Maine Moose Festival and Lottery Kicks Off This Friday!

The annual weekend festival in Bethel, Maine celebrating all things Moose and other outdoor sporting kicks off this Friday and goes through Sunday! It's a family-friendly, festival action packed with live music, fishing demos, a moose calling championship and, of course, the Moose hunting permit lottery! The HOM Morning Show with Mike n ' Anna will be broadcasting live and we want to see you there!

We will be joined by our "brother station" WBLM's morning show with The Captain and Celeste for a fun morning of radio featuring some of the big players at the Bethel Moose Festival and lottery! We are so excited to be there! The Moose calling championship starts Friday and on Saturday you can meet the cast from the popular show North Woods Law! There will be a chainsaw carving contest, live tunes from The Mallet Bros Band and more! The Moose hunting permit lottery opens up late Saturday afternoon. Click on the button below for the full schedule of events and find out more about the festival.

Checkout the video from HOM listeners Rick and and Louraine Colwell. They were on the snowmobile trail and had a close encounter with a big ol' moose. The video got lots of views after we shared it on HOM's Facebook page!