Singer, songwriter and musician Benji Kirkpatrick is launching his solo album, In Phase, at Winchester’s The Railway on November 9. A key member of folk big band, Bellowhead, Benji has been performing solo for 25 years. Brand new album In Phase, released autumn 2023, features all original songs written...
Vigil for Gaza to be held in Southampton on Saturday
Local people are again invited to gather in Southampton city centre this weekend to make a united call for a ceasefire in Gaza. Palestine Solidarity Campaign Southampton and Stop the war Coalition are holding another vigil for Gaza this Saturday (November 4th) in the hope of helping to influence...
Remembering JPF Goodman – a poet’s life
By John Bruce. JPF – John Peter Frederick – Goodman 16/3/1960 to 7/9/2023 I’m sure there are people reading this who knew JPF far longer than I did, and who know more about him, but these are my reflections on a friend and poet who died recently. We met...
Meet authors Kathryn Malcolm and Connor Irving in Southampton on Saturday
Perry’s Art Supplies, Southampton, hosts a book signing event featuring two notable local authors, Kathryn Malcolm, author of “The Shadow of the Scholar,” and Connor Irving, author of “The Salt of Angels Book 1: Pillars of Cloud” on Saturday (November 4). The event promises an engaging Q&A session, book...
Review – Punk Rock Factory, The 1865, Wednesday 1st November 2023
By Nick Mabey. A second Celtic storm hit Southampton last night, swirling round The 1865. While Ciaran blew outside, inside the venue South-Wales thrashers Punk Rock Factory ripped it up in front of a sell-out crowd. When I interviewed lead singer Peej a couple of weeks ago, he gave...
Review – Only the Poets, The Joiners, Southampton, November 1 2023
By Chris Richards. It’s the last night of their UK tour and you can feel it. Their pride, excitement and elated exhaustion pours into the crowd and lifts them. Literally, we were all jumping like loons in the end. This is truly significant for me as I walked into...
Southampton listings 31 October – 6 November
There’s a lot more to get you out of the house than going trick or treating in Southampton this week. A home grown, thought provoking show, Antisemitism: a (((musical))) comes to God’s House Tower with 2 performances on Wednesday. Also on stage, The Bodyguard is at The Mayflower while...
Interview: Uri Agnon on his new show, Antisemitism: a (((musical)))
Antisemitism artwork by Lily Ash Sakula New show Antisemitism: a (((musical))) comes to Southampton on November 1st. Creator, Uri Agnon, a PhD student and outreach fellow at the Parkes Institute for the Study of Jewish non-Jewish Relations at the University of Southampton talks to Sally Churchward about its background...
Nile Rodgers & CHIC to headline new Southampton live music event
Scotland’s long-running live music series Summer Sessions are set to come south, to Southampton’s Guildhall Square in summer 2024. Nile Rodgers & CHIC are the very first headliners to be revealed, playing Sunday, 23 June 2024, with special guests, Brit singer-songwriter Sophie Ellis Bextor and 80s-inspired contemporary pop band Deco. Founded back in 2013 by DF Concerts, Summer Sessions has...
Lottery funding awarded for youth support charity’s Southampton advice centre
No Limits, a Southampton-based youth support charity, is delighted to have received a National Lottery award from The National Lottery Community Fund for their Advice Centre. The grant, which will run for five years, will help to fund No Limits’ open-access advice centre on Southampton High Street, which offers immediate, free and confidential advice, support and information on...