UNITY, Maine — Tickets for the 2017 Common Ground Country Fair will be on sale at retail outlets throughout Maine and online through Brown Paper Tickets starting on Tuesday, August 1. Fairgoers will enjoy significant savings by purchasing tickets in advance.
Many of the participating advance sale outlets also are selling copies of the 2017 Common Ground Country Fair poster, which features three roosting Columbian Wyandotte chickens, illustrated by local artist Dwight Gagnon of Benton.
The Common Ground Country Fair is the signature event of the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA). The Fair will take place on September 22, 23 & 24 at MOFGA’s Common Ground Education Center in the town of Unity. Gates open at 9:00 a.m. each day.
More than 60,000 visitors attend the Common Ground Country Fair. Many purchase their tickets at the gates when they arrive. While the volunteer ticket-sellers and -takers make every effort to move the crowds swiftly through the entrances, the lines can be long. MOFGA encourages those who can purchase their tickets in advance to do so. It will make the visit to the Fair more pleasant. All Fairgoers holding Advance Tickets may go directly to the front of the ticket lines.
Fair Admission Fees:
- MOFGA Members – Free Daily. Join now.
- Adults (ages 13 – 64) – $10.00 Advance / $15.00 At the Gate Daily
- Elders (ages 65+) – $8.00 Advance / $10.00 At the Gate Daily
- Children (ages 12 & under) – Free Daily
- Handicapped Citizens – Free Daily
- School Groups – Free on Friday
- Fair Volunteers – Free admission and other benefits for 4-hour shift. Learn more!
- Bike to the Fair and get $2.00 off admission.
- Take the Train from Unity or Thorndike and get $2.00 off admission.
MOFGA extends sincere appreciation to the following businesses, grouped alphabetically by town name, that are selling tickets and posters to the 2017 Common Ground Country Fair.
Augusta
- Harvest Time Natural Foods
- Bangor Wine & Cheese Company
- Bookmarc’s
- Briar Patch
- Central Street Farmhouse
- A & B Naturals
- Salsbury’s Organic Garden Center
- Bath Natural Market
- Belfast Co-op Store
- The Green Store
- Good Food Store
- New Morning Natural Foods
- Blue Hill Co-op
- Mainescape
- Tiller & Rye Local Grocer
- Blue Hill Cooperative Community Market and Cafe
- Gulf of Maine Books
- Morning Glory Natural Foods
- Skillins Greenhouse
- Skillins Greenhouse
- Rising Tide Community Market
- Sherman’s Maine Coast Book Shop
- John Edwards Market Inc.
- Maine Audubon Store
- Skillins Greenhouse
- Everyday Music
- Maine Mountain Soap and Candle
- New Morning Natural Foods
- Liberty Graphics
- Natural Grocer
- The Store
- Portland Food Coop
- Good Tern Co-op
- Huston-Tuttle
- Lois’ Natural Marketplace
- One Earth Natural Food Store
- Lee Auto Malls
- Mac’s Hardware
- Berry’s Stationers
- Children’s Book Cellar
- Ron’s Variety
- Sheepscot General
- Hussey’s General Store
–Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association
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