Westival turns ten
One Saturday a year the West End throws itself a block party. A morning of wellness, then an afternoon of music, food, and neighbors at West End Yards. Free to walk in, and every dollar raised goes to Gather.
When
Sat, Oct 3
Wellness 10 AM - noon
Festival noon - 5 PM
Cost
Free
All proceeds benefit Gather
How the day runs
10 AM - noon
Westival Wellness
Four West End fitness neighbors run the morning. Come for one or stack them.
- 5K run with Peak East Coast
- Pilates with Form Fitness
- HIIT class with ATX Fitness Therapy
- Cold plunge + sauna recovery with Banya
Noon - 5 PM
The festival
Westival takes over the Yards for the afternoon.
- · Live music all afternoon
- · Local food and drinks
- · Bouncy house and family activities
- · Booths from West End businesses and community organizations
- · More to be announced
Who hosts it
Westival is put on by Red Post Realty, Gather, and the Portsmouth West End neighborhood.
Red Post Realty
A Portsmouth-based residential brokerage working across the New Hampshire Seacoast, southern Maine, and northern Massachusetts since 2013. Red Post started Westival ten years ago as a thank-you to the West End, and has organized it every year since.
Full disclosure: our co-founder Sabrina is a REALTOR at Red Post, so we're not neutral about this one. We'd be here anyway.
redpostrealty.com →
Gather
The Seacoast's hunger-relief nonprofit, feeding neighbors in New Hampshire and Maine since 1816 through its Portsmouth pantry market, mobile markets, and meal programs - more than 1.6 million pounds of food a year. Every dollar Westival raises goes here.
gathernh.org →Know before you go
Getting there
West End Yards sits off Route 1 Bypass, a short walk from Islington Street and the rest of the West End. If the lot fills, downtown garages are a ten-minute walk; our Portsmouth parking guide has rates and which ones fill first.
Doing the morning
The 5K, pilates, and HIIT sessions are run by the studios themselves. Check the Facebook event for sign-up details as they're posted, and bring a change of clothes for the afternoon.
Bring the kids
Bouncy house, open space, and a crowd that's mostly neighbors. It's one of the easier Portsmouth festivals to do with small kids in tow.
Make a day of it
The festival ends at 5, and the West End's own restaurants are steps away. Our Portsmouth food and drink guide and the verified happy hour list will land you somewhere good.
