Events

Trace Bundy
Internationally-acclaimed guitar virtuoso Trace Bundy’s music is poetry in motion, using harmonics, looping, multiple capos, and his unique banter and stage presence to deliver an unforgettable live concert experience.

The Glenn Miller Orchestra
“In The Mood” for swing music? The most popular and sought after big band of all time returns to Portsmouth for an evening of big band classics that transport audiences back in time!

Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra Performs “Wild Symphony”
Join the Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra for a musical adventure like no other with Dan Brown’s Wild Symphony! A whimsical and imaginative journey through the animal kingdom where students will expeirence how music can bring stories, and animals, to life.

Shannon Garvey
In this moving debut novel set on the lush, beachy enclave of Block Island, a young woman reckons with love, loss, and the choices she must make to move forward.

PMAC Jazz Night: Kind of Blue
PMAC teaching artists—exceptional musicians from across the Seacoast—present a full-album performance of Kind of Blue, Miles Davis’s 1959 masterpiece with John Coltrane.

Story Pirates Live
Get ready for Story Pirates Live, featuring fan-favorite songs from the multi-award winning The Story Pirates Podcast and improvised sketch comedy based on ideas from kids in the audience.

Laura Zigman
The Devil Wears Prada meets White Lotus in a story of colliding egos and shocking betrayal, as intoxicatingly ice-cold as the pink Prosecco that flows all weekend. Evening’s Moderator: Ann Leary, New York Times bestselling author

The Pout-Pout Fish
Turn the poutiest of frowns upside down in this musical featuring whimsical puppets and live performers in a sweeping oceanic adventure. When Mr. Fish sets out on a quest to find Miss Clam’s missing pearl, he discovers there is more to him than his permanently plastered pout.

Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra Spring Concert - Tragic Pathos
Bringing the Main Stage season to a fittingly dramatic conclusion are two works that embrace the spectrum of human experience—from passion to grief, and ultimately death.