The Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival will be taking place on 26 and 27 September in and around the city of Portsmouth New Hampshire.

We have a really fine assortment of performers for all tastes. We are most pleased to have Hilary Ward (My Guru Always Says) coming all the way from England, as well as Andy Kenna, a fine concertina player, singer and songwriter from Liverpool.

We are also very excited at the prospect of what may be the debut of the Finn and Haddie Trio (Barry, Neil, and Ken) And for the lovers of Irish song we will be featuring the great Robbie O'Connell on Saturday night where he will be joined by Jon (Bartiett) and Rika from British Columbia. Rounding off the evening will be the fine harmonies and instrumental dexterity of Castlebay (Guest Julia).

There are a lot more performers, but you'll have to go to the website for now. I will post more details later.

This is a free festival, supported entirely by donations of businesses and individual, some of whom have been exceeding generous. You too can join this elite group of music supporters when you come to the festival.