The Capitol Center for the Arts New Hampshire has plenty of performances to check out. Here are 10 editor’s picks.

We share great local events from our calendar that span a range of interests, costs and locations. Be sure to post your events and encourage your favorite venues, promoters, and businesses to post theirs. All events are eligible to be selected and promoted as an Editor’s Pick, will yours be next?

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A Simple Complex – start: 10/26/2014 7:30 p.m. 

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Voted “Best Band” by Hippo readers in 2013, A Simple Complex is a female-fronted hard rock band from Manchester NH often compared to acts like Heart and Evanescence. The band has been hea… Read More » 

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Under the Streetlamp – start: 11/02/2014 7:30 p.m.

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Under the Streetlamp, America’s hottest new vocal group with a top PBS special, performs an electrifying evening of classic hits from the American radio songbook. Exuding the irresistible… Read More » 

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American Idol Finalist Alex Preston – start: 11/08/2014 2:00 p.m.

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Mont Vernon, NH native and AMERICAN IDOL TOP 3 FINALIST, Alex Preston will be “COMING HOME” to the Capitol Center for the Arts in Concord, NH on Saturday, November 8th. The 7pm show has S… Read More » 

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American Idol Finalist Crystal Bowersox – start: 11/14/2014 8:00 p.m.

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Crystal’s emotive folk-rock-country style has been catapulted from the cramped coffeehouses and cavernous subway tunnels of Chicago to millions of homes across America when she placed sec… Read More » 

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An Evening With Michael Feinstein – start: 11/21/2014 7:30 p.m.

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Michael Feinstein, the multi-platinum-selling, two-time Emmy and five-time Grammy Award-nominated entertainer dubbed “The Ambassador of the Great American Songbook,” is considered one of … Read More » 

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Dueling Pianos – start: 11/29/2014 8:00 p.m.

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One night only! A high energy, interactive, and all-request rock and roll event. From Bon Jovi to Billy Joel, you make the requests and you sing along – lots of music, and lots of laughs … Read More » 

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An Epic Christmas Around The World – start: 12/06/2014 7:00 p.m.

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This Christmas, take a trip around the world and see what makes Christmas the most magical time of the year. Celebrate with an exciting cast of characters as they travel from country to c… Read More » 

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The Twelve Days of Christmas – start: 12/13/2014 2:00 p.m.

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The Twelve Days of Christmas features over one hundred young performers from across New Hampshire and includes students of Eastern Ballet Institute, Concord Community Music School’s Purpl… Read More » 

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Holiday Pops Variety Show – start: 12/21/2014 4:00 p.m.

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Ring in the Holidays with the Capital Jazz Orchestra Small Group and Music Director Clayton “Skip” Poole as they entertain, sing, make you laugh, and celebrate the Yuletide in a wonderful… Read More » 

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Skylight – start: 12/28/2014 2:00 p.m.

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Bill Nighy (Love Actually, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) and Carey Mulligan (Inside Llewyn Davis, The Great Gatsby) feature in the highly-anticipated production of David Hare’s Skylight… Read More » 

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Are you involved with a group, local organization, business or cause or have an event that you’d like us to spotlight? Or, do you have a favorite venue we should know of? If so, we’d love to hear from you. You can also post your events in our calendar.