Please see below for updates regarding Cruisin’ on Main, Manchester’s Fireworks Celebration and Celebrate Manchester. The following updates have been provided by each event’s committee or organizing body.

As the summer approaches, we as a community will begin to shift from our indoor lives to enjoy the outdoor beauty of the Manchester community. In addition to the town’s beautiful parks and leisure centers, be sure to pay a visit to Manchester’s many outdoor hiking and walking trails this summer.

The Town of Manchester now requires all attendees to make an appointment online prior to the event.

The Town of Manchester’s farmers market season, which includes the Spruce Street Farmers Market and the inaugural Northwest Park Farmers Market, is set to kick off on June 2.

Alisa Bowen-Marcado, owner of Rhythm Brewing, will share her entrepreneurial journey as a Black female business owner succeeding at a male-dominated business while teaching us how to navigate the craft beer boom.

Manchester Health Department, in partnership with First Choice Health Centers, will host a series of free mobile COVID-19 testing events. Find out More!

The Manchester Sculpture Project announces a new way to support efforts to raise funds for a life-size bronze statue of Elisabeth M. Bennet.

The Department of Leisure Family and Recreation’s Summer 2021 Program and Event Guide is here – registration begins May 4 for residents and May 7 for non-residents.

Manchester’s Repurposed Schools Committee is launching a neighborhood and town-wide community outreach to solicit input on how four Manchester elementary school buildings will be repurposed for future use. The Board of Directors has charged the Committee with the development and implementation of a coordinated plan to repurpose Nathan Hale, Washington, Martin, and Robertson Schools. Nathan Hale, decommissioned in 2012, has been vacant the longest and will be the first school targeted for repurposing.

As the weather gets warmer and the days get longer, local restaurants and businesses will begin to expand across the downtown area. In order to mark increased outdoor seating for Main Street’s many locally-owned restaurants, road barriers will be dispersed throughout the area to delineate additional seating. However, this year, the barriers are returning with an artistic twist.