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Portsmouth Guildhall, Zodiac Gallery

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

Up to
200 guests
Offers
catering
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.

Featuring the largest acid-stained glass mural in the world, the Zodiac Gallery is an exquisite space offers something a little different for your event. Located on the first floor overlooking Guildhall Square, this gallery is perfect as a meeting, dining or break out space.

Capacity & Layout

Standing

up to 200

Dining

up to 80

Theatre

up to 90

Boardroom

up to 30

Cabaret

up to 56

Pricing
& Opening Hours

Weekly schedule

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

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

Audio & Visual

Microphone

Projector & screen

TV screen

Flipchart

WiFi

Other

Av & catering prices 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

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Reviews

Gerry Moore
November 2025
Great music venue! Good facilities. Friendly staff & reasonable prices at the bar
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.
Heidi Baker
November 2025
Fabulous venue to see the Counting Crows - really impressive acoustics - really enjoyed it. Shame we had to queue in the rain to get in, but understand why.

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.
Lady Jack
November 2025
We went to see a favourite folk-rock singer perform. The building is old-style and interesting, with facilities spread over a range of corridors, spaces and floors. The central theatre area has stalls with a good rake, and a grand circle that's not too far from the stage. We sat in the side-circle, which was great. The rows are closely placed, and it's not easy to move past others in the row, even when standing. The 'background' music during the interval was too noisy for me - almost as loud as the actual performances - and we had to shout just to hear each other.
Mark Farrow
November 2025
Perfectly adequate venue for gigs and shows. Seats are a little uncomfortable if you're in the taller side, like me, and there aren't enough bars leading to occasions where I've not been able to grab a drink before the end of the intermission. Other than that it's a perfectly reasonable venue.