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BLACK FLY FESTIVAL RETURNS TO MILO -- A mid-morning parade traveled along Park and West Main streets during a past Black Fly Festival in Milo. The 2025 edition of the festival will be Saturday, June 7 with the parade starting at 10 a.m.
Observer file photo/Jeannette Hughes
BLACK FLY FESTIVAL RETURNS TO MILO -- A mid-morning parade traveled along Park and West Main streets during a past Black Fly Festival in Milo. The 2025 edition of the festival will be Saturday, June 7 with the parade starting at 10 a.m.
Black Fly Festival returns Saturday
MILO — The Milo Events and Bicentennial Committees invite the public to join a day of fun and festivities at the annual Black Fly Festival on Saturday, June 7.
The parade will line up at 9:30 a.m. by Maine Savings Federal Credit Union on Park Street and will proceed at 10 a.m. toward downtown, ending at the Penquis Valley School campus.
Dozens of vendors and crafters will be at the Veterans Memorial Park along the Sebec River on Water Street from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

BLACK FLY FESTIVAL RETURNS TO MILO — A mid-morning parade traveled along Park and West Main streets during a past Black Fly Festival in Milo. The 2025 edition of the festival will be Saturday, June 7 with the parade starting at 10 a.m.
Live music at the Veterans Memorial Park Gazebo by the Old Liberty String Band starts at 1 p.m. and runs through 3 p.m.
For the latest Black Fly Festival updates, go to https://www.facebook.com/BlackFlyFestivalMiloMaine.
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