The Music Hall

The Music Hall Over 140 years at the center of Music, Comedy, Literary, Theater, Dance, & Cinema in Historic Downtown Portsmouth, NH
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The Music Hall is a performing arts center that inspires, educates, and connects through the power of exceptional live performances and on screen programming in extraordinary settings, igniting creativity, purpose, and community. We are a 501(c) 3 tax exempt, fiscally responsible not-for-profit organization, managed by a volunteer Board of Trustees and a professional staff.

06/18/2026

📽️ THE TRAVEL COMPANION - New Hampshire Film Festival Award Winner- Best NH Feature (Narrative), screening at The Music Hall for one night only! TOMORROW, Friday, June 19 at 7pm.

🎫 Tickets here! https://themusichall.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/ #/events/a0STS00000jH9eZ2AS

Listen to Maggie O'Farrell talk about "Land" with NPR's Scott Simon ahead of her June 26 appearance on Writers on a New ...
06/17/2026

Listen to Maggie O'Farrell talk about "Land" with NPR's Scott Simon ahead of her June 26 appearance on Writers on a New England Stage!

🎙️ https://www.npr.org/2026/05/30/nx-s1-5398320/maggie-ofarrell-talks-about-her-highly-anticipated-new-novel-land

The award-winning, bestselling author of Hamnet and The Marriage Portrait returns with a soaring historical novel set in Ireland in the years before and after the Great Hunger.

📖 Maggie O'Farrell with "Land" on 6/26 at 7pm.
🎙️Evening’s Moderator: Julia Barnett, host of New Hampshire Public Radio's All Things Considered
🎫 Tickets available here! https://www.themusichall.org/events/maggieofarrell/

Alfred A. Knopf

We are incredibly honored to receive $187,500 from CDFA's 2026 Tax Credit and Capacity Building funds! The Music Hall wa...
06/17/2026

We are incredibly honored to receive $187,500 from CDFA's 2026 Tax Credit and Capacity Building funds! The Music Hall was one of 22 organizations across NH who were awarded tax credits for projects advancing local community economic development goals and building New Hampshire’s nonprofit sector, totaling $5.4 million in tax credits. Thank you to Community Development Finance Authority, and congratulations to all the recipients on their amazing work!

You can find the full list of recipients here:
https://nhcdfa.org/cdfa-awards-5-54-million-in-tax-credits-to-22-new-hampshire-nonprofits/

06/17/2026

Fitz & The Tantrums: Man on the Moon Tour comes to The Music Hall on 6/27 at 8pm! 🪩✨⚠️ DANCE ALERT: Patrons will most likely be standing and dancing at their seats throughout the theater at this event.

There are just a handful of tickets left!! Make sure to grab yours now and join us for a hand clapping, foot stomping, high-vibe show! 🕺⚡🙌

🎫 Tickets here! https://www.themusichall.org/events/fitzandthetantrums/

On Sale to Music Hall Members Now!Preservation Hall Jazz Band • Saturday, 9/5 at 8pm https://bit.ly/4uN5tM1The Breakers:...
06/17/2026

On Sale to Music Hall Members Now!

Preservation Hall Jazz Band • Saturday, 9/5 at 8pm https://bit.ly/4uN5tM1

The Breakers: A Tribute to Tom Petty • Friday, 10/30 at 8pm https://bit.ly/4a22qIn

🎟️ Public on sale begins Friday, 6/19
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Just Announced & On Sale to Members Now!The Blind Boys of Alabama present Songs in the Key of Life on Sunday, Oct. 25 at...
06/17/2026

Just Announced & On Sale to Members Now!

The Blind Boys of Alabama present Songs in the Key of Life on Sunday, Oct. 25 at 4pm!

🎫 Music Hall Member presale starts now!
🎟️ Public on sale begins Friday, 6/16

https://bit.ly/4vg82am

The legendary Blind Boys of Alabama bring their transcendent harmonies and spiritual power to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Stevie Wonder’s iconic album, Songs in the Key of Life, featuring classics like “Sir Duke,” “I Wish,” “As,” and more.
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✨Béla Fleck, Edmar Castañeda & Antonio Sánchez Trio is coming to The Music Hall on 6/28!✨ The new all-star trio of Gramm...
06/16/2026

✨Béla Fleck, Edmar Castañeda & Antonio Sánchez Trio is coming to The Music Hall on 6/28!✨ The new all-star trio of Grammy-winner Béla Fleck, harpist Edmar Castañeda, and drummer Antonio Sanchez embark nightly on fearless explorations that audiences will find irresistible.

Playing original repertoire, much of it collaboratively written, this trio embarks nightly on fearless explorations that audiences will find irresistible — rich with strong melodies, gorgeous harmony and grooves that twist and turn while feeling fantastic.

🎫 Get your tickets now!🙌 https://www.themusichall.org/events/belaflecktrio/

📽️ Some epic Cinema is screening at The Music Hall this week! 🎬 THE TRAVEL COMPANION, which won BEST NH FEATURE – NARRAT...
06/15/2026

📽️ Some epic Cinema is screening at The Music Hall this week! 🎬 THE TRAVEL COMPANION, which won BEST NH FEATURE – NARRATIVE at last year's New Hampshire Film Festival, returns!

Additionally, EXHIBITION ON SCREEN, THE WIZARD OF THE KREMLIN (starring Paul Dano as Vadim Baranov, and Jude Law as Vladimir Putin) and ITALIAN WANNA BE.

🎫 More film info & tickets here!🍿 https://www.themusichall.org/series/cinema/

See you at the movies!

Address

28 Chestnut Street
Portsmouth, NH
03801

Opening Hours

Tuesday 12pm - 6pm
Wednesday 12pm - 6pm
Thursday 12pm - 6pm
Friday 12pm - 6pm
Saturday 12pm - 6pm
Sunday 12pm - 6pm

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+16034362400

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