Portsmouth Guildhall

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

Up to
2000 guests
Internal Catering
allowed

About Venue

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.

Capacity & Layout

Standing

up to 1000

Dining

up to 380

Theatre

up to 2000

Boardroom

up to 40

Cabaret

up to 336

Food & Beverage

Catering arrangements

Refreshments

Alcohol

Facilities & Amenities

Cloakroom

Disabled access

Flipchart

Lectern

Natural light

Table / chairs included

Tea

Public transport

Premises parking

Breakout rooms

Stage

Audio & Visual

Sound system

Microphone

Projector & screen

Flipchart

WiFi

TV screen

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

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Reviews

John-Paul Higgerson
April 2026
Went to the Take Down festival at the guild hall. A very regal building and a really great venue. I will be back next year and this time I will attend both days. Well worth the 3.5 hour drive.
Laurie Watts
April 2026
Such a good venue for music ...some absolutely amazing staff all happy and smiling 😁 happy to help and assist! Definitely shall be back ,! We were on the balcony vip and on the floor genuinely loved every moment
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.
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.
Matt and Julia Lawrence
April 2026
The Guildhall is a universal venue that has multiple experiences and evenings. I have been here several times to watch the LOL comedy evenings and now Al Murray. The venue is able to handle these shows very well but the only thing that let's it down is the cost of alcohol. I know you'd excited r it to be costly from a tap, but it's from cans and £28 for 2 cans of beer and 2 cans of gin was way over the top. That said there are plenty of places close by that serve drinks far more reasonably. It's a good venue and will be going again
Dr. Rajiv Yadav
May 2026
I got to see this while returning from Portsmouth Harbour to train station. Really beautiful architectural work reflecting history. It is situated in just a minute from train station.