Just because the summer is winding down doesn’t mean it’s time to turn the volume down. A number of fall music festivals and concert series with local and national names are heating up the next few months on the Seacoast.

Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival: The lucky 13th annual festival returns to downtown Portsmouth on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 29 and 30, celebrating our maritime heritage with traditional seafaring music. More than a dozen local and regional acts will bring nautical songs to the pubs, cafes, churches and streets of the Port City. Among this year’s performers are Calico Jack, Great Bay Sailor, Tom Hall and Linn Schulz, Emery Hutchins, Jon and Rika, Audi Lane and Peter Souza, London Julie, Chris Maden, Mudhook, Bob Stuart, Ken Sweeney, Jeff Warner, and Bob Webb & Dave Peloquin. Funded by donations from friends and businesses, the free shows will be spread across roughly a dozen venues. For updates and more information, visit www.newenglandfolknetwork.org/pmff.

Pawtuckaway Music Festival: This year’s festival, taking place on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 6 and 7, will feature a number of familiar Seacoast faces, along with regional acts from around the Northeast. Held at Pawtuckaway State Park in Nottingham, the event is expanding this year into a two-day outdoor camping festival. Among the opening day acts are Dan Blakeslee, Mr. Sister, Honey Watts, Wooden Dinosaur, People Skills, The Migs, and Fire Tower, plus theater performances by Katrina Pratt. That night at Neil’s Cove camping area, the “Fireside Acoustic Roundtable” will present Tell Stories, Christine Hayward, Cardstock, and Zack Sprague. The music continues on Sunday with performances from Tom Schena, The B.A. Canning Band, Cuddle Magic, Comma, Lady Bones, Mutes, and Death to Tyrants. Tickets are available for one or both days, with perks for larger donations. Visit www.pawtuckawaymusicfestival.com for more information.

Prescott Park Arts Festival: Though it’s been going all summer, the months-long outdoor festival in Portsmouth has at least a couple more music events on tap for the fall. On Friday, Sept. 14, Prescott Park will partner with 3S Artspace for an end-of-summer dance party, beginning with a screening of feature-length music video “Girl Walk // All Day,” and culminating with DJ sets from Portland’s CDR and RTS. The party takes place at 3S, located at 319 Vaughan St. in Portsmouth, beginning at 6 p.m. On Thursday, Oct. 11 at 7 p.m., Prescott Park will conclude this year’s River House Restaurant Concert Series with jazzy bluegrass band The Kruger Brothers in the park on Marcy Street. Donations are encouraged for both events. Visit www.prescottpark.org or www.3sarts.org for more information.

PMAC 10th Anniversary: Founded in 2002, the Portsmouth Music and Arts Center has taught and inspired more than 1,000 students of all ages over the last decade. The non-profit community school, with a faculty of more than 30 professional music and visual arts educators, offers a variety of lessons, classes and live concerts, with adult ensembles and youth groups that perform around the Seacoast. On Saturday, Nov. 3, the center will celebrate its first 10 years with an anniversary concert featuring its adult ensembles at Middle Street Baptist Church, beginning at 7 p.m. For more information, visit www.pmaconline.org.

Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom: The ballroom’s 2012 Concert Series still has a bunch of shows scheduled over the next few months, including All American Rejects & Boys Like Girls on Thursday, Sept. 13; Charlie Daniels Band on Friday, Sept. 14;  Slash, featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators on Sunday, Sept. 16; The J. Geils Band on Saturday, Sept. 22 (the Saturday show is sold out, but the Ballroom has added a second show on Friday, Sept. 21); Bret Michaels on Saturday, Sept. 29; Joss Stone on Friday, Oct. 12; Rebelution on Saturday, Oct. 13; Huey Lewis & The News on Saturday, Oct. 27; and Chris Isaak on Saturday, Nov. 10. All shows begin at 8 p.m. For tickets or more information, call 603-929-4100 or visit www.casinoballroom.com.

UNH Traditional Jazz Series and UNH Celebrity Series: Bringing internationally respected jazz artists to the University of New Hampshire’s Durham campus, the jazz series opens its 34th season on Monday, Sept. 17, with a performance by the Tamir Hendelman Trio, featuring Hendelman on piano, Marco Panascia on bass and Lewis Nash on drums. Other fall installments include the Sara Caswell Trio with guitarist Gene Bertoncini on Monday Oct. 15, and the Taylor Haskins Quartet on Monday, Nov. 12.

The Celebrity Series returns on Sunday, Sept. 16, with the nationally renowned and Boston-based innovative self-conducted orchestra “A Far Cry.” Also this fall, the London-based Swingle Singers, “international a capella phenomenon,” will perform on Sunday, Oct. 14.

All shows are at Johnson Theatre in the Paul Creative Arts Center, www.unh.edu.

Intimately Yours: The Music Hall’s concert series has a packed lineup this fall, with a range of nationally touring acts headed to the Portsmouth theater. Highlights include Art Garfunkel on Friday, Sept. 21; Punch Brothers on Tuesday, Oct. 2; Gladys Knight on Sunday, Oct. 21; Rufus Wainwright on Wednesday, Oct. 24; Ingrid Michaelson on Friday, Oct. 26; Lyle Lovett and His Acoustic Group on Thursday, Nov. 1; and Justin Townes Earle on Thursday, Nov. 8. For more information, visit www.themusichall.org.

Live @ the Loft: The Music Hall Loft will continue its own live music series with a full slate of fall shows, including cabaret singer Ute Gfrerer performing “La Vie en Rose” on Sunday, Sept. 30; Rory Block on Friday, Nov. 9; Mike and Ruthy on Saturday, Nov. 10; Melissa Ferrick on Friday, Nov. 16; and Juanita Pascual Trio: A Night of Flamenco on Saturday, Nov. 17. For more information, visit www.themusichall.org.