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🎃Get ready for an electrifying extravaganza! Hold onto your hats and carve out some time because the NH Pumpkin Festival is back and bigger than ever! Rally your squad-whether they're ghostly ghouls, ace cornhole players, enthusiastic shoppers, foodie connoisseurs, or pumpkin admirers. This year, the festival is bursting with new surprises, promising an unforgettable experience for all who dare to join. From leisurely strolls to scenic drives or even a boat ride adventure, there's no wrong way to immerse yourself in the magic of autumn in NH's Lakes Region. So, come one, come all, and bask in the mesmerizing glow as we unveil the ultimate celebration of fall across Laconia!🍁

A Look Back at NH Pumpkin Festival 2024

Downtown Laconia Happenings

FOUR uniquely designed pumpkin towers with carved jack-o-lanterns on display through Halloween located along Main St and in Veterans Square. Our community-hosted event relies on schools, community organizations, businesses & residents to carve pumpkins!

FRIDAY:

  • 3:30pm Stop by the Laconia Library for Glow Hand & Face Painting 

  • 4:30pm Special 2-hour Turkey Dinner Train departing from the historic train station 

  • 5:30-8:30pm Live Music by Chris Torrey at Defiant Records & Craft Beer

  • ​7pm SPOOK N/ GROOVE DJ Dance Party! at The CAKE Theatre, costumes encouraged

  • 7pm GoodNatured presents Murder Mystery Drag Trivia...if you love trivia, drag or both 

  • Let's Sing Taylor-A Live Band Experience Celebrating Taylor Swift Colonial Theatre Laconia

SATURDAY:

  • 7am-NOON Enjoy a Pumpkinfest Pancake Breakfast at The Flip Side on Main St (across from Mill Plaza)

  • 9am The Runaway Pumpkin 10k & 5k Run/Walk steps off Opechee Park 

  • 10am Stop by the Laconia Library to paint Pumpkin Suncatchers

  • 10am-11am Yoga at Hideaway IV & Aesthetics on Canal St, B12 & tri immune shots from 11am-1pm

  • 10am-1pm Halloween Crafts at the Belknap Mill Museum - cheesecloth ghosts, sock pumpkins & more

  • 11am-9pm Explore the Great New England Craft & Artisan Show featuring 70+ exhibitors 

  • 11am-3pm Ice Cream Sundaes, games, crafts, raffles at Laconia Senior Center on Main St

  • 11am-1:30pm Lakes Region Community College's annual Pie Eating Contest​ near Laconia Village Bakery contests every 1/2 hour, Local Celebrity Round at 1:30, prizes & bragging rights at all rounds!!

  • 11am-5pm Train Rides aboard the Pumpkin Express with Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroad 

  • 11am-4pm Discover a Nonprofit Patch between Pleasant & Main

  • 11am-4pm Find & Visit the Planters Mr. Peanut NUTmobile at the beginning of Main St near Fit Focus

  • 11am-9pm Food Trucks & Pumpkin Fun for all ages along Main St, Pleasant St, Canal St & Hanover St

  • 11am-9pm Kids Zone featuring Vertical Entertainment in Veterans Square hosted by Service Credit Union

  • 11am-4pm Face Painting at The Potting Shop on Pleasant

  • 11am-11pm Giant Outdoor 405 Beer Garden between Main & Pleasant

  • Check in 11am - Bags Fly @ Noon Pumpkin Cornhole Tournament

  • 11:30am-9pm Costume Party & Monster Mash at Defiant Records & Craft Beer on Main 

  • 1pm-10pm NSL Pumpkinfest Live Stage between Pleasant & Main

    • 1pm Catch a fun & whimsical show by the Wicked Witches of the Lakes Region

    • 1:30pm 603 United Talent Show

    • 3:00pm Children's Costume Parade put on your costume & gather in front of the stage sponsored by with Concord Hospital

    • 3:30pm Clandestine jazz fusion trio

    • 4:30pm Line Dancing - bring your boots & kick up your heals

    • 5:55 pm Sunset Official PUMPKIN TOWER LIGHTING - Come Catch the Glow!

    • 6:00pm Stages Dance Academy Zombie Walk with the Downtown Gym dress up, drag your feet as Zombies emerge and take over Downtown Laconia

    • 7:00pm Tara Little Dance performing a Spooky Dance Spectacular!! a mixture of irish dance, contemporary, modern & acro

    • 8PM DJ SPIEZIO & LASER SHOW sponsored by The Putnum Fund back by popular demand the Lakes Region's premier laser light show and dancy party!!!

  • 2PM New PET Costume Parade led by Canine Connections at the bright yellow Four Paws Inn Dog Bus🐾 

  • 4:30pm The Return of "The Defiant One" unveiing at Opechee Park Keewakwa Abenaki Keenahbeh

Lakeport, Weirs Beach & Beyond

  • Sat 10am-4pm NH Pumpkinfest 2024 Park Take Over PHOTO BOOTH POP-UP Elm St/Union Ave Lakeport

  • Sat 12-9pm Halloween Costume Party at 603 Sweets, Meats & more

  • Sat 5-9pm Get ready to howl at the Winni Rum Shack Monster Bash Endicott St N across from Funspot 

  • Thu/Fri/Sat Pumpkin-Forward, 3 course, pre-fixe Dinner, Pumpkin Pie Martini & Pumpkin Piescraper Drinks & 10% Off with Runaway Pumpkin Bib at 70 North Kitchen & Market!

  • Sat 6pm-9pm Masquerade Ball aboard the M/S Mountain Washington

  • Thu/Fri/Sat 6:30pm Haunted Winnipesaukee Narrated Scenic Tours aboard The Spirit

  • Bring your spirit for Sat, 10/26 Big Stage Karaoke Contest Guest Judge Afroman at The Big House

  • Wed/Thu/Fri/Sat/Sun 10am-6pm Sweet Treats at Kellerhaus

  • M-F Noon-10pm/Sat 10am-10pm/Sun 10am-10pm Visit Funspot, the largest arcade in the world! 

  • Explore the Corn Maze at Moulton Farm in Meredith, pumpkins, food truck & farm bakery

  • Fri/Sat Do you dare? Haunted Maze & Fear Farm at Beans & Greens in Gilford

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