More than 50 black-led organisations in Southampton and Hampshire-based organisations have teamed up to create Southampton’s first ever Black Businesses, Art and Music Festival, taking place this weekend.The event will be held on Sunday 1st October, the first day of Black History Month, from 11am – 6pm in Southampton’s...
Photos: Music in The City
Photos by Joy Mckay and Anita Foxall. This weekend saw the return of Music in the City with some 150 acts playing for free at venues across the city including conventional gig venues, cafes, bars, alongside quirkier locations, such as the Holy Rood Church, Guildhall Square and God’s House...
Tickets for Take That in Southampton on sale this week
Take That have announced they are hitting the road with a massive stadium tour next year, bringing them to Southampton’s St Mary’s Stadium on June 1st. The tour will follow the release of their ninth studio album This Life, on 24th November, and a new single Windows which is...
James Arthur tour coming to Bournemouth following release of new album Bitter Sweet Love
Following his recent return with new tracks ‘Blindside’ & ‘A Year Ago’, James Arthur has announced his fifth, brand new studio album Bitter Sweet Love – out on January 26th. James also announced his return to the stage with a huge UK and European tour that hits the UK in March...
Interview: Frantic Assembly bringing Metamorphosis to the stage
In 2019, when actor, writer and director Fraser Ayres suggested to Scott Graham, the artistic director of Frantic Assembly– one of the most iconic and collaborative British theatre companies of the last 30 years– that he might like to stage a version of Kafka’s Metamorphosis, his initial response was a...
Review: Ferocious Dog, The 1865, Southampton, September 23
By Graham Hiley. This is probably one Ferocious Dog the government wishes it could ban! The Celtic folk-punk rockers put social conscience front and centre of their high-octane set at Southampton’s The 1865. The message is as important as the music as lead singer Ken Bonsall implored fans to...
Review: Ailey 2, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton, September 22
By Joy McKay. Image: Ailey 2 in Francesca Harper’s Freedom Series. Photo by Erin Baiano. Alvin Ailey was an American dancer and choreographer who grew up in the rural South under the reign of racism and segregation. He founded his American Dance Theatre in 1958 to carry out a...
Music at St Mary’s Church, Twyford
A historic church near Winchester has established itself as a centre for high quality music events. St Mary’s Church in Twyford started putting on shows in 2022 and among the artists who have already performed are Mary Gauthier, Plainsong, The Delines and blues maestro Aynsley Lister. The purpose of...
Winchester Poetry Festival returns next month
Winchester will soon be singing with poetry as established and up-and-coming poets visit the historic city to share their words at Winchester Poetry Festival 2023. The programme promises a celebration of language for the well-versed and the poetry-curious alike. Winchester Poetry Festival has built a reputation over the past...
View from the Kingsland: Russell’s Rollercoaster
By Nick Mabey. Am I the only one who thought the days of wild swings in emotion supporting Saints were over, at least for a while? Sure, it has been a turbulent summer in terms of players leaving and joining, but that was always going to be the case....