Music Hall Announces New Sponsor

MUSIC HALL ANNOUNCES NEW SPONSOR

Pickwick’s Mercantile Supports Historic Tours

Portsmouth, NH-October 8, 2013- The Music Hall, the performing arts center featuring entertainment from around the world in its landmark 900-seat Historic Theater and the chic, intimate Music Hall Loft, is pleased to announce Pickwick’s Mercantile has signed on to sponsor The Music Hall’s  newly  enhanced Historic Tours.

Pickwick’s Mercantile resides in historic section of town and carries unique and extraordinary gifts, both classic and modern, such as home décor, specialty stationary and luxury perfumes. The downtown retail merchant will support the one hour multimedia tour which reveals the back story of the remarkable theater told by a rotating cast of Music Hall personnel.

Revealed in conjunction with The Music Hall’s 135th anniversary, tour participants will get the inside scoop on the stories of sea and of land; of ghosts and of myths; and of fiery destruction and rebirth that have defined one of the oldest operating theaters in the United States.

Part of its Destination Programming, The Music Hall’s Historic Tours are part of the vibrant historic scene in Portsmouth that includes a rich spectrum of famous sites, tours and information centers such as the Visitors Center at the Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce, Discover Portsmouth Center, Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Harbor Trail, Strawbery Banke Museum, USS Albacore Museum, Portsmouth Athenaeum, Moffatt Ladd House and Garden, Gundalow Company, Historic New England, and many more.

Tickets are $12.50 nonmembers and $10.00 for members and can be purchased at The Music Hall box office at 28 Chestnut Street, Portsmouth or by phone at (603)-436-2400. Tours are scheduled throughout the month of September. Full schedule available at www.themusichall.org/calendar 

About The Music Hall

The Music Hall is a performing arts center featuring curated entertainment from around the world in two theaters in its downtown Portsmouth, New Hampshire campus - one, a landmark 1878 Victorian theater, designated an American Treasure for the Arts by the National Park Service’s Save America's Treasures Program, the other the intimate Music Hall Loft around the corner, recently named "best performing arts venue" by Yankee Magazine and the recipient of the NH AIA award for design excellence. Acclaimed signature series bring top authors and artists to both stages, while HD broadcasts and independent film fill both screens. A radio show broadcast on NH Public Radio originates here.

This dynamic arts center urges patrons to Explore + Learn via master classes, post film panel discussions, and matinees for children. An anchor cultural organization in this historic working seaport, The Music Hall is one of downtown Portsmouth’s biggest employers and largest contributors to the regional economy: The Music Hall and its patrons contribute $7 million annually to the local economy through show and visitor related spending. Innovative in its outlook, the organization is community oriented and committed to making the Seacoast flourish. The Music Hall is a 501c3 nonprofit managed by a professional staff with the assistance of a volunteer board.  Though global in the scope of its artists and programs, The Music Hall operates independently with the support of 3,000 members, 300 business supporters and 58 community partners. Welcoming more than 100,000 patrons (including 20,000 children) each year from the tri-state area and beyond, The Music Hall is the region’s center for the performing arts, literature and education…easy to get to, impossible to forget. An American Treasure celebrating 135 years. www.themusichall.org

“The crown jewel of Portsmouth’s cultural scene” - Yankee Magazine

For More Information:

Monte Bohanan

Director of Marketing

The Music Hall - Portsmouth, NH

603-766-2194

mbohanan@themusichall.org