Hampton Beach Seafood Festival, Saturday, September 6th
September 6, 2008
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.
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19th Annual Hampton Beach Seafood Festival, September 5th to 7th
August 31, 2008
When: Friday, Saturday and Sunday, September 5th, 6th, and 7th
Where: Hampton Beach, Ocean Boulevard
Cost: Free on Friday from 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm; $5 on Saturday (10:00 am to 9:00 pm) and sunday (10:00 am to 6:00 pm). Children under 12 are free.
The Hampton Beach Seafood Festival, which is organized by the Hampton Area Chamber of Commerce, gets bigger and better each year. This year, in its 19th year, the festival will feature more than 60 of the Seacoast’s top restaurants.
The Hampton Seafood Festival draws a large crowd - it attracts more than 150,000 visitors to the beach over the three-day event. While seafood is the main attraction, there are also plenty of non-seafood eating activities to keep the entire family occupied, including a Saturday night fireworks display!
Former World Surfing Champion To Visit Cinnamon Rainbows, Hampton Beach, Friday, Aug. 29
August 28, 2008
When: Friday, August 29th, 5:00 p.m.Where: Cinnamon Rainbows at 931 Ocean Blvd., Hampton Beach
If you want to meet a world champion surfer, then shoot up to Cinnamon Rainbows Surf Company on Friday, August 29 at 5:00 p.m.
Former world surfing champion Shaun Tomson will visit Cinnamon Rainbows Surf Company on Friday, August 29th, according to Dave Cropper, the surf shop’s owner, to help promote the movie “Bustin’ Down the Door” an award-winning surfing documentary that will be shown at 9:00 p.m. later Friday evening at the Ioka Theatre in Exeter, NH.
See Rick Fabrizio’s article on SeacoastOnline.com for a more detailed report on this event and the documentary.
EPA Awards Grant To N.H. Department of Environmental Services Public Beach Inspection Program
August 19, 2008
The grant money will be used for the continuation of water quality testing at New Hampshire’s state beaches. The Federal Beach Act of 2000 requires that coastal states notify the public of the water quality.
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Herbie Hancock Wows Hampton Beach Casino Crowd
August 16, 2008
The Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, a very easy ride from Greater Newburyport, continues to attract top notch performers to its venue at Ocean Boulevard on Hampton Beach.
This past Wednesday, jazz master Herbie Hancock and his talented team of jazz musicians and vocalists provided lucky concert attendees with an energy packed and memorable performance.
The Hampton Beach Casino show was only Hancock’s third American performance after a long European tour.
Hampton Beach Children’s Festival, August 11th through 15th
August 7, 2008
When: Monday, August 11th through Friday, August 15th
Where: Hampton Beach, NH
The Annual Hampton Beach Children’s Festival is the family fun event of the summer, kicking off on Monday, August 11th with a magic show by BJ Hickman on the Hampton Beach Seashell Stage at 10:00 a.m., and building up to a Giant Costume Parade that marches almost the length of Hampton Beach on Friday, August 18th. Every child gets a prize just for being in it!
Each day will be a blockbuster, filled with non-stop activity and entertainment, including mini-golf and sand castle building competitions, a Ronald McDonald show, talent show, free ice cream, dancing, story tellers, balloons, and more. There’s even a kids’ bumper sticker contest.
All Children’s Festival activities are free and open to the public. For more information call the Hampton Area Chamber of Commerce office at (603) 926-8717.
Related Websites: Hampton Beach website
Here is a link to the complete schedule of events for the Children’s Festival:
Hampton Beach Fireworks and Entertainment, July 16th
July 16, 2008
The weekly fireworks display will occur this evening at 9:30 p.m.
For more information visit the Hampton Beach website.
Hampton Beach Web Cams
July 13, 2008
This is a nice web cam that provides a great scoping view of Hampton Beach and Boar’s Head. It is updated in real time as you watch. It’s even available online after dark. A great location for a webcam!
Note: You’ll have to use the Internet Explorer to view this web cam as the latest FireFox browser update has some compatibility issues with the web cam software.
This java based web cam provides a view of Hampton Beach from the Chamber of Commerce building on Ocean Boulevard located adjacent to the Sea Shell Stage. This web cam may take awhile to load and display a video or may be off-line from time-to-time. Sometimes the web cam appears to be off-line for long periods of time. If not online, try the La Bec Rouge web cam which operates very smoothly and is online almost all of the time.
Tips For Dealing With Rip Tides/Rip Currents
July 1, 2008
And you really know that summer is here when there are people actually swimming in the cold waters of our local beaches. That’s where we are now.
With the exception of last saturday’s abnormally raw weather, recent high temperatures and humidity levels have driven lots of people to the beaches and into the waters of our local beaches.
This is perhaps a good time to review the basics of rip tides which are also known as rip currents. An article by Patrick Cronin on Seacoastonline.com provides a good overview of what swimmers and anyone in the waters off of our beaches need to know about rip currents.
Rip tides are common on any beach and they are definitely present in beaches in the Greater Newburyport region depending on tidal and weather conditions.
Rip tides, which are responsible for killing more than 100 people each year as a result of drowning, are powerful, fast moving currents of water flowing away from the shoreline through a depression or constriction on the sea bottom. They are generally about 20 yards wide and may extend outwards of 70 yards into the ocean. To escape a rip tide, you must swim parallel to the shoreline until you can swim free of the moving stream of water. The major key is not to panic.
For more information and tips on how to recognize and deal with a rip tide, see the following article.
Walking Tour To Highlight Redevelopment Plan For Hampton Beach State Park
June 13, 2008
Where: Hampton Beach State Park, 2 Ocean Boulevard, Hampton Beach
On Monday, June 16th, Executive Councilor Beverly Hollingworth and the Division of Parks and Recreation will host a walking tour of Hampton Beach State Park from 10:00 a.m. to noon to highlight the proposed redevelopment plan for Hampton Beach State Park.
Parking for the tour is being provided at the Hampton Beach State Park Maintenance Facility, located at 2 Ocean Boulevard, Hampton Beach.
Website: Hampton Beach State Park
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