Date and Time
Saturday Sep 20, 2025
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
Location
The NASWA Resort, 1086 Weirs Blvd, Laconia, NH 03246
Description
About the Festival
Historically, the Dragon Boat Festival, or Duanwu Festival, is a Chinese holiday celebrated on the 5th day of the 5th month of the Chinese Lunar Calendar in memory of the Chinese scholar Qu Yuan. Qu Yuan was a Chinese Poet who lived around 340 - 278 BC. Some 2000 years later Dragon Boat festivals have been sweeping the globe. Here in our small city of Laconia the Dragon Boat Festival has been sponsored by Gilda's Club and Lakes Region Cancer Support Team and now has found its home with the Laconia Rotary Club. As has been tradition with our Dragon Boat Festival, net profits for this event will be donated through LARO (Laconia Rotary) to charities.
LEARN MORE AT: https://www.laconiarotary.org/Page/laconia-rotary-dragon-boat-festival
LEARN MORE AT: https://www.laconiarotary.org/Page/laconia-rotary-dragon-boat-festival
What is a Dragon Boat?? Glad you asked! A Dragon Boat is a 40 foot long, narrow canoe-like boat. The crew consists of 16 paddlers sitting two abreast, a drummer who sits a the head of the boat and beats out a paddling rhythm for the crew, and a steer-person at the rear of the boat. The steer-person will be a staff member from the 22 Dragon's race coordination team.
