Upcoming Programs & Events

Letter from Santa Program

Registration open thru December 15th

Fee: $5.00 pp

Watch the excitement when your child receives a letter from Santa Claus!  Santa wants to make your child feel special this holiday season with an  unforgettable gift: Imagine how surprised they'll be to receive mail direct from the North Pole.

Please complete 1 registration form for each child so that each child gets their own letter.  The deadline to register is Sunday, December 15th in order to ensure that we can get the letter to you in time for Christmas morning. Letters will arrive in a large red envelope from the North Pole. 

Due to the rising cost of postage and printing; we are forced to charge a small fee for this program in order to cover those costs. 

Sunday, December 8th
Parade Start Time: 3:00 pm

Tree Lighting: 3:45 pm (approx)

The Parks & Recreation Department would like to invite you to join us this Sunday, December 8th as we kick off the official Holiday Season in Merrimack at the 31st Annual Holiday Parade & Tree Lighting Event. 

The Annual Holiday Parade will begin at 3:00 p.m. from the Commons Shopping Plaza located at 515 Daniel Webster Highway and will end in the Town Hall parking lot located at 6 Baboosic Lake Road.  The theme of this year’s parade is A Charlie Brown Christmas. 

The Tree Lighting Ceremony will take place immediately after the Parade arrives at Town Hall (at approximately 3:45 pm.) and will feature performances by the High School Marching Band, Broadway Bound and a musical performance by Miss Liberty – Veronika Sokel. 

Now Thru December 25th
Free Family Activity

The Southern New Hampshire Tour of Lights has returned this for it's 5th year. This program is a collaboration among Recreation Departments in south central New Hampshire and the program exists to provide a free family friendly activity to go out and explore festive lights and decorations during the holiday season.

All homes on the list were registered by the home owner. We did not include any address unless the home owner registered themselves. There are 97 homes in 15 communities on the list this year. 

December 23rd - Dec 31st (No program on 12/25)

8:00 am - 4:00 pm

Cost: $60 per day; siblings $55 per day

Grades: K - 5

Location: Wasserman Park Function Hall  

Come and join Merrimack Parks & Recreation and staff from Camp  Naticook over the December School Vacation week with activities designed  to keep your children busy and entertained all week long.  

Children  will participate in a variety of sports, games, arts & crafts  projects, nature exploration, outdoor activities and much more designed  to burn off some energy. A daily hot lunch is included in the cost of  your tuition.

The program runs from 8:00 am - 4:00 pm on each of the scheduled days and the program is geared towards children in Grades K - 5. Sign up by the day or for all 6 days.

Saturday, February 1st, 2025

12:30 - 7:00 pm

$110.00 pp

Using state of the art video projection, incredible lighting, and a full live band THE SIMON & GARFUNKEL STORY is a moving and powerful concert featuring all the hits such as “Mrs. Robinson,” “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” “Homeward Bound,” “Scarborough Fair,” “The Boxer,” “The Sound Of Silence,” and many more — this is a show not to be missed!

The immersive concert-style theater show chronicles the amazing journey shared by the folk-rock duo, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. It tells the story from their humble beginnings as Tom & Jerry to their incredible success as one of the best-selling music groups of the ‘60’s to their dramatic split in 1970. It culminates with the famous “The Concert in Central Park” reunion in 1981 with more than half a million fans in attendance.