"Starting way back in 1947, the Maine Lobster Festival ( which has been around for longer than you'd expect) takes place during the first weekend of August and lasts for five days (Wednesday through Sunday). An average of 30,000 people from around the globe attend every single year, dwarfing Rockland's permanent population of roughly 7,200 residents, and it takes more than 1,300 volunteers to make the event possible."
"Rockland's lobster festival was the inspiration site of David Foster Wallace's iconic 2004 essay, "Consider the Lobster," in which he calls Rockland, "a serious old fishing town" that "draw[s] crowds with the promise of sun, fun, and fine food." The "fine food," of course, mainly focuses around more than 25,000 pounds of lobster, which is prepared in the World's Largest Lobster Cooker and available in lobster rolls, lobster salad, lobster bisque, lobster ravioli, and more, all served on styrofoam trays - unpretentious digs"
Rockland, Maine hosts the Maine Lobster Festival each early August, a five-day event founded in 1947. The festival draws about 30,000 visitors annually, far exceeding Rockland's roughly 7,200 residents, and relies on more than 1,300 volunteers. The celebration centers on lobster, including over 25,000 pounds cooked in the World's Largest Lobster Cooker and served as lobster rolls, lobster salad, lobster bisque, lobster ravioli, and other dishes. Local top-notch seafood restaurants complement the festival. The event began to revive Midcoast Maine communities and has become an internationally recognized celebration of local seafood.
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