At the Fryeburg Fair each year in late September/early October, the Maine Christmas Tree Association hosts a display of Christmas trees and wreaths, puts on wreath making demonstrations, and generally promotes real Christmas trees grown in Maine.
This is when the MCTA holds their annual Christmas tree and wreath contests, where tree growers and wreath makers can enter their best trees and wreaths to compete for the top prizes in several categories.
Results of the 2025 Tree and Wreath Contests: click here
Results of the 2024 Tree and Wreath Contests: click here
The Fryeburg Fair, founded in 1851, is Maine’s Blue Ribbon Classic agricultural fair. The Fair sits on 185 acres and has over 100 buildings. The eight-day fair hosts over 3,000 animals including prize-winning draft horses, ponies, racing horses, oxen, dairy & beef cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, poultry, rabbits and much more. The Fryeburg Fair is always held from a Saturday/Sunday in late September/early October and runs to the next Sunday in October. The Fair annually attracts 200,000 people or more.
Dates for the Fryeburg Fair for 2026-2028 are as follows:
2026 – October 4 – October 11
2027 – October 2 – October 10
2028 – September 30 – October 8