Live Music in Portsmouth

Sunday, Oct 11

Pete Francis Of Dispatch

Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Club

<p>Jimmy\'s features a full-service restaurant, and food is available for purchase at every performance. Doors open at 5:30 PM, when you can order dinner directly from your ticketed seat, no separate dinner reservations needed! Kitchen service runs from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM. Pete Francis has never been afraid to build his own world. As the co-founder of Dispatch, he helped prove that independent bands could enjoy massive success on their own terms, selling over 700,000 albums and playing to arena-sized crowds, including five sell-outs at Madison Square Garden and a record-setting 110,000-person audience at Boston\'s Hatch Shell, without mainstream support. That same DIY spirit inspired him to launch a critically-acclaimed solo career in 2001, and it\'s woven throughout his newest release, Homemade. Written and recorded in his New England home, it\'s a timeless record that brings Pete back to the very beginning: to his roots as a singer-songwriter.</p>\n

Monday, Oct 12

Local Artist Series: New Legacy Swing Band

Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Club

The New Legacy Swing Band is an 18-piece powerhouse which has been around for 30 years and performs classics from big bands such as Stan Kenton, Glenn Miller and Duke Ellington, as well as more contemporary arrangements. The band’s range of contemporary music includes Michael Bublé, Chicago, Tom Jones, James Bond themes, the Bee Gees, Diane Schuur, Bette Midler, Queen and much more! The entertaining banter between their male and female vocalists who perform solos and duets are the perfect bookends to a show that has the proverbial “something for everyone.” The New Legacy Swing Band performs for numerous summer Concert Series, as well as weddings, festivals, corporate/private events, fundraisers and dances. Full food and drink service begins at 5:30 PM and continues throughout the show.

Wednesday, Oct 14

Bywater Call

Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Club

<p>A three-time UK Blues Award nominee for "International Act of the Year" and winner of Classic Rock Magazine\'s Blues Album of the Year, Bywater Call is a powerhouse seven-piece Southern soul and roots rock ensemble from Toronto, Canada. Fronted by raw, powerful vocalist Meghan Parnell and guitarist Dave Barnes, the band features Bruce McCarthy (drums), Mike Meusel (bass), John Kervin (keys), Stephen Dyte (trumpet), and Julian Nalli (tenor sax). Renowned for their explosive, emotion-fueled live shows and dynamic musicianship, Bywater Call has shared stages with Joe Bonamassa and Robert Randolph while touring relentlessly across North America and Europe. Jimmy\'s features a full-service restaurant, and food is available for purchase at every performance. Doors open at 5:30 PM, when you can order dinner directly from your ticketed seat, no separate dinner reservations needed! Kitchen service runs from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM.</p>\n

Thursday, Oct 15

Live Music with Tyler Dhone

Rooftop at The Envio

Thursday, Oct 15

Ron Blake & Friends: Gillian Margot, Eli Brueggemann, Richie Goods

Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Club

<p>Jimmy\'s features a full-service restaurant, and food is available for purchase at every performance. Doors open at 5:30 PM, when you can order dinner directly from your ticketed seat, no separate dinner reservations needed! Kitchen service runs from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM. A three-time Grammy Award winner with the Christian McBride Big Band and a four-time Emmy Award winner as a mainstay on NBC\'s Saturday Night Live Band, Virgin Islands-born saxophonist and composer Ron Blake is a true titan of modern jazz. Appearing on over 60 recordings alongside icons like Roy Hargrove, Joey DeFrancesco, and Meshell Ndegeocello, Blake also serves on the faculty at The Juilliard School. Ron Blake & Friends features: Gillian Margot, Eli Brueggemann, Richie Goods and Curtis Nowosad</p>\n

Friday, Oct 16

The Dustbowl Revival

Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Club

<p>Featured in Rolling Stone and Billboard with over 20 million streams, Venice Beach roots-rock collective Dustbowl Revival is celebrated for their explosive, genre-defying live shows. A staple of major global festivals like Hardly Strictly Bluegrass and Cambridge Folk Fest, the band seamlessly blends Laurel Canyon harmonies, folky funk, and New Orleans-tinted brass. Fresh off the release of their 8th studio album Change Your Mind, engineered by Brian Joseph (Bon Iver) and featuring guest appearances by Ed Helms, Vulfpeck\'s Theo Katzman, and Dumpstahfunk\'s Ivan Neville, the powerhouse ensemble delivers an uplifting, dance-driven concert experience packed with soul, grit, and hard-earned joy. Jimmy\'s features a full-service restaurant, and food is available for purchase at every performance. Doors open at 5:30 PM, when you can order dinner directly from your ticketed seat, no separate dinner reservations needed! Kitchen service runs from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM.</p>\n

Sunday, Oct 18

Patty Larkin & Lucy Kaplansky

Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Club

<p>Recipients of 11 Boston Music Awards and two AFIM Best Pop Album awards, folk icons Patty Larkin and Lucy Kaplansky join forces for an unforgettable co-headlining evening. Dubbed "drop-dead brilliant" by Performing Songwriter and hailed by The New York Times as "a virtuoso guitar player," Larkin brings over three decades of inventive guitar mastery, spotlighting material from her poetry-inspired release Bird in a Cage. Joining her is Kaplansky, praised by The Boston Globe as the "troubadour laureate of modern city folk". Famous for her solo hit recordings and work in folk supergroup Cry Cry Cry, Kaplansky presents songs from her acclaimed album Last Days of Summer. Jimmy\'s features a full-service restaurant, and food is available for purchase at every performance. Doors open at 5:30 PM, when you can order dinner directly from your ticketed seat, no separate dinner reservations needed! Kitchen service runs from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM.</p>\n

Monday, Oct 19

Local Artist Series: Rockingham Groove

Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Club

<p>The Rockingham Groove is a fifteen-piece R&B dance orchestra that turns every stage into a celebration. Powered by a blazing horn section, rich vocal harmonies, and a deep-pocket rhythm section, the band brings generations of dance-floor favorites thrillingly to life. Their high-energy repertoire travels from the soul of Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, and Stevie Wonder to the funk and disco of KC and the Sunshine Band, Kool & the Gang, Donna Summer, and the Bee Gees, then turns up the pop/rock with Chicago, Steely Dan, the B-52s, Queen, and Jet. More than a concert, a night with The Rockingham Groove is a nonstop party: big sound, irresistible rhythms, and the songs everyone knows and loves. Jimmy\'s features a full-service restaurant, and food is available for purchase at every performance. Doors open at 5:30 PM, when you can order dinner directly from your ticketed seat, no separate dinner reservations needed! Kitchen service runs from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM.</p>\n

Wednesday, Oct 21

Danilo Pérez Trio: Panamonk featuring Ben Street & Adam Cruz

Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Club

<p>DANILO PÉREZ, BEN STREET, ADAM CRUZ TRIO: PANAMONK. "One of the most important jazz piano albums in history," wrote DownBeat about Grammy Award winner and Doris Duke Award Artist Danilo Pérez\'s groundbreaking 1996 recording Panamonk, a work now recognized as pivotal in the evolution of Latin jazz. This summer, Panamanian born pianist Danilo Pérez revisits the music of Panamonk on tour, performing Thelonious Monk\'s compositions through a Caribbean lens with all-star veterans Ben Street and Adam Cruz. When the trio performed this repertoire at Lincoln Center, The New York Times praised it as "exhilarating...moving...the essence was restrained, assured lyricism." Jimmy\'s features a full-service restaurant, and food is available for purchase at every performance. Doors open at 5:30 PM, when you can order dinner directly from your ticketed seat, no separate dinner reservations needed! Kitchen service runs from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM.</p>\n

Friday, Oct 23

Coco Montoya

Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Club

<p>A Blues Music Award winner for Best New Artist and a nominee for Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year, Coco Montoya is celebrated by Living Blues as "one of the truly gifted blues artists of his generation." Billboard raved, "In a world of blues guitar pretenders, Coco Montoya is the real McCoy." Mentored by legendary "Master of the Telecaster" Albert Collins and spending a decade as lead guitarist for John Mayall\'s Bluesbreakers, the self-taught, left-handed guitar virtuoso and soul-deep singer has spent nearly three decades atop the blues world. Montoya delivers a heart-pounding live performance of blistering fretwork and passionate vocals. Jimmy\'s features a full-service restaurant, and food is available for purchase at every performance. Doors open at 5:30 PM, when you can order dinner directly from your ticketed seat, no separate dinner reservations needed! Kitchen service runs from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM.</p>\n

Sunday, Oct 25

An Evening With Acoustic Alchemy

Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Club

<p>3x-GRAMMY® Nominated Contemporary Jazz Fusion Band Acoustic Alchemy returns to Jimmy\'s after amazing sold out shows in the last four years at Jimmy\'s! Acoustic Alchemy have been at the forefront of contemporary jazz for over three decades, even if the band\'s signature eclectic mix of styles has meant they have never comfortably fit snugly into any one genre. They have delivered 22 acclaimed albums over 30+ years. From their very first album \'Red Dust and Spanish Lace\' (1987), to their current release "The Empire of Lights, they have spent 3+ decades defining and refining the sound of Instrumental Jazz with hits such as Mr. Chow, Lazeez, Flamoco Loco, Catalina Kiss & Jamaica Heartbeat. Jimmy\'s features a full-service restaurant, and food is available for purchase at every performance. Doors open at 5:30 PM, when you can order dinner directly from your ticketed seat, no separate dinner reservations needed! Kitchen service runs from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM.</p>\n

Monday, Oct 26

Local Artist Series: Jumbo Circus Peanuts Halloween Party

Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Club

<p>Like the Carnival Season in New Orleans leading up to Mardi Gras Day, Halloween in Portsmouth has evolved into a month long celebration of sights and sounds and events. Join the band that marched in the inaugural Portsmouth Halloween Parade, Jumbo Circus Peanuts, for a special edition of Jimmy\'s Local Artist Series the Monday before Halloween for a festive night of funk, soul, and horn-driven rock and roll. Costumes are strongly encouraged. Jimmy\'s features a full-service restaurant, and food is available for purchase at every performance. Doors open at 5:30 PM, when you can order dinner directly from your ticketed seat, no separate dinner reservations needed! Kitchen service runs from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM. Please note: Ticket sales outside of Jimmy\'s Box Office and Ticketmaster are not purchased directly from Jimmy\'s Jazz and Blues Club.</p>\n

Wednesday, Oct 28

Five Masters of Jazz

Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Club

<p>A stellar lineup of Grammy-winning legends and international icons, Five Masters of Jazz features vocalist Donna Byrne, guitarist Gray Sargent, pianist Tim Ray, bassist Marshall Wood, and drummer Marty Richards. Hailed by Tony Bennett as "the real McCoy," Byrne heads an ensemble whose individual credits include decades of touring and recording with Bennett, Lady Gaga and Gary Burton. In this all-new show, the powerhouse quintet presents a fresh setlist spanning Great American Songbook standards, original compositions, and unexpected grooves. From sultry ballads to bebop, swing, and modern jazz, these master musicians showcase their artistry through intimate solos, dynamic small-group configurations, and full-quintet arrangements for an unforgettable evening of musical brilliance. Doors open at 5:30 PM, when you can order dinner directly from your ticketed seat, no separate dinner reservations needed! Kitchen service runs from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM.</p>\n