19th Keene Ice and Snow Festival

When

02/05/2022    
8:00 am - 2:00 pm

Event Type

Date: February 5, 2022 from 8am to 4pm; Event hours 10am to 4 pm
Event location: Downtown Keene

Keene Chamber address: 48 Central Square(Downtown), Keene, NH

GSA Shifts: 4 volunteers per shift (2 people per booth)

8am to 10am – set up; 10am to Noon, Noon-2pm; 2-4pm – breakdown

Duties: Assist guests with event and area information – brochures, maps, and directions. Re-stock booth. There will be a Festival/Map Information Sheet that will have a lot of pertinent information, time schedule etc. This will be the main piece of information for the festival and you will be given one as soon as you check in and I will have ready a few days before the festival to e-mail to you. It will be our goal to help visitors in using it. We will also have set-up and breakdown shifts. The booth is outdoors so please dress accordingly.

Uniform: Regular GSA uniform (GSA uniform shirt / Black pants) and dress in layers as it can be very cold outside. There will be a warming station and bathrooms inside the Greater Keene Chamber of Commerce with a key for access. The bathrooms at the Keene Chamber are for GSA volunteers and Keene Chamber Board Directors Staff (have their own key.) Please make sure the door is kept locked. There will be a person or two maintaining the Chamber office for sign in etc. for the entire event.

Parking: Please find a parking place on Main Street or around Central Square which is at the top end of Main Street where the Big White Church is. Pick up your pass at the Keene Chamber of Commerce. Second building in (48 Central Square) on the left side of Central Square next to Fritz’s Cafe on the right side of the Chamber Office. Directions from Manchester 101 West. Follow 101 West all the way to Keene, NH. At the 2nd set of lights coming into Keene bare on to Main Street. Head straight up Main Street and go straight through the roundabout to the top of Main Street. The circle around the top is Central Square. Find parking and info is in “Parking” listed above.

Directions from Concord NH– Rte 9 West to Keene NH. When coming into Keene take a left exiting off of Rte 9 West onto Washington Street. Come all the way down Washington Street will see Bank of America on right as you bare right onto Central Square. Find parking and The Keene Chamber(48 Central Square) will be on the right as you go around Central Square to head down Main Street.

Event description: The 19th Keene Ice and Snow Festival, presented by the Keene Downtown Group, takes place on Saturday, February 5, 2022 from 10am to 4p.m. in downtown Keene.

GSAs can volunteer at the NH Information Booths, which will be set up at Central Square at the top of Main Street (Gazebo area) and on Railroad Square. Booths will have information from the NH Division of Travel and Tourism, Keene Chamber, local Monadnock Region information as well as Keene Ice & Snow Festival Events Map and Information.

Due to the fact that the booths are outside, shifts are 2 hours long. Feel free to sign up for more than one if you wish to stay longer.

When you arrive, go to the Keene Chamber Office for sign in and to pick up event parking pass for dash of front windshield. If for some reason you get a parking meter ticket, please leave it at the Chamber office for Jim or give it to Jim. Sorry if this happens, as we try to prevent this from happening.

The Keene Ice & Snow Festival is a FREE and fun day for families to get out and explore downtown Keene together in the peak of winter!

This year’s event will also feature:

  • 8-10 ice sculptures created by ice artists from NH, VT, MA.  (The sculptures will be spread out around downtown illuminated to glow into the evening).
  • A 40 yard snow slide on Railroad Square, contributed by Tom Call Excavation
  • Cartoons at the new Showroom from 10-2PM, contributed by the Colonial Theater.
  • A children’s Train Ride from 11-3PM
  • Campfires and s’mores
  • A Sugar on Snow Station
  • Free Face Painting
  • A snow Sculpting Competition
  • Princesses Elsa & Anna, a Polar Bear and other characters

On-site Booth Manager: Jim Narkiewicz, Old Man of the Mountain Class 2003-Keene Information Booths-Welcome & Information Centers at the Keene Ice & Snow Festival. Cell: 603-313-8585 e-mail: jim.narkiewicz@gmail.com

19th Keene Ice and Snow Festival produced by the Keene Downtown Group- Mark Rebillard Event Coordinator Cell 603-439-0321 – mark.rebillard@gmail.com

GSA Staff Contact: Emily McMaster Cell 603-244-0757  e-mail:  Emily@nhgsa.com