Coast Guard Celebration!

Coast Guard City Celebration August 4-8, 2010 Portsmouth, VA

The Coast Guard selected Portsmouth due to the city’s nearly 200 years of support for the Coast Guard. The honorary distinction is indicative of the productive, ongoing relationship between the Portsmouth community and local Coast Guard units, including the 5th District, Atlantic Area, Base Portsmouth and Sector Hampton Roads.

Event details below will continue to be updated.
See the Coast Guard City website for additional information.

NOTE: Water Street will be closed from High St. to Parking Garage entrance at Admirals Landing Friday from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.

The Traffic Circle will be closed from 7 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. on Saturday.

9:15 - 9:45 am: VIP Breakfast (invitation Only)
10 - 11 am: Opening Ceremony at High St. Landing

Color Guard; National Anthem, Aircraft Fly-over, Band/Singers, Speakers from USCG and Government

57th Annual Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce
Seafood Outing

5-8 p.m. The area’s best and oldest networking event includes a seafood buffet, adult beverages, live music, and business exhibits. Held on the beautiful Portsmouth waterfront, the Seafood Outing is a half century old Chamber tradition. In 2010, this iconic event will be held in celebration of Portsmouth’s special designation as “A Coast Guard City”. Entertainment by Portsmouth's own More Cow Bell. Enjoy mixing business with pleasure and admiring the sunset too! Click the Seafood Outing banner in the right column for tickets and more information.

O.A.R. in Concert at nTelos Wirelss Pavilion

8 p.m. Fans will not only get to hear some O.A.R. favorites this Summer like the smash hit "Shattered," "That Was a Crazy Game of Poker," and "This Town" but they will also be treated to some brand new music from the band's forthcoming seventh studio album. O.A.R. returns to Portsmouth for one of just 24 cities on its summer tour. Read more about O.A.R. | nTelos Wireless Pavilion

6 Music, Activities, and Refreshments at High Street Landing

5:30 -6:30 p.m. Crew Race
7 - 8:45 p.m. Musical entertainment from Bob and Skye Zentz
9 - 10 p.m. Musical entertainment from Herb Smith

Opening of Inspired Forms Exhibit

Featuring artwork by J. Howard Johnson, Larry Johnson. Dr. Rod Taylor and Reggie Gist on the saxophone will perfom in the courtyard. Light refreshments will be served. Presented by the Courthouse Galleries, Corner of High and Court St., Portsmouth | 757-393-8543 | www.courthousegalleries.com

Bike Tour - Coast Guard City Century Ride

7 a.m. - 4 p.m. This Saturday ride is one of the centerpieces of a weeklong celebration of the Coast Guard’s 220th Birthday. With 4 loops leaving and returning to nTelos Pavilion, this route features a number of sightseeing vistas and landmarks, including the Lightship Portsmouth, Downtown Shopping District, Olde Towne, and other historic districts. Other sites such as Portsmouth Naval Hospital, Coast Guard Station, The Children’s Museum, Path of History, and Norfolk Naval Shipyard to mention a few will be along the route. The finishing route for the full century will include 3 laps around downtown full of cheering spectators just like the Tour de France finish in Paris. Click here for more details and registration

High Street Landing Events

10 a.m. - 5 p.m. All-day events and activities, including CG cutter tours, re-enactors, games, demonstrations, Lightship tours, Virginian Aquariums Oceans in Motion, Sonshine Artists (and their magic), musical entertainment from Bob and Skye Zentz and much, much more. Displays including USO, Tamaro Foundation, Hampton Roads Naval Museum, Tidewater Maritime Living History Assoc., Coast Guard, Coast Guard Auxiliary, plus guided tours of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum and Lightship Portsmouth

First Responder Cook-Off

1 - 3 p.m. High Street Landing

24th Annual Gospelrama

3 - 9 p.m. Northlanding (Water Stage)
Featuring:
• Davis & the Mighty Stars • Gospel Violinist Eric Taylor
• The New Golden Trumpeteers • The Word Singers
• The Joys • The Daughters of the King
…and many more.

For more information, call (757) 393-0318
Sponsored by HOPS (Helping Others Progress Successfully)

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Traveling Circus & Medicine Show at nTelos Wirelss Pavilion

8 p.m. Counting Crows has sold more than 20 million records and received an Academy Award nomination for "Accidentally In Love" from the "Shrek II" soundtrack. The band and particularly lead singer Adam Duritz are renowned for the energetic, passionate nature of their live performances. They frequently extend and rewrite songs live, adding extra verses or alternate middle sections and/or endings, sometimes fitting most of another of the band's other songs into the middle of the first. Read more | nTelos Wireless Pavilion