Seacoast Kids Mardi Gras

The Children’s Museum of NH will hold its annual Family Mardi Gras Celebration

In Dover. This colorful cultural celebration features entertainment and activities for all ages, and is generously underwritten by Laconia Savings Bank.

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February 14, 12 – 5 pm

Dover, NH

The Family Mardi Gras Celebration will include live Cajun music by The Fiddling Thomsons at 1 PM and 3 PM, regional foods of New Orleans to sample, and children's parades through the museum led by museum mascot Albert The Costumed Alligator. Children can make Mardi Gras masks and jester hats, and each visitor will receive a strand of colorful Mardi Gras beads to wear and take home. All Mardi Gras activities are included in regular paid admission to the museum: $8 for adults and children, $7 for seniors, and no charge for museum members and children under age one.

Featured entertainers The Fiddling Thomsons are a father-and-son duo from Newmarket, NH who have performed their lively Cajun music at festivals throughout New England. Dad Ryan is a music and dance professional who has been honored by inclusion in the traditional and touring artists rosters of the NH State Council on the Arts.  He teachers fiddle, banjo, flute, piano, and other instruments. Son Brennish has been performing for many years of his young life and plays fiddle, wooden spoons, zydeco rubboard, and the pennywhistle. More information on The Fiddling Thomsons can be found at

For more information on the Family Mardi Gras celebration, please call (603) 742-2002.

About the Children’s Museum of New Hampshire

The Children’s Museum of New Hampshire is located at 6 Washington Street in Dover and offers two levels of hands-on, custom-created exhibits for children ages 1-12. Children can explore a wide range of subjects, from dinosaurs, music and aeronautics to world cultures, art and natural history. Open year-round, the museum hosts a variety of live performances, workshops, classes and special events for families. In its first year of operation in Dover, the museum welcomed nearly 130,000 visitors from 48 U.S. states and 11 foreign countries.

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