NH Exit 7: Portsmouth invites you to celebrates Valentine’s Day and Presidents Day weekend at their 1st Annual Fire + Ice Festival from February 13- 17. This 5 day event offers winter fun for the entire family with festivities such as; ice bars, fire pits, hearth cooking, dog sled rides, wood fire grilled food, ice sculptures, winter movies and music, Flowers of Winter exhibit, as well as evening entertainment.
Don’t miss:
Portsmouth Gas Light Company Fire + Ice Fest: Friday through Sunday evenings. There will be three ice bars, fire pits, ice luges, wood fire grilled food and ice sculptures.
Winter Night at Pitt Tavern, on Saturday, Feb 15, 7-10pm at Strawbery Banke Museum celebrates President’s Day Weekend in a manner George Washington would have recognized when he visited the Tavern in 1789. Live acoustic music, beer specially brewed by the Portsmouth Brewing Company and tavern food prepared by The White Apron Café at Strawbery Banke. Price: $22.50 per person.
Sunday February 16: Dog Sled Rides at Strawbery Banke from 10-4. Free demonstration of miniature portrait painting, recreating the oil-on-copper style popular in the eras of Presidents Washington and Lincoln, in the Tyco Visitors Center.Tel: 603-433-1100
For a list of all events & activities please consult the schedule of events: http://www.strawberybanke.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=283%3Afireice&catid=18%3Asearch-calendar&Itemid=72