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Upcoming Meetings
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Upcoming Events
2026 River herring festivals and events
2026 Maine and New England Fish Events
March
03/28/2026 Fish Printing and Exploration at the Maine Science Festival 9:00 am-4:00 pm, Cross Insurance Center, Bangor Maine
03/28/2026 “We are River People” Nuno Felting Workshop 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Windsor, MA
April
04/11-12/2026 Middleborough's 13th Annual Herring Run Festival, 11:00 am (April 11)- 4:00 pm (April 12), Oliver Mill Park, 8 Nemasket Street, Middleborough, MA 02346
04/25/2026 24th Annual Downeast Salmon Federation Smelt Fry & Fisheries Celebration, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm, Downeast Salmon Federation, Columbia Falls, Maine
04/25/2026 11th Annual University of Maine Spawning Run 5K, 9:00 am – 11:00 am, Grove Street Extension, Orono, ME, USA
04/25/2026 Plimoth-Pautuxet Herring Run Festival, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm, Plimoth Grist Mill, Plymouth, MA
04/25/2026 “We are River People” Nuno Felting Workshop 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Becket, MA
May
05/01-02/2026 “We Are the Watershed” , Eastport Arts Center, 36 Water Street, Eastport, ME
05/02/2026 World Fish Migration Day - Houlton, Maine, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm, Downtown Houlton & The Riverfront Park, 49 North St, Houlton, ME 04730
05/02/2026 “We are River People” Nuno Felting Workshop 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Chesterfield, MA
05/07/2026 Migratory Moments: An Exhibition Celebrating Our Connection to Rivers, Fish, and Wildlife, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm, South Hadley Public Library, Canal Street, South Hadley, MA
05/16/2026 Benton Alewife Festival, 11:00 am - 3:00 pm, Benton Town Office, 1279 Clinton Ave, Benton, ME 04901
05/23/2026 World Fish Migration Day
05/23/2026 Skutik River Alewife Run, 5:00 am start time, Start: Spiayik Split Rock, Boat Landing, Maine; Finish: Forest City, East Branch St. Croix River, Maine
05/23/2026 Run with the Alewives, 9:00 am start time, Damariscotta Mills Fish Ladder, 335 Bayview Rd, Nobleboro, ME
05/23/2026 Celebrate Our Royal River, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, Royal River Park, East Elm Street, Yarmouth, ME
05/23/2026 5th Annual Pennamaquan Alewife Festival, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, 12 Little Falls Road, Pembroke, ME
05/23/2026 Bagaduce Alewife Celebration, 11:00 am – 2:00 pm, Pierce Pond, Penobscot, ME
05/23/2026 World Fish Migration Day Community Art Event, Unity, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, Unity Community Center, 32 School Street, Unity, ME
05/23/2026 Narramissic-Orland River Watershed Migratory Fish Celebration, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm, Fish Point/Castine Rd in Orland Village, ME
05/23/2026 World Fish Migration Day in Hinsdale, NH, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm, Millstream Riverfront Park, 19 Main St, Hinsdale, NH
05/23/2026 A Fish Migration Celebration during World Fish Migration Day, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm, Holyoke Rows, 25 Jones Ferry Rd, Holyoke, MA
05/31/2026 Free Fishing Weekend Maine