Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival - 2024 - Saturday Evening Concert

Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival - 2024 - Saturday Evening Concert

Join us for an evening of music from four fabulous performers!

JUDY COOK is an author, singer and entertainer who lifts the spirit and

entertains with splendid traditional ballads and songs from a large and varied

Anglo-American repertoire. Her clear and engaging unaccompanied

presentation combines with her joy of singing to delight all listeners.

THE GAWLER SISTERS are a fun-loving, folk-singing trio from Maine. On

banjo, fiddle and cello, Molly, Edith, and Elsie bring beautiful songs, tunes, and

stories from their roots in the heart of Maine. Their collection of rollicking tunes

in the Scots-Irish, Franco-American and Scandinavian traditions is

complemented by angelic three-part-harmony, gutsy work songs and original

songs.

JEFF WARNER has been spreading the word on American traditions, on both

sides of the Atlantic, for decades. His songs and stories bring us the latest

news from the distant past. Jeff and Peter Contrastano founded the

Portsmouth Festival in 2000 and have watched it grow into an essential

Portsmouth cultural event. Jeff is a Folklorist and Community Scholar for the

NH Council on the Arts and an artist/speaker for NH Humanities.

THE VOX HUNTERS-Flannery Brown, Armand Aromin and Benedict

Gagliardi are musical symbionts that sprouted from a mutual loam. Attuned to

a sympathetic hum, the trio sings with full-lunged abandon for the thrill of

harmonic buzz and thrives on the whomping power of a good tune. Like a

lively fungus on the branches of tradition, they nourish themselves on its

ancient heartwood and burgeoning boughs-to-be.

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Covid considerations:

This policy is subject to change if public health conditions warrant.

Attendance at the Saturday evening concert will be limited. Free tickets will be required to guarantee admission; walk-ins will be admitted as space permits.

We do not intend any other precautions at this time. Most events will be outdoors, but some will be inside. Masks are encouraged but not required at indoor events.

Please use common sense. If you have symptoms of any contagious disease or any recent exposure, or if you do not feel safe attending, please enjoy the online livestream of the festival.

This policy will be kept updated on our Web site. Any changes will be announced on our e-mail list and Facebook page.

Host or Publisher Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival