HOPE Recovery Festival 2026: Recovery Calling

Recovery Festival 2026

Saturday, September 26, 2026 11am–4pm · Veterans Park, Manchester, NH

Ways to take part leave a voice message or show your work as an artist This day runs on sponsors see sponsorship opportunities

Hello & Welcome

Recovery Festival is our annual celebration of hope, healing, and community. Each year, we bring together music, resources, local organizations, and thousands of people for a day dedicated to connection and recovery. Free and open to everyone. Come celebrate with us September 26th, 2026!

This year’s theme, Recovery Calling, reminds us that recovery is always reaching out. Whether you’re seeking support, celebrating your journey, or showing up for someone you love, the call is there. And this year, we’re listening.

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Recovery Calling

Recovery Calling is built on a simple idea: Hearing from someone who’s actually been through it lands differently than being told it gets better.

A stranger’s voice, saying what was true for them, is proof, and proof reaches people more than encouragement ever could.

If something in what you’ve been through could help someone else feel less alone, that’s reason enough. Leave your voice — or write it, and someone at Hope will read it out loud. It might be the proof someone out there has been waiting to hear.

The line is not monitored. In crisis? Call or text 988.

What happens to your voice

Need a place to start?

  • What did the bad day actually feel like, and what got you through to the next one?
  • How long did it actually take before anything felt different?
  • What's the biggest thing you've had to overcome?
  • Tell me about a moment when someone's kindness made a difference for you.
  • Talk to the version of you that hadn't started recovery yet.
  • Tell me about a day when you first believed it was actually working.

Voices from around the country

No messages on the map yet. Yours could be the first.

Yours belongs here too.

Show your work as an artist

Free booth space for artists in recovery: display and sell original work, and be part of the day. No cost, no sponsorship required.

Sponsorship opportunities

Support in lieu of attending

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