"I am convinced that a membership in the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce is the best return on investment a business or nonprofit can make."
— Ryan Robinson, Mainstay Technologies
Corsage & Boutonniere Workshop
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Corsage & Boutonniere Workshop May 03, 2025, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM The Wedding Place, 1 Merrimack St, Penacook, NH 03303 The Wedding Place has teamed up with Shirley Glines of Artisan Florals. Shirley is one of the Lakes Region's best florists. Learn how ...
NH Furniture Master’s - Chairmen’s Show
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
The NH Furniture Masters are pleased to present the “Chairmen’s Show,” a fine furniture exhibition at the NH Furniture Masters gallery in downtown Concord, NH. For 30 years, the NH Furniture Masters has been led by volunteer chairmen who dedicate ...
Monthly Forum: State of the City 2025
7:45 AM - 9:00 AM
Join the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce for our annual State of the City forum. Mayor Byron Champlin and City Manager Tom Aspell will provide an in-depth look at the City Council’s priorities, the initiatives planned for the year ahead, and ...
The Cut, with horror author C.J. Dotson
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Horror events continue at Gibson's Bookstore as we invite author C.J. Dotson to present her new novel, The Cut! In this chilling supernatural horror novel set in a mysterious hotel, a woman fleeing her abusive ex finds herself running from more than ...
Space Heroes- A Concert in the Planetarium
4:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Space Heroes is an exhilarating musical journey through the cosmos, celebrating iconic heroes of science fiction and space exploration. Taking place in the Discovery Center’s planetarium theater, this dynamic performance will feature some ...
Songweavers Concert: Hope, Love, and Understanding
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
The Songweavers Women’s Chorus with Director Jennie O’Brien present a concert on Saturday, April 26 at 5:00 PM at the South Congregational Church at 27 Pleasant Street in Concord, NH featuring songs of Hope, Love, and Understanding. Join us for ...
Four Years, One Story: Celebrate Project STORY’s 4th Birthday!
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
This event marks four years of impactful work, as we continue our mission to empower and support culturally diverse youth in our community. We invite everyone to celebrate, reflect on our achievements, and look forward to the exciting journey ...
Mother, Creature, Kin: What We Learn from Nature's Mothers in a Time of Unraveling
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Gibson's Bookstore presents essayist Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder with her new book about the natural world, Mother, Creature, Kin: What We Learn from Nature's Mothers in a Time of Unraveling, which asks: what can other-than-human creatures teach us ...
The Road to Tender Hearts, with author Annie Hartnett
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Annie Hartnett (Unlikely Animals) returns to Concord to visit Gibson's Bookstore with her new novel, The Road to Tender Hearts, a darkly comic and warm-hearted novel about an old man on a cross-country mission to reunite with his high school ...
Horror author Chuck Wendig, The Staircase in the Woods
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Chuck Wendig returns to Gibson's Bookstore with his newest horror novel, The Staircase in the Woods, which has a uniquely New Hampshire connection! A group of friends investigates the mystery of a strange staircase in the woods in this mesmerizing ...
Mother's Day Pet Photo Sessions
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Want to celebrate Mom and her pup? while also supporting a great cause? Photo Sessions on May 4th benefit Darbster Dog Rescue of Chichester NH. These sessions are 20 minutes long and are for up to two dogs and one human. ...
Gibson's Book Club reads The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
In May the Gibson's Book Club is reading and discussing The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, by James McBride. From James McBride, author of the bestselling Oprah’s Book Club pick Deacon King Kong and the National Book Award–winning The Good Lord Bird, a ...
Christopher Golden - The Night Birds, in conversation with Nat Cassidy and Errick Nunnally
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
It's a horror delight at Gibson's Bookstore this evening as we present New York Times bestselling author Christopher Golden with The Night Birds, his new gripping, atmospheric horror novel set in a deteriorated, half-sunken freighter ship off the coast ...
Free Connect Suicide Prevention Trainining
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Crispin's House Presents: NAMI NH Connect Suicide Prevention Training: Strengthening the Community’s Safety Net: How YOU Can Help Prevent Suicide Join us for a vital in-person Suicide Prevention Training, presented by Crispin's House in ...
CCMS Student Recital
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Student recitals are part of the Concord Community Music School’s multi-level curriculum for private lesson students. These frequent performance opportunities help our students perform more easily, broaden their musical skills, and help them make new ...
Best Buddies Friendship Walk - Concord
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
The Best Buddies Friendship Walk is the leading event in the country supporting inclusion for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Celebrate inclusion with our Best Buddies New Hampshire community: Check-in at 9 am, ...
Bedrock: The Making of a Public Garden, with author Jill Nooney
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Gibson's Bookstore, in partnership with the Concord Garden Club, is pleased to welcome author Jill Nooney for her new book about Bedrock Gardens in Lee, NH, Bedrock: The Making of a Public Garden. Bedrock: The Making of a Public Garden is a love ...
Shadows & Light: The Art of Shadow Puppetry
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
In this 4-hour workshop, led by Jonathan Cross of Bee Skep Puppetry Program, you will learn the history of shadow puppetry and the variety of cultures that perform with shadow puppets across the globe, and then design, build, and create shadow puppetry ...
Beltane: Scottish Celebration of Spring
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Welcome the lighter days of Spring at NHSCOT’s Beltane celebration! Pack a picnic lunch and bring your lawn chairs to enjoy the mostly outdoor springtime event. Enjoy live Celtic music provided by Jordan TW with Matt Jensen; Isabel Oliart, Elias ...
Portugal Trip Orientation
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Join the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce Trip to Portugal, September 20 - 28, 2025. The Chamber is offering a special travel deal to members and the public! Visit Lisbon, Fatima, Porto, and more with visits to monasteries, a winery, St. Michael’s Chap
Community Workout/Walk
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month 2025, join us for a FREE mini session combining education, a community walk, and a bonus fitness activity in White Park. Riverbend's InSHAPE Coordinator Kayla Pelletier and her team of certified personal ...
Business After Hours at The Barn at Bull Meadow
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Join the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce and Endicott Furniture for a special Business After Hours celebrating 100 years in business! Connect with fellow professionals while enjoying delicious food, drinks, and live music in Endicott Furniture’s ...
Sequins and Starlight, with author Margaret Porter
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Margaret Porter returns to Gibson's Bookstore with her second contemporary romance novel, Sequins and Starlight! In London's West End, where theatre lights blaze with promise, desire and ambition put two wary hearts to the ultimate test. Ellie ...
CCMS Adult Student Recital
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Student recitals are part of the Concord Community Music School’s multi-level curriculum for private lesson students. These frequent performance opportunities help our students perform more easily, broaden their musical skills, and help them make new ...
Poets Square: A Memoir in Thirty Cats, with Courtney Gustafson
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Courtney Gustafson returns to her New England roots with a visit to Gibson's Bookstore to share her book, Poets Square: A Memoir in Thirty Cats, an intimate memoir about the importance of community and care in a world that can feel impossibly ...
The NH Telephone Museum 20th Season Grand Opening
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Join us for our Grand Opening for our 20th season celebration on May 17th from 10 to 4. This is a Free To The Public Day thanks to Sugar River Savings Bank. Cake will be served from 12 to 1!
The NH Telephone Museum 20th Season Grand Opening
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Join us for our Grand Opening for our 20th season celebration on May 17th from 10 to 4. This is a Free To The Public Day thanks to Sugar River Savings Bank. Cake will be served from 12 to 1!
Benefit Brunch
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Please join us for a Brunch Benefit on Sunday, May 18 Hosted at the Banks Humane Education Center at 95 Silk Farm Rd, Concord NH (across from the shelter) (rescheduled from February) Hosted by Carolyn Plummer Catered by the Post Beverages by ...
Storytime! with children's authors Kari Allen and Carrie Kruck
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Join Gibson's Bookstore for an afternoon storytime as we welcome two New Hampshire children's authors, Kari Allen (Maddie and Mabel Make a Friend) and Carrie Kruck (Alfred Blooms)! A signing line follows our storytime. Maddie and Mabel are sisters. ...
Orr & Reno Legal Breakfast Series: Protecting Business Assets in Divorce and at Death
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
What could happen to your business in the event of divorce or death (even if you have a succession plan)? Orr & Reno attorneys Judith Fairclough and Dakema Welch will discuss how business assets are treated in NH during divorce and at death as well as ...
What If It's You? with romance novelist Jilly Gagnon
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Jilly Gagnon returns to Gibson's Bookstore with her new romance novel, What if It's You?, which blends romance and speculative fiction and a pinch of quantum physics. Everyone wonders about the one that got away . . . and thanks to an alternate ...
Monthly Forum: Tariffs, DOGE and Executive Orders; What are the Impacts?
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM
Join the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce for a timely luncheon that will explore the economic implications of recent federal policy shifts—including tariffs, DOGE, and executive orders—and what they mean for businesses and nonprofits in New ...
What Makes You Happy?
5:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Thursday, May 29th from 5:00-7:30pm at the Bank of NH Stage Fellowship Housing Opportunities is proud to present, What Makes You Happy? A community screening of the documentary Happy and panel discussion with mental health ...
CCMS Student Recital
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Student recitals are part of the Concord Community Music School’s multi-level curriculum for private lesson students. These frequent performance opportunities help our students perform more easily, broaden their musical skills, and help them make new ...
20th Annual Pinnacle Awards Luncheon
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
For the past 20 years, the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce has recognized businesses and individuals who have demonstrated professional excellence and commitment to the community. Pinnacle Award recipients have received their awards with moving express
Considering Matthew Shepard an Oratorio for Choir, Soloists and Orchestra by Craig Hella Johnson- Performance by The Manchester Choral Society
7:00 AM - 3:00 PM
The Manchester Choral Society (MCS) is proud to present the profound and transformative concert work Considering Matthew Shepard by Craig Hella Johnson. The concerts commemorate the 1998 death of Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old gay student at ...
Afternoon with Eden Zook
1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Join us for the afternoon with Eden Zook, an Animal Intuitive & Medium, as she delivers messages from pet to person. Eden will select members of the audience intuitively and deliver messages from their animal — whether alive or in spirit and of any ...
New England Roots & Branches: "“Music from North & South: Canadian & Appalachian Folk Tunes”
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Explore the roots of New England’s unique and beautiful folk music tradition via Concord Community Music School’s new “New England Roots & Branches” series. Some of New Hampshire’s premier folk musicians will combine concerts, jam sessions, and ...
Trivia Night Benefit with Rebecca Rule
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Join us for drinks, laughs and trivia with Rebecca Rule! Proceeds will benefit homeless pets in our shelter. Register at https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/d6scfmj
37th Annual Funds for Education Golf Tournament
7:15 AM - 3:00 PM
Save the Date! We're excited to announce our 2024 Funds for Education Golf Tournament - and we’re currently finalizing the details. Mark your calendar now, and keep an eye out for more information coming soon!
50th Annual NH Highland Games & Festival
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Cheers to 50 Years, at the 50th Annual New Hampshire Highland Games & Festival, September 19 – 21, 2025 at Loon Mountain Resort in Lincoln, NH. This three-day celebration showcases the sights, sounds, and spirit of Scotland through traditional heavy ...
NH Book Festival
7:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Join us for this premier cultural event, featuring live presentations, panels, and book signings by 50+ nationally recognized authors and poets. The festival takes place on South Main Street in Concord, NH, in both street tents and at the ...
50th Anniversary Celebration!
6:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Celebrate with all of your friends! We will be partying like its 1975- rockin to the 70's with DJ Nazzy. Yummy snacks and a cash bar. Lots of surprises, a silent auction and a super groovy photo booth. Don't forget the costume contest!
Pink Tie Gala 2025
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
The Pink Tie Gala is an event of excellence, with chef prepared dishes, craft beer & cocktails, premium wines, dessert bar, mission moment, music, dancing and a live auction with the NH Famous Jim Rosenburg. Tickets available soon. Contact Kathi Russ ...
106th Annual Meeting and Citizen of the Year
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Save the date for our 106th Annual Meeting and Citizen of the Year!