Mark your calendars. Book your lodging. Gather your friends, family, zombie ghouls, cornhole players, runners, walkers, your costume, foodies lovers, artists & pumpkin enthusiasts.

COME CATCH THE GLOW & DISCOVER AUTUMN in NH's Lakes Region!  Please note, this is a street festival. There is no admission cost.

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🎃Friday, October 27th 4pm-8pm🎃

4pm-8pm  KidsZone climbing wall, bungy jump & inflatable fun with Vertical Entertainment

4pm-8pm  Great New England Craft & Artisan Show explore 100+ artisan booths all in costumer at City Hall LEARN MORE

4pm-8pm  Food Trucks, Vendors & Street Performers, festive balloons & kid novelties

4pm-8pm  Hectors Beer Garden on Beacon St W with outdoor dining at Hectors Fine Food & Spirits

4pm-8pm  405 Beer Garden on Beacon St W in the City Hall Parking Lot

4pm-8pm  Thousands of Pumpkins on Display throughout Veterans Square 

4:30pm      Dinner Train 2-hour Train Ride & Hand-Carved Turkey Dinner departing from the historic downtown station, boarding begins at 4:15 in Veterans Sq PURCHASE TICKETS

5pm           Pumpkin Display Competition Judging led by Bank of New Hampshire for Most Creative, Funniest & Spookiest

5:45pm      Jack-o-Lantern Lighting....new this year laser lights provided by New Spectrum Lighting

6:00 pm     Zombie Walk - Starts in Veterans Square, Ends at City Hall Lot 

Get your Zombie on! Show off your Zombie Garb. Join 104.9fm The Hawk for a little Thriller. Calling all gyms, dance studios, or groups to join the stroll, bring you choreographed jaunt through the streets. Meet some of the lurkers, creepers, geeks, monsters or roamers and join the walk! ​

 

🎃Saturday, October 28th 11am-8pm🎃

9:00am       Runaway Pumpkin 5k/10k Run/Walk steps off at Opechee Park REGISTER HERE  

11am/Noon/1pm/2pm/3pm/4pm/5pm Hobo Pumpkin Express Train Rides LEARN MORE

11am Check In/Noon Bags Fly at the Wicked Pumpkin Cornhole Tournament 

                  powered by SCOREHOLIO on Beacon St W PRE-REGISTER CORNHOLE TEAMS HERE

11am-4pm Franklin Savings Bank Outdoor Adventures at Hectors on Beacon St W

11am-4pm Art Walk along PumpCANALley hosted by Granite State Credit Union

11am-4pm Pie Eating Contest every hour in Veterans Sq hosted by Lakes Region Community College

11am-8pm Hectors Beer Garden on Beacon St W with outdoor dining at Hectors Fine Food & Spirits

11am-8pm 405 Beer Garden on Beacon St W in the City Hall Parking Lot

11am-8pm Great New England Craft & Artisan Show explore 100+ artisan booths all in costumer at City Hall LEARN MORE

11am-8pm KidsZone climbing wall, bungy jump & inflatable fun with Vertical Entertainment

11am-8pm Thousands of Pumpkins on Display throughout Veterans Square 

Noon          A special appearance by the The Wicked Witches of the Lakes Region

1pm           Children's Costume Parade led by Meredith Village Savings Bank - Starts at Belknap Mill, ends in Veterans Square

2pm           Recycled Percussion Junk Rock Superheroes plus a costume contest at The CAKE GET TICKETS

3pm           A special appearance by the The Wicked Witches of the Lakes Region

4-8pm       Live Music at Hectors Spirit Stage w/NH Music Collective

5:45pm      Jack-o-Lantern Lighting....new this year laser lights provided by New Spectrum Lighting

7pm           Recycled Percussion Junk Rock Superheroes plus a costume contest at The CAKE GET TICKETS

8pm           Amy Grant at the Colonial Theatre GET TICKETS​

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Explore historic Downtown Laconia. Discover the charm of local retailers, the taste of delicious foods and the revitalized vibe of this community. Experience all things pumpkin like carved jack-o-lanterns, painted gourds, pumpkin floats & displays, pumpkin people & more. Listen to live entertainment. Enjoy the Kids Zone(S). Find out what is happening at the Laconia Library.  Carve a pumpkin. Paint a pumpkin. Find the orange brick road. Dance in the streets. Enter the 2nd annual pie eating contest presented by Lakes Region Community College.  Enjoy seasonal pumpkin beer/ale at the outdoor beer garden. Festival goers beware! You may encounter street vendors like Doug the Devil Stick Man or run into an enchanted group of costumed Witches dancing and chanting through the streets with broomsticks. Will there be a scavenger hunt?

 

This year's food trucks and street vendors include:  Meet & Eat, Chic-fil-a, Eva Marie's Italian Bites, Let's Get Loaded, Trucking Tacos, Smoke Shack Southern Barbecue, Hibbert Enterprises, Kona Ice, Gina's Eatery, Chubba Wabba's, Nutmeg Concessions, Mariano Restaurant Group, KWC Marketing, HPHC/Tufts Medicare , Sweet Poofs freeze dried candy, Trading Faces, Kids Stuff Amusements & Kettle Corn, Hackleboro Orchards, Richie's Concessions, Laconia Democratic Committee, Clyde's Cupcakes, All Energy Solar, 603 candy, Visiting Angels of the Lakes Region, Better Day donuts, Stitches NH, Tin Can Co, Sweeies Cupcakes, Gina Foods, Comcast/Xfinity, Loaded TOTZ nuff said, Vacation White Mountains, Tommy's Pizzeria, Bubble Bee Milk Tea, GKK Concessions, T&D Concessions, Seacoast Pretzel Company, Pat's Apple Crisp, KES RV Supply & more.....   

 

Local restaurants in and around the festival footprint include: Burrito Me, Laconia Local Eatery, Remix Nutrition, Defiant Records & Craft Beer, Laconia Village Bakery, Water Street Cafe, Hectors Fine Food & Spirits, Trillium Farm to Table, Koung Sushi Mart, Wayfarer Coffee Roasters, Fresh Takes Deli, GoodNatured Juice and Smoothie Bar & Brick Front Restaurant-Lounge. 

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For late night adult entertainment, head to Lakeside Ave for the Wicked Weirs annual Halloween weekend at Tower Hill Tavern & the Big House in Weirs Beach.

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