiches, and root beer floats. United Methodist Church, High Street.
Noon 2014 Annual Kingfield Days’ Parade: “Kingfield– It’s All Natural!”: registration begins at 10 a.m. at the north entrance of Narrow Gauge Park; parade begins at 12 p.m. Prizes awarded for various categories.
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Stanley Museum open with free admittance. Donations are appreciated. School Street.
2:00 p.m. Awards for Grand Parade under the tent.
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Rides on a Fire Truck. Sponsored by the Kingfield Fire Department; former Knapp’s store building on Depot Street.
2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. G-Force Laser Tag at the Kingfield Little League field; West Kingfield Road. All ages are welcome.
2:15 p.m.- 4:00 p.m. Open Mic under the tent.
2:30 p.m. Croquet Tournament Steve Keenan’s course, Main Street. This is an adult event (21 years of age and over). Wear your favorite hat.
3:00 p.m. Ducks Over the Bridge. Purchase a numbered duck and watch it float down to the dam. Ducks can be purchased under the tent on Saturday or by calling Dee Menear at 207-491-4857. Cash prize awarded to the first duck to reach the dam.
3:15 p.m. Whatever Floats Your Boat Parade. Starts at the Lord’s Bridge and ends at the Centennial Bridge dam. Contact Shane Handrahan to register: 401-954-1066 or 401-233-9335. Prizes awarded.
4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. So You Think You Can Dance? under the tent. Prizes will be awarded.
6:00 p.m. to 10 p.m. Free entertainment under the tent
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Frozen T-shirt Contest Under the tent. Maximum of 8 teams of 2; please sign up by 3:00 p.m. at the information board. First come, first served. Prizes awarded.
7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Live band, Cadagan performs under the tent. Beer/wine tent available. This is an adult event.
9:00 p.m. – 1:00 a.m. live band, Ruckus at Nostalgia Tavern. (Over 21 years of age admitted with ID; cover charge at the door.)
Sunday, July 20
8:00 a.m. Quadrunners ATV Ride. Weather permitting. Meet at the Sled Shed on Rte. 27 (across from School Street). Bring your ATV and gear and join us for a tour of our trail system. Destination to be determined, but will conclude at the Poland Spring bottling plant for their Open House/BBQ. For more information, contact David Trenholm at 207-265-2767.
7:55 a.m. 4th Annual Kingfield Days’ 5K Run/Walk and Kids 1-mile Run. Register at Jordan Lumber parking lot. Race on West Kingfield Road. Walkers start at 7:55 a.m.; runners start at 8:20 a.m.; kids start at 9:00 a.m. Preregistration fee is $10 by July 19th. $15 registration fee day of the race. Contact John Winter at 778-1091 to preregister. Please come 15 minutes before your race.
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. The Ski Museum of Maine open on Main Street.
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Kingfield Historical Society open House, High Street. Theme: Narrow Gauge Railroad and “Grandma’s Attic” sale.
10:00 a.m. Mud Football Championship Games. No admission fee, but donations are welcome and benefit local charities and scholarships. West Kingfield Road, 1.7 miles on left.
11:00 a.m.- 2 p.m. Poland Spring Open House; kids’ activities, food, music, and tours of the bottling plant. Poland Spring Drive, south of Sunnyside Cemetery. “Fill the Bus” Food Drive: bring a canned food item to donate and be entered into a drawing for 1 pair of Red Sox tickets. Donations benefit the United Methodist Food Pantry in Salem.
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Skillet Throwing Contest at the Kingfield Little League field, West Kingfield Road. Open to men and women; must be 18 years of age to participate.
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Stanley Museum open with free admittance. Donations are accepted. School Street.
3:00 p.m. Annual Kingfield Days’ cook-off at the Kingfield Little League field, West Kingfield Road. Bring your favorite dish to share and be judged! Please bring all entries ready to serve. Please arrive by 2:50 p.m. to register. Prizes are awarded.
3:30 p.m. Pickleball Demonstration and Interactive Game. Jordan’s parking lot, Main Street. All ages are welcome. All equipment is provided.
Kingfield Days, how exciting and just filled with fun. Congratulations and thank you to everyone who worked so hard to bring it all together. It takes a great deal of manpower to make this happen. If you didn’t or were unable to volunteer to help this year, maybe you will consider it next year. Everyone has a talent they can offer. Today is Sunday and there are many more events happening. Have fun.
Yes, we enjoyed the parade a mile out of town, stopped by the sheriff’s department and had to wait in the a long line of a couple hundred cars, but that’s OK, as long as you guys had fun. Didn’t need to consider everyone else you inconvenienced.
Bruce so sorry for your inconvenience but if you are from this area you would know when they have the parade the road has to be shut down for the parade to go through town. Next time think ahead or don’t bother to leave a nasty remark on the comment board. Would you feel the same way about the 4th of July or Veteran’s Day ?? Chill out Bruce.
Tell me about it Bruce. I really hate parade traffic. It is almost as awful as those noisy fireworks and the dreadful noise of child laughter. Luckily while I was stuck outside of Kingfield, I had time to kill do the world a favor and kill some butterflies as to not waste time.
BRUCE GET A LIFE!!!
That’s the kind of response I expected. Locals who think their life takes priority. I am from this area but I don’t take notice of every podunk town with a rinky dink parade. Kingfield days is far from being the 4th of July or Veteran’s day.
Glad I could make at least a few people feel superior today …
As I have written before but been edited out: why not combine the Kingfield days with the Pops celebration?
Trying to do both is a lot of work for people who are volunteers. It’s plain to see that interest in Kingfield days has waned over the past decade.
Kingfield has the Pops concert, the marathon and Kingfield Days. While the Pops only has a moderate disruption to traffic, both the marathon and Days, does disrupt traffic.
Rt. 27 is an international route and a major tourist route and there is no easy alternative.
if there was an emergency in Carrabassett Valley that required assistance from Kingfield during the parade, it would be delayed.
It used to be fun to see the creative floats of the parade, but the enthusiasm to make them isn’t what it once was.
Last year it barely happened at all.
I for one could do without having my ears blasted by all the horns and sirens. I didn’t like it as a child, I don’t as an adult and I can’t imagine why anyone would. I see all the bystanders trying to block their ears. How is that fun? Babies cry, children slap their hands over their ears and the adults just get grim smiles as they grit their teeth and wait for it to stop. The only ones that enjoy it are the deaf, sadistic men who blast the horns and sirens.
I have always thought it was just a bit pathetic, like this little town is so lacking that the only way they can make a parade exciting is to blast everyone’s eardrums out.
Why not combine the two events? The only excuse I can think of, is that a very few local businesses make a bit more money with two separate events.