The Rose Festival opens with a bang on Friday night, with CityFair opening on Waterfront Park followed by a fireworks ...

Four full days of events are scheduled each year, featuring antique cars, cooking competitions, live music, horse-drawn wagon rides, a festival and a parade, and culminating in an epic fireworks ...

It features some fair staples, like vendors and rides, but it's also an agricultural event with horse and ox pulling events. There's even a fireworks show. Also read: It's almost fair season in Maine!