2025 Keene Ice and Snow Festival
Saturday, February 1, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Downtown Keene
This year’s event will feature:
12 ice sculptures created by ice artists from NH, VT, MA.
Each sculptor works with 600 lbs of ice!
Sculptures are spread out around downtown illuminated to glow into the evening.
The Return of the Rail Jam! Snowboarding and Skiing demo on Commerce Ave
A Free Children’s Train Ride from 11AM - 4PM
Free Pony Rides from 11AM - 3 PM
Strolling Circus Arts & Magic 1-4 PM
Campfires and Free s’mores all day
A Sugar on Snow Station 1-4 PM
Free Face Painting all day
Free Balloon Art
Character actors like Elsa & Anna, Yukon Cornelius and the Bumble
This year’s festival features an ice carving competition between twelve professional ice carvers from the Monadnock Region and throughout New England.
“The festival is a day of free family fun that brings local ingenuity and creative vibrancy to downtown Keene during the peak of winter,” said Mark Rebillard, Deep Roots Massage & Bodywork owner and Keene Downtown Group chair. “Each ice sculpture is set on a pedestal and illuminated from underneath to shine long into the evening. A beautiful night to walk around before dinner at your favorite downtown restaurant!”
Be amazed by roaming circus acts with Wunderle’s Big Top Adventures, warm up with cartoons at the Colonial Theater, and giddy up with horse rides from Freedom Reins Therapeutic Riding Center. Also, don’t miss the children's train ride, face painting by Emily Sodders, balloon art from Doug The Devilstick Man Entertainment, campfire s'mores with graham crackers from Jack's Crackers, sugar on snow with help from Woodard's Sugar House and other local sugarhouses, an interactive art exhibit, a "find the yeti" scavenger hunt, free hot cocoa stations at over twelve local restaurants, shops and nonprofit booths, two activity centers with games and treats at UCC Keene and the Elm City Church, and more. (Photo credit: Mark Rebillard)
The 22nd Keene Ice and Snow Festival produced by the Keene Downtown Group.
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