Thank you to all the businesses and organizations that had booths and activities. Thank you to the entertainers. Thank you to our very generous sponsors. And, thank you to everyone in the Upper Valley who attended!
LebFest 2024
Saturday, September 21, 2024 from 11:00 am - 3:00 pm at Colburn Park in Lebanon, NH.
LebFest is a family-centered, FREE community event for all ages with over 70 booths of activities, games, crafts, raffles, local vendors, music, food vendors and a Mac & Cheese competition featuring local restaurants. LebFest celebrates the Upper Valley community as a great place to live and raise a family! (Food and drink will be available for purchase.)
Presented by Upper Valley Business Alliance and Lebanon Recreation, Arts & Park
LIVE ANIMAL PRESENTATION
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Join us by the stage at LebFest in Colburn Park for this live-animal educational presentation by the Wildlife Encounters Ecology Center and meet a diverse selection of animals in this “imaginary safari around the world”!
Meet animals whose ancestors lived in a variety of habitats and discover their amazing adaptations and environmental contributions - while considering how we can positively affect our human impact and become positive environmental stewards.
LIVE ENTERTAINMENT
12:30 PM - 3:00 PM
In addition to the Wildlife Encounters animal presentation, check out the live music line up happening on the bandstand at Colburn Park during LebFest!
- 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Jason Tardy: Extreme Juggling Show
- 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Jamie Barnhill: Acoustic Guitar Set
MAC & CHEESE COMPETITION
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM Or Until Samples Are Gone
4th Annual LebFest Mac & Cheese Competition!
Sample homemade mac & cheese, made by local restaurants and then vote for your favorite! The winner will receive bragging rights and the coveted “Mac & Cheese Bowl”. (Samples are free so get to the tent early to taste them all!)
Participants include:
Renehan's Roti Catering
FOOD VENDORS
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Still hungry after the LebFest Mac & Cheese Competition? Check out these tasty food vendors!
Black Magic Food Truck
Captain Page Bakes
K.C. Moore's Ice Cream Truck
Lanoue Maple Farm
Munchas Marshmallows
Munchie-Rollz
Renehan's Roti Catering
Taste of Punjab
Yao-Thai BBQ
VENDOR BOOTHS & ACTIVITIES
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
LebFest is all about community and family fun! Check out all the local business booths for crafts, activities, games, raffles, giveaways and more!
ALL Together: Giant JENGA
Alzheimer's Association MA/NH: TBD
Anytime Fitness: Fitness Activities
AVA Gallery: Art Table & Art Demos
Balanced Speech Therapy: Craft
Black Moon Games: Family-friendly Board and Card Game Demos
Black House Real Estate: Baseball themed stress balls activity
Canaveral Candles: Kids will be able to take out a sculptured candle from molds
CCBA: Weights & bands to demo exercises; ball games for kids
Cedar Circle Farm & Education Center: Children & adults will be invited to make beautifully decorated pots, then get their hands dirty filling the pots with vegetables
City Center Ballet: TBD
Claremont Savings Bank: Decorate Your Own Piggy Bank
Crossroads Academy: Math Magic
Dartmouth Athletics: TBD
Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine: TBD
Early Care & Education Association: Photo booth and/or sensory obstacle course
Flanders Steam Cleaners: Rug Rats (Similar to Corn Hole)
Gary Summerton Photography: Balloons
Girl Scouts of the Green & White Mountains: Kids games/activities
Grass Roots Functional Medicine: TBD
Great Eastern Radio: 11:00 - 1:00 Percy The Penguin and Karen Liot Hilll live
Green Mountain Hypnosis - SPONSOR
Hopkins Center for the Arts: Raffle tickets giveaways
JAM (Junction Arts & Media): TBD
Lanoue Maple Farm: Mix Your Own Cotton Candy
Lebanon High School: TBD
Lebanon Opera House: TBD
Legacy Mortgage: Decorate Your Own Birdhouse
Love.Life.Activate: TBD
Mascoma Bank: SPONSOR
Natural Poise: TBD
New England School of the Arts: Karaoke
North Country Community Theater: Costume & Props For A Dress-up Photo Booth!
Novo Nordisk: SPONSOR
Pearce Jewelers: TBD
Revels North: Sing-a-longs, instruments to play & dancing
Riverbank Church: SPONSOR
RootFix Laser Hair & Skincare: TBD
Rose of the Wood: Enchant your flower pots & gardens with little rock critters & fanciful designs. Rock painting
Royal Fluff Minis: Crochet Turtle Memory Game & Crochet Tutorials
Scouts BSA Troop 279: TBD
Service Credit Union: SPONSOR
Twin River Children's Center: TBD
Unmask the Invisible: "Your brain on art"
Upper Valley Aquatic Center: Spin To Win For UVAC passes, prizes and other fun stuff.
Upper Valley BIPOC Network: TBD
Upper Valley Business Alliance: Corn Hole
Upper Valley Educator's Group: Thank-you notes to a local teacher
Upper Valley Circus Camp: Juggling, diablo devil sticks, scarves, tightwire, hand balancing and stilts!
Upper Valley Music Center: Instrument Petting Zoo
Upper Valley Young Professionals: TBD
VISIONS For Creative Housing: TBD
West Lebanon Feed & Supply: TBD
Whaleback Mountain: Raffles for Ski Passes & More!