Seacoast Events Calendar

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October 2023

Thursday – October 19

New Hampshire Women’s Foundation “Women Building Community” Luncheon in Manchester (12pm). 

Exeter Farmers’ Market (2:30pm-6pm).

Richard Russo & Andre Dubus, III: In Conversation at Vinegar Hill Music Theatre (5:30pm).

French Wine and Cheese: Perfect Pairings with From The Vine To Wine (6pm).

Paint Everywhere Workshop at Loaded Question Brewing (6:30pm-8:30pm).

Making An Impact Conversation with Portsmouth Historical Society (6pm).

Charity Event with Frank Santos Jr. at The Brook (7pm).

Lonesome Ace Stringband w/ Basset at The Word Barn (7pm).

Beat Night at Book & Bar (7pm).

Antje Duvekot at The Music Hall Lounge (7:30pm).

Joep Beving at The Music Hall (7:30pm).

North Mississippi Allstars at Jimmy’s Jazz and Blues Club (7:30pm).

The Mallett Brothers Band w/ Dave Gutter at The Press Room (8pm).

Ivan Julian / Marvel Prone / Horsefly Gulch at The Stone Church (8pm).

Friday – October 20

Erntezeit: Harvest Festival at Loaded Question Brewing (all day).

All About Reds: From Fresh and Fruity to Big and Bold with From The Vine To Wine (6pm).

Stop Making Sense at The Music Hall (7pm).

The Weight Band at Jimmy’s Jazz and Blues Club (7:30pm).

Hotel California at The Brook (7:30pm).

The Rocky Horror Picture Show Movie Screening at City Theater (7:30pm).

Ward Hayden & The Outliers at The Music Hall (8pm).

Mari Black: Fiddling Around the World at The Dance Hall (8pm).

The Mallett Brothers Band w/ Dave Gutter at The Press Room (8pm).

Todd Barry at Vinegar Hill Music Theatre (8pm).

Comedy with Jim Florentine at Jonathan’s Ogunquit (9pm).

Saturday – October 21

Portsmouth Farmers’ Market (8am-12pm).

Kennebunk Farmers’ Market (8am-12:30pm).

King Challenge Cycling Fundraiser for David Kremples Brain Injury Center in Stratham (9am).

Erntezeit: Harvest Festival at Loaded Question Brewing (all day).

Fall Basket Making Class at Brick Store Museum (11am-3:30pm).

Joan Baez I Am A Noise at The Music Hall (4pm).

Stop Making Sense at The Music Hall (7pm).

2023 Project Upcycle Runway Event at 3S Artspace (7pm).

The Midnight Wrens at The Strand (7pm).

Suede with Fred Boyle on Piano at Jonathan’s Ogunquit (7pm).

Willy Porter at The Music Hall Lounge (7:30pm).

A Live Conversation with John Cusack at The Music Hall (8pm).

Taylor O’Donnell + Mike Effenberger at The Dance Hall (8pm).

Voyage – The Ultimate Journey Tribute Band at Casino Ballroom (8pm).

Sunday – October 22

Kittery Community Market (10am-2pm).

Erntezeit: Harvest Festival at Loaded Question Brewing (all day).

Jazz Brunch: Cassandre McKinley Quartet at The Press Room (10:30am).

Jazz Brunch: Cassandre McKinley Quartet at The Press Room (12:30pm).

Joan Baez I Am A Noise at The Music Hall (1pm).

Common Ground at The Music Hall (4pm).

Seacoast Noir At The Bar hosted by Zakariah Johnson at Book & Bar (4pm).

Lily Madeleine + Sarah Walk at The Music Hall Lounge (7pm).

Lore of the Jack-O’-Lantern Live Reading + Audiobook Release Party at 3S Artspace (7pm).

Steve Turre Sextet at Jimmy’s Jazz and Blues Club (7:30pm).

A. Savage w/ Annie Hart at The Press Room (8pm).

The Kingston Trio at Vinegar Hill Music Theatre (8pm).

Monday – October 23

History & Cultures of the Great Marsh Conference at Museum of Old Newbury (8:30am-3:30pm).

The Lightning Thief – TYA Edition at The Music Hall (9:30am).

The Lightning Thief – TYA Edition at The Music Hall (11:30am).

Durham Farmers’ Market (2:30pm-6pm).

Tuesday – October 24

The (World Famous) Jazz Jam at The Press Room (6pm).

Common Ground at The Music Hall (7pm).

Soggy Po’ Boys at The Press Room (9pm).

Wednesday – October 25

Hampton Falls Farmers’ Market (2pm-6pm).

Dover Farmers’ Market (2:30pm-6pm).

Pumpkin Carving Contest at Loaded Question Brewing (6pm-8:30pm).

Singer-Songwriter Open Mic Night at Book & Bar (7pm).

Grace Kelly at Firehouse Center for the Arts (7pm).

The Crossword Show at 3S Artspace (7:30pm).

Greg Koch Trio at Jimmy’s Jazz and Blues Club (7:30pm).

Thursday – October 26

Exeter Farmers’ Market (2:30pm-6pm).

Ghosts on the Banke at Strawbery Banke (5:30pm).

Moon Garden at The Music Hall (7pm).

The Tannahill Weavers at The Word Barn (7pm).

Trace Bundy at The Music Hall Lounge (7:30pm).

Nicole Zuraitis at Jimmy’s Jazz and Blues Club (7:30pm).

Friday – October 27

Knit Happens with Portsmouth Historical Society (2:30pm).

Rosemary’s Baby at The Music Hall (4pm).

Ghosts on the Banke at Strawbery Banke (5:30pm).

The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) at The Music Hall (7pm).

Brubeck Brother Quartet at Jimmy’s Jazz and Blues Club (7pm).

Madeleine Peyroux at Firehouse Center for the Arts (7pm).

Soggy Po Boys: Honoring A Tradition at The Dance Hall (8pm).

James Montgomery and his legendary Blues Band at Jonathan’s Ogunquit (8pm).

Gina and the Red Eye Flight Crew Halloween Bash at Vinegar Hill Music Theatre (8pm).

Jethro Tull at Casino Ballroom (8pm).

Halloween with Stone Dead 2 at The Stone Church (8pm).

Emo Night Portsmouth at The Press Room (9pm).

Brubeck Brother Quartet at Jimmy’s Jazz and Blues Club (9:30pm).

Saturday – October 28

Portsmouth Farmers’ Market (8am-12pm).

Kennebunk Farmers’ Market (8am-12:30pm).

Booty & The Beast at North Country Hard Cider (11am).

All Souls’ Walk & Fall Fair at Brick Store Museum (12pm-3pm).

Artist’s Talk at Haley Art Gallery (1pm-3pm).

The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) at The Music Hall (1pm).

Moon Garden at The Music Hall (4pm).

Lore of the Jack-O’-Lantern Release Party w/ Doctor Gasp at The Word Barn (4pm).

Halloween Party at Loaded Question Brewing (5pm-9pm).

Ghosts on the Banke at Strawbery Banke (5:30pm).

Psycho (1960) at The Music Hall (7pm).

Madeleine Peyroux at Firehouse Center for the Arts (7pm).

Boston Dance Theater: The Carol Kaye Project at 3S Artspace (7:30pm).

Lore of the Jack-O’-Lantern Release Party w/ Doctor Gasp at The Word Barn (7:30pm).

An Intimate Evening with Will Dailey (Solo) at The Music Hall Lounge (8pm).

Acoustic Nomads at The Dance Hall (8pm).

12/OC at Vinegar Hill Music Theatre (8pm).

Brit Floyd – The World’s Greatest Pink Floyd Show at Casino Ballroom (8pm).

Halloween with Stone Dead 2 at The Stone Church (8pm).

Billy Gilman at Jonathan’s Ogunquit (9pm).

Sunday – October 29

Seacoast Half Marathon starting at Portsmouth High School (8am).

Kittery Community Market (10am-2pm).

Little Pumpkins Halloween Party at Relief Parenting Respite & Resource Center (10am-12pm).

“It’s Pastel” 2023 Juried Exhibition Opens with Portsmouth Historical Society (10am).

Jazz Brunch: Rich Greenblatt + Mark Shilansky Group feat. Jason Anick at The Press Room (12pm).

Rosemary’s Baby at The Music Hall (1pm).

Carl Safina at The Music Hall Lounge (3pm).

Psycho (1960) at The Music Hall (4pm).

Yoga Nidra at The Daily Sweat (5:30pm).

Ghosts on the Banke at Strawbery Banke (5:30pm).

Seacoast Jazz Society Presents: Bill Pierce Quintet at The Press Room (6pm).

Boston Dance Theater: The Carol Kaye Project at 3S Artspace (7:30pm).

“Monster” Mike Welch Band at Jimmy’s Jazz and Blues Club (7:30pm).

Bob Marley Comedy Show at Jonathan’s Ogunquit (7:30pm).

Monday – October 30

Durham Farmers’ Market (2:30pm-6pm).

Glow Buti at The Daily Sweat (5:45pm).

Tuesday – October 31

Halloween Costume Contest at The Daily Sweat (7am-1pm).

Business Trick or Treating in the Kennebunks (4pm-6pm).

Quartermania Bowling at Bowl-O-Rama (Mondays + Tuesdays starting at 8pm).

Game Night at Diversions Puzzles & Games Portsmouth (Tuesdays, 5pm-9pm).

Game Night Trivia at OTTO Pizza (Wednesdays, 6pm).

Late Night Vibes at The Rabbit Hole (Wednesday-Sunday starting at 9pm).

“Geeks Who Drink” Trivia Night at The Stone Church (Thursdays, 7pm).

Board Game Night at Diversions Puzzles & Games Somersworth (Thursdays, 5pm-8pm).

Trivia Night at Flag Hill Winery & Distillery (Thursdays, 6:30pm).

Live Music at Cisco Brewers Portsmouth (Fridays from 4pm-7pm. Saturdays from 12pm-3pm).

Live Music at the Tidemark Lounge at the Cliff House (Fridays and Saturdays from 5pm-8pm).

Rock & Bowl at Bowl-O-Rama (Fridays + Saturdays starting at 6pm).

Brewery Yoga at Throwback Brewery (Sundays at 11am).

Cribbage Tournaments at The Stone Church (Sundays at 4:30pm).