I. In this section:
(a) “Dancer” means a person or a group of people who, with or without compensation, move their feet, or body, or both, to the accompaniment of music in a premises approved to sell alcoholic beverages. “Dancer” shall not be construed to mean a person or group of individuals who perform dances based upon ethnic, cultural, or historical customs.

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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 179:19

  • Cocktail lounge: means a room operated for the purpose of serving liquor and beverages without the benefit of food. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 175:1
  • Commission: means the state liquor commission. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 175:1
  • Liquor: means all distilled and rectified spirits, alcohol, wines, fermented and malt liquors and cider, of over 6 percent alcoholic content by volume at 60 degrees Fahrenheit. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 175:1
  • Live entertainment: means at least one person employed with or without compensation to entertain guests or patrons on the premises of a licensed establishment and shall include, but not be limited to, musicians, disc jockeys, theater companies and other related performers. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 175:1
  • Person: means an individual, partnership, limited liability company or corporation. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 175:1
  • Premises: means and includes all parts of the contiguous real estate occupied by a licensee over which the licensee has direct or indirect control or interest and which the licensee uses in the operation of the licensed business, and which have been approved by the commission as proper places in which to exercise the licensee's privilege. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 175:1

(b) “Entertainer” means a person who, with or without compensation, performs in a premises licensed to sell alcoholic beverages. “Entertainer” shall not include a “dancer” as defined under subparagraph I(a).
II. On-premises licensees may provide entertainment and dancing, in clearly defined areas on their licensed premises, provided they have received written authorization by the town or city and they have provided the commission with a copy of that authorization. A cover charge may be assessed to cover the cost of live entertainment. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, paragraph III shall not be construed to permit a person under the age of majority to perform, paid or unpaid, as a dancer in any licensed premise.
III. No person licensed to sell liquor or beverage under N.H. Rev. Stat. Chapter 178 may employ as an entertainer any person who is under 17 years of age in a cocktail lounge where liquor or beverages are sold.
IV. [Repealed.]
V. On-premises or off-premises licensees may install amusement machines on their premises. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed in any way to limit the powers of municipalities under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 31:41-d to adopt bylaws relative to licensing amusement machines and to determining the number, location, and types of machines allowed in the municipality.
VI. Licensees shall not allow illegal gambling or wagering on their premises.
VII. The use of darts shall be allowed in clearly defined areas.