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Food Festivals
WOKQ Chowder Fest – June 7, WHEB Chili Cook-Off – October
4. Both events are co-sponsored by Taste of the Seacoast. Gates
open at 11:30 AM. Get there early…we serve it up until we run
out! For
more information...
NHAA Art Gallery
Don’t miss the opening June 26 of the New Hampshire Art Association
Juried Exhibition. The NHAA Art Gallery in the Sheafe Warehouse
is open for viewing and sales during the summer. Artist Demonstrations
are scheduled weekly. To
learn more...
KIDS Fests
Here’s something for the young and young-at-heart: Three Saturdays
from 11 AM to 2 PM: July 12, August 2, August 23. For
more information...
Dance Series
Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Lyrical, and Modern Dance take the stage three
Saturdays at 3 PM following our KIDS Fests. Look for the Seacoast
Civic Dance Company (July 12), Portsmouth School of Ballet (August
2) and Southern NH Youth Ballet (August 23). For
more information...
Mid-Week Concert Series
Every Wednesday at 7 PM grab a bite from the Concession Stand and
enjoy a mid-week concert. For
more information...
Community Showcases
Friday evenings at 5 PM a youth group or emerging local band will
take the stage. On the schedule so far: Portsmouth Music and Arts
Center’s Jazz (July 18) and Rock (August 1) Camp performances,
and the PPAF Academy’s culminating performances (July 25 and
August 15). Visit
our Special Events page for more information...
PPAF Academy
Be A Star at the Prescott Park Arts Festival Academy. Youth ages
8-12 will learn theatrical skills and rehearse and perform a play.
Sessions are July 7-25 and July 28-Aug. 15 from 9 AM to Noon. Limit
20 per session. Don’t get left out. Sign up today! To
learn more...
Music Festivals
With the exception of the Tommy Gallant Jazz Festival, all Music
Festivals are SATURDAY, starting at NOON with a SUNDAY RAIN DATE.
Rock on at our 3rd annual Freedom
Rocks! Festival on July 5..
Americana music – going back to the Elvis Presley marriage
of hillbilly and R&B that birthed rock 'n' roll – is presented
at our 2nd annual Americana
Fest on July 26.
Our 13th annual Tommy
Gallant Jazz Festival takes place on Sunday, July 6. Jazz
Master and UNH Professor Dave Seiler has put together another spectacular
lineup.
Join some of the region's top performers in a celebration of America's
truest art form at the 11th Annual Prescott Park Folk
Festival on July 19.
Roots music – ranging from Americana to Zydeco and everything
in between – takes the stage at our 2nd Annual Rhythm
& Roots Festival on August 9.
C’mon down for our 4th Annual WOKQ Country
Festival on August 16.
Learn how
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