Southampton’s annual Thai Festival takes over Hoglands Park this weekend, with two days of food, entertainment and more. There are more festivities at the other end of the city centre on Sunday, with the Bedford Place Summer Festival, featuring local favourites Still Moving DJs amongst others. There’s also a...
Robert Jon & The Wreck go on tour later this year, coming to The Brook, Southampton, in August
Image by Rob Bondurant. Southern California-based roots rockers Robert Jon & The Wreck have announced Ride Into The Light, their seventh studio album, out August 4th, and will be following up with a UK tour, bringing them to The Brook, Southampton. Packed with blistering blues-rock and sun-soaked Americana ballads,...
People’s Pride Southampton to launch permanent city centre LGBTQI+ charity shop and outreach centre
Image by Mike Daish shows recent People’s Pride Party in the Park event. People’s Pride Southampton is launching a permanent LGBTQI+ charity shop and outreach centre in the Marland’s Shopping Centre. The centre will open on Saturday July 1st 2023 at 10am. Visitors to the shop and outreach centre...
Ash to tour following release of first new album in more than 5 years
image by Steve Gullick. Ash have announced their first new album together in more than five years, alongside news of an upcoming UK / EU tour. Race The Night, the band’s eighth studio album, will be released on 15th September 2023 via one of their earliest label homes Fierce...
For the Queer Joy of it
By Alex Thurley-Ratcliff. Image of Ri Baroche at Art House show by Anita Foxall. ArtfulScribe, that provoker and promoter of writers and writing in Hampshire and Dorset, recently enticed me into their workshops on Queer Joy. It’s not a phrase I had heard before; growing up in an...
Stretch in the city – the growing popularity of Park Yoga in Southampton
by Nick Mabey. Running around the common one Sunday morning just over a year ago, I was surprised to stumble across about 50 people on yoga mats in the lovely green space behind the Cowherds Inn. Back home and a quick bit of on-line research led me to the...
Free family fun day comes to Southampton’s Turner Sims this July
Image: Folk Dance Remixed by Natasha Khamjani. Head to Turner Sims Southampton on Sunday, 9 July for a day of free magical musical activities and events for children and grown-ups of all ages. Book your tickets and join Little Boy and Cat to explore those Big Emotions, or sail...
Skinny Lister come to Southampton as part of UK tour this winter
Folk-punk rabble Skinny Lister are back with a new track “Down On The Barrier” plus details of two extensive tours in North America and UK and Ireland throughout Autumn/Winter 2023, bringing them to Southampton’s Engine Rooms in December. Blending pogo-primed percussion, punk hooks, and a chorus that demands to...
Review: The Isle of Wight Festival, 2023
Words by Nick Mabey (Friday) & Lewis MacLean (Saturday & Sunday). Additional reporting by Paula Wilson. Main image by Chloe Hashemi. Friday by Nick Mabey. Friday at the festival and Newport was rocking. The sun shone, the crowds swarmed, everything was as it should be. For me it...
Southampton listings 20-26 June
Today is World Refugee Day and this weekend Southampton Refugee Week will be marked with a day of events on Saturday including a carnival and an afternoon of entertainment at Palmerston Park. On Saturday there are two more great daytime events to fit in, if you’re up to the...