Portsmouth Guildhall, Main Auditorium
Portsmouth Cultural Trust, Guildhall, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, PO1 2AB -
Up to
2000 guestsOffers
cateringInternal 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.
A flexible space with the wow factor, the Main Auditorium can be dressed to fit all types of event from large exhibitions and conferences to dinners and parties.
Easily accessible on the ground floor, the space has its own stage, draping and curtains with options to screen off sections if required.
Capacity & layout
Standing
up to 1000
Dining
up to 380
Theatre
up to 2000
Cabaret
up to 336
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
Stage
Table / chairs included
Tea
Public transport
Premises parking
Breakout rooms
Audio & visual
Sound system
Microphone
Projector & screen
Flipchart
WiFi
Other
AV & Catering Packages are available
Space rules
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
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
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
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
👍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
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
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