Bill Dunlap is leading the maritime hymn sing on Sunday afternoon. He is a law professor at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut, where he teaches international law, including the law of the sea. He is currently researching the history of maritime hymns—prayers for mariners’ lives and vessels, metaphorical religious lessons for landlubber churchgoers, Read more…
Hello Sea Music Friends.. We want this year’s song-writing competition to be the biggest and best yet, to match the international, star-studded lineup at the 20th and final Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival. The song-writing competition has been a popular, well-attended event, both inspired and inspiring. We have heard some wonderful Read more…
Saturday morning, and into the early afternoon, is when listeners and performers get to know each other. Beginning at 10 AM and ending at 2 PM, each of our artists are featured in one of three locations: The John Paul Jones House, the historic barn at the Moffatt Ladd House, Read more…
Here we go! Share great music, food, drink, and community, at the traditional festival kick-off event. For the second year running, we will meet to share tunes and songs at the downstairs performance venue at The Thirsty Moose Taphouse (21 Congress Street). As with all the spaces that we visit Read more…
Hello, Sea Music friends. This year we will hold our second Song Writing Contest. So dust off those sea songs, open your notebooks and come and bravely give it a go! This year we are honored to have two very fine judges, Craig Edwards and Nick Noble, both Read more…
Hello, Sea Music friends. This year we will hold our second Song Writing Contest. So dust off those sea songs, open your notebooks and come and bravely give it a go! This year we are honored to have two very fine judges, Craig Edwards and Nick Noble, both Read more…
On the Friday evening before the Saturday and Sunday of the Festival, It has been our tradition to meet and participate in the Celtic/Maritime open session that has historically taken place at the Press Room, Portsmouth’s legendary venue for both traditional and contemporary music. This year, as she did last year, due to ongoing Read more…
The Portsmouth Maritime Festival connection with the John Paul Jones House is a natural. What better place to present traditional maritime music than under the spreading branches of the resident maple tree that shades the front lawn of the house where in 1781 resided the father of the United States Read more…
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(2017 content – will be updated) For the ninth year in a row, through the generosity of Celtic Crossing gift shop, we are pleased to present a full-length evening concert at Sanborn Hall, part of the United Methodist Church in Portsmouth, 129 Miller Ave. The acts in 2017 are Vox Read more…