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Yarmouth Clam Festival facts for kids

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The Yarmouth Clam Festival is a yearly event in Yarmouth, Maine. It started in 1965 to raise money for around forty local non-profit organizations, churches, and school groups. The event lasts three days. It is held the third weekend in July.

Yarmouth has around 9,000 people. During the Festival the town has about 120,000 people visit over the course of the weekend.


Images for kids

  • Yarmouth Main Street

    Main Street after the 2018 parade, looking west

  • Yarmouth Clam Festival food booths

    Food stalls at the 2018 festival

  • Clam Festival 1

    A pipe band partaking in the parade at the 2016 festival

  • Yarmouth Clam Festival parade

    A fire truck in the 2018 parade

  • Clam Fest 2020

    The official sweatshirt of the 2020 festival, which was cancelled because of the Covid-19 pandemic

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