Northeast Coffee Festival
🎟 NECF Pass Information 🎟
Festival Dates: May 15-16, 2026
$99 per person (+fees)
Tickets are LIVE!!
What’s included in a NECF PASS?
2 Full Days of Coffee + Tea Education
Hands-on Workshops, Cuppings, Panels, and Beyond the Cup Conversations led by 50+ industry professionals. Attendees have the opportunity to attend up to 10 sessions throughout the weekend.
Friday Night Opening “How Did I Get Here?” Panel Sponsored by StoneX Specialty Coffee
Kick off the first night with a “How Did I Get Here” Panel. Come network with industry pros and learn more about the Specialty Coffee Community!
Access to the Latte Art Throwdown Sponsored by Coffee By Design!
📍 BNH Stage | Main Stage
🗓 Saturday, May 16th
⏰ Doors at 4:00 | Pours at 4:30
Saturday Night NECF 5th Anniversary Party Sponsored by Covoya Specialty Coffee
Close out the festival with a killer party after the throwdown with all your new coffee friends!
THE ROASTING TRACK
Introducing the Roasting Track, curated by Emeran Langmaid of Drink Rare Breed! This Workshop Track is part of our Coffee Educational Programming, where you will get to deep dive into the craft, science, and responsibility behind every roast.
Across two days of the festival, you’ll explore air quality and roaster health, sample roasting for clarity, East African coffee development, applied airflow in drum roasting, packaging for quality + design, drum vs. air systems, and even the misunderstood power of coffea canephora (Robusta). Expect technical insight, guided tastings, origin connection, and real-world production conversations designed for roasters, baristas, and coffee buyers alike.
This track connects production, sustainability, sensory evaluation, and innovation- from green sourcing to the final cup.
Roasting Workshops will be hosted by: @drinkrarebreed @ghowellcoffee @swingscoffee @aerocoffeeroasters @cafe_reynard @jrenecoffee @enjoycoffeeroasters @newharvestcoffee @jnpcoffee
🎉 NECF 5th Anniversary Party 🎉
Sponsored by Covoya Specialty Coffee
Date: Saturday, May 16th, 2026
Time: After the Latte Art Throwdown
📍 Bank of NH Stage, Main Stage
🎟 NECF Pass Required
Covoya is back and ready to party as we celebrate NECF’s 5th Anniversary!
Small bites, open bar, music, and more!
PANEL DISCUSSIONS Introducing our next Workshop Track from the Coffee Educational Programming: Panel Discussions, curated by Gerra Harrigan from StoneX Specialty Coffee. These Panel Discussions bring together some of the most respected voices in specialty coffee for honest, unfiltered conversations.
Industry leaders will tackle the real issues: navigating rising costs and market volatility, breaking into leadership roles, the highs (and headaches) of coffee competitions, and the cutting edge of innovation, science, and entrepreneurship. From green buying and tariffs to world-stage competitions and groundbreaking research, these panels pull back the curtain on what it really takes to stay competitive, and inspired, in today’s coffee landscape.
Whether you’re a barista, roaster, café owner, competitor, or future industry leader, expect insight, strategy, and big-picture thinking from the people shaping specialty coffee right now.
Introducing our first NECF Venue Partner:
BANK OF NH STAGE
📍 Concord, NH
What’s happening in this venue?
Box Office, Roaster’s Lounge, Espresso Workshops, Tea Workshops, Panel Discussions, Opening Panel, Latte Art Throwdown, NECF 5th Anniversary Party.
MEM TEA TRACK Introducing our next Coffee Educational Programming Workshop Track of 2026: The MEM Tea Track! 🫖🍵 Curated by Meg Tartasky of MEM Tea, this immersive series invites you to taste beyond the ordinary.
Explore fresh + aged oolongs, rare and wild teas from around the globe, loose leaf brewing made simple, and creative café-style tea drinks. Go deeper with workshops on building thoughtful tea programs and even unexpected whiskey pairings.
Whether you’re a total beginner, café owner, or lifelong tea lover, this track is designed to expand your palate, spark creativity, and transform the way you brew and experience tea.
SENSORY TRACK As part of the Coffee Educational Programming at the Northeast Coffee Festival, we’re excited to introduce the Sensory Track led by Anne Mercer from Victus Coffee.
This hands-on series is designed to deepen the way you taste, evaluate, and experience coffee. Across two days, you’ll learn to brew better at home, compare specialty and non-specialty coffees side by side, identify common defects, explore acidity and body in depth, test your palate with blind sensory challenges, and even trace what’s happening inside your espresso machine.
From café owners and baristas to passionate home brewers, each workshop builds practical sensory skills you can apply immediately- helping you taste with more clarity, confidence, and intention.
Eastern Propane & Oil Live Music Series is BACK! Thanks to our Platinum Partner, Eastern Propane & Oil, we have partnered once again with the NH Music Collective to curate an amazing lineup of musicians that’ll be performing throughout the duration of the weekend. This will be located on South Main Street between the BNH Stage and Hotel Concord and is open to the public. This is the perfect option when you need to take a breather from workshops and enjoy the vendors at the Community Market – bring down the family and enjoy the music!
Friday, May 15th
12PM | Adrienne Mack-Davis Band
3PM | DJ Ron See
5PM | Primo CubanoSaturday, May 16th
11AM | DJ Ron See
1PM | Supernothing
5PM | Sunburned Sharks
