Celebrate Manchester

07/15/2026

Mark your calendars! Join us on August 15th at 11 a.m. for a Millyard walking tour, and learn about the fascinating history of Manchester’s Millyard, developed by the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company from 1831 to 1936. At one time the largest textile operation in the world, Amoskeag had an enormous impact on the life and economy of Manchester and New Hampshire.

The walking tour will examine the impact of the Millyard and it’s decline and rebirth following the bankruptcy of Amoskeag. The tour will also look at the Merrimack River and the Amoskeag Falls and focus on the history of individual mill buildings.

Click the link in our bio to sign up today!
*Pre-registration is required. $10 MHA members / $20 general public

07/09/2026

Looking to Celebrate Manchester tonight?

Here are all the details for the first concert of the Levitt AMP Manchester Music Series taking place on Thursdays in Veterans Park this summer.

Join us at 6:00 for the official Ribbon Cutting ceremony before local band Donaher opens for Dyer Davis!

06/26/2026

This Saturday at Barnes and Noble! What a great lineup of local authors! We hope to see you there!

. It’s safe to say that if this group’s honors, collective words about – and images of – the Manchester area, were strung end-to-end, the timeline would go back to when a soon-to-be extinct T-Rex got hit upside the head by that fateful meteor at Derryfield Park.

06/25/2026

Want to hear more about the celebration events taking place in Manchester this year? Tune in tomorrow morning!

06/23/2026

Did you know Manchester has a weekly Farmers Market in Arms Park?

Every Wednesday you can stroll, shop, and sip your way through the park with your friends and neighbors.

See you there, Manchester!

06/14/2026

180 years of stories.
And every single one of them starts with a person.

We want to hear yours.

💬 What do you love most about Manchester?

Maybe it's a street corner that feels like home. The restaurant that's been there your whole life. The way the foliage looks in October. A neighbor who showed up when it mattered.

Whatever your story is, drop it in the comments. The best answers will be featured right here on this page all year long.

This city has 115,000+ stories. Let's start telling them.

06/11/2026

Before there was the city we know and love, there was a name.

So where exactly did "Manchester" come from?

In the early 1800s, a small mill town was growing fast along the banks of the Merrimack River. Industrialist Samuel Blodget and the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company saw something in this stretch of river that no one else did: raw, untapped power.

The falls at Amoskeag could drive machines. The machines could drive an economy. And that economy could build a city.

Formerly Derryfield, in 1810 the settlement was named "Manchester" after Manchester, England, then the textile capital of the world. It was an act of pure ambition. A declaration of what this place intended to become.

Then they made it happen.

In 1846 Manchester was incorporated as a city. By the late 1800s, the Amoskeag Mills were the largest textile manufacturing complex on the planet. Nearly 17,000 workers, many of them immigrants arriving with nothing but determination, clocked in every day along the Merrimack.

This is where we come from.

📺 Want to go deeper? Watch this short film about the group that saved Manchester by banding together to invest in the city: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH6DmtbHA7w

Follow this page all year long as we uncover 180 years of stories, one post at a time.

The famous story of the fall and rise of Amoskeag, 1935Manchester,...

06/10/2026

It's time to wish Manchester, NH a happy 180th birthday! Please join us in doing it the only way the Queen City knows: BIG

Beginning this month we're throwing the longest birthday party this city has ever seen, wrapping up the festivities in 2027.

Welcome to the official Manchester 180 page.

Since 1846, this city has been built by mill workers and immigrants, entrepreneurs and artists, families who stayed and newcomers who now call it home. 180 years of grit, growth, and genuine community.

We're here to celebrate every single year of it.

All year long, we'll bring you:
✅ Historical stories pulled from the archives
✅ Events, concerts, and celebrations across the city
✅ Spotlights on the businesses and people who make Manchester what it is
✅ Ways for YOU to be part of the celebration

Don't miss a moment. Follow this page right now, then share it with every Manchester resident, alum, and fan you know. We're just getting started.