The Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival presents traditional American and English folk music. Since the autumn of 2000, we have celebrated our local and national heritage of seafaring and maritime trades by taking nautical songs and music to the pubs, cafés, churches and streets of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The festival is held on the last weekend in September, with free events both Saturday and Sunday. This year’s events were very warmly received, and we look forward to our fourteenth annual festival, which will be held Saturday, Sept. 28 and Sunday, Sept. 29, 2013.

The Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival is funded exclusively by the generous donations of local friends, businesses and companies and by fans of maritime music from all over. For the fourth year in a row, Portsmouth’s Celtic Crossing gift shop sponsored our Saturday evening concert – many, many THANKS to Celtic Crossing!!

More about us! 2012 News!! Foster’s, Oct. 1; Portsmouth Herald, Oct. 1; Portsmouth Patch photo/video selection, Oct. 1.

More great press from Foster’s Daily Democrat: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

The Portsmouth Herald: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

Portsmouth Patch photo/video selection: 2011

The Wire: 2011

Rye Reflections: September 2008, September 2010

YouTubes: 2009: Andy Kenna, 2010: Saturday, D. Coffin-1, D. Coffin-2, D. & L. Coffin, GBS, Mudhook-1, Mudhook-2, Mudhook-3, Ken Sweeney, Three Sheets, 2011: GBS-1, GBS-2, Mudhook, Roving Shantying, Knockabout-1, Knockabout-2, 2012: RiRa

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