2026 Festival:
Saturday, May 16, 2026
in downtown Peterborough, NH from 7am - 3pm!
Check out all the student artwork downtown!
We need YOU to help our Festival run!
Click here to volunteer your
time on Festival Day!
Back this year:
the Pancake Breakfast
at the UU Church!
FREE from 7am-9:30am!
We created an Educator Guide!
Are you a local educator
(or parent) looking for ideas on how to work this year’s festival theme into your curriculum!?
Click here for our Educator Guide!
It’s filled with lots of ideas for puppets to make, books to read and lots more!
We held two opportunities for the community to help with a Mosaic project for this year’s festival:
Here is our 2026 Appeal Letter:
We held a Giant Puppet Workshop!
Please take note: For the safety and comfort of all attendees, we kindly request that you refrain from bringing your dogs to the Children and the Arts Festival.
Wondering where to park? Click here to see our parking map!