First Weekends: Discover Olde Towne Portsmouth

Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center

Make your first weekend a tradition in Olde Towne. Join us in Olde Towne as we bring the Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center (PACC) courtyard and surrounding streets to life with live music, local art, markets and hands-on activities – all along the High Street corridor.

FRIDAY | 5–8 PM
Ease into the weekend with:

• Live music in the PACC Courtyard
• Art Market along High & Court Streets
• Sip-and-stroll throughout the district
• Planetarium shows at the nearby Children’s Museum of Virginia
• Tickets:  $10 at door (50 seats per show)
• 6:15 pm and 7 pm start times
• Shows: Mars 1001 & Virginia Skies

SATURDAY | 9 AM–2 PM
Come back Saturday and keep exploring:

• Live music + interactive art in the PACC Courtyard
• Expanded Art Market on High & Court Streets
• Local Farmers Market
• Flea Market at Middle Street Garage (10 AM–2 PM)

MAY FEATURED PERFORMANCES AT PACC:

• Friday: Ward’s Pocket 
• Saturday: Elizabeth Riverboys (11 AM-1 PM)
  Plus a live caricature artist and our Color Craze outdoor activity.