April's Adventures Around New Hampshire

Spring - a beautiful time of year in New Hampshire! The snow is all melted, well of course except in the big piles in parking lots leftover from the snow plows, and buds are starting to show up everywhere - we know spectacular shows from Mother Nature are just ahead for us. My tulips are already about 3 inches high at this point, and growing taller every day!

Now that all the skiing, skating, snow mobiling, etc., are behind us, we've got loads of other fun things to do all over the state. And that's in addition to watching all the plants and trees coming to life - Spring in New Hampshire and in New England is just glorious!!

Check out these fun events around New Hampshire - something for everyone:

* April 5 - Taylor Hicks of American Idol in concert at Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom

* April 7 - The 16^th Annual Portsmouth Music Hall Kitchen Tour - homes in Kittery and Kittery Point, Maine are being featured this year.

* April 9 - David Crosby and Graham Nash - The Music Hall - Portsmouth

* April 11 - Jesus Christ Superstar - Capitol Center for the Arts - Concord

* April 11 - "Great Big Sea" - Canadian Celtic Rockers - The Music Hall - Portsmouth

* April 14 - Bob Marley's original The Wailers - reggae on the beach - Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, Hampton Beach, http://www.casinoballroom.com/

* April 14 - "The Bunny Express" - All Aboard Conway Scenic Railroad to celebrate the coming of spring - Conway , http://www.conwayscenic.com/

* April 14 - Opening Day of New England's largest flea market - Londonderry Flea Market - Londonderry, Exit 4 off I-93. Every Saturday through October, 8am - 3pm.

* April 18 - "Sleeping Beauty" - Capitol Center for the Arts - Concord. http://www.ccanh.com/

* April 21 - "WILD NH Day" - NH Fish and Game Offices - Concord - learn about NH's wildlife and wild places. http://www.wildnh.com/

* April 21 - Seabreeze Quilt Guild Show - Stratham Cooperative Middle School, Stratham - for info - http://www.seabreezequiltguild.com/

* April 21 - Earth Day City-wide Clean up & Cookout - Rochester Recreation and Arena's annual Earth Day celebration - http://www.rochesterrec.com/

* April 25 - Spring Family Farm Day - The Inn at East Hill Farm hosts a family farm day. Troy, http://www.east-hill-farm.com/

* April 28 - Comedian Bob Marley - Maine humorist and comedian - The Palace Theater, http://www.palacetheater.org/ - Manchester.

Here are some great events that run over several days:

* April - every Sat. and Sun - Working Sugar House Tours - Parker's Maple Barn - Mason, http://www.parkersmaplebarn.com/

* Through April 8 - "Babies and Blooms" - learn about life cycles of some of our coastal creatures here in NH - Seacoast Science Center - Ordiorne Point State Park - Rye http://www.seacoastsciencecenter.org/

* April 7 - 14 - Shaker Chair Workshop - Canterbury - go home with your very own handmade Shaker Chair at the end of this workshop. Canterbury Shaker Village. 603-783-9511.

* April 12 - 15 -- The Seacoast Jazz Festival - The Music Hall in Portsmouth, http://www.themusichall.com/ and http://www.jazzmouth.org/ for program details.

* April 12 - 14 - Machine Quilters Exposition - annual quilting show and conference. Manchester, http://www.mqxshow.com/

* April 13-29 - Pride and Prejudice - Leddy Center for the Arts - Epping. http://www.leddycenter.org/

* April 27 - 28 - New Hampshire Folk Festival - South Church, Portsmouth, tickets at Bull Moose Music Store - http://www.bullmoose.com/ (Exeter)

* April 27 - May 13 - "Wallace Nutting's Old America" - Pontine Theater, Portsmouth, http://www.pontine.org/

* April 28 - 29 - Petals 2 Paint - East Colony Fine Arts - Manchester , http://www.eastcolony/.

As you can see, we have plenty of fun things to do all over the state - New Hampshire is a great state to live in, and my favorite part of NH is Portsmouth and the Seacoast areas. Of course, I'm a bit partial to that area since I live in Portsmouth and just love the Seacoast area. We're right along the coast, and even though NH displays beauty everywhere you look, it doesn't get any better than life right here in Portsmouth!