# Festivals in Portsmouth, NH 2026 | Culture & Street Fairs

- **Subtitle**: Your guide to festivals in Portsmouth, New Hampshire 2026 — cultural celebrations, street fairs and food festivals. Find dates, locations and what to expect.
- **Category**: Festivals
- **Type**: category

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- **Event Name**: CrimeStery Fest 2026
  - **Description**: CrimeStery-Fest 2026 — All Things Crime and MysteryThe Northeast's Coolest Crime Convention!Calling all true crime enthusiasts, CrimeStery-Fest returns for an immersive three-day celebration
  - **Date**: Fri, 09 Oct at 04:00 pm – Sun, 11 Oct at 04:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/danvers/crimestery-fest-2026-tickets/80005231957486
  - **Venue**: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Boston North Shore, Ferncroft Road, Danvers, MA, USA
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## About

The best things to do in the world include attending top-notch festivals in Portsmouth. Be it a rocking music festival or scrumptious food festival in Portsmouth, you will have a gala time of your life with a few of your close friends or your family. With the best of fun, entertainment, and food, the experience in festivals lets the enthusiasts immerse in the local culture and vibe. Ranging from the biggest outdoor beach parties to crazy music festivals, the festivals fall under various categories to suit everybody’s tastes. If you are looking for the best events and festivals in Portsmouth listed on one platform - we have you covered.

Immerse yourself in the mega dance festivals, electrifying music festivals, theatre & film festivals, quirky local festivals and more with us!

## Festivals Events in Portsmouth

- **Event Name**: Seacoast Jazz Festival at Prescott Park
  - **Description**: Join us for the 43rd Annual Seacoast Jazz Festival at Prescott Park in Portsmouth, NH on August 22 from 12-6PM!About this Event43rd Annual Seacoast Jazz FestivalSaturday, August 23,
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 3
  - **Date**: Sat Aug 22 2026 at 12:00 pm – Sat Aug 22 2026 at 06:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/portsmouth/seacoast-jazz-festival-at-prescott-park/100001995731039262
  - **Venue**: Prescott Park
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  - **Price**: Free
  - **Categories**: fitness, Festivals, Entertainment, Music, Nonprofit, dance
- **Event Name**: Madi Diaz with Abrielle Scharff | River House Restaurant Concert Series
  - **Description**: ✨ Madi Diaz is coming to the Arts Fest!

You've been asking for her for years, and she's finally coming to the park. Nashville songwriter and NPR Music favorite Madi Diaz is one of the most honest and fearless voices in indie folk and Americana today, wri
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  - **Date**: Wed Aug 19 2026 at 07:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/portsmouth/madi-diaz-with-abrielle-scharff-river-house-restaurant-concert-series/200030186151731
  - **Venue**: 105 Marcy Street, Portsmouth, NH, United States, New Hampshire 03801
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  - **Categories**: concerts, music, entertainment, festivals, nonprofit, art
- **Event Name**: Fantastic Cat with Jake Thistle | River House Restaurant Concert Series
  - **Description**: ✨ Fantastic Cat Band is coming back to the Arts Festival!

They opened last summer for Lucius and everyone loved them! Now they're headlining it. And honestly, we couldn't be more excited. Fantastic Cat is the joyful, genre-hopping supergroup of four accl
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  - **Date**: Fri Aug 21 2026 at 07:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/portsmouth/fantastic-cat-with-jake-thistle-river-house-restaurant-concert-series/200030186148810
  - **Venue**: 105 Marcy Street, Portsmouth, NH, United States, New Hampshire 03801
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  - **Categories**: music, entertainment, concerts, festivals, nonprofit, art
- **Event Name**: Tom Rush accompanied by Brendan Cleary | River House Restaurant Concert Series
  - **Description**: ✨ Longtime Festival favorite and folk legend Tom Rush will return to the Wilcox Main Stage on Saturday, September 5 at 7 PM, as part of the River House Restaurant Concert Series. Rush will be accompanied by rising local talent Brendan Cleary Music.

TOM R
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  - **Date**: Sat Sep 05 2026 at 07:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/portsmouth/tom-rush-accompanied-by-brendan-cleary-river-house-restaurant-concert-series/200030496607258
  - **Venue**: 105 Marcy Street, Portsmouth, NH, United States, New Hampshire 03801
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  - **Categories**: concerts, music, entertainment, festivals, nonprofit, art
- **Event Name**: Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival 2026
  - **Description**: Plan now to join us for our 26th Annual Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA!

We'll be kicking it off on Saturday morning at Market Square, downtown Portsmouth at 10 am - join the roving band of chantey singers as they sing
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 75
  - **Date**: Sat Sep 26 2026 at 10:00 am – Sun Sep 27 2026 at 06:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/portsmouth/portsmouth-maritime-folk-festival-2026/200030365293840
  - **Venue**: Portsmouth, NH, United States, New Hampshire, USA
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- **Event Name**: Foglight Festival - Presented by Vagabond's Faire
  - **Description**: Join The Vagabond's Faire at the Strawbery Banke Museum for The Foglight Festival. Local vendors - eye-catching entertainment - games - food and foolery. 

The Portal will open on September 19th, at 12PM. Enter into an immersive, maritime-inspired fairyta
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  - **Date**: Sat Sep 19 2026 at 12:00 pm – Sat Sep 19 2026 at 09:00 pm (-04:00)
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  - **Venue**: Strawbery Banke Museum
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  - **Categories**: festivals, kids, performances, entertainment, contests
- **Event Name**: Vacation Manor w/ Nolen Durham
  - **Description**: Vacation Manor hits The Press Room with soaring indie rock and heart-on-sleeve songwriting—anthemic, atmospheric, and built to stick with you long after the last note.

Vacation Manor w/ Nolan Durham

Wed 8/26
6pm doors/7pm show
All Ages | $20 adv./$25 da
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  - **Date**: Wed Aug 26 2026 at 07:00 pm (-04:00)
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  - **Venue**: The Press Room
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- **Event Name**: AANH goes to the Portsmouth Folk Music Festival
  - **Description**: We will certainly get out onto the streets before this, but we should definitely make plans for the Portsmouth Maritime Folk Music Festival on September 26-27!
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 6
  - **Date**: Sat Sep 26 2026 at 12:00 am – Sun Sep 27 2026 at 12:00 am (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/portsmouth/aanh-goes-to-the-portsmouth-folk-music-festival/200030562014455
  - **Venue**: Portsmouth, New Hampshire
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## Trending Events in Portsmouth

- **Event Name**: Absolute Beginner Salsa
  - **Description**: Absolute Beginner Salsa is for those with no salsa dance experience! Absolute Beginner is series of 6 classes. After this point, many students choose to continue their journey. We run the series in September, January, and April. Thi
  - **Venue**: Salsa Secrets
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- **Event Name**: Rickey Smiley
  - **Venue**: Rivers Casino Portsmouth Event Center
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  - **Venue**: Portsmouth Pavilion
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- **Event Name**: Rickey Smiley at Rivers Casino Portsmouth
  - **Venue**: Rivers Casino Portsmouth
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- **Event Name**: Seacoast Jazz Festival at Prescott Park
  - **Description**: Join us for the 43rd Annual Seacoast Jazz Festival at Prescott Park in Portsmouth, NH on August 22 from 12-6PM!About this Event43rd Annual Seacoast Jazz FestivalSaturday, August 23,
  - **Venue**: Prescott Park
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- **Event Name**: The Devil Makes Three with The Wolff Sisters | River House Restaurant Concert Series
  - **Description**: ✨ The Devil Makes Three are back!

Clear your Saturday, because this one is going to be a night to remember. Santa Cruz's beloved Americana trio have spent more than two decades blending wandering folk, Delta blues, whiskey-soaked ragtime, and reckless ro
  - **Venue**: 105 Marcy Street, Portsmouth, NH, United States, New Hampshire 03801
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- **Event Name**: Langhorne Slim with Dwayne Haggins | River House Restaurant Concert Series
  - **Description**: ✨ Langhorne Slim is coming back to the waterfront!

Some artists just belong on this stage. Langhorne Slim is one of them. A fearless voice in American roots music for more than two decades, the Pennsylvania-born, Nashville-based singer-songwriter has bee
  - **Venue**: 105 Marcy Street, Portsmouth, NH, United States, New Hampshire 03801
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- **Event Name**: 54th Annual Seawall Art Show
  - **Description**: Celebrate creativity on the waterfront at the 54th Annual Seawall Art Show in beautiful Olde Towne Portsmouth.

For two days only, High Street transforms into one of Hampton Roads' favorite outdoor art experiences, featuring:

• 60+ local and regional art
  - **Venue**: 206 High St, Portsmouth, VA 23704-3720, United States
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- **Event Name**: The Temptations and The Four Tops
  - **Venue**: Rivers Casino Portsmouth Event Center
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## FAQs

- **Q**: What are the top Festivals events in Portsmouth?
  - **A:** Seacoast Jazz Festival at Prescott Park (Sat Aug 22 2026 at 12:00 pm at Prescott Park), Madi Diaz with Abrielle Scharff | River House Restaurant Concert Series (Wed Aug 19 2026 at 07:00 pm at 105 Marcy Street, Portsmouth, NH, United States, New Hampshire 03801), Fantastic Cat with Jake Thistle | River House Restaurant Concert Series (Fri Aug 21 2026 at 07:00 pm at 105 Marcy Street, Portsmouth, NH, United States, New Hampshire 03801), Tom Rush accompanied by Brendan Cleary | River House Restaurant Concert Series (Sat Sep 05 2026 at 07:00 pm at 105 Marcy Street, Portsmouth, NH, United States, New Hampshire 03801), Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival 2026 (Sat Sep 26 2026 at 10:00 am at Portsmouth, NH, United States, New Hampshire, USA).
- **Q**: What are the top free Festivals events in Portsmouth?
  - **A:** Seacoast Jazz Festival at Prescott Park (Sat Aug 22 2026 at 12:00 pm at Prescott Park).
- **Q**: What Festivals events are happening in Portsmouth this weekend August 21–23, 2026?
  - **A:** Seacoast Jazz Festival at Prescott Park (Sat Aug 22 2026 at 12:00 pm at Prescott Park), Fantastic Cat with Jake Thistle | River House Restaurant Concert Series (Fri Aug 21 2026 at 07:00 pm at 105 Marcy Street, Portsmouth, NH, United States, New Hampshire 03801).
- **Q**: What Festivals events are happening in Portsmouth in August 2026?
  - **A:** Seacoast Jazz Festival at Prescott Park (Sat Aug 22 2026 at 12:00 pm at Prescott Park), Madi Diaz with Abrielle Scharff | River House Restaurant Concert Series (Wed Aug 19 2026 at 07:00 pm at 105 Marcy Street, Portsmouth, NH, United States, New Hampshire 03801), Fantastic Cat with Jake Thistle | River House Restaurant Concert Series (Fri Aug 21 2026 at 07:00 pm at 105 Marcy Street, Portsmouth, NH, United States, New Hampshire 03801), Vacation Manor w/ Nolen Durham (Wed Aug 26 2026 at 07:00 pm at The Press Room).
- **Q**: How can I find Festivals events in Portsmouth?
  - **A:** You can discover upcoming Festivals events in Portsmouth on AllEvents.in. Browse by date, venue, or price to find events that match your interests.
- **Q**: How do I buy tickets for Festivals events in Portsmouth?
  - **A:** You can buy tickets directly through AllEvents.in. Many events offer online booking with options for free, paid, and early-bird tickets.
- **Q**: What are the popular venues for Festivals events in Portsmouth?
  - **A:** Some popular venues hosting Festivals events in Portsmouth include Prescott Park, 105 Marcy Street, Portsmouth, NH, United States, New Hampshire 03801, Portsmouth, NH, United States, New Hampshire, USA.
- **Q**: What is the price range for Festivals events in Portsmouth?
  - **A:** Prices for Festivals events in Portsmouth range from USD 30 to USD 90. Many events also offer free entry.
- **Q**: Who are the top organizers for Festivals events in Portsmouth?
  - **A:** Popular organizers hosting Festivals events in Portsmouth include Seacoast Jazz Society, Prescott Park Arts Festival, Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival.
- **Q**: Are there any online Festivals events available?
  - **A:** Yes, many Festivals events are available online. You can filter for virtual events on AllEvents.in to attend from anywhere.
- **Q**: How can I get notified about new Festivals events in Portsmouth?
  - **A:** Follow the Festivals category on AllEvents.in to get notified when new Festivals events are listed in Portsmouth.

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