Fourth of July events around the region
The towns of Sebec, Dexter, and Greenville will each be celebrating Independence Day with events on and leading up to Saturday. July 4.
The Fourth of July events in Sebec Village begin on Friday, July 3 with hot dogs, hamburgers and sausage sandwiches at 5 p.m. There will also be cotton candy, popcorn and all kinds of baked goods. The fireworks will be shortly after 9 o’clock that evening.
The annual Dexter fireworks display will also be on July 3 over Dexter Regional High School after dusk.
HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY — Sebec will again join thousands of other communities across the nation in celebrating the Fourth of July. The 2026 procession through the village starts at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 4.
Independence Day events start with breakfast from 7 to 9:30 a.m. at the Sebec Village Community Church, 734 Sebec Village Road, by donation.
The five kilometer road race returns in 2026 at 7 a.m.
The parade through the village starts at 9:30 a.m. with lineup at 9 a.m. and the canoe race will begin at 10 a.m. The chicken BBQ gets underway at 11 a.m., to eat in or take out.
SEBEC VILLAGE FOURTH OF JULY 5K — The July 4 five kilometer road race returns this year in Sebec Village, at 8 a.m. on Saturday.
Dexter’s Fourth of July parade will start at 10 a.m. at the fire department station on Route 7, and proceed to the old shoe shop on Lincoln Street. A boat parade on Lake Wassookeag will follow.
In Greenville a Fourth of July children’s bicycle parade starts at 9 a.m. at the Greenville Consolidated School.
The holiday parade starts at 11 a.m. in the industrial park in the Junction and ends downtown.
Fireworks will be launched from the East Cove of Moosehead Lake at dusk (about 9 p.m.).
INDEPENDENCE DAY CANOE RACE — The annual July 4 canoe race in Sebec will start at 10 a.m.