Music Hall Kitchen Tour Held May 9

One of the Seacoast’s most anticipated springtime pleasures returns May 9, as the 24th annual Music Hall Kitchen Tour arrives in beautiful Kittery Point, according to a press statement.

The tour, a popular peek into some of the area’s most interesting and well-designed kitchens, is the longest running Kitchen Tour in New England. This year the tour takes place on Mother’s Day weekend. Tickets make the perfect gift.

With nine unique homes featured on this year’s tour, tour goers will get to see a range of designs and amenities and have the opportunity to meet with the architects and craftsmen who made these dream kitchens a reality. Features of these spectacular homes include:

• A compact kitchen that’s huge on unique design and historical significance.
• A home whose spaces all are guided by Feng Shui – wind and water.
• A large and whimsical kitchen that was created by opening it up to the dining and living areas with structural beams overhead and stylish design throughout.
• An avid cook’s kitchen that focuses on function, space, and light.
• A fabulous 19th Century Seaside home renovated with updates galore while still keeping its 1800s charm.
• A home where walls were knocked down to let nature in through the eight-foot windows and a kitchen overseen by two “Kitchen Gods.’’
• A renovated home where the owners decided to keep the original kitchen even as they added a huge new second one – two wonderful kitchens on this stop of the tour!
• A home peering out to the Atlantic with a kitchen that provides its own terrific view on the inside.
• A kitchen whose island is a substantial and welcoming gathering place for guests and cooks alike.

That last home belongs to Ann Kendall, co-chair of this year’s event. “It is truly amazing that there are so many wonderful choices every year,’’ Kendall said. “And now that we are using trolleys, we can include homes that were unavailable to us in the past.’’

The trolley service has been expanded this year to efficiently shuffle everyone on the Kitchen Tour from home to beautiful home.

Early ticket buyers will enjoy a reduced price ticket. In addition, those buying tickets in the month of April will be eligible for a drawing to win a night’s stay at the stately Wentworth by the Sea hotel and a buffet breakfast the next morning. Advance ticket buyers also will be sent maps of the Kittery Point tour a week before the event. The map will be on the Music Hall’s website a week before the tour.

Also of Note

• The annual Music Hall Kitchen Tour draws up to 1,200 visitors each year. Proceeds are used for operating costs to support the historic Music Hall, which The Boston Globe called “The beating cultural heart of New Hampshire’s seacoast.’’
• Tickets are $23 for Music Hall members and $25 for non-members – $27 if purchased the day of the event. Tickets can be purchased now by calling The Music Hall at 603-436-2400, at the box office located at 28 Chestnut Street in Portsmouth, or online at www.themusichall.org.

Kitchen Tour Sponsors

Presenting sponsor Dovetailed Kitchens, Inc.

Lead sponsors Budget Blinds of Portsmouth; C.F. Witham and Son; Chinburg Properties; Chase Construction & The Webhannet Co.; D.F. Richard Inc.; DeStefano Architects; Ethan Allen Inc.; Mari Woods Kitchen Bath Home; Private Client Underwriters; Selectwood/Great Bay Spa & Sauna; Summer House Furnishings; The Lighting Center at Rockingham Electric; and Coastal Home Magazine.

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.