Plan to Spend Saturday Celebrating All Things Merrimack

This Saturday is a day not to miss as the community comes together to celebrate Merrimack. 

The festivities kick off on Saturday morning at 10 a.m. with the opening of the annual Merrimack Fall Festival and Business Expo.

The expo will be held at the Mastricola Complex on Saturday, Sept. 28 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. rain or shine. There will be venues both inside and outside.

Admission is free and is open to everyone. 

More than 125 businesses, organizations and crafters will be on hand to show residents from all over New Hampshire what Merrimack and surrounding communities have to offer, as they sell their goods and demonstrate their products, and of course, food will be available from many Merrimack restaurants.

There will be a live music extravaganza featuring Siroteau and The Curly Jones Band. There will also be dance demonstrations, karate demonstrations, K-9 demonstrations, Fire Department demonstrations and taser demonstrations.

Bernie Del Llano of Perfect Entertainment, who will also be overseeing karaoke throughout the day, will host this year’s event. The event will also have a lot of entertainment for children, with Red Sox Mascot Wally the Green Monster, McDonny’s Petting Farm and a lot more. Visitors are encouraged to bring their cameras and have their pictures taken with Wally and the animals.

After the festival closes down, make your way to Watson Park for a brand new addition to the fall festival. 

Merrimack Rocks will be an evening of live music, fireworks and tribute celebrating Merrimack and honoring a hometown hero, Marine Cpl. Timothy Gibson, who gave the ultimate sacrifice to help ensure that we can continue to live the American way of life. The organizers will also give out a lifetime achievement award to Pete Gagnon who has worked 39 years as a Merrimack volunteer to improve the community.

The event will be held at the new Roger Duhamel Pavilion at Watson Park, beginning at 4 p.m. with the arrival of the world famous Budweiser Clydesdales marching in from Town Hall and stopping at Watson Park for an hour of picture taking and concluding with a firework spectacular at 8 p.m. 

A schedule of the evening is below:

• 4 p.m.: World Famous Budweiser Clydesdales arrive at Watson Park for 1 hour picture taking after marching in from Town Hall
• 4:30 p.m.: Folk singer- Tristan Omand
• 5:15 p.m.: Color Guard presents Colors
• 5:30 p.m.: Classic Rock Masters "The Shotz"
• 6:10 p.m.: Lifetime Achievement Award for Community ServiceArthur "Pete" Gagnon
• 6:40 p.m.: Classic Rock Masters "The Shotz"
• 7:30 p.m.: Tribute to Corporal Timothy Gibson
• 8 p.m.: Fireworks Spectacular