Come join us for the official Highnote Jack Sharkey 5k! The course is an official USTAF certified course, starting at the Governor Prescott House and winding through some of Epping's hilly neighborhoods.

Jack Sharkey was a heavyweight boxing champion in 1932, and retired in Epping, NH in 1950. He passed away in 1994.

$20 registration online, $25 registration at the event. First 50 to register get a tshirt.

Race starts at 10am, registration opens at 9am.

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Schedule

10am

Jack Sharkey 5k Walk/Run
"Knock out the Hills at Highnote"

2-4pm

Live Music - Rob and Jody

4-4:45pm

Birds of Prey Demonstration

4:45-6pm

Live Music - Petty Thieves

6-6:30pm

Live Auction

6:45-7:30pm

Live Music Continues - Petty Thieves

Dark

Fireworks - Northstar Fireworks

Food options available:

• Burgers, Dogs, Fries, Drinks, and Ice Cream!

Activities & Exhibits for Children and Adults

• Creative Community Space
• Hay Rides
• Helicopter Rides¹
• Arts and crafts for kids of all ages
• Local artisan exhibit booths
• Horseshoe Pitching Tournament
• Snowmobile water crossing

¹ Total weight in aircraft can not exceed 700lbs.

Tickets

Tickets are available at the gate. Music and events will be rain or shine. Fireworks are weather permitting.

$15 for adults. Kids & high school students are free.

Additional donations can be made to:
The Adam McPhee Memorial Foundation
174 Prescott Road
Epping, NH 03042

Directions

Take Route 101 to Exit 7 to 125N to 27W Main Street to 173 Prescott Rd. (NOTE: Academy St. turns into Prescott Rd)

Look for the yellow and black Highnote flags to guide you to the festival grounds.

The festival grounds are handicap accessible.

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Proceeds from HIGHNOTE will benefit the Adam McPhee Memorial Foundation.

Adam was born with disabilities, but that did not stop him from making his mark. He was the first student to enter Epping High School with a special inclusion program. Adam completed his years at Epping High School and participated in graduation in 1999.

Adam touched many lives, raising empathy and awareness of the contributions people with disabilities can make to the world around us.

Adam died in the fall of 1999 at the age of 21. To honor Adam the McPhee family started a fund to give a scholarship, each year, to a graduating senior from Epping High School. A permanent foundation was also created, which provides grants for programs and organizations that promote inclusion.

The Annual Highnote Festival (est.2001) is a fund raiser, a way for the McPhee family to remember Adam with laughter and fun on the farm. Please join us!

Benefit Proceeds

• Epping High School Graduating Seniors – 24 students
• Richie McFarland Children’s Center
• UNH Therapeutic Riding, Field of Dreams and Wendall’s Wish therapeutic riding programs
• Farmsteads of New England (adult disabilities program in Epping)
• Epping Teacher’s continuing education
• Epping Elementary communication device for students with autism
• Disability Ski Program
• Epping Recreation department for wheelchair assess van and tuition assistance
• Epping Food Bank
• Epping Library – teen room
• Epping Historical Society and Garden Club
• Epping Lions Club
• Automated External Defibrillator for adult day program building
• Epping Elementary School 1st day program
• Accessible walkway and sport wheelchair – Oyster River High School
• ADAM's Tree House - YMCA Camp Lincoln