UFO Festival Events
Saturday and Sunday Events:
- Town Hall Speaker Series (see the schedule and Festival Speakers section for details): 8:45 am to 5:00 pm Saturday and Sunday. Speaker presentations take place on the first floor of the Exeter Town Hall. Price/seat TBD.
- UFO Festival Souvenir Shop: 8:30 am until 5:00 pm, outside Exeter Town Hall. Featuring T-shirts, Mugs, Tote Bags, Posters and more. All items are inscribed with the 2025 UFO Art drawn by the distinguished local artist Sam Paolini.
- Trends Gift Gallery, 85 Water Street: The same merchandise sold at the Festival is also available at Trends. Find out why everyone says "This is the BEST gift shop I've ever been in...The perfect Gift Shop for everyone on your gift list from children to grandparents!" Trends prides themselves on great prices and super friendly and knowledgeable customer service.
- Food & Refreshments: Coffee - 8:30am to 10:00am; Food and Drinks (hamburgers, cheeseburgers, hotdogs, chips, cookies, drinks; 10:30am to 4:00pm (near the Gazebo, downtown Exeter). Most restaurants in Exeter will be open on Saturday and Sunday. Find out why Exeter NH offers the perfect "foodie" experience.
- Kids' Activities: parade (Saturday, 1:30PM), face painting, "UFO Crash Site" creations, gifts, free kids refreshments (Town Hall Common)
- Exeter Incident Site Trolleys (starting near Town Hall Common): 9:00am to 3:30 pm for half-hour rides to the site of the Incident at Exeter in Kensington. Also other sites of interest in Exeter are pointed out. We plan to have two trolleys running both Saturday and Sunday, and tickets are sold at the Trolley Station next to the Trolley Stop on Front Street. Get your tickets early. These rides sell out quickly!
- Historic Videos regarding the "Incident at Exeter" (Town Hall, second floor), Free. Video presentation is shown continuously on the second floor of the Town Hall from 9:00am to 4:00pm and is about 10-minutes long.
Saturday-only Events
- Alien Costume Contest and Parade: Free, Time: 1:30 PM. The parade formed up on the sidewalk adjacent to the Town Hall Common park and proceed to the Town Bandstand (about 1/8th of a mile). There will be monitors to direct parade participants along the parade route.
- Alien Pet Contest: Free, Time: 1:15PM (just prior to the Parade) at the Town Hall Common park.
- Alien Belly Dancing and Hula Hoop demo, Saturday morning starting at 10:00 AM in the Town Hall Common park.
- Meet the Speakers, Otto's Restaurant, 2nd Floor, Saturday, 9/5; 5:30 to 7:00PM, $20