New England Ribfest returns to Bass Park in Bangor Friday, Sept. 7 and Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018, from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. both days with music performances by Night Ranger on Friday and Joe Diffie on Saturday.
Before we moved back to Bangor, we always lamented that we needed to get back up here to visit during fair week, but it never happened. But this was the year.
The Maine CDC is warning of an outbreak of salmonella that's been tracked to live poultry, so a bottle of hand sanitizer is a good idea if you're heading to the fair.