5K And Galloping Gobblers | Strolls And Shopping | ‘Messiah,’ Jam Sessions, Singalongs: The Patch Weekender

CONCORD, NH — Here is a roundup of events for Thanksgiving weekend, so get out and have some fun.

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Thanksgiving

Annual Free Community Thanksgiving Meal! (Hampton United Methodist Church)

Seacoast Rotary’s 17th Annual 5K Turkey Trot (Strawbery Banke Museum, Portsmouth)

Black And Plaid Friday

• Nuncrackers, The Nunsense Christmas Musical (Majestic Theatre Studios, Manchester)
• Pop-Up Pinterest-Inspired Christmas Gift Shop (First Baptist Church of Nashua, Nashua)
• Plaid Friday Nashua (Downtown Nashua)

Small Business Saturday

The Craftworkers’ Guild Holiday Shop (Historic Kendall House, Bedford)

Holiday Open House (A Fiber in the Woods, Merrimack)

Nuncrackers, the Nunsense Christmas Musical (Majestic Theatre Studios, Manchester)

What a Dickens by Stranger than Fiction (Kimball Jenkins, Concord)

Bishop Brady's Annual Galloping Gobbler (BBHS, Concord)

Storytime Stations at the Heights (Heights Branch Library, Concord)

Handel's Messiah (Saint Paul's Episcopal Church, Concord)

Holidays at the Estate: A Celebration of the Season (Kimball Jenkins, Concord)

Christmas with the Cows (Brookford Farm, Canterbury)

Jamelot at Riley's Place! (Riley's Place, Milford)

30th Annual Nashua Winter Stroll (Downtown Nashua)

Swingin' Into The Holidays with the Bedford Big Band & NCMS (Nashua Community Music School, Nashua)

Art on the Hill Kittery Open Studios (Artist Open Studio)

Comedian Rebecca Donahue at McCues Comedy Club (McCues Comedy Club, Portsmouth)

Sunday

• Nuncrackers, The Nunsense Christmas Musical (Majestic Theatre Studios, Manchester)
• Christmas with the Cows (Brookford Farm, Canterbury)
• Tea with the Sugar Plum Fairy and Friends (Kimball Jenkin, Concord)
• Auditions for "Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson Apt. 2B" (Community Players of Concord Studio, Concord)
• Handel's Messiah (Saint Paul's Episcopal Church, Concord)
• Gingerbread Village (Church of the Good Shepherd, Nashua)
• The Craftworkers’ Guild Holiday Shop (Historic Kendall House, Bedford)
• Wicked Brunch SingAlong (The Press Room, Portsmouth)

Monday

Cuddle Babies (Penacook Library & Activity Center)

Gibson's Book Club reads Stolen, by Ann-Helén Laestadius (Concord)

Penacook Village Association Annual Meeting (Penacook Elementary School, Concord)

Peace & Justice Conversations: Heartbreak and Hope in the West Bank (Zoom)

Upcoming Featured Events

• Bedford Women's Club Festival of Trees 12/5 & 12/6 (Bedford Presbyterian Church)
• Paul Hodes and The Blue Buddha Band CD release Concert (BNH Stage, Concord)
• The Craftworkers’ Guild Holiday Shop (Historic Kendall House, Bedford)
• Yule Festival & Artisans Fair Fundraiser (Sheraton Nashua, Nashua)
• Need A Stocking Stuffer? Buy A 2026 Concord High Crimson Tide Wrestling Team Gold Card! (Concord High School, Concord)
• Holiday Sip & Shop (Tornadeau Collective, Nashua)
• Christmas Eve Services (Church of the Good Shepherd, Nashua)
• Photos with Santa! (Keller Williams Gateway Realty, Nashua)
• Recycled Percussion 30TH Anniversary Tour (Nashua Center for the Arts, Nashua)

Editor’s note: Patch will not be publishing a Friday event listing roundup.

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