27th Annual Festival of Trees

Illustration of a Christmas tree with a yellow star and spiral decorations, framed in gold, with the text "Festival of Trees" and "The Community Children's Fund."

Exeter Festival of Trees

December 3rd 11am - 6pm

December 4th 11am - 8pm

Exeter Town Hall, Exeter, NH

Each year, the Exeter Town Hall is aglow with live, decorated trees up for silent auction.

Free and open to the public!

Come and enjoy the festive atmosphere, admire the beautifully decorated trees, and stop in for a Bake Sale treat. Raffle Tree tickets will be on sale for a chance to win a special committee tree filled with local business gift cards and certificates. Proceeds from the festival go to the Community Children’s Fund, providing warm winter clothing vouchers to Seacoast area children in need.

Please find us on our new FB page HERE.

Ways to get involved with the 2025 Festival of Trees:

Underwriter

Provide a larger donation and get prominent event publicity.

Download and mail the form, or email if you’d prefer the form sent to you directly.

Decorate a Tree

Sign up online to decorate 1 of the 50 trees up for display & auction.

Download and mail the form, or email if you’d prefer the form sent to you directly.

Donate a Gift Card

Provide a Raffle Tree Gift Card or Gift Certificate from your business.

Donate Directly

If you would like to donate directly to the Festival of Trees, you can do so here.

Donate

Questions? Email us at ExeterFestivalofTrees@gmail.com

A sponsor thank you poster for a 2024 event, featuring logos and names. Festival Stars include Bank Prov, Pipers, Graham Tire & Auto, Service Credit Union, Beth Israel Lahey Health Exeter Hospital, D.F. Richard Energy, Arjay ACE Hardware, Edward Jones, and M&T Bank. Festival Angels include Newburyport Bank, Exeter Mill, Cummings Lamont & McNamee PLLC, Nathan Wechsler, The Cheney Companies, Chinburg Properties, RiverWoods, Town of Exeter New Hampshire, BMW of Stratham, and Ameritech Contracting LLC. Gold Sponsors are Bayside Distributing LLC, Bodywise Physical Therapy, Lighthouse Credit Union, and Northland Forest Products. Silver Sponsors include C.P. Management, Citizens Bank, Colonial Poplin Nursing & Rehab, Exeter Area Kiwanis, F.W. Webb Company, H.R. Intelligent Design, Sons of the American Legion Post 67 Newmarket, Meredith Village Savings Bank, Perkins Power Equipment, Proulx Oil and Propane, The Exeter Tailor, and United Underwriters Inc.

Thank You to our generous 2024 sponsors!

With your help, we raised $54,000 in 2024! Check out our 2024 Festival’s Feature on Seacoast Online.

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