Annual fiddle festival returns
Fiddlers from the Celtic, New England, and Franco-American fiddling traditions will join forces on Saturday, Oct. 5 for the sixth Fall Fiddle Festival, a day packed with workshops and group playing for fiddlers (and violinists who are interested in learning to fiddle!). The Festival, open to teens and adults, will be held at Concord Community Music School, 23 Wall St., Concord. The day includes workshops on a variety of topics at the...
Combining a Haunted House with interactive theatre
The North Country Center for the Arts at Jean’s Playhouse is thrilled to announce the return of its highly anticipated Ghost Light Haunted Experience, set to spook and thrill visitors this Halloween season. The beloved annual event kicks off Columbus Day weekend and promises to deliver an unforgettable experience for both seasoned horror enthusiasts and newcomers alike. Ghost Light transforms the entirety of Jean’s Playhouse into a...
New venue, new vibe
Concord Coalition to End Homelessness (CCEH) is proud to hold its fifth annual Blues, Brews & BBQ fundraiser event featuring live music and all-you-can eat barbeque. “Blues, Brews & BBQ” will take place on Thursday, Sept. 26 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Barn at Bull Meadow (63 Bog Rd, Concord ) . Local acoustic duo Conor & Zebwill perform live while guests enjoy an incredible all-you-can-eat buffet of Texas-style...
Fund grant applications
Local nonprofits who wish to apply for a grant from the MVSB (Meredith Village Savings Bank) Fund at New Hampshire Charitable Foundation can do so by October 15. The application and instructions can be accessed online at mvsb.com/community-involvement. Grants generally range from $1,000 to $10,000 and are awarded to 501(c)(3) nonprofits and public agencies based in the Lakes Region, Plymouth, and Seacoast areas. Projects supported are...
WAM: Eras
Join a spectacular celebration on the first Wednesday of October as the Crisis Center of Central New Hampshire (CCCNH) proudly presents the 10th Anniversary of Walk a Mile in Their Shoes (WAM): Eras Edition, Wednesday, Oct. 2, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. WAM is a light-hearted event to raise awareness about very serious issues domestic, sexual and genderbased violence. We walk to show solidarity, support survivors, and to raise awareness...
Handmade & Homegrown to take over downtown
On Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 28-29, downtown Henniker will come alive with activity during the 8th Henniker Handmade & Homegrown event. This semi-annual event will be the biggest yet – featuring 88 local artisans, crafters, farms, and food makers; a diverse and delicious selection of food trucks; and an outstanding lineup of live music performers. The craft fair will feature a wide range of fine arts and handcrafts including...
Poets talk about Mike Pride
WILMOT – Donald Hall, Jane Kenyon, and Maxine Kumin, three distinguished local poets featured in Mike Pride’s Northern Voices: Forty Years on the Poetry Beat, will be remembered in a talk by Mark Travis on Sunday, Sept. 29 at 2 p.m. at the Wilmot Community Association’s (WCA) Red Barn, 64 Village Road. The WCA and At Eagle Pond are co-sponsors of this free program. In April 2023, just a few days before his death, Pride asked Travis,...
Wicwas Lodge topic of historical society program
Tourism has been an area of focus this year for the Meredith Historical Society, and the next program in the society’s speaker series will focus on a key venue of that industry. Dean Dexter of Concord, whose family has a many-generations-long association with Lake Wicwas, will be the featured speaker at the October 1 program titled “The Smiths of Wicwas Lodge.” Dexter grew up in Laconia, spending summers during his childhood at a...
