Hi Eric
Is there a chance you'll be coming??
Here you go:

For more information, contact the museum at (207) 799-6337 or by email: info@portlandharbormuseum.org


Directions
From the Maine Turnpike (I-95)

Exit from I-95 onto I-295 (I-95 Exit 44 from the south and I-95 Exit 52 from the north). Take I-295 Exit 6A (Forest Avenue South). After exiting, follow the signs to Route 77, which becomes State Street. From this point, follow the directions from Downtown Portland (below).


From Downtown Portland

Take State Street (it's one way) and go over the Casco Bay Bridge. At the traffic signal at the end of the bridge, proceed straight onto Broadway. (Broadway also goes to the right, but straight will take you to the museum.) Continue on Broadway until it ends at Spring Point Marina (approximately 1.5 miles). Turn right at the stop sign onto Benjamin Pickett Street and turn left at the next stop sign (Fort Road). Follow Fort Road through the SMCC Campus until it ends at the water. The museum is on your right.


Eric, I'm not sure what's the best route from NYC to Porthsmouth, NH but from Portsmouth Rt 95 is your best route north to Portland.
Portsmouth os just about 15 minutes north of where 95 & 495 intersect so if there's a better route coming up from NYC & it puts you on 495 it's an easy drive from that intersection.

Now if you're coming up Friday, there's alway the Press Room session in Portsmouth which starts around 4:00 & goes till 9:00 pm.

That goes for any other folks attending the festival, the Press Room session would be an ideal take & way to warm up for the following day. Maybe some kind of arrangments for floor or bed space can be found.

Actually I'm surprised that no one has metion the Press Room session seeing that there are so many performers attending this event.

Barry