The Taste of Waterville beer tent on the Concourse in 2013. The one-day event draws thousands to the city.

Kids slide down the giant inflatable slide set up in the Concourse at the 22nd annual Taste of Waterville last year.

Amanda Spaulding, a server from the Heritage House, sets the tables for fine dining on Common Street at the 22nd annual Taste of Waterville in downtown Waterville last year.

Liam Rose, 3, gives his dad Phil a French fry while enjoying the Taste of Greater Waterville last summer with his sister Isabelle and mother Heather. This years event, now named The Taste of Waterville, will be Wednesday, Aug. 6.

Noah Mitchell, 8, of Solon, Ohio, takes a bite of a whoopie pie from T&B’s Outback Tavern during the 19th annual Taste of Greater Waterville on Wednesday night. Noah is in Maine visiting his grandparents for the summer.

WAITING FOR A TASTE: Gail Allen of Pittsfield and Teri Philbrick of Clinton chat while waiting in line Wednesday at the Mainely Brews Restaurant & Brewhouse booth at the Taste of Greater Waterville.