Tuesday, September 9, 2014 7:43 am

LEBANON - The Inaugural Lebanon Festival will be held Saturday at the Hanson School Soccer Field located on Upper Guinea Road from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. rain or shine.

The Lebanon Rescue Department will start everything off at 8:30 a.m. with a breakfast, from where you can watch a parade come onto the soccer field.

The parade will form at the Old Town Hall on Center Road at 9 a.m. Anyone involved in the parade is asked to be there by 8:30 to get lined up.

After the parade the festival will be in full gear with a daylong slate of fun activities for young and old alike.

Admission is free, but festivalgoers are asked to bring nonperishable food item to be donated to the Lebanon Food Pantry.

Following are a few of the many festival attractions planned.

CAPTAIN, THE 32" PINTO MINI HORSE
ANTIQUE AUTO SHOW
APPLE PIE CONTEST AND AUCTION
RICHARD SMITH FAMILY MARTIAL ARTS DEMONSTRATION
BOY SCOUTS OUTDOOR DEMONSTRATION
BOUNCY HOUSE
KIDS ACTIVITY TABLE
KIDS GAMES
SILENT RAFFLE
FIRE DEPT SPRINKLER DEMONSTRATION
LIBRARY BOOK SALE
MUSIC STYLINGS OF JOE SAILOR
LOTS OF CRAFTERS AND VENDORS
There will also be a raffle! Some of the items you could possibly win are:

Hilltop Fireworks Gift Card
Dover Marine Gift Card
Covered Bridge Sports Gift Card
Farmfield Greenhouses Gift Certificate
Lebanon House of Pizza Gift Certificate
A Free Oil Change at Goulet's Auto
A Bouquet of Flowers made out of Chocolate
A Gift Basket from Milton Veterinary Hospital
Buy a ticket - 1 for $1 or 6 for $5 - and drop it in the bucket of your choice. Raffle drawing will be at 4:30 Festival Day.

Lebanon Festival sponsors include Spence and Mathews Insurance, Kennebunk Savings Bank, Batchelder Sales Inc., STS Construction, Phil's Fabrication, The Lebanon Voice, 4X4 Proving Grounds, Brian's Brake and Muffler and Thompson Auto Body LLC.

Contributors included Hilltop Fireworks, Dover Marine, Covered Bridge Sports, Farmfield Greenhouses, Lebanon House of Pizza, Goulet Auto Service and Milton Veterinary Clinic.