Get into the Holiday Spirit and join us for Vintage Christmas in Portsmouth - the third year of a classic holiday tradition brought to you by partners The Music Hall, the oldest theater in New  Hampshire, and Strawbery Banke Museum, a ten-acre living history museum in the heart of Portsmouth, New Hampshire's oldest waterfront town. Vintage Christmas is all about celebrating the winter, the warmth, the light, and our collective memories of holidays - and Portsmouth is the perfect town for Vintage Christmas since it's a charming mix of the contemporary and historical!

Vintage Christmas in Portsmouth features Strolls, Shows & Stayovers - the Candlelight Stroll at Strawbery Banke, holiday shows at The Music Hall, and Stayovers at three top Seacoast hotels - Sheraton Harborside Portsmouth Hotel, Wentworth by the Sea Hotel & Spa, and Hilton Garden Inn Portsmouth Downtown. New this year: a free festive Vintage Christmas Trolley and an atmospheric path dotted with costumed singers and musicians. Click below for a map/calendar which details the walking path/trolley route and all the Vintage Christmas activities.

Some of those activities are listed to the right. To see more detailed descriptions, click on the link for more details, or visit the Vintage Christmas sponsors listed below.

Click here to download an Adobe .pdf version of the Vintage Christmas Schedule and Map.

Shows

Tickets for all Music Hall holiday shows can be purchased at The Music Hall box office (28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth), on the phone at 603.436.2400, or online at www.themusichall.orgNote:Chestnut Street is now a pedestrian-friendly walkway during a five-month pilot closure program. Patrons can use the corner of Chestnut and Porter streets (via Porter Street) as the drop-off point for the Music Hall box office.

About The Music Hall: The Seacoast's Premier Performing Arts Center

The Music Hall is a non-profit performing arts center that entertains more than 90,000 patrons annually with acclaimed film, music, theater, and dance performances. The historic 900-seat theater, built in 1878, is the oldest in New Hampshire, the second oldest in New England, and the fourteenth oldest operating in the United States. For more information, visit www.themusichall.org.

Strolls

Ticket prices for the Strawbery Banke Candlelight Stroll are $18 for adults, $10 for children, and $40 for families ($2 discount for tickets purchased before Dec. 1).Tickets can be purchased online at www.strawberybanke.org or by phone at 603.433.1107. Tickets may be used any night of the Stroll.

About Strawbery Banke Museum

Connect with the Past! Step into 400 years of living in our neighborhood. Strawbery Banke provides the opportunity to see how people lived for four centuries of New England history. Through restored furnished houses, exhibits, historic landscapes and gardens, and costumed role players, Strawbery Banke interprets the living history of generations who settled in Portsmouth, NH from the late 17^th century to the mid 20^th century.  For  more information or visit  www.strawberybanke.org. 

Stayovers

• Wentworth by the Sea
  Hotel & Spa
  
• Hilton Garden Inn
  Portsmouth Downtown
  
• Sheraton Harborside
  Portsmouth Hotel
  
• More choices

Sunday, Dec. 2              

1:30-10:30 p.m. -Vintage Christmas Trolley (15-minute route)
2 p.m. -The Music Hall Presents SCROOGE
4-7 p.m. -Singers and musicians on
Walking Path
4-9 p.m. -Candlelight Stroll at
Strawbery Banke, More Details.
Winter Wonderland Brunch,
Wentworth by the Sea

Tuesday, Dec. 4             

5-7 p.m. Festival of Lights,
Wentworth by the Sea            

Saturday, Dec. 8            

1:30-10:30 p.m. -Vintage Christmas Trolley (15-minute route)
4-7 p.m. -Singers and musicians on
Walking Path
4 p.m. & 8 p.m. -The Music Hall Presents STRIKING 12 starring GrooveLily,
More Details.  
4-9 p.m. -Candlelight Stroll at
Strawbery Banke, More Details.

Sunday, Dec. 9              

1:30-10:30 p.m. -Vintage Christmas Trolley (15-minute route)
4-7 p.m. -Singers and musicians on
Walking Path
Winter Wonderland Brunch,
Wentworth by the Sea
4-9 p.m. -Candlelight Stroll at
Strawbery Banke, More Details.

Thursday, Dec. 13         

7 p.m. -Ballet New England Presents An 1836 Portsmouth Nutcracker at
The Music Hall

Friday, Dec. 14              

7 p.m. -Ballet New England Presents An 1836 Portsmouth Nutcracker at
The Music Hall, More Details.

Saturday, Dec. 15          

1:30-10:30 p.m. -Vintage Christmas Trolley (15-minute route)
2 p.m. & 7 p.m. -Ballet New England Presents An 1836 Portsmouth Nutcracker
at The Music Hall, More Details.
4-7 p.m. -Singers and musicians on
Walking Path
4-9 p.m. -Candlelight Stroll at
Strawbery Banke, More Details.

Sunday, Dec. 16            

1:30-10:30 p.m. -Vintage Christmas Trolley (15-minute route)
Winter Wonderland Brunch,
Wentworth by the Sea
3 p.m. & 7 p.m. -The Music Hall Presents
Kenneth Kiesler conducts the
HOLIDAY POPS, More Details.
4-7 p.m. -Singers and musicians
on Walking Path
4-9 p.m. -Candlelight Stroll at
Strawbery Banke, More Details.

Wednesday, Dec. 19      

12 p.m. - Historic Tour of The Music Hall

Friday, Dec. 21              

7 p.m. -The Big/Little Holiday Party, Sheraton Hotel

Saturday, Dec. 22          

10am-2 p.m.-Strawbery Banke
Holiday House Tours, More Details.

Sunday, Dec. 23            

10 a.m.-2 p.m.-Strawbery Banke
Holiday House Tours, More Details. 
2 p.m.-The Music Hall Presents
MESSIAH SING!, More Details.

Tuesday, Dec. 25           

11 am-5 p.m.- Christmas Brunch, Wentworth by the Sea

Monday, Dec. 31           

4:30 p.m.to Midnight- First Night Portsmouth, More Details.

Other local activities

Greater Portsmouth Chamber
Holiday Winetasting
Wednesday, Dec. 19, 5:30-7:30 p.m. More Details.

First Night Portsmouth
Monday, Dec. 31, 4:30-Midnight More Details.

Presenting Sponsors:

• The Music Hall
  
• Strawbery Banke Museum
  
• Sheraton Harborside
  Portsmouth Hotel
  
• Greater Portsmouth
  Chamber of Commerce
  
• Granite State Opera
  
• City of Portsmouth
  
• River Run Book Store
  

• Wentworth by the Sea
  Hotel & Spa
  
• Hilton Garden Inn
  Portsmouth Downtown