NH Festivals

Uniquely NH Annual Events

New Hampshirites celebrate their passions at the broadest array of festivals imaginable, from June's annual Laconia Motorcycle Week to October's Warner Fall Foliage Festival. Both have been New Hampshire traditions for more decades than you've probably been alive.

Visitors' favorite festivals focus on all that makes New Hampshire one of a kind: moose, maple sugaring, seafood, craft brews, ATVing, pumpkin chucking, craftsmanship, lupines. And we've been home for over 40 years to the New Hampshire Highland Games, one of the largest Scottish festivals in the nation.

Check our Event Calendar to see all that's happening today or any day, and join us for one of these New Hampshire festivals and events in 2022.

Annual New Hampshire Festivals

Fall

Exeter UFO Festival, Exeter, September 3 - 4, 2022
Hampton Beach Seafood Festival, Hampton, September 9 - 11, 2022
NH Highland Games & Festival, Lincoln, September 16 - 18, 2022
Portsmouth Fairy House Tour, Portsmouth, September 24 - 25, 2022
Winchester Pickle Festival, Winchester, September 24, 2022
Annual Apple Harvest Day, Dover, October 1, 2022
Warner Fall Foliage Festival, Warner, October 8 - 9, 2022

Milford Pumpkin Festival, Milford, October 7 - 9, 2022
Attitash Oktoberfest, Bartlett, - TBD
White Mountain Oktoberfest, Lincoln, October 8 - 9, 2022
Fall Foliage Festival, Waterville Valley, October 8, 2022
NH Film Festival, Portsmouth, October 13 - 16, 2022

NH Poutine Fest, Merrimack, October 15, 2022

NH Brewfest, Portsmouth, October 8, 2022

RiverFire Festival, Berlin, October 15, 2022
NH Pumpkin Festival, Laconia, October 1 - 31, 2022
Keene Pumpkin Festival, Keene, October 1 - 31, 2022
Littleton Gathering of the Jack o' Lanterns, Littleton, October – 2022 Dates TBA

Winter

Gift of Lights, Loudon, November 24, 2022 - January 1, 2023
Candlelight Stroll, Portsmouth, December 3, 10, 17, 2022, 5-9PM / December 4, 11, 18, 2022 4-8PM

Winterfest, Concord, January 27, 2023
Keene Ice & Snow Festival, Keene, February 4, 2023
Dartmouth Winter Carnival, Hanover, February 9-12, 2023
World Champion Sled Dog Derby, Laconia, February 17-19, 2023

Spring

Go North Snofest, Stewartstown, March - 2023 Dates TBA
Wildquack Duck Race & Music Festival, Jackson, May 28, 2023
NH Bacon & Beer Festival, Merrimack, June 3, 2023
Chowderfest and Brews, Waterville Valley, May 28, 2023
Memorial Day Weekend Craft Festival, Meredith, May 27 - 29, 2023
Celebration of Lupines, Sugar Hill, June 10, 2023

Market Square Day, Portsmouth, June 10, 2023
Laconia Motorcycle Week, Laconia, June 10 - 18, 2023

Summer

Hampton Beach Sand Sculpting Event, Hampton Beach, June 15 - 17, 2023
Mount Washington Road Race, Gorham, June 17, 2023
New England Brewfest, Lincoln, June – Event Details TBA
Prescott Park Arts Festival, Portsmouth, July 8 - August 6, 2023
New Hampshire Music Festival, Plymouth, July - 2023 Dates TBA
Hillsborough Summer Festival, Hillsborough, July 13 - 16, 2023
Jericho ATV Festival, Berlin, August 4 - 5, 2023
Suncook Valley Hot Air Balloon Rally, Pittsfield, August 4 - 6, 2023
Annual League of NH Craftsmen's Fair, Newbury, August 5- 13, 2023
Hampton Beach Children's Festival, Hampton Beach, August 14 - 18, 2023
North Country Moose Festival, Colebrook, August 25, 2023