For this Sunday, September 29th only, concurrent with our usual festival performances in the downtown area, there will be offered an array of special City Sponsored events in and around Market Square, as part of the first annual celebration of Share The Square. The plan is to close vehicular traffic to stretches of the Read more…
Thursday, September 26, The Portsmouth Athenaeum7:00 PM Sunday, September 29The Press Room1:00 PM Tom Hall – Musical Life, Musical Community celebrates the way Tom Hall’s folk music and sea chantey sessions sparked a large and thankful Portsmouth musical community. With his Press Room Friday night session, running some thirty years,Tom entertained 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…
For nearly 20 years, the Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival has survived and thrived on the very generous donations of our friends, fans, and angels. Now it’s even easier to donate. There’s a new Donate link on the festival website (pmffest.org) and on our Facebook page (facebook.com/PMFF.NH), giving us all an Read more…
For nearly 20 years, the Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival has survived and thrived on the very generous donations of our friends, fans, and angels. Now it’s even easier to donate. There’s a new Donate link on the festival website (pmffest.org) and on our Facebook page (facebook.com/PMFF.NH), giving us all an Read more…
SON OF A GUN Sailors’ wives and “special friends” were often permitted on board Royal Navy vessels in the early 19th century and frequently went on long voyages. Pregnant women were assigned the only space available to give birth, between the cannons on the gun deck! Spectacularly uncomfortable, but at least Read more…
SON OF A GUN Sailors’ wives and “special friends” were often permitted on board Royal Navy vessels in the early 19th century and frequently went on long voyages. Pregnant women were assigned the only space available to give birth, between the cannons on the gun deck! Spectacularly uncomfortable, but at least Read more…
While PMFF, as an event, was inspired by Peter Contrastano and Jeff Warner … the musical community and sea song lore that nourished the festival from the earliest days was ‘organized’ by the one and only Tom Hall. Tom’s knowledge and love of maritime tradition, shared at the Press Room Read more…
While PMFF, as an event, was inspired by Peter Contrastano and Jeff Warner … the musical community and sea song lore that nourished the festival from the earliest days was ‘organized’ by the one and only Tom Hall. Tom’s knowledge and love of maritime tradition, shared at the Press Room 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…