Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival, Portsmouth, NH

Radio Date: Some of our number will be On-Air, Thursday evening, Sept. 9, 7:00PM.
Tune into “The Folk Revival,” with host Nick Noble, WICN, 90.5 FM in Worcester, MA.

Since the autumn of 2000, the Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival has been held annually in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. We celebrate our local and national heritage of seafaring and maritime trades by taking nautical songs and music to the pubs, cafés, churches and streets of this seacoast town. The festival is held on the last weekend in September, with free music in the streets all afternoon Sunday. Our eleventh annual festival will be held Saturday, Sept. 25 and Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010.

The Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival is funded by the generous donations of local friends, businesses and companies and by fans of maritime music from all over. The 2009 festival may have been our greatest success yet and we warmly thank you all for your support!

More about us! Read the Portsmouth Herald news articles about previous festivals here:
2002, 2003, 2004 (Spotlight cover story), 2004 (09/26), 2004 (09/27), 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

More great press from Foster’s Showcase: 2007, 2008, 2009
And from Rye Reflections: September 2008

Here’s a YouTube, taken during the 10th Anniversary Festival: Andy Kenna

Facebook!! The Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival is now on Facebook. Let’s be friends!

Mailing List!! If you would like to receive announcements regarding Festival news, and a reminder about the fest as the time draws near, add your name to our mailing list here: PMFF Mailing List.

Poster Download!

Click to download.
Prints 8-1/2” x 11”.

Mobility Access. In order to inform our guests and visitors as to the accessibility of our many (and sometimes changing) venues, this symbol will be used on the “Schedule” page. Accessibility will be described per venue.

Where are we? View a map of Market Square, Portsmouth, NH, 03801
Take a look at the center of all our activity via Foster’s Market Square webcam.
Don’t get ticketed! Check the City of Portsmouth parking map and information.
Looking for lodging or other tourist information? Try this site, with a nifty riverview web-cam.

Please support those who support us! Our generous sponsors in 2009 included:

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Radio Date: Some of our number will be On-Air, Thursday evening, Sept. 9, 7:00PM.Tune into “The Folk Revival,” with host Nick Noble, WICN, 90.5 FM in Worcester, MA.

Radio Date: Some of our number will be On-Air, Thursday evening, Sept. 9, 7:00PM.
Tune into “The Folk Revival,” with host Nick Noble, WICN, 90.5 FM in Worcester, MA.