Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival

Schedule

Sat, 27 Sep, 2025 at 10:00 am to Sun, 28 Sep, 2025 at 06:00 pm

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Location

Portsmouth, NH, United States, New Hampshire | Portsmouth, NH

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Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival 2025 will take place in and around downtown Portsmouth, New Hampshire on the weekend of Sept. 27-28, 2025. The full schedule will be released soon - in the meantime, here are the performers for this year:
The lineup of performers will include:
We have a few more performers not confirmed yet, but here's some of the ones you will see this 27th and 28th of September:
STEVE TURNER, master of the English concertina, beautiful singer, and multi-instrumentalist
CHRIS KOLDEWEY, gifted singer, mult-instrumentalist, and chanteyman, with deep historical knowledge
RICK & DONNA NESTLER, sailors and musicians with music from the Hudson to the Caribbean, and more
A.J. WRIGHT & YVES CORBIERE, who have a wide traditional repertoire and working chantey experience, with amazing vocal harmonies and instrumental finesse
ROLL & GO, long-running maritime quartet from Maine with traditional and original songs
RANZO BOYS, a New York-based trio with fantastic harmonies
AUDI & PETER SOUZA, stalwarts of the Gloucester, Mass., chantey scene
JACKSON GILLMAN, “the stand-up chameleon,” with insightful and funny songs for all ages
MY DRUTHERS, an energetic chantey and traditional band from southern Connecticut
LYNZ MORAHN, our own Vice-President and volunteer coördinator, will take some time to share her formidable musical talents with you
LYNN FEINGOLD, a powerful voice with a deep and sometimes obscure repertoire
HILO, a new duo from New York whom you will recognize but haven’t heard before

We are really looking forward to seeing all of them and you in Portsmouth at the end of September.
Thanks to our sponsors and individual donors (like you!), the festival is free and open to the public. Make your plans to join us in beautiful Portsmouth for our annual celebration of maritime music – and feel free to join in on the chorus! See you in Portsmouth!
Our summer fundraiser campaign is going full blazes! Donors can get two guaranteed seats at the Saturday Evening concert, exclusive “Afterguard” T-shirts and caps, and a thank-you in our program. Go to https://portsmouth-maritime-folk-festival.square.site/ or find us on your favorite non-profit portal under EIN 45-0570668 (which may show up as Country Dance & Song Society).
$50 or more: a SAILOR, exclusive monochrome T-shirt.
$100 or more: a PURSER, exclusive color T-shirt or ball cap.
$200 or more: a CAPTAIN, exclusive color T-shirt and ball cap.
$1000 or more: a COMMODORE, four reserved seats, color T-shirt, hat, and a pair of seats on the Adventure if you donate this week!
Follow us on Facebook:
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Learn more about us on our website:
http://pmffest.org/
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