Committed to What’s Next

Whether it is a child’s first live theater experience or a talk about the future of driverless cars, The Music Hall is committed to what is coming next in education and innovation.

The best in children’s theater brings books, plays, and music to life in our School Days Series.

In our Innovation + Leadership series, local and international leaders share experiences and knowledge on today’s hot topics.

Talks

Seacoast Sips of Science: From the Seafloor to the Stars

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

• The Music Hall Lounge

Learn about electrifying advances in lightning physics, explore how researchers are tracking shifts across our oceans and bays, and discover the innovative work keeping a close watch on New Hampshire’s snowpack and changing climate. This event celebrates 40 years of UNH’s Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space.

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Talks

Artificial Intelligence and Human Values: A Public Conversation

Thursday, April 2, 2026

• The Music Hall Lounge

An evening of big ideas about AI and human values, bringing philosophy, conversation, and debate together in a dynamic live event.

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School Days Series

Click, Clack, Moo

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

• The Historic Theater

When his granddaughter Jenny comes for a visit, Farmer Brown declares the farm a tech-free zone. He takes her laptop in the cold barn with the shivering cows who use her computer to type messages requesting blankets.

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Lit. at The Lounge

Jennifer Finney Boylan and Jodi Picoult

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

• The Music Hall Lounge

The bestselling author of She’s Not There joins her Mad Honey co-author Jodi Picoult as she examines the divisions and common ground between the genders and reflects on her own experiences as a transgender American.

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Lit. at The Lounge

Scott Weidensaul

Thursday, April 23, 2026

• The Music Hall Lounge

From The New York Times bestselling author of A World on the Wing, the uplifting story of bird recovery, reintroduction, and habitat reclamation. Evening's Moderator: Melissa Kim, Maine Audubon's director of communications and marketing

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School Days Series

Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra Performs “Wild Symphony”

Tuesday, May 5, 2026

• The Historic Theater

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.

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Innovation Rentals

TedxPortsmouth 2026: Uncharted Official Watch Party

Friday, May 8, 2026

• The Music Hall Lounge

Join The Music Hall and TEDxPortsmouth for the official TEDxPortsmouth 2026: Uncharted Watch Party! The event will be livestreamed on multiple screens in The Lounge, the next best thing to being at the Historic Theater in person.

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Talks

Story Pirates Live

Saturday, May 16, 2026

• The Historic Theater

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.

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Music Hall Presents

Matt Fraser: America’s Top Psychic Medium

Thursday, May 28, 2026

• The Historic Theater

Join Matt Fraser, America’s Top Psychic Medium, for a night of LIVE psychic readings and undeniable proof of life after death. Audiences across the country are left amazed as Matt delivers heartfelt messages and jaw-dropping validations from the other side. Each show is an unforgettable emotional experience that resonates long after the curtain closes.

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School Days Series

The Pout-Pout Fish

Friday, May 29, 2026

• The Historic Theater

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.

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Music Hall Presents

Be Like Blippi Tour

Tuesday, June 2, 2026

• The Historic Theater

Get ready to see the world more curiously with this brand-new interactive adventure that invites families to put on your orange glasses and unlock the spark of curiosity inside us all—showing that everyone can Be Like Blippi!

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SEACOAST LITFEST - A Conversation with Dr. Temple Grandin

Friday, June 12, 2026

• The Historic Theater

An animal scientist and autism self-advocate, Dr. Temple Grandin is a pioneer in improving the welfare of farm animals and speaking on neurodiversity through her unique perspective as a visual thinker on the autism spectrum.

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Music Hall Presents

Joshua Bell Plays Lalo with Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra

Sunday, September 20, 2026

• The Historic Theater

Join world-renowned violinist Joshua Bell for an unforgettable evening of passion, virtuosity, and orchestral brilliance as he performs Lalo’s Simphonie espagnole with the Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra.

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