Portsmouth Percussive Dance Festival

Information about Portsmouth Percussive Dance Festival, a celebration of tap dancing in New Hampshire.

EVENT: Portsmouth Percussive Dance Festival
FIRST HELD: 1995
DIRECTOR: Drika Overton
LOCATION: New Hampshire or Maine, United States

Annual percussive arts festival founded by Drika Overton in 1995. The event went on haitus for a few years after that first edition but it was resurrected in 1999 and held every year until 2007 when it went on haitus again. The festival was held for the last two times in 2013 and 2014.

The Portsmouth Percussive Dance Festival was held at various venues in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and nearby Kittery, Maine. It featured workshops and performances in tap dancing, jazz dance, voice, and African drumming.

Editions of the Portsmouth Percussive Dance Festival
Information about each edition of the festival since the inaugural event in 1995.

Percussive Dance Festival Web Site
Official Web site of the Portsmouth Percussive Dance Festival. Note that the event's original Web site at "jazzandtap dot com" is no longer online. That Web site was on the Internet between 2000 and 2014.

Social Media Sites of the Festival
- Facebook "Portsmouth Percussive Dance Festival" Page

Articles About the Festival
Portsmouth Festival Hangs Up It's Tap Shoes in 2008