Maine Maple Fall Fest: Where to Go and What to Do

If you loved all the goodies and sugar house visits during Maine Maple Weekend, then you’re going to love Maine Maple Fall Fest.

In fact, when we covered Maine Maple Weekend earlier this year, we noted which of the farms, sugar shacks and other places would also be part of this fall festival.

Now that there’s a bit more information available, we decided to write this separate article.

This article explains maple syrup grades so you’ll know what to expect from the maple syrup you might buy or be tasting at these events. Also, if you leave inspired to try your hand at making maple syrup, here’s what you need to know about tapping maple trees at home.

What is Maine Maple Fall Fest

Photo credit: Leah Ingram.

The Maine Maple Producers Association (MMPA) are the folks that started Maine Maple Sunday aka maple syrup Sunday back in 1983. Then, in 2020, they decided to expand the festivities by adding Maine Maple Fall Fest.

The idea is to embrace the changing leaves and fall foliage, and give leaf peepers in Maine something else to do — and eat — in October.

Here is how the MMPA describes this fall festival:

“We invite you to come join us as we open our sugar houses for tours, maple syrup tastings, baked maple treats, cotton candy, syrup, ice cream, candy and so many things maple.”

Maine Maple Producers Association

When is Maine Maple Fall Fest?

Like Maine Maple Sunday, Maine Maple Fall Fest is a two-day event.

In 2025 this maple syrup celebration is Saturday, October 11 and October 12. Since it started in 2020, this will be the third annual fall festival that the MMPA is hosting.

Where can you go for this fall festival

Whereas Maine Maple Sunday in the spring has hundreds of places you can visit, this fall festival has fewer places open. Combine that with the fact that this is a new festival, and chances are the crowds will be smaller. That’s a good thing, for you, the maple enthusiast.

207 Tappers, Biddeford, Maine Maple Sunday. Photo credit: Leah Ingram.

In the photo above, you can see the line we encountered at 207 Tappers in Biddeford this past spring. Also, it was full-on mud season. Hopefully, it will be drier in the fall, though 207 Tappers doesn’t seem to be on the list of participating farms for this October event.

List of Participating Farms for Maine Maple Fall Fest

• Black Owl Maple Products
• 21 Woodchuck Way
• Jefferson

• Dunham Farm – Velvet Hollow Sugar Works
• 29 Dunham Road
• Greenwood

• Dunn Family Maple
• 419 Chicopee Rd
• Buxton

• Greene Maple Farm
• 76 Bridgton Road
• Sebago

• Hilltop Boilers Maple Syrup
• 157 Elm Street
• Newfield

• Hilltop Boilers Maple Syrup
• 159 Elm Street
• Newfield

• Long Drive Acres Maple Farm
• 319 Temple Road
• Wilton

• Maine Mountain Maple
• 50 Edelheid Rd
• Sandy River Plantation

• Maine Mountain Maple
• 50 Edelheid Road
• Rangeley

• Mattakeunk Maple
• 42 Dam Road
• Lee

• Merrifield Farm
• 195 North Gorham Road
• Gorham

• Moosehead Maple Farm
• 1390 Moosehead Trail
• Jackson

• Parsons Maple Products
• 322 Buck Street
• Gorham

• Raider’s Sugarhouse
• 148 Bog Brook Road
• China

• Waterhouse Family Farm
• 939 River Road
• Hollis Center

Map for Maine Maple Fall Fest

If you’re looking for a map of participating sap houses or sugar houses or farms with fall fest events, the MMPA has just such a map.

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