Annual Events:

January:

• Mushers Bowl Sled Dog Races & Skijhoring, Bridgton.
  

February:

• Shawnee Peak Family Fest, Bridgton.
  

March:

• Maine Adaptive sorts and Recreation Ski-a-thon, Sunday River.
  

• Eat the Heat Chilli Cookoff and Firefighters Race, Sunday River.
  

April:

• Sheep Fest, Denmark.
  

May:

• Home, Garden, Flower Show at Fryeburg Fairgrounds, 5/17/13 - 5/19/13.
  

June:

• West Paris Old Home Days, Paris, 5/31/13 - 6/1/13.
  

July:

• Bridgton Summerfest, Bridgton.
  

• Lovell Old Home Days, Lovell.
  

• Antique Show and Auction, Lovell.
  

• Bethel Art Fair, Bethel.
  

• Western Maine Gem, Mineral & Jewelry Show, Bethel.
  

• Tough Mountain Challenge, Sunday River.
  

• Norway Arts Festival, Norway.
  

August:

• Western Maine BBQ Festival, Fryeburg Fairgrounds, Fryeburg.
  

• Tour de Lovell, Lovell.
  

• Bluegrass Fest, Bridgton.
  

• Maine Great Adventure Challenge, Shawnee Peak, Bridgton.
  

• Lovell Arts & Artisans Fair, New Suncook School, Lovell (8/17/2013).
  

September:

• Fryeburg Fair, Maine's Blue Ribbon Classic, the biggest agricultural fair on the east coast. Dates for 2013 are 9/29/13 - 10/6/13.
  

• Oxford County Fair. Final dates have yet to be anounced, but the Fair is usually held in mid-September.
  

October:

• Mountain Epic, Sunday River.
  

• Wife Carrying Championship, Sunday River.
  

December:

• Winterfest, Sunday River.