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
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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
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Portsmouth Fairy House Tour, Portsmouth, September – TBD
- Winchester Pickle Festival, Winchester, September 24, 2022
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Annual Apple Harvest Day, Dover, October 1, 2022
- Warner Fall Foliage Festival, Warner, October – TBD
- Milford Pumpkin Festival, Milford, October 7 - 9, 2022
- Attitash Oktoberfest, Bartlett, - TBD
- White Mountain Oktoberfest, Lincoln, TBD
- Fall Foliage Festival, Waterville Valley, TBD
- NH Film Festival, Portsmouth, October 13 - 16, 2022
- RiverFire Festival, Berlin, October 15, 2022
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NH Pumpkin Festival, Laconia, October 1 - 31, 2022
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Keene Pumpkin Festival, Keene, October 1 - 31, 2022
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Littleton Gathering of the Jack o' Lanterns, Littleton, October – 2022 Dates TBA
Winter
- Gift of Lights, Loudon, November 25, 2021 - January 2, 2022
- Candlelight Stroll, Portsmouth, December 4, 11, 18, 2021, 5-9PM / December 5, 12, 19, 2021 4-8PM
- Winterfest, Concord, January 28-29, 2022 Dates TBA
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Keene Ice & Snow Festival, Keene, February 5, 2022
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Dartmouth Winter Carnival, Hanover, February 5-21, 2022 - Dartmouth Students Only
- World Champion Sled Dog Derby, Laconia, February - 2022 Dates TBA
- Remick Ice Harvest & Winter Carnival, Tamworth, February - 2022 Dates TBA
Spring
- Go North Snofest, Stewartstown, March 4-5, 2022
- Wildquack Duck Race & Music Festival, Jackson, May 29, 2022
- NH Bacon & Beer Festival, Merrimack, June 4, 2022
- Chowderfest and Brews, Waterville Valley, May 29, 2022
- Memorial Day Weekend Craft Festival, Meredith, May 28 - 30, 2022
- Celebration of Lupines, Sugar Hill, June – Event Cancelled for 2022
- Market Square Day, Portsmouth, June 11, 2022
- Laconia Motorcycle Week, Laconia, June 11 - 19, 2022
Summer
- Hampton Beach Sand Sculpting Event, Hampton Beach, June 16 - 18, 2022
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Mount Washington Road Race, Gorham, June 18, 2022
- New England Brewfest, Lincoln, June – Event Cancelled for 2022
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Prescott Park Arts Festival, Portsmouth, June 4 - August 29, 2022
- New Hampshire Music Festival, Plymouth, July, 2022
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Hillsborough Summer Festival, Hillsborough, July 7 - 10, 2022
- Jericho ATV Festival, Berlin, August 5 - 6, 2022
- Suncook Valley Hot Air Balloon Rally, Pittsfield, August 5 - 7, 2022
- Annual League of NH Craftsmen's Fair, Newbury, August 6- 14, 2022
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Hampton Beach Children's Festival, Hampton Beach, August 15 - 19, 2022
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North Country Moose Festival, Colebrook, August 26 - 27, 2022