First Night Portsmouth 2011 Schedule

MARK YOUR CALEANDAR

Here we go again. Downtown Portsmouth will one more become a winter winderland of ice sculptures, music, fireworks and family frivolity as we welcome in 2011. Following is the official schedule from Pro Portsmouth, so button up and get your buttons. (Continued below)  

 

 

A NOTE FROM HAPPY HAMPTON: HAMPTON BEACH, NH - Ring in the New Year with your family at the beach!  There will be a special New Year's Eve fireworks display on the beach at the top of B-C streets.  This is a family event so the spectacular fireworks display will begin at 8 p.m. on Friday December 31, 2010.  

NOW BACK TO MARKET SQUARE

Don't miss the fireworks over the snow-covered beach and the dark, vast Atlantic Ocean.  In winter, the fireworks are especially impressive.  Let the magnificent display take your breath away, and make this a new family tradition for the New Year!   

MARKET SQUARE                              
Ice Sculpture — watch our crafters create the amazing ice sculpture all afternoon
Street Dance Hosted by Portsmouth Community Radio
5:00-midnight  

*FIREWORKS at 7:30 p.m. at the South Mill Pond*
*COUNTDOWN to the New Year in Market Square at Midnight*  
Official Web site link

CONNIE BEAN CENTER            
Ongoing from 5:00-9:00pm:
Bob Nilson — Caricatures galore 

Stop by for a New Year’s Edition of Face Painting  

Abracadabra! Magic with Phil Smith                                                                   
4:15 – 5pm, 5:15-6:00                                                                                                                                            

Late Night at the Bean
Battle of the Bands
7pm - TBA                            

GREAT BAY ACADEMY OF DANCE     
Selections from their repertoire including Nutcracker                                    

4:30 – 5:00, 5:30 – 6:00, 6:30 – 7:00  

MIDDLE STREET BAPTIST CHURCH
Seacoast Vocal Union - fine choral singing
5:30-6:00 & 6:30-7:00  

Jeff Warner & Friends — Traditional maritime and folk music                               
8pm – 8:45; 9:15 -10 & 10:30-11:15  

NORTH CHURCH                                
Peter Sheridan - Music, puppets and storytelling                                                                  
4:30 – 5:15, 5:30 – 6pm  

Kenny Brothers Trio - Jazz, funk and rock featuring originals as well as jazz standards and…The Grateful Dead
6:30 - 7:00, 7:15 – 7:45  

TJ Wheeler & The Smokers – The River Runs with the Blues – How the Mississippi and other rivers shaped the history of the Blues
8:15 – 9:00, 9:30 – 10:15, 10:45 – 11:30                                                       

SEACOAST REPERTORY THEATRE

Salt River — Folk music at its best                                                                     
5:00-5:30 & 6:00 – 6:30, 7:00 – 7:30  

Poor Howard and Bullfrog – The country blues of the ‘20’s & ‘30’s
8:00 – 8:45, 9:15 – 10:00

SOUTH CHURCH/UU                                                                                       
Rock My Soul — Gospel and roots music for all
5:00-5:45 & 6:15-7:00                                                  

MAMADOU – Led by Senegalese master rhythm guitarist Mamadou Diop, MAMADOU presents a world-class musical and cultural experience.                    
8:00 - 8:45, 9:15 – 10:00, 10:30 – 11:15                                                                                     

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH HALL

All Together Now - You know, the Beatles band…
8:15-9:00; 9:30-10:15 & 10:45-11:30  

   
W.E.S.T—WEST END STUDIO THEATRE     
Pontine Movement Theatre -         Pontine performs “The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t”                              
5:00-5:30 & 6:00-6:30                                                            

NH Theatre Project presents: " A LITTLE FIRST NIGHT MUSIC - Songs & music to welcome in the
New Year by NHTP artists Meghann Beauchamp, CJ Lewis & Jeremiah Messer with a guest
appearance by Genevieve Aichele
8:00 – 8:30 & 9:00 – 9:30