FNP 2016 Schedule

First Night®
Portsmouth
2016
Schedule of Events
Good Things to Know...
BUTTONS: Adult/$15.00 until December 27th; $20.00 December 28th - 30th;
$25.00 on December 31st.
Buttons for children under 12 are $2.00.
No one is admitted into a performance without a button.
Online purchases are to be picked up Downtown from 1pm—10pm at our Sales
Site located at 55 Congress Street (1 block from Market Square; Carey & Giampa
Realtors).
ADMISSION: By button only, and seating is on a “ first come first served”
basis and limited by fire code capacities.
RESTROOMS: Available at all sites for all wearing the First Night button.
PARKING: The Parking Garage at Hanover will offer flat rate parking from
4:00 PM - 8:00 PM for $5.00 (collected upon entry into the garage).
Please note: on 12/31 parking on the entire length of Parrott Avenue is prohibited
from noon - 9:00 PM. Church Street is closed from noon - midnight. Parking on
Pleasant Street from State to Market Square is prohibited from 4:00 PM - midnight.
For additional parking information in Downtown Portsmouth, go to
www.parkportsmouth.com.
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND: The City of Portsmouth will be operating their
Free Downtown Parking Shuttle on December 31st beginning at 4:00 PM until 1:00
AM on January 1st. For details regarding the shuttle and location of the remote lot
on Market Street go to: www.portsmouthparkingshuttle.com.
VENUE BUS SERVICE: Free bus service runs between all venues from
4:00 PM - midnight courtesy of Pro Portsmouth.
Thursday, December 31, 2015
First Night® Portsmouth 2016
Buttons sold at all locations
LOCATION
MARKET SQUARE
ARTIST
Ice Sculpture — watch our artists create the amazing ice sculptures
Street Dance Hosted by WSCA Portsmouth Community Radio
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...
TIME
1:00 - 5:00 pm
5:00 - Midnight
6:00—Midnight
*FIREWORKS at 7:30 pm at the South Mill Pond And The COUNTDOWN to the New Year in Market Square at Midnight*
MIDDLE STREET BAPTIST CHURCH
18 Court Street
Jeff Warner & Bruce McIntyre trade sets with Great Bay Sailor...
Maritime, Celtic, Americana and Tunes of the Season - a must see!
8:15 - 9:00, 9:15 - 10:00 pm
& 10:15 - 11:00pm
NORTH CHURCH
2 Congress Street (Market Square)
Lindsay Aucella - Puppets galore!
4:15 - 4:45 & 5:45 - 6:15 pm
Sammie Haynes - Fun, interactive children's music.
5:00 - 5:30 & 6:30 - 7:00 pm
TJ Wheeler & ‘Company’ - Blues, more blues, a bit of R&B and jazz...
8:15 - 9:00, 9:30 - 10:15 & 10:45 - 11:30 pm
Ongoing activities….
Stop by for fabulous First Night® Face Painting by Michelle & Friends and
Caricatures galore drawn by Bob Nilson (55 tickets for Caricatures)
4:00 - 8:00 pm
Abracadabra! Magic with Phil Smith
4:15 - 5:00 & 5:15 - 6:00 pm
Stories with Peter Sheridan
6:15 - 7:00 pm
ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
101 Chapel Street
Portsmouth Symphony Players
A Salute to Vienna: The Magic of Strauss!
7:00-7:45, 8:15 - 9:00 & 9:30 - 10:15 pm
SEACOAST REPERTORY THEATRE
125 Bow Street
Roderick Russell - Almost Psychic!
If Sherlock Holmes had a stage show, this would be it!
8:00 - 8:45, 9:15 - 10:00 & 10:30 - 11:15 pm
SOUTH CHURCH/UU
Warm Up with a Chili Dinner!
5:00 - 9:00 pm
292 State Street
Chili Dinner and Cook-off. Proceeds fund the Senior Youth Service Trip to Appalachia
(while supplies last!)
Rock My Soul Five
Can we get an “amen”? Great gospel music and more.
5:00 - 5:45 & 6:15 - 7:00 pm
Elissa Margolin—Ethereal. Thoughtful. Honest music...with selections from the CD, PIVOT.
8:00 - 8:30 & 8:45 - 9:15 pm
Cormac McCarthy and Mostly Mainesqueeze!
Amazing singer-songwriter AND a fantastic band!
9:45 - 10:30 & 10:45 - 11:30 pm
TEMPLE ISRAEL
200 State Street
Randy Armstrong and Genevieve Aichele..World Tales: Stories and music from around the World.
Randy Armstrong-World Fusion Music on 25 instruments from around the globe.
8:15 - 9:00 pm
9:30 - 10:15, & 10:45 - 11:30 pm
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH HALL
129 Miller Avenue
The Return of Elvis and the J.C. Underhill Band
A legendary combination...One stage...One night...Only in Portsmouth!
8:15 - 9:00, 9:30 - 10:15 & 10:45 - 11:30 pm
W.E.S.T—WEST END STUDIO THEATRE
959 Islington Street
A
ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH HALL
101 Chapel Street
Pontine performs “The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t"
Toy Theatre story poem by Ogden Nash.
New Hampshire Theatre Project, performing “A Little Night Music”
Vocalist, Meghann Beauchamp, NHTP artist and former Spectras lead singer, Jeremiah Messer
will sing in the New Year with their favorite tunes.
5:00 - 5:30 & 6:00 - 6:30 pm
8:30 - 9:00 & 9:30 - 10:00 pm