Help Showcase the Best of Maine at the Big E Fair!

Please submit your application January 20, 2026 for early consideration. The application is on a rolling admission basis, and a waitlist is kept.

New for 2026!

To help applicants quickly navigate through the application, we have created short links that bring you to the relevant portion of the application. You can always navigate the full application.

Full Application 

Opportunities to Help Promote Maine:

Maine DACF Maine Building Exhibitor – rent space to sell or promote Maine Products (makers, food trucks, etc.)

• Links for New Applicants: 

  • New Applicant to the Maine Building – 17 Day
  • New Applicant to the Maine Building - Short Term
• About rental durations: There are 17-day and short-term rental opportunities. The fair is 17-days. Short term rentals choices are 5- or 6-day pop-up spaces (11x11) on a rotating schedule inside the Building, with select outside opportunities on the front lawn on Maine Day or Harvest New England Day.

Entertainment, ambassadors for Maine Day

• New! Maine Day Ambassadors and Entertainers should use the application form - there is a special section for those opportunities.
• Maine Day Ambassador or Entertainment Application

Maine businesses can join other activities at the Big E Fair. Choose the option(s) you’re interested in, and we’ll connect you with the appropriate entity. 

• Link to submit your information

• Examples of other opportunities:

  • Business-to-Business & Wholesale to the Maine Building 
  • Deliver, coordinate, or consignment with the Fair's marketplace
  • Maine Building Featured Artist - Display decorations, installations, or showings along the pathways, inside the Building, or outside the Building

About the Maine Building and Exhibit Opportunities

We are pleased to announce applications are open to Maine brands, businesses and promotional groups who want to join us for the Big E Fair in September 2026. The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry's Maine Building, on the grounds of the Eastern States Exhibition in West Springfield, MA, is a unique venue that brings together a team of Exhibitors from Maine to help showcase the best of Maine to thousands of fairgoers. Please browse and share the following helpful resources and application materials below. -- Sincerely, Maine Building Management

Helpful Info - Save for future use

• MDACF applicant and exhibits webpage: www.maine.gov/dacf/bigeprep
• MDACF Maine Building Application Long Form: https://bit.ly/MDACFMaineBuilding2026
• Building Management Email: acfbige@maine.gov
• 2026 Event Dates: Sept. 18, through Oct. 4, 2026
• Maine Day – First Saturday of the Fair - September 19, 2026
• 4-H/FFA Day – First Saturday of the Fair - September 19, 2026
• Harvest New England Day – Last Friday of the Fair - Oct. 4, 2026

Rental durations include Group A (17-Days), and groups B, C, D (5- or 6-day) and group E (single day)