Get Ready for Market Days in Concord

Get ready for Intown Concord's 40th Annual Market Days Festival. 
We work all year long to make each Market Days even more fun-filled than the last, and our 40th, Thursday through Saturday, July 17, 18, and 19, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily - is shaping up to be one seriously big PARTY!

Make plans to join us downtown for a few hours or a few days at this FREE and fabulous street fair - there'll be food, shopping, music, and fun stretching from Centre Street to Hills Avenue and out into the side streets and squares. Want to have the festival schedule on your smartphone or online calendar? Go to the Concord Arts and Culture Calendar (click here), click on a Market Days-related event, and follow the prompts to "add" to the calendar of your choosing! The Concord Arts and Culture Calendar is the most comprehensive and accurate schedule at the moment - we'll be putting easier-to-read, venue-by-venue schedules on the Intown website.

Here are some highlights:

• 150 vendors and participating merchants along Main Street - Eat and shop to your heart's content! Be sure to look for the groovy 1974 Market Days Scavenger Hunt.
• Free Family Fun on the State House Lawn - hula hoop making, tie-dying, Mosaic 250, and more crafts, games, and activities from 10 to 4.
• Homegrown Music Stage @ Bicentennial Square - More than 24 hours of live, local music in the square over 3 days!
• Eagle Square Entertainment - More great live music in the Eagle Square Amphitheater!
• Beer & Hospitality Tent - Near the entrance to Capitol Plaza. Featuring 4 craft brews from NH Distributors, and a shady spot to kick back and enjoy world-class people-watching...
• Pleasant + Main - This is where you'll find roller derby, the new FITness Challenge (click here for info or to register) and the 3rd Annual Fire Truck Pull (Concord Public Safety Foundation - click here), as well as the Lone Wolf Cruiser Club classic car show - just west of the intersection on Friday night.
• City Plaza - Cowabunga's Kids Playground and an all-new custom mini-golf course created for Markte Days by local companies! Buy a play-all-day wristband for just $5.
• South Main Park - At the southern end of the festival, this community stage brings the Freese Brothers Big Band, a contra dance, two outdoor films (Duck Soup and The Sting) with Red River Theatres, and lots more.
• Concord Arts Market - The usual Saturday goodness expanded to fill 3 days of Market Days - on North Main Street north of Park Street!
• The River Stage - On Friday, 102.3 the River takes over North Main at the corner of Centre Street, with a live broadcast, giveaways, and a live rock concert from 6 to 10pm on Friday only.
• This just in: New Hampshire Motor Speedway will be bringing a race car and hauler to North Main Streeton Thursday and Saturday of the festival! We don't know which car yet...you'll have to show up to find out :)