Seacoast Events Calendar
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October 2023
Wednesday, September 27
Wells Farmers’ Market (1:30pm-5pm).
Bonsai Bar at North Country Hard Cider (5pm).
Singer-Songwriter Open Mic Night at Book & Bar (7pm).
Ben Folds: What Matters Most Tour at The Music Hall (7:30pm).
John Primer at Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club (7:30pm).
Thursday – September 28
Exeter Farmers’ Market (2:30pm-6pm).
Complimentary Wine Tasting at Stroll Cafe & Wine Bar (3:30-5:30pm).
Mick Flannery w/ Jeffrey Martin at The Word Barn (7pm).
Ana Popovic at Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club (7:30pm).
Club d’Elf at Vinegar Hill Music Theatre (8pm).
Beth Hart at Casino Ballroom (8pm).
Friday – September 29
Bassem Youssef at The Music Hall Lounge (6pm).
Heather Cox Richardson at The Music Hall (7pm).
The Last Revel at The Word Barn (7pm).
Django by The Sea Festival 2023 at The Dance Hall (8pm).
Bob Seger Tribute: LIVE BULLET at Vinegar Hill Music Theatre (8pm).
Bassem Youssef at The Music Hall Lounge (8:30pm).
Vinyl Tour 2023 at The Strand (9pm).
Chad Banks Lo-Fi Beats at Book & Bar (9pm).
Saturday – September 30
Portsmouth Farmers’ Market (8am-12pm).
Kennebunk Farmers’ Market (8am-12:30pm).
Summit Indie Fest at Book & Bar (12pm).
Bassem Youssef at The Music Hall Lounge (6pm).
Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors – Find Your People Tour at The Music Hall (8pm).
Django by The Sea Festival 2023 at The Dance Hall (8pm).
Rod Stewart Tribute at The Strand (8pm).
The Maine Dead Project at Vinegar Hill Music Theatre (8pm).
Engelbert Humperdinck at Casino Ballroom (8pm).
Bassem Youssef at The Music Hall Lounge (9pm).
Sunday – October 1
Kittery Community Market (10am-2pm).
The Great Portsmouth NH 400 Community Picnic (12pm-3pm).
CatVideoFest 2023 at The Music Hall (1pm).
Flag Hill Classes – Cocktails! at Flag Hill Distillery (1pm).
Oppenheimer at The Music Hall (3pm).
Django By The Sea Festival 2023: The Lovestruck Balladeers at The Dance Hall (3pm).
Jonatha Brooke at The Music Hall Lounge (5:30pm).
Jonathan Coulton at 3S Artspace (7pm).
Mike Effenberger Organ Trio at Book & Bar (7pm).
Nathan Graham w/ Sug Daniels at The Press Room (7pm).
Walter Trout Band at Jimmy’s Jazz and Blues Club (7:30pm).
Jonatha Brooke at The Music Hall Lounge (8pm).
Monday – October 2
Durham Farmers’ Market (2:30pm-6pm).
Director’s Club: Cure Restaurant with The Music Hall (5pm).
Read it and Eat! with “The Farmer’s Dinner” with Portsmouth Historical Society (6pm).
Ray Demarco & Friends at Book & Bar (7pm).
Bonnie Prince Billy with Very Special Guest Bitchin Bajas at 3S Artspace (8pm).
Tuesday – October 3
Oppenheimer at The Music Hall (3pm).
Book Launch: The Adored One, by Susanne Dunlap at City Theater (7pm).
Sheer Mag w/ Hotline TNT & Dog Lips at The Press Room (7:30pm).
Jethro Tulls Martin Barre All Acoustic, Unplugged Concert at Jonathan’s Ogunquit (7:30pm).
Wednesday – October 4
“Reinventing Portsmouth” Curator Tour with Portsmouth Historical Society (12pm).
Hampton Falls Farmers’ Market (2pm-6pm).
Dover Farmers’ Market (2:30pm-6pm).
Ten Talks at City Theater (6pm).
Cribbage Tournament at Throwback Brewery (6pm).
Italian Wine: The Essentials Glass by Glass with From The Vine To Wine (6pm).
Trivia! w/ Center for Wildlife at North Country Hard Cider (6pm).
Napoleon Dynamite Live! at The Music Hall (7pm).
Hoot Night at Book & Bar (7pm).
Oz Noy / Dennis Chambers / Jimmy Haslip at Jimmy’s Jazz and Blues Club (7:30pm).
Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals at Casino Ballroom (8pm).
Amythyst Kiah at The Music Hall Lounge (8:30pm).
Thursday – October 5
Mister C Live – World in Motion (Newton’s Laws) at The Music Hall (9:30am).
Mister C Live – World in Motion (Newton’s Laws) at The Music Hall (11:30am).
Exeter Farmers’ Market (2:30pm-6pm).
Pop-Up: HotMess Poutine at North Country Hard Cider (5pm).
Music Trivia! at Throwback Brewery (6pm).
UNCORKED – Mediterranean Wine Dinner with From The Vine To Wine (6pm).
Making An Impact Conversation with Portsmouth Historical Society (6pm).
The Jungle Book at Firehouse Center for the Arts (7pm).
An Evening with Mark Erelli at The Music Hall Lounge (7:30pm).
Gretchen Parlato & Lionel Loueke at Jimmy’s Jazz and Blues Club (7:30pm).
Hip Hop Night at Book & Bar (8pm).
Friday – October 6
October Show FarmHouse Fall at Sage Farm Antiques (10am-7pm).
Dover Art Walk (4pm-8pm).
Art ‘Round Town in Portsmouth (5pm-8pm).
Black & White Gala at the New Hampshire Art Association (5pm-8pm).
Maine Outdoor Film Festival at Leavitt Theatre (6pm).
The Jungle Book at Firehouse Center for the Arts (7pm).
‘Man on the Hill’ at The Stone Church (7pm).
The 18th (I Gotta) Rock Show at The Press Room (7pm).
Michael Carbonaro: Lies on Stage at The Music Hall (7:30pm).
Harper and Midwest Kind at Jimmy’s Jazz and Blues Club (7:30pm).
Cailtin Canty at The Music Hall Lounge (8pm).
Club 3S: Divas To The Dance Floor! at 3S Artspace (8pm).
A Celebration of The Cure: A Strange Day at The Dance Hall (8pm).
Sneaky Miles at Book & Bar (8pm).
King Kyote + Ward Hayden & The Outliers at Vinegar Hill Music Theatre (8pm).
Twiddle – Distance Makes The Heart Tour at Casino Ballroom (8pm).
Saturday – October 7
Portsmouth Farmers’ Market (8am-12pm).
Kennebunk Farmers’ Market (8am-12:30pm).
Apple Harvest Day at The Strand (9am-4pm).
The Jungle Book at Firehouse Center for the Arts (10am).
Open Mic Night at Book & Bar (7pm).
October Show FarmHouse Fall at Sage Farm Antiques (10am-5pm).
Fall Cut Flower Pumpkin Centerpiece Workshop at Churchill’s Garden Center (11am).
Powderkeg Beer & Chili Fest at Throwback Brewery (12pm).
Champagne & Sparkling Wine Tasting Experience with From The Vine To Wine at Stroll Cafe & Wine Bar (6pm-7:30pm).
Kids Pumpkin Decorating at Chruchill’s Garden Center (1pm).
The Jungle Book at Firehouse Center for the Arts (1pm).
Art ‘Round Town at 3S Artspace (5pm).
Little Wishbone with Micah John & Lillian Chase at The Word Barn (7pm).
Rockin’ Daddios Live In Concert! at Leavitt Theatre (7pm).
Mandy Patinkin In Concert: Being Alive at The Music Hall (8pm).
An Evening With Tourist Attraction at Book & Bar (8pm).
Fuente Grande at Firehouse Center for the Arts (8pm).
IMAGINE – The Beatles Solo Years at Vinegar Hill Music Theatre (8pm).
Lady Luck Burlesque at The Music Hall (8:30pm).
Sunday – October 8
Kittery Community Market (10am-2pm).
October Show FarmHouse Fall at Sage Farm Antiques (10am-4pm).
Teen & Adult Mandala Stone Workshop at Chruchill’s Garden Center (11am).
Exhibition on Screen – Mary Cassatt: Painting the Modern Woman at The Music Hall (1pm).
Lilli Lewis at The Music Hall Lounge (2pm).
Fuente Grande at Firehouse Center for the Arts (3pm).
CatVideoFest 2023 at The Music Hall (4pm).
Chet Doxas Trio at The Dance Hall (5pm).
Mariee Siou at Book & Bar (7pm).
Yacht Rock Schooner at Jimmy’s Jazz and Blues Club (7:30pm).
Monday – October 9
Durham Farmers’ Market (2:30pm-6pm).
Book Club: This Other Eden with The Music Hall (6pm).
The Lost Melody at The Press Room (6pm).
Lakota Nation vs. United States at The Screening Room (7pm).
Tuesday – October 10
The (World Famous) Jazz Jam at The Press Room (6pm).
Castlebay Sea Shanties and Songs with New Castle Historical Society (7pm).
Shamarr Allen at The Music Hall Lounge (7pm).
Golda at The Music Hall (7pm).
Jolie Holland at Book & Bar (7:30pm).
Soggy Po’ Boys at The Press Room (9pm).
Wednesday – October 11
Hampton Falls Farmers’ Market (2pm-6pm).
Dover Farmers’ Market (2:30pm-6pm).
Women of Portsmouth Walking Tour with Portsmouth Historical Society (2:30pm).
Pop-Up: Fat Pockets at North Country Hard Cider (4pm).
Open Mic Night at Book & Bar (7pm).
Sip & Soar at North Country Hard Cider (5pm).
Golda at The Music Hall (7pm).
Miki Sawada: Piano Concert and Gather Hear Lousiana Film Screening at 3S Artspace (7pm).
Singer-Songwriter Open Mic Night at Book & Bar (7pm).
Tina Burner’s Witch Perfect at The Rep (7pm).
Michael Lington at Jimmy’s Jazz and Blues Club (7:30pm).
Sego at The Press Room (8pm).
Tina Burner’s Witch Perfect at The Rep (9:30pm).
Thursday – October 12
New Hampshire Film Festival at The Music Hall (12am).
Amy Helm at Vinegar Hill Music Theatre (12am).
Exeter Farmers’ Market (2:30pm-6pm).
Corks and Crust: Italian Wine and Pizza Dinner with From The Vine To Wine (6pm).
Tribute to Female Vocal Legends at Book & Bar (7pm).
The Oil Machine at The Screening Room (7pm).
Best If Used By at Firehouse Center for the Arts (7pm).
The Blind Boys of Alabama at Jimmy’s Jazz and Blues Club (7:30pm).
Rigometrics w/ Guess Method at Book & Bar (8pm).
Friday – October 13
New Hampshire Film Festival at The Music Hall (12am).
Mary Dana Weekend Immersion at The Daily Sweat (5pm).
Griffin William Sherry + Tall Tall Trees at The Stone Church (6pm).
Best If Used By at Firehouse Center for the Arts (7pm).
Joey Alexander at Jimmy’s Jazz and Blues Club (7:30pm).
Joe Fonda: Eastern Boundary Quartet at The Dance Hall (8pm).
Scaryoke at Daniel Street Tavern (9pm).
Saturday – October 14
New Hampshire Film Festival at The Music Hall (12am).
Portsmouth Farmers’ Market (8am-12pm).
Kennebunk Farmers’ Market (8am-12:30pm).
Mary Dana Weekend Immersion at The Daily Sweat (9am).
Free Fall Pruning & Wilt Proofing Talk at Churchill’s Garden Center (10:30am).
15th Annual New Hampshire Brew Fest at Prescott Park (12pm).
Mary Dana Weekend Immersion at The Daily Sweat (1pm).
Best If Used By at Firehouse Center for the Arts (2pm).
Vance Gilbert at The Word Barn (7pm).
Best If Used By at Firehouse Center for the Arts (7pm).
Louise Bichan at The Dance Hall (8pm).
Panorama – Performing the Music of The CARS at The Strand (8pm).
Dr. Gasp and the Eeks /// Bitter Pill at The Stone Church (8pm).
Sunday – October 15
New Hampshire Film Festival at The Music Hall (12am).
Harvesting The Dream Within at The Word Barn (8:30am).
Mary Dana Weekend Immersion at The Daily Sweat (9am).
Kittery Community Market (10am-2pm).
Yoga + Cider at North Country Hard Cider (11am).
Mary Dana Weekend Immersion at The Daily Sweat (11:30pm).
Best If Used By at Firehouse Center for the Arts (2pm).
Sojoy at The Dance Hall (5pm).
The Lion Sisters w/ Jim Prendergast at Book & Bar (7pm).
Monday – October 16
Meditation Class at The Daily Sweat (11am).
Durham Farmers’ Market (2:30pm-6pm).
Open House at The Daily Sweat (4:30pm-8pm).
Andy Grammer at The Music Hall (7pm).
Spirit Master Cocktail Competition at The Corner Pub (7pm).
Comedy Open Mic Night at Book & Bar (7:30pm).
“Disco Ball!” The 2nd Annual ‘End Of Season’ Gala at Leavitt Theatre (8pm).
Tuesday – October 17
The (World Famous) Jazz Jam at The Press Room (6pm).
Lyle Lovett and Leo Kottke In Conversation and Song at The Music Hall (7pm).
Soggy Po’ Boys at The Press Room (9pm).
Wednesday – October 18
“A Sense of Place” Curator Tour with Portsmouth Historical Society (12pm).
Hampton Falls Farmers’ Market (2pm-6pm).
Dover Farmers’ Market (2:30pm-6pm).
Howie Mandel at The Music Hall (7pm).
Acoustic Alchemy at Jimmy’s Jazz and Blues Club (7:30pm).
Demob Happy at The Press Room (8pm).
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).
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
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).
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).
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).
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).
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).
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).
Tuesday – October 31
Halloween Costume Contest at The Daily Sweat (7am-1pm).
Business Trick or Treating in the Kennebunks (4pm-6pm).
Game Night at Blue Mermaid (Mondays, 2pm-8pm).
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).
