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Portsmouth NH September Seacoast Fun

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Here in Portsmouth New Hampshire and the surrounding towns, summer may be coming to an end, but the fun continues on!

We still have plenty of wonderful weather ahead of us before winter comes, and plenty of fun things to do as well. Fun things abound all year long here along the coast!

Check out some of this area's fun - I'm sure you'll find something here for just about everyone:

9/5 - "Portsmouth Poetry Hoot"- Café Expresso - Portsmouth.

9/6 - "Old-Time Contra and Square Dance" - Dover City Hall - Dover. (8pm to 10:45pm)

9/7 - "ECSD Summer Concert Series" - Hammond Park - Eliot Maine - enjoy a cookout and concert. (6:30pm)

9/8 - Opening Gala- "Tiempo Libre" - Portsmouth Music Hall - Portsmouth. Celebrating the restoration of this beautiful historic music hall with hot Latin music.

9/8 - "Thomas the Train and Friends" - Regal Theater - Newington.

9/8 - "6^th Annual Paddle on the Pond" - North Mill Pond - Downtown Portsmouth. (11am to 2pm)

9/8 - "Jackson Hill Cider Day" - Historic Jackson House - Portsmouth. Harvest celebration for families - music, games, cider-pressing, crafts, and more. (12noon to 4pm)

9/9 - "Capriccio Festival of Kites" - Kite Masters' Festival - Ogunquit Beach Maine. (10am to 2pm)

9/15 - "22^nd International Coastal Cleanup" - various sites along the New Hampshire coastline and along Great Bay.

9/15 - "Art in the Park"- York Art Association Juried Arts & Crafts Show - Moulton Park - York Maine. (9am to 4pm)

9/15 - "Hootie and the Blowfish" Concert - Casino Ballroom - Hampton Beach.

9/15 - "Comedian Jimmy Dunn" - Seacoast Repertory Theatre - Portsmouth.

9/16 - "Portsmouth Criterium Bicycle Race" - High-speed bike races through the streets of Portsmouth and a Lifestyle Expo in Market Square - Downtown Portsmouth.

9/16 - "Before Strawbery Banke: Celebrating the Historic Museums of Portsmouth"- Gov. Langdon House - Portsmouth. (3 - 4pm).

Great Island Common - New Castle NH - Ann Cummings Copyright

9/23 - "Portsmouth Peace Treaty Parade" - Downtown Portsmouth to Prescott Park - Portsmouth. (2 - 3pm)

9/23 - "2^nd Annual Seacoast Pan-Mass Challenge Kids Bike" - Great Island Commons - New Castle. (9am to noon)

9/30 - "The Shaw Brothers in Concert" - Portsmouth Music Hall - Portsmouth.

Check out these multi-day events and make a weekend of it:
lobster dinner

9/7 through 9/9 - "Hampton Beach Seafood Festival" - New England's largest Seaside Festival - top restaurants offer up loads of seafood alongside arts & crafts vendors showcasing locally-made products - music, food, fireworks - Hampton Beach.

9-7 through 9/9 - "NASCAR at the Trading Post"- Kittery Trading Post Septemberfest - Kittery Trading Post - Kittery Maine. NASCAR simulator, racing skills, and more.

9/9 through 9/19 - "Summer Film Fest 07" Continues - Portsmouth Music Hall Movies - Portsmouth.

9/15 through 9/16 - "Golden Harvest Days and History in Bloom"- Strawbery Banke Museum - historic landscapes and gardens - Portsmouth.

9-21 through 9/23 - "9^thAnnual Telluride by the Sea" - Portsmouth Music Hall - Portsmouth. Six Movies - Three Days - a "Weekend Celebration of New Cinema".

9/22 - 9/23 - "3^rd Annual Tour of Fairy Houses in Portsmouth Gardens" - Historic South End Locations - Portsmouth.

Prescott Park and Pier - Ann Cummings Copyright 2007

Here are some month-long fun tours to enjoy:

Month of September - Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Mondays - "Portsmouth Harbor Highlight Tours" - Historic Downtown Portsmouth - learn about the early settlers, ship builders, patriots, and more, who came to Portsmouth to find their fortunes.

Month of September - Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Mondays - "Portsmouth Harbor Twilight Tours" - Historic Downtown Portsmouth - learn about the ‘bawdy life' of a by-gone era on the waterfront of Water Street. Tours start 5:30pm.

For more great pictures of Portsmouth New Hampshire and some of the surrounding towns, take this tour - here are some beautiful pictures from all seasons in this tour!

If you're interested in Portsmouth NH Real Estate, be sure to check out these links for homes and condos for sale in Portsmouth and the surrounding areas:

Portsmouth New Hampshire Homes
Seacoast New Hampshire and Maine Real Estate
Information on New Hampshire and Maine Seacoast Towns
Buying New Hampshire and Maine Real Estate
Selling Real Estate in New Hampshire and Southern Maine

Ann Cummings
RE/MAX Coast to Coast
Portsmouth NH
888-349-5678 x 3839
Servicing the Coastal Areas of NH & Southern Maine

Posted by Portsmouth NH Homes Condos - Ann Cummings New Hampshire REALTOR® on 09/02/2007 06:53 PM

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34 Comments on Portsmouth NH September Seacoast Fun

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2007

Great localism post, Ann. What a great list for September - you can;t say there isn't anything to do, can you? Nice layout and easy to read.

Jeff

Ann,

Wow, what a great job, you've packed in so many things to do in this great post. Something for everyone here.

Hi Jeff - thanks for those great comments - I appreciate that! And you're right, you'd be hard pressed to be bored here!!

Hi Lynda - thanks!! I always have a hard time trying to decide what to include in these monthly fun events posts that I do. There's so much to choose from, something for everyone for sure!!

Many thanks for reading and for your comments - much appreciated!
Ann

Geez I didn't know all this was happening. Great post with great information. We are heading back to Salisbury tomorrow until Friday AM.

Ann, The crowd should thin out a little for the September Activities. We took the coastal route home today and traffic was moving a little slow especially thru Ogunquit.

This is a great localism Post Ann! You are providing a great service to the locals!

Ann,

Last year the Seafood festival was totally NUTTY. Wall to wall people but a fun people watching event. Tasty seafood too if you can get close enough to buy any. Looks like there are lots of events to enjoy.

There you go again:)

Hi Jay - loads of fun stuff happening this way! I actually had to cut the list because it was way too long to include here!

Hey Dan - bet you didn't have any rain, did you?? I bet the traffic was a bit slow in the beach areas, probably will be really slow tomorrow. It was great to finally get to meet you both! My pictures came out pretty dark - how did yours come out?

Maureen - thanks!! I hope they enjoy it! I've gone out and done some of the things I write about - so I know at least TWO people take advantage of all this fun stuff here! ;-))

Thanks for the comments!
Ann

Hi Monika - I thought of you when I was writing about the Seafood Festival! I know that's wall to wall people, but loads of great food and talk about people-watching!! I have a friend that goes down every year and loves it!

Hey Neal - yep, there I go again! Come on up!! ;-)

Thanks for the comments!!
Ann

How in the world can just a couple towns in NH have all these these events? You guys must have SO much fun!!

Ann... how big is Portsmouth and what is the next biggest town near it? I only ask because there always seems like so much to do in your town. Nice post.

jeff belonger

Great post chock full of local events in Portsmouth. I don't think anyone could make all of these but I bet it'd be fun to try.

Ann - A truly wonderful local post. There is still alot to do, and I wish I could make it to the seafoood fest. Also you did a nice job with the virtual tours of the area.

SEP

2007

Ann - I love these monthly events posts you do for your area. Your pictures are beautiful and the lobster. Is that mine? :)

Ann: Thanks for the post. If only I could move up there. The area looks so very beautiful. Next August there will be another By Referral Only seminar in Reston, VA. I am going to attend... so maybe after the seminar, I will just keep heading North. Take care... Karen Anne

Ann... After leaving Portsmouth we ventured towards Freeport before heading to the cabin and did have rain on the ride. Did get a few pictures and put up a little blog...

What a great list of September activities for Portsmouth Ann.

Hey Mariana - this is just the tip of the iceberg as far as stuff to do around here. This list could easily have been at least 2-3 times as long! This is just a really neat place to live, and there really is a ton of stuff to do here all year long! Maybe you should just mosey on over for a visit and check it out for yourself...... ;-)

Hi Jeff - Portsmouth's population is about 21,000 now, and we have a number of smaller towns all right here, too. We just always have stuff going on that would interest just about anyone. Being here along the coast just adds more fun stuff to that - even a drive along the ocean is fun no matter the time of year. Dover is the next town north of here, and it's probably about 25,000 or so I would guess. The actual cities here in NH are about 45 minutes west of me - Manchester, Concord, Nashua. Plenty to do here without having to drive there, except to the airport in Manchester!

Thanks for the comments!!
Ann

Rita - thanks, and you're right, I don't think anyone could make all those events without running themselves ragged!! This is just a partial list, too, so they'd really have a hard time trying to get to everything!

Jennifer - thanks so much for the feedback, especially about the tours! I think those really show so much about this area that those of us who live here really love. The Seafood Festival is a great highlight to the end of the 'beach season', or at least as the tourists like to think of it. We still have some great beach weather ahead of us, and hopefully some Indian Summer weather, too.

Paula - it just might be!!! Come on over and enjoy it with me! And many thanks for the feedback on the monthly events posts - it keeps me up-to-date with what's going on and we've found things to do we didn't even know about before I started doing these posts.

Many thanks for reading and for the great comments - much appreciated!
Ann

Karen Anne - this area really is just as pretty as I make it out to be in my posts and pictures! I would love to show you around, so if you do make it up here next year, please be sure to let me know......you might just fall in love with this area like so many others have!

Hey Dan - I love Freeport, and haven't been there in a couple of years or so. Nice little side trip on the way to your cabin! I'll go check out your post.

Hi Steve - thanks for reading, and we do have plenty to do here in this area!

Thanks so much for the comments!!
Ann

Ann - If your trying to sell me on portsmouth your doing a fine job.

Hi Kathy - well I'll take that as a very nice compliment! Thank YOU!!!! Come on up and I'll show the area to you in person!

Ann

there's something very portsmouth when the shaw bothers come to town. i saw them in the park.

something i'll always remember.

Ann, this is a lot of good, fun information. Good photos too. We likes it. And send the lobsters.

We just got up that item we emailed you about. And again, thanks for taking your time to comment on the advertising piece we just did. It's most appreciated.

SEP

2007

Ann, your pictures are great. The weather has been dry but gorgeous for days. I took the kids to Fort Foster this w/end, have you been there? It's like Odiorne State Park but has 3 beaches, much bigger. Beautiful!

SEP

2007

Jay - yep, The Shaw Brothers are so NH to me, too! I've seen them several times, in the park and at our state convention. I had one of them as a seller a few years back, had their horse farm here listed for sale before they moved to Florida. Very nice people, that's for sure.

Gary - thanks for the compliments! I'll send virtual lobsters and you can come here for a visit for the real thing - how's that? I did see your post - many thanks for including me in it.

Sue - I've never been to Fort Foster so I'll have to check that out. Thanks.

Many thanks for the comments - much appreciated!
Ann

Ann - I really mean this, you have managed to paint such an incredible place in my mind about Portsmouth and it was enforced by that great NY Times article you were featured in. I will HAVE to go visit you soon.

Ines - come on up here!! I'm telling you, it's exactly the way that article portrayed it and the way I try to portray it in all my posts.......it will be hard for you not to fall in love with this place!! I can't wait to show you around - that will be fun!!!

Ann

Ann, what a great place to live! Someday I would like to visit and enjoy the surroundings. When is the best time of the year to do so? Thanks!

SEP

2007

Hi David - thanks for reading! Actually all 4 seasons offer great beauty here! If you're not interested in colder weather, winter might not be the time to come up for a visit. But spring, summer and fall are all great. Fall offers those magnificent colors that people come from all over the world to see. Summer along the coast here brings plenty of fun outdoor things to do and see, and spring is really pretty here as well - all the plants and flowers coming to back to life, beautiful weather..... Probably for your first visit, I would suggest late spring or early summer, or fall. How's that for a simple answer? ;-)

Many thanks for stopping by, David, and for your comments.
Ann

SEP

2007

Hi Ann,
Wow! Lots going on in your area, a happening place. Boy, I wish I could get in my car and just start driving and stopping in at these wonderful towns and take in these events. Dreaming........................

Hi Cynthia - well, come on up!! We got in our car a couple of months ago and drove on down to your beautiful state - a very pretty drive, 2 days but lots of great scenery along the way. And we'd do it again. So, get in your car and I'll show you around! We do have a lot to do here, all year round, too. Thanks for reading and for your comments!

Ann

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