The First Annual New England Dickens Fest is 5 event-packed days of concerts, films, fairs, contests and more, including many free events! Check out all the programs and activities.
Dicken Fest - A FESTIVALOF DICKENS 2023
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 6 6:30 PM Town Crier Opens Dickens Fest 7:00 PM Granite State Ringers Holiday Concert $18/$15
THURSDAY DECEMBER 7 7:00 PM An Evening with Mr. Dickens - Lucinda Dickens Hawksley Charles Dickens’ great-great-great granddaughter (and a celebrated author about Dickens and the Victorian Era), Lucinda Dickens Hawksley, will host readings from “A Christmas Carol” with actors Lisa Bostnar & Ken Sheldon performing multiple roles. With Q&A. $20/$15.
FRIDAY DECEMBER 8 7:30 PM Ashuelot Concert sMendelssohn, Schubert, Beethoven & Schumann Solo Piano Works. Free - $30
SATURDAY DECEMBER 9 11 AM Lindsay & Her Holiday Puppet Pals $5. 11 AM - 4 PM Christmas Cookie Tour 12:30 PM Girl & Boy Scouts Kazoo Caroling Choir & you! Free kazoos! 1 PM MOVIE Oliver! (1968) $10/$9 2:30 PM Ebenezer’s Best Whiskers Beard Contest 4 PM Author Eric Stanway & his book “Dickens in Boston” Free. 7:30 PM New Hampshire Gay Men’s Chorus Holiday Concert $20
SUNDAY DECEMBER 10 11 AM - 4 PM Fezziwig’s Craft & Food Fair 11 AM A Non-Stop Reading of David Copperfield Free. 12 PM Miss Havisham’s Brass Bed Race at M&T Bank, Jaffrey 3 PM Project Shakespeare’s “A Christmas Carol” $15/$5 6:30 PM MOVIE: The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017) $10/$9
PLUS, area restaurants with special Dickens Fest menu items. Dickens Grog in The Park Lounge & more!