Vote Maine Whoopie Pie Festival for USA Today Best Food Festival

Maine’s favorite treat is up for USA Today’s Best Food Festival — let’s win this!

The Best Specialty Food Festival is a part of USA Today’s "10Best Readers’ Choice Awards", where travel and food editors nominate standout experiences across categories, and the public votes for their favorites.

A panel of USA Today editors and food/travel experts selects a list of notable specialty food festivals across the U.S. that focus on specific foods or local culinary traditions.

Once nominated, the festivals are opened up to online public voting, and final Top 10 rankings, are published based on those votes.

The Maine Whoopie Pie Festival is currently ranked 2nd in the country, but with your help, we can it get it to number one!

From now, until March 3rd, you can vote daily here

The sweetest day in Maine is back for 2026. On Saturday, June 13th, the town of Dover-Foxcroft, once again becomes the Whoopie Pie capital of the world, when this beloved yearly event returns for another exciting year.

For the second time in its 17-year history, the Festival will be held at the Piscataquis Valley Fairgrounds instead of downtown Dover-Foxcroft. The fairgrounds are located at 77 Fairview Ave, Dover-Foxcroft.

Don't miss this iconic event, that runs from 10am-4pm

Make sure you make the trip for a day of fun, music, and of course…food!

A whole day of artists, crafters, vendors, live music, games, and activities for kids, dozens of bakers, and tens of thousands of whoopie pies.

The Maine Whoopie Pie Festival began way back in 2009, and it has become a must-attend afternoon for the whole family and community.

Where else can you sample so many different whoopie pie flavors from all over New England, and do some great people watching at the same time?

Enjoy 6 hours of delicious food, games, live music, artists & vendors on a beautiful Saturday summer afternoon.

As always, the cost is just $6 per person, and kids 12 and under get in free!!

See ya there, June 13th!