Hampton Beach Seafood Festival, Saturday, September 6th

September 6, 2008

When:Friday, Saturday and Sunday, September 5th, 6th and 7th
Where: Hampton Beach (Ocean Boulevard)

If you love seafood and appetizers and want an excuse to sample tasty morsels from more than 50 seacoast restaurants, then make plans to visit Hampton Beach today and tomorrow.

The 19th Hampton Beach Seafood Festival got underway yesterday evening when New Hampshire Governor John Lynch cut the ceremonial ribbon to start the 2½-day festival. The festival was again recently named one of the top 100 events in North America attracts over 150,000 visitors during its two and a half days.

So far today the weather has held up, and everyone is hoping that Tropical Storm Hannah doesn’t play a major role on Saturday’s schedule (10:00 am top 9:00 pm. The weather forecast for Sunday is excellent.

Fireworks, weather permitting are scheduled for Saturday evening. A decision on whether to hold fireworks tonight will be made this afternoon.

On Sunday the Hampton Beach Seafood Festival features a sky diving demonstration. The festival runs from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm on Sunday.

In addition to food, craft vendors and merchants offering end-of-season sidewalk sales; there is a Kiddie Land for children, continual chef demonstrations by Pat Whitley and two stages of nonstop live entertainment with 15 bands.

For more information about the Hampton Beach Seafood Festival, visit our earlier post on the festival.