The Music Hall, Portsmouth

Name: The Music Hall
Address: 28 Chestnut St, Portsmouth, 03801-6606, United States
Telephone: +1 603-436-2400

#12 among attractions in Portsmouth

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The Music Hall is an 895-seat theater located at 28 Chestnut Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in the United States. Built in 1878, The Music Hall claims to be the oldest operating theater in New Hampshire and the 14th oldest in the United States. An independent venue that offers music, readings, comedy, and cinema, The Music Hall brings in 130,000 visitors a year. In the past it has hosted musicians like Tony Bennett and authors like Dan Brown. ()

Coordinates: 43°4'32"N, 70°45'34"W

Address

28 Chestnut StPortsmouth 03801-6606 United States

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+1 603-436-2400

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The Music Hall – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Portsmouth Athenæum, North Church, African Burying Ground, Prescott Park.

~760 ftNE
Museum, Library, Art museum
Portsmouth Athenæum, Portsmouth
4 min walk • The Portsmouth Athenæum is an independent membership library, gallery, and museum in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States.
~600 ftNE
Church
North Church, Portsmouth
3 min walk • The North Church of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States, is a historic Congregational church located in Market Square. Sited directly across from the Portsmouth Athenæum, it features an Italianate edifice and a steeple visible from most of the city, the Piscataqua River, and communities on its western bank in Maine.
~310 ftSE
Historical place, Memorial
African Burying Ground, Portsmouth
2 min walk • The Portsmouth African Burying Ground is a memorial park on Chestnut Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States. The memorial park sits on top of an 18th century gravesite containing almost two hundred freed and enslaved African people.
0.4 miE
Park, Garden, Theater
Prescott Park, Portsmouth
11 min walk • Prescott Park is a ten-plus acre waterfront park in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States. The land was purchased in the 1930s by two sisters, Josie and Sarah Prescott.
~1140 ftN
Museum, History museum, Historical place
Moffatt-Ladd House, Portsmouth
6 min walk • The Moffatt-Ladd House, also known as the William Whipple House, is a historic house museum and National Historic Landmark in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States. The 1763 Georgian house was the home of William Whipple, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and Revolutionary War general.
~280 ftSW
Museum, History museum, Historical place
John Paul Jones House, Portsmouth
2 min walk • The John Paul Jones House is a historic house at 43 Middle Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
~830 ftE
Museum, History museum, Historical place
Governor John Langdon House, Portsmouth
5 min walk • The Governor John Langdon House, also known as Governor John Langdon Mansion, is a historic mansion house at 143 Pleasant Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States.
~1430 ftNE
Church
St. John's Church, Portsmouth
7 min walk • St. John's Church is a historic church at 101 Chapel Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States. The brick building was designed by Alexander Parris and built in 1807; it was the first brick church in the state of New Hampshire, and is a rare surviving early design by Parris.
0.4 miE
Concerts and shows, Theater
The Players' Ring, Portsmouth
10 min walk • The Players' Ring Theatre is a theater located in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States. The black box theater has a seating capacity of 75.
~510 ftE
Church, Music venue
South Church, Portsmouth
3 min walk • South Parish is the historic name of a church at 292 State Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in the United States. The church building, built in 1824-26, is one of the earliest examples of Classical Revival architecture in New England, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
~1430 ftNW
Cemetery
Old North Cemetery, Portsmouth
7 min walk • Old North Cemetery is a historic cemetery on Maplewood Avenue in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. It is a roughly 1.5-acre parcel of land north of the city center on the shore of North Mill Pond. Its earliest burials are dated to 1751, although it was not formally established as a cemetery until 1753.

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Which popular attractions are close to The Music Hall?

Nearby attractions include John Paul Jones House, Portsmouth (2 min walk), African Burying Ground, Portsmouth (2 min walk), Discover Portsmouth, Portsmouth (2 min walk), Franklin Block, Portsmouth (2 min walk).

The Music Hall, Portsmouth

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The Music Hall – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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