Events In The Monadnock Region

Thu - Aug 28 8:30 PM		Blues Jam with Otis Doncaster Keene - Blues Jam with Otis Doncaster in The Chase Tavern at the EF Lane Hotel. Location: EF Lane Hotel, 30 Main St., Downtown Keene Cost: No Cover
Fri - Aug 29 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM		Friday Night Music JAM Jaffrey - A casual gathering for musicians, singers, and those who like to listen. Location: MindFull Books & Ephemera, 29 Main Street, Jaffrey Cost: Free Phone: (603) 532-8300
Fri - Aug 29 8:30 PM		The Chris Fritz Band Keene - In The Chase Tavern at the EF Lane Hotel. Location: EF Lane Hotel, 30 Main St., Downtown Keene Cost: No Cover
Sat - Aug 30		Keene Music Festival Keene - Downtown Keene
Sat - Aug 30 -- Sun - Aug 31 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM		Art in the Park Keene - Artists from all over New England will display their art at Ashuelot River Park. A raffle will allow someone to take home the painting of their choice right of the wall of an artist's tent. Refreshments and music available. Location: Ashuelot River Park, West Street Web Site: www.keeneartassoc.org
Fri - Sep 05 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM		Friday Night Music JAM Jaffrey - A casual gathering for musicians, singers, and those who like to listen. Location: MindFull Books & Ephemera, 29 Main Street, Jaffrey Cost: Free Phone: (603) 532-8300
Sat - Sep 20 -- Sun - Sep 21		5th Annual Open Studio Tour Hillsborough - This is a great way to spend the weekend experiencing some of New Hampshire's most beautiful countryside, visiting with the artisans and learning their creative process. You drive from studio to studio at your leisure and all the studios are within a 20 mile radius of the downtown area. Many of the artist will be demonstrating their craft and will offer them for sale. Get a jump start on the holiday shopping season! Sponsor: Hillsborough Area Artisans Contact: Janett Gilman Contact Email: hlsbo_rt@gsinet.net Website: hillsboroughartisans.com Location: Greater Hillsborough area
Sat - Sep 27		Winchester Pickle Festival Winchester - This event is an old-fashioned town fair, with parades, pickle-themed floats, plenty of pickle costumes and marching bands. Along the route are craftsmen, food booths and a lively competition among local cooks for the best jar of pickles. Live music goes on all day, with everything from blues and country-western to a barbershop quartet and violin ensemble. Web Site: picklefestival.org
Sat - Sep 27 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM		6th Annual Schnitzelfest Hillsborough - Enjoy the most authentic German food you'll experience outside Germany: Schnitzel (breaded or grilled), Bratwurst, Wieners, Homemade German Potato Salad & Sauerkraut, Breads, Desserts, Beer & Wine. Live Um-Pah music, crafters, souvenirs...fun for the entire family. FREE admission! Come & taste the difference. Location: Butler Park, Main Street, Hillsborough Web Site: hillsboroughnhchamber.com Sponsor: Hillsborough Chamber of Commerce
Sun - Sep 28		Clarence Demar Marathon Keene - The marathon has been run since 1978 in the honor of Clarence Demar. Demar was a seven-time winner of the Boston Marathon who lived and worked in the Monadnock Region during the 1930s. The race begins in Gilsum and brings runners from all overý. Web Site: clarencedemar.com
Sun - Sep 28		John Schindler, Acoustic Sundays, Music Series Keene - Benefit for the Cheshire YMCA Originally from Saint Louis, Missouri, John was influenced early on by that town's rhythm and blues and his Oklahoma mother‚s singing. This funky start was drastically tempered by a nine-year stint in a Catholic seminary where silence and Gregorian chant were his daily bread. After leaving the brotherhood, and armed only with his vow of poverty, John moved to New England and pursued the path of an itinerant musician, playing in sundry bands and bad barrooms. It was during this time, he realized, that his audience could not understand Latin. His music is memorable, poignant, hopeful, wise, and passionate. Winner of both the 2003 Boston Folk Festival Songwriting Contest & the 2006 Rose Garden Performing Songwriting Competition, John lives in Jaffrey, NH with his wife, Jane and cats, Iko & Godzilla. 'New Hampshire's John Schindler knows how to translate life into wise, oddly witty songs and his new Memory Train album collects many of the calm little gems he's been writing in Location: Armadillo's Burritos 82 Main Street, Keene, NH Cost: $12 Website: orangeearthproductions.com Time: Doors open 5pm Show time 6pm
Thu - Oct 16 -- Sat - Oct 18		Library Book Sale Keene - The Friends of the Keene Public Library Book Sale is set this autumn for Thursday, October 16th through Saturday, October 18th. The Book Sale is held in the basement of Keene Public Library at 60 Winter Street, in Keene. Thursday, 9 AM to 8 PM, Friday, 9 AM to 6 PM and Saturday, 9 AM to 2 PM. There are thousands of books, both paper and hard cover, sorted by category. Saturday is Bag Day when you can buy a bag for $5 and fill it with all it will hold. Lots of parking at the library. Dealers are welcome. Make a day of visiting historic Keene, New Hampshire, dining in one of our fine restaurants and buying a winter's worth of reading. Proceeds help the Friends fulfill their mission of providing goods and materials for the library that are not covered by the tax payers. Location: Keene Public Library, 60 Winter Street, Keene Phone: (603) 352-0157
Fri - Oct 17 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM		Autumn Round-Up Henniker - Grab 'yur pardner' and join in the fun at the Autumn Round - Up featuring Angela West & Showdown, a silent auction and Jail & Bail Roulette. The event, sponsored by the Friends of the Hillsborough Food Pantry, is a fundraiser to help raise $100,000. to rebuild the food pantry. There will be food, fun, dancing, silent auction and cash bar. Angela West & Showdown were voted 2007 Entertainer Of The Year, 2007 Female Vocalist Of The Year,2007 People's Choice Award, 2007 Rythmn Guitar Player Of The Year & 2007 4 Piece Band Of The Year! Tickets are available in advance for $25/each or $45/couple. If available, tickets at the door are $30/each or $50/couple. Be sure to join in the fun and support a great cause. Location: Pats Peak, Henniker Cost: $25/ea or $45/couple in advance Phone: (603) 464-5858 Website: hillsboroughfoodpantry.org
Sat - Oct 18		Peak into Peterborough Peterborough - Fifth annual "Peak into Peterborough" Day. Peak into Peterborough is a day to kick off the fall foliage season. The streets in Peterborough will be decorated with very attractive golden banners, and all of the businesses decorate their windows and doors with pumpkins, flowers, cornstalks, etc. Some of the activities that are planned are: Pizza tasting in Depot Park, Musical Chairs Extravaganza, Touch A Truck, The Fire Station Open House, Smokey the Bear, tours of Police cars and displays, Farmers Market, pumpkin painting, hayrides through downtown, chalk drawings, music, fashion walk-abouts, balloons, jugglers, the EMS Climbing Wall, and much, much more. At night we will the "Monadnock Idol" contest which is a huge hit for folks of all ages. It's a day of fun in Peterborough. Come and join us. Location: Peterborough, downtown Cost: Free Phone: (603) 924-7234 Web site: peterboroughchamber.com
Sat - Oct 25 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM		Celebrate Samhain Peterborough - Celebrate Samhain is an all-ages celebration of the final harvest and ancestors past - filled with magic, music, crafts, and merriment. Be entranced by the bewitching music of a gypsy troupe; browse the wares of mystical vendors; learn something new in a variety of free talks and workshops; make and take home your own magical crafts; enlist a reading by a gifted intuitive; drum, dance, or sit and be enchanted by Druid storytelling; and observe the ancient Celtic holiday of Samhain in a traditional, earth-centered ceremony. Location: Peterborough UU Church, Downtown Peterborough Cost: $2 or nonperishable food donation Phone: (603) 588-4219 Website: CelebrateSamhain.com
Sat - Oct 25 10:00 AM - 10:00 AM		Keene Pumpkin Festival Keene - Each autumn, the city of Keene comes alive with the sights and sounds of this annual celebration of community, bringing together thousands of people and families from near and far. At the heart of the festival’s popularity is its emphasis on participation. You are not just a spectator, you are the key to festival’s success. Everyone who carves a pumpkin with their own special face or design adds to the fun, not to mention the world record! Thousands contribute to the spectacle by bringing their own hand-carved pumpkins. The sight of more than 25,000 brightly lit jack-o-lanterns lining Keene’s Main Street and towering over the square is an unforgettable experience. Web Site: pumpkinfestival.org
Sun - Oct 26		Rachael Sage Keene - During the release of her first few albums, advice and support from the likes of Suzanne Vega, Ani DiFranco and Eric Burdon (The Animals) encouraged Sage to stick to her musical roots and 'just keep doing what I loved and not think a whole lot about what was going on in the music industry.' As a songwriter, she was energized by the sensibilities of Elvis Costello, Patti Smith and Laura Nyro; as a visual artist (Sage also paints, decorates instruments and designs much of her vibrant stage-wear), pop-art pioneers Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol and Keith Haring were ongoing visual muses. After receiving the 2005 Independent Music Award for Best Folk/AAA artist and the 2005 OutMusic Award for Best Songwriter for her previous CD BALLADS & BURLESQUE, Sage headed back into the studio and emerged with her newest full-length work, THE BLISTERING SUN. The 15 song album 'focuses on the rare moments where action follows instinct, without procrastination.' Fittingly, the cover-art depicts a colorful, super-heroine-esque Location: Armadillo's Burritos 82 Main Street, Keene, NH Cost: $15 Phone: (603) 568-7849 Website: orangeearthproductions.com Time: Doors open 5pm Show time 6pm