2011 NEW HAMPSHIRE 2011
Food & Wine Festivals, Shows & Local Events
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March 5, 2011 16th Annual ChocolateFest - New London, New Hampshire
If everything chocolate is your passion, you simply cannot miss out on the Annual ChocolateFest sponsored by the Lake Sunapee Regional Chamber of Commerce and Colby-Sawyer College.
May 29, 2011 22nd Annual Chowderfest - Waterville Valley, New Hampshire
Help us decide who has the best chowda! Up to 10 area Waterville Valley area restaurants will compete, in hopes of winning the coveted prize of the "Golden Clam Award". Guests get samples of all chowders (plenty enough to fill your belly) and a ballot to vote for their favorite. Also, local NH area microbreweries will be sharing their varieties of summer ales under the Town Square Tent during the entire event.
July 15-17, 2011 35th St. Nicholas Greek Festival - Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Greek food, pastries, music, dancing, shopping and more!
July 30, 2011 Carroll County Farm Day & Ag Festival - Ossipee, New Hampshire
Support local agriculture! Educational demonstrations, exhibits, farmers' market, pie contests & hay rides.
August 6, 2011 9th Annual Whole Hog BBQ & Music Festival - North Haverhill, NH
New--Backyard BBQ competition, rib cook-off for backyard pitmasters. Music, food & craft vendors, raffle, Ms. Piggie contest.
August 6, 2011 12th Annual Chocolate & Jazz - Waterville Valley, New Hampshire
At Town Square, from 5:30 to 8:30pm an outdoor concert featuring the smooth sounds of Jazz will accompany a selection of chocolate temptations by Town Square merchants. The concert is free; desserts are sold by the piece.
August 20, 2011 4th Annual Taste of the Garden Festival - Tuftonboro, New Hampshire
This is a hugely popular event: Spider Web Garden employees make food directly from our veggie gardens for you to taste! Bill cooks corn! Stop in for a free lunch.
Sept 9-11, 2011 22nd Annual Hampton Beach Seafood Festival - Hampton Beach, NH
60 of the seacoast's top restaurants serving our world famous New England seafood. Arts & crafts, continuous entertainment, chef demonstrations, lobster roll eating contest, kiddie land, skydiving and fireworks.
September 10, 2011 Vintage & Vine - Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Strawbery Banke Museum's largest fundraiser. Star chefs will be grilling delectable fare on-site. There will be hundreds of wines throughout the museum's historic houses available for tasting. Band, locally made cider, a bonfire and so much more.
October 1, 2011 Apple Harvest Day - Dover, New Hampshire
Featuring good food, including a fabulous apple pie contest, skilled artisans and crafters, live entertainment for all ages, and a variety of children”s activities, this all-day family event draws approximately 20,000 visitors to the city”s downtown each year. Attendance: 20,000.
October 1, 2011 13th Annual Chili Challenge - Waterville Valley, New Hampshire
Join us in Town Square while restaurants of the Waterville Valley area compete to have the best chili around!
October 7-9, 2011 Milford Pumpkin Festival - Milford, New Hampshire
More music, food, activities, scarecrows, and pumpkins than ever before. The American Chunker, a six-ton air cannon, will be shooting squash more than 3,000 feet. Attendance: 35,000.
October 22, 2011 21st Annual Pumpkin Festival - Keene, New Hampshire
Thousands and thousands of carved pumpkins, costume parade, seed spitting & pie eating contests, music on three stages, crafts and fireworks.
October 22, 2011 3rd Annual Wine Chocolate Auction - Manchester, New Hampshire
Manchester Animal Shelter's 3rd Annual Wine and Chocolate event. Enjoy appetizers, a chocolate fountain, complimentary glass of wine as well as the chance to bid on a range of live and silent auction items from hotel stays to restaurant and spa gift certificates and more!
November 11, 2011 Fall Family Farm Day - Troy, New Hampshire
Hands on farm activities will take place all day. Cow milking, making butter, meeting the animals, egg collecting, pony rides, arts and crafts, and hayrides are a handful of events planned for the day.
December 10, 2011 7th Annual Currier and Ives Cookie Tour - Cheshire County, NH
Get into the holiday spirit with our cookie tour! Visit local inns and businesses to taste their homemade treats. Each participant will receive recipe cards of the treats offered. Refreshments will be provided as well.
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