Canterbury NH Community Newsletter

October 2026 Newsletter

  • Halloween Wicked Weekend

    Friday, October 30
 Canterbury Woods Trick or Treating, 5 – 6:30pm (15 West Road) Saturday, October 31
 Town Trick or Treating 5 – 7 pm (Town Center) Sunday, November 1
 Sherwood Forest Trick or Treating… Read more

  • CES Advocates FALL FESTIVAL

    Trunk or Treat AND Chili Cook-Off CES Advocates Fall Festival Fundraiser Sat., Oct. 24, 3-5pm at CES.  Fun family and community event fundraising for Canterbury Elementary School. — Costumes encouraged!  — Playground activities, lawn games,… Read more

  • Canterbury Fire and Rescue Fire Truck Push -In Ceremony, Mon. Oct. 12, 5 pm, Municipal Complex

    Please join us as we welcome our new fire engine to the fleet! Come see the new engine, and help us to push it in to the garage! Bring the kids, meet the crew, take… Read more

  • CUCC Happenings

    Visitors are always welcome!  Sunday Worship: 
10 am. All ages welcome! We celebrate communion on the first Sunday each month. Open Community Fellowship: 
11:15 -12.  Everyone’s welcome upstairs in the Parish House for coffee, tea,… Read more

  • Why in the world would you want to visit with a pastor?

    Plenty of folks in and out of church might think a minister is the last person they’d want to talk to (even though I am pretty nice). So let me share four truths about pastoral… Read more

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Mark Your Calendars for these October Events you won’t want to miss!!

Sat., July 4th: 5th Annual Fireworks Fun Fest in the Center
Kids parade and games, hot dogs and hamburgers, Declaration of Independence, Concert, Watermelon, and especially grand Fireworks! Hosted by Friends of Canterbury Center. 5-9pm in the center.

Wed., July 15: Canterbury Farmers Market 20th Anniversary Celebration
Market goes an extra half hour — Join us for local dinner hot-off-the-grill with all the fixins’, extra kids games, bodacious Bluegrass music,
and cake of course! Event runs
4-7pm. Food served 4-6:30pm.

Quaker Meeting Yard Sale, July 18
Huge multi-family sale. All funds raised will go to “Immigrant Support Fund” established by Quaker Meeting. Sale goes from 7:30-2:30 at the Quaker Meeting House,
11 Oxbow Pond Rd.

Sat., July 25: The 68th Canterbury Fair, always the last Saturday in July!
Check CanterburyFair.com for the full schedule of Fair fun. All the traditional favorites, and MORE!
Fair opens at 9am when the Woodchuck Classic runners sprint down the hill from the elementary
school. The “Chipmunks” scramble down the hill next. Don’t miss Shaker hand pies at the Bake Sale!

Thursdays, Aug. 6, Aug. 20, Sept. 3: Sessions in the Center
A line up of concerts brought to you by Friends
of Canterbury Center. 6-8pm around the gazebo (or bandstand,