Rockingham Ballroom events

Kick up your boots for a fun and energetic night of line dancing with the area’s favorite, 603 Line Dance! Each month, dancers of all levels come together for beginner-friendly lessons followed by an upbeat DJ dance party featuring a lively mix of country, pop, rock, and funk. Whether you’re brand new or a seasoned regular, you’ll feel right at home on New England’s largest wooden dance floor, surrounded by a welcoming crowd.

Doors open at 6:30 pm | Lessons start at 7:00 pm

The Rockingham Ballroom is a fun, social atmosphere with music volume that is conversational. You can bring your beverage of choice (BYOB) and we provide a healthy light menu to snack on, for purchase. Seltzers, sodas, and mixers also available. (No “bar” tab.) We have both cafe and lounge seating, and a game room featuring a pool table, foosball, and ping pong. Overnight parking allowed for folks traveling.

Looking for a venue for your next event? The Rockingham Ballroom is available for Private Parties, Events, Classes, and Weddings. Our event center is 8,500 sq. feet. The 4000 square foot floating wood floor is the only such dance floor in New England. Located in Newmarket, NH and only 15 minutes from Portsmouth, Exeter, or Durham.

For more information on booking events the ballroom, please email info@rockinballroom.club

Break out the black eyeliner, lace, leather, velvet, fishnets, funeral finery, and whatever else has been lurking in the darkest corner of your closet. Step out of the shadows and onto the dance floor for a darkly decadent night of music, dancing, and Halloween spirit at the historic Rockingham Ballroom, all in support of the Portsmouth Halloween Parade.

Dress in your pale and tragic best, whether your style runs Victorian vampire, romantic goth, punk, industrial, witchy, undead, or simply head-to-toe black. DJ Vers Queen takes over the Ballroom for the night, spinning a deliciously dark mix of goth, new wave, post-punk, industrial, darkwave, alternative, and haunting dance-floor favorites.

Proceeds benefit the Portsmouth Halloween Parade, helping keep one of the Seacoast’s most beloved, wonderfully weird Halloween traditions marching through the streets.

Embrace the darkness, dance for the dead, and party for the Parade!

Doors open at 7:30 pm
Tickets are $25 online or at the door

The Rockingham Ballroom is a fun, social atmosphere with music volume that is conversational. You can bring your beverage of choice (BYOB) and we provide a healthy light menu to snack on, for purchase. Seltzers, sodas, and mixers also available. (No “bar” tab.) We have both cafe and lounge seating, and a game room featuring a pool table, foosball, and ping pong. Overnight parking allowed for folks traveling.

Looking for a venue for your next event? The Rockingham Ballroom is available for Private Parties, Events, Classes, and Weddings. Our event center is 8,500 sq. feet. The 4000 square foot floating wood floor is the only such dance floor in New England. Located in Newmarket, NH and only 15 minutes from Portsmouth, Exeter, or Durham.

For more information on booking events the ballroom, please email info@rockinballroom.club

Emily’s Garage Band takes the stage, bringing a full horn section and a dance-ready mix of nostalgia pop, funk, R&B, and more to keep the Haunted Ballroom moving. Watch as something wicked takes the floor with a special Halloween performance by Fox Run Dance Company, and visit our live tarot card reader to see what the cards have in store for you.

Dress to thrill, terrify, tempt, or get a laugh. We’ll be crowning costume winners throughout the night, with free tickets to upcoming Ballroom events and a cash Grand Prize on the line.

Costume Categories:

• Tim Curry Tribute - come as your favorite Tim Curry character! Think Dr. Frank-N-Furter (The Rocky Horror Picture Show), Pennywise (IT), the Lord of Darkness (Legend), Rooster Hannigan (Annie), or the Grand Wizard (The Worst Witch)
• Nightmare Fuel - for the scariest, creepiest, most unsettling costume
• ***Drop Dead Gorgeous ***- sexy, sultry, sizzling and spooky
• Twice the Trouble - best couples costume, from perfectly paired to completely unhinged
• ***Dying Laughing ***- the funniest costume of the night

Doors open at 7:30 pm | Music & Dancing 8:00–11:00 pm

The Rockingham Ballroom is a fun, social atmosphere with music volume that is conversational. You can bring your beverage of choice (BYOB) and we provide a healthy light menu to snack on, for purchase. Seltzers, sodas, and mixers also available. (No “bar” tab.) We have both cafe and lounge seating, and a game room featuring a pool table, foosball, and ping pong. Overnight parking allowed for folks traveling.

Looking for a venue for your next event? The Rockingham Ballroom is available for Private Parties, Events, Classes, and Weddings. Our event center is 8,500 sq. feet. The 4000 square foot floating wood floor is the only such dance floor in New England. Located in Newmarket, NH and only 15 minutes from Portsmouth, Exeter, or Durham.

For more information on booking events the ballroom, please email info@rockinballroom.club