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Portsmouth Guildhall, Lord Mayor's Banqueting Room

Portsmouth Cultural Trust, Guildhall, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, PO1 2AB -

Up to
110 guests
Offers
catering
Internal Catering
allowed

From the grandeur of the Main Auditorium to the intimate surrounding of the neighbouring rooms, Portsmouth Guildhall has a space to meet your needs. With its central location, the Guildhall also benefits from excellent transport links and accessibility, making it the ideal choice for your events. Whether you are planning a conference, meeting, seminar, exhibitions, business function, training, team building, networking event, dinners, award ceremonies, parties and receptions; Portsmouth Guildhall offers the best in both corporate and private party packages. Any of these functions will be made more memorable set against the backdrop of the fascinating history and stories that surround Portsmouth Guildhall.

Your booking is made effortless with an expert events team, classic facilities, excellent on-site catering services, and in-house technical specifications and support.

Over recent years the building has been transformed into one of Hampshire’s leading cultural platforms for the arts, providing a world class venue for private and commercial entertaining in the heart of the city.

Best known as the South of England’s prime live entertainment venue, Portsmouth Guildhall aims to become Hampshire’s main business hub offering a unique selection of conference halls and breakout spaces.

Rich in history, this decadent room with high ceilings and original features is bathed in natural light from its grand windows.
Located on the second floor, the Banqueting Room offers grandeur fit for the Lord Mayor and is ideal for conferences, meetings and dinners.

Capacity & layout

Standing

up to 110

Dining

up to 100

Theatre

up to 110

Boardroom

up to 40

Cabaret

up to 66

Pricing
& opening hours

Weekly schedule

monday
0:00 - 24:00
tuesday
0:00 - 24:00
wednesday
0:00 - 24:00
thursday
0:00 - 24:00
friday
0:00 - 24:00
saturday
0:00 - 24:00
sunday
0:00 - 24:00

Catering & drinks

Catering arrangements

Refreshments

Alcohol

Amenities

Cloakroom

Disabled access

Flipchart

Lectern

Natural light

Table / chairs included

Tea

Public transport

Premises parking

Breakout rooms

Audio & visual

Sound system

Microphone

Projector & screen

Flipchart

WiFi

Other

AV & catering prices available

Space rules

Allowed events

Wedding ceremony licence

Cancellation policy

Cancellation by Client Cancellations more than six months prior to the event will result in the loss of the full deposit. Cancellations between three to six months prior to the event will result in a 50% of total charge being due. Cancellations less than three months prior to the event will result in full charge being due.

Location

Reviews

Maria
Invalid Date
We recently went for comic con. They usually have good events on and this was no exception. The best toilets are definitely in the basement. They have a few bars, a main stage and various other multipurpose rooms available. It's a beautiful building and an important Portsmouth location. Very accessible.
Teodor Ivanov Zhelyazkov
Invalid Date
Great place for concerts, stand up comedy graduation ceremonies and other type of performances. The Lord Mayor offices are here as well as the City Council chamber. The Guildhall hosted the International Comic Con for first time in 2018 and they will do so again in 2019.
Wendy Jacobs
November 2024
A lovely building though I couldn't find my way around. The seats are a bit hard when watching a long show but the sound and lighting was good. There are some great acts visiting.
Lonely Mouse13
November 2024
👍Nice looking building and staff are friendly. 👎not a lot of legroom, even for someone under 5' 👎screens by the side of the stage were not used to show performer (its a LONG way from the 'gods'), just ads.
Adam stanistreet
November 2024
The sound is always good in here, but it's very hard to enjoy the performance on such dated, uncomfortable, limited space seats! The food and drink are also very overpriced. Hand having a Weatherspoons outside for a cheap drink and a bite to eat if you fancy. There is also The Fleet next to it. 👌🏼 Anyway, the sound in the hall itself is excellent, and it is at least clean inside.
Captain Lokii
November 2024
Its a great atmosphere and sound for such an old venue but it has major accessibility issues and the seats especially in the stalls and circle aren't fit for purpose anymore. The seats are both very narrow and with no leg room. I attended with my father who is quite short at 5'7 amd he could barely get his legs on the row and i had 5'9 had to put my legs sideways and was left with bruises from the seat in front. The 'accessible' bathrooms also arent accessible to anything but a small wheelchair and get over run by people who don't want to walk round the corner to the able bodied peoples toilets. The tardis lift door is very cool though