Entertainment & Activities

First Night® Portsmouth 2012 - Activities and Entertainment

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Outdoors...
Street Dance: 5pm - Midnight
Hosted by Portsmouth Community Radio
Pleasant Street at Market Square

NEW! Make your New Year's resolution on a star!
Stop by Pleasant Street and visit with the NH Astronomical Society
for a bit of First Night® stargazing...

Fireworks Display at 7:30
South Mill Pond

Countdown to Midnight in the Square at the Street Dance!

Ice Sculpture: Work commences at about 1pm
North Church @ Market Square

Indoors...
The Connie Bean
Ongoing activities...
The PHS Band will operate this year's non-profit food concession!
All proceeds benefit the band's fundraising efforts for a trip to/performance at Disney World in the Spring.
4pm - 9pm
Caricatures by Bob Nilson

Fabulous First Night® Face Painting

The performances...
4:15 - 5:00, 5:15 - 6:00
Abracadabra! Magic with Phil Smith

6:15 - 7:00
Stories, music and more! Peter Sheridan

8:00 - 11:00
Battle of the Bands featuring:

8:00 – 8:30      One Night Only
8:45 – 9:15      PuPu Platters
9:30 – 10:00    Similar Differences
10:15 – 10:45  Infectious Remedy
11:00 – 11:30  Old Abode 

Middle Street Baptist Hall
6:00 - 6:45
Seacoast Civic Dance Company
Selections from their 2011 program

8:00 - 8:45, 9:15 - 10:00, 10:30 - 11:15
Jeff Warner & Bruce McIntyre
Maritime and traditional folk music...got spoons?

The North Church
4:15 - 4:45, 5:45 - 6:15
Lindsay Bezich                       
Puppets galore!



5:00 - 5:30, 6:30 - 7:00
Sammie Haynes
Fun, interactive children's music.

8:15 - 9:00, 9:30 - 10:15, 10:45 - 11:30
TJ Wheeler & 'Company'
Blues, more blues, a bit of R & B and jazz...

Seacoast Repertory Theatre
5:00 - 5:45, 6:15 - 7:00
Djoliba Kan
African drumming brought to you by this six member percussion band featuring Djembes,
Dununs and the music of Guinea, Mali and the Ivory Coast.

8:00 - 8:45, 9:15 - 10:00, 10:30 - 11:15
Roderick Russell - Head Trip!
Be amazed...sword swallowing & mind reading...

South Church
5:00 - 5:45, 6:15 - 7:00
Rock My Soul
You cannot sit still for them! Roots & great gospel music.

8:00 - 8:45, 10:15 - 11:00
Salt River
Fine folk music...

9:00 - 9:45, 11:15 - 12:00
Wooden Eye
Featuring a skillful blend of country, folk gospel, blues, jug band and other roots music.

Temple Israel
8:15 - 9:00, 9:30 - 10:15, 10:45 - 11:30
Randy Armstrong with Jose Duque
World fusion...

United Methodist Church Hall
8:15 - 9:00, 9:30 - 10:15, 10:45 - 11:30
All Together Now
All you need is love...and we love this group!
ATN has brought the music of the Beatles to our celebration since 1998!

W.E.S.T. - West End Studio Theatre
5:00 - 5:30, 6:00 - 6:30
Pontine Theatre
"A Toy Theatre Christmas"

8:00 - 8:45, 9:00 - 9:45
New Hampshire Theatre Project
New Hampshire Theatre Project - The Music of Shakespeare
Original songs written by CJ Lewis for NHTP's productions of As You Like It and Twelfth Night. 
Also performing: Meghann Beauchamp, Jamie Bradley & Genevieve Aichele