5 Things to Know About Veterans Day Weekend

Here are 5 Things to know about this weekend in Concord:

1. NOT A BAD WEEKEND. The Veterans Day weekend is looking to be a relatively decent weather weekend, according to forecasters. Friday will be the worst of the three days, with morning showers and low temperatures around 27, but eventually rising to just below 50. Expect partly to mostly cloudy skies on Saturday and Sunday though, with highs in the mid- to high 50s, and lows between 30 to 30 degrees.

2. HONORING THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED. The Veterans of Foreign Wars and Staff of the NH State Veterans Cemetery invites all residents to attend Veterans Day Ceremony commencing at 11 a.m. on Friday, at 110 Daniel Webster Highway, Route 3 Boscawen. will be speaking and former Utah is scheduled to pay his respects as well.

3. LEGO ROBOTICS COMPETITION. will hosts a FIRST LEGO League Robotics Tournament from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

4. SHOP HOP … DOWNTOWN. About 40 downtown stores are participating in a , offering discounts, samples, raffles, and specials.

5. OTHER EVENTS. On Friday, there is a Zumba class at the at 5:30 p.m. host a starting at 6 p.m. The New Space Theater at presents “An Ordinary Man,” at 7 p.m. At 7:30 p.m., Tom McDermott performs at the Oates Performing Arts Center at . Bad Monkey plays at . On Saturday, at 10 a.m., Buddhist monk Kelsang Pawo talks at the . At noon, another Occupy NH General Assembly will be held at the . Ustad Shafaat Khan performs at the at 7:30 p.m. Ventt plays The Pit Road Lounge. On Sunday, Melissa Ferrick plays the Capitol Center for the Arts in the main hall while Taylor Mali appears in the Spotlight Café at 7:30 p.m.