2020 Lobster Boat Race Schedule

as of 5/26/2020

By early May, all towns planning to have lobster boat races in 2020 had scheduled dates for their events. Obviously, the wild card concern has been how the Covid-19 unfolds over the summer, both internationally and in Maine. With all the planning required by the towns and preparations required of those racing, some in multiple towns over the summer, waiting until June for Covid-19 news was not an option.

Since then, races in Boothbay Harbor and Harpswell have been canceled. Stonington races have been postponed with a date yet to be determined.

In a break with convention, there will be two races on the same day, August 16th, at Pemaquid and Bass Harbor. What was the MT Festival in Portland will now be the Portland Harbor Boat Races and the Long Island Lobster Boat Races on separate dates.