Portsmouth Maritime Music Festival (Sept 24-25 2022)

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Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival

Preservation and promotion of traditional maritime folk song and music
We need your help!

We are looking for volunteers to help with the 2022 festival. Check out the  Volunteering page for details. We cannot run this festival without you. Send us an e-mail (at the bottom of the page) if

Monthly Chantey Sing—August 2022

The next PMFF Second Monthly Saturday Chantey Sing is:  Saturday, August 13, 2022 at 3–5 PM EDT. Check out the details on our Monthly Chantey Sing page!

Reuben Ranzo Big Sing

Our next single-shanty Big Sing will be “Reuben Ranzo” on Thursday, August 25 at 8pm UK/Ireland time (noon PT, 1pm MT, 2pm Mexico City/ Central Time, 3pm ET, 4pm Atlantic, 9pm France).We a…

Virtual Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival Sunday 25 September 2022

Registration open and program live – please see the virtual festival page and the registration form.

Flatbread Pizza Fundraiser

We thank all those who supported us at our Flatbread Pizza Company fundraiser in Portsmouth, NH on Wednesday, June 22. We had a very successful Silent Auction, which included themed baskets with speci…

Announcing the songwriting contest!

The 2022 PMFF Songwriting Contest is open. See this page for details.

Shallow Brown Big Sing

“Shallow Brown” Big Sing was hosted by Linn Phipps and Jim Lucas and sponsored by PMFF. on Thursday, July 21, 8pm Ireland/UK, 12pm Pacific, 3pm ET (USA), 5am East Australia etc. ACTION: if you’d like<…

Go Sailing!

GO SAILING! Want to sail on the schooner Adventure? This restored Gloucester fishing schooner will sail out on Saturday 18 June, chartered by PMFF Advisory Committee member Jay Boland. There will be m…

Artists Competition

See here for details 2022 Art Contest

Don Sineti & Heather Wood

We are pleased to announce that Don Sineti and Heather Wood are also appearing at the 2022 festival. See the main festival page for details!

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