

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Benton Alewife Festival 2026
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 16 May, 2026 at 11:00 am (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Join us for a day of fun at the Benton Alewife Festival, a free community event celebrating the annual return of the alewives to the Sebasticook River.  This event includes live music, food, samples of smoked alewives, arts &amp; crafts, face painting, demonstrations and activities for all ages.

The alewives, also known as river herring, make their way each year from the ocean up the Sebasticook river to their freshwater habitat.  Benton is home to the largest alewife “run” in the United States with more than 9 million fish passing through the fish elevator in 2025.  

Because of this massive migration, the river is also host to the largest gathering of Bald Eagles in the Northeast.  So come and see this amazing spectacle!
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/clinton/benton-alewife-festival-2026/200029773994502
- **Event Categories**: festivals, music, art, live-music, fine-arts, entertainment, drawing-painting, music-festivals
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029773994502?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=clinton-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Clinton
- **state**: ME
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 1279 Clinton Ave., Benton, ME, United States, Maine 04901
- **lat**: 44.58378
- **long**: -69.55295
- **full address**: 1279 Clinton Ave., Benton, ME, United States, Maine 04901, 1279 Clinton Ave, Benton, ME 04901-3330, United States, Clinton

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Benton Alewife Festival (https://allevents.in/org/benton-alewife-festival/23728493)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 16 May, 2026 at 11:00 am (-04:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 1279 Clinton Ave., Benton, ME, United States, Maine 04901, 1279 Clinton Ave, Benton, ME 04901-3330, United States, Clinton
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Benton Alewife Festival
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** festivals, music, art, live-music, fine-arts, entertainment, drawing-painting, music-festivals
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Benton Alewife Festival 2026 ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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