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Blue Star Museums

Portsmouth, VA

Free Museum Admission for Blue Star Families (Active-Duty Military). Select Portsmouth Museums* – including the Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center, The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum, The Lightship Portsmouth Museum and the Portsmouth Colored Community Library Museum – are again participating in the Blue Star Museums program. Each summer, this annual collaboration between the National Endowment […]

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Shaun the Sheep at the Children’s Museum of Virginia

Children's Museum of Virginia 221 High Street, Portsmouth, VA

Shaun made his screen debut in the Wallace and Gromit film A Close Shave back in 1995. Fast-forward to now and Shaun has become a global superstar, enjoyed by fans in 170 countries across the world! He’s starred in six TV series’ and enjoyed success on the big screen with two feature films that have […]

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Black History Now – Art Is Revolutionary

Portsmouth Colored Community Library Museum 904 Elm Avenue, Portsmouth, VA

In 2024 the arts take center stage, as Black History Now! showcases some of the area’s most successful Black artists, filmmakers, musicians, and changemakers. Meet the artists who made history in Portsmouth through this historic collection of memories and artifacts, highlighting the impact of Hampton Roads' and Portsmouth’s artists. Visit our Art is Revolutionary exhibit, […]

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Founding Frenemies: Hamilton and the Virginians

Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center 400 High Street, Portsmouth, Virginia

Now - July 21, 2024 Wednesday – Sunday 10AM – 4PM Lin-Manuel Miranda’s award-winning Broadway production HAMILTON propelled our nation’s first Secretary of the Treasury into a legendary status not held since his untimely death in 1804. Miranda’s narrative—based on the work of Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Ron Chernow—tells the story of a man who overcame […]

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First Fridays Concerts in the Courtyard – Allen Hudson and the Halfmoons

Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center 400 High Street, Portsmouth, Virginia

Classic rock, progressive, alternative, and a wide variety of music. First Friday concerts are free along with admission to museum exhibits. The First Friday Concert series is sponsored by Support Portsmouth Public Art, ThePortsmouth Art & Cultural Center, and Franklin D. Edmondson, Commissioner of Revenue. Snacks and beverages available inside the fence.  Art market along […]

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Karl Werne Live at Post Secondary Brewing

Post Secondary Brewing Company 739 High Street, Portsmouth, VA

Please welcome back Karl Werne to our stage. If you have missed his show in the past, you MUST head out this way! His show is FANTASTIC! So grab some […]

TBD Band Live at Sound Bar

Sound Bar at Rivers Casino 3630 Victory Blvd., Portsmouth, VA

Righteous cover band made up of 3 over-worked, middle-aged dads who like to forget they're corporate monkeys by rocking out as much as they can.