It’s now just one month until Buckinghamshire’s biggest music festival, PennFest, returns with its most impressive line-up yet – and tickets are selling fast! The two-day festival with optional camping is held in picturesque countryside near the village of Penn Street – just 26 miles from central London, and...
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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...
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...
Preview: The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
The National Theatre’s critically acclaimed adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s The Ocean at the End of the Lane visits Mayflower Theatre from Tuesday 4 to Saturday 8 July. Returning to his childhood home, a man finds himself standing beside the pond of the old Sussex farmhouse where he used to...
Blue Apple’s Animal Farm comes to Theatre Royal Winchester in July
Blue Apple brings a fresh look at the classic story of Animal Farm to Theatre Royal Winchester in July with three live shows on stage at 7.30pm from Wednesday 12 to Friday 14 July and one livestream on Friday 14 July. Nearly eighty years after George Orwell’s novel was...
Preview: Dragons and Mythical Beasts, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Dragons and Mythical Beasts, the award-winning family show that brings mythical creatures to life on stage using spectacular puppetry, will be at Mayflower Theatre on Saturday 1 July. Enter into a magical world of myths and legends as Dragons and Mythical Beasts unveils a myriad of dark secrets. Come...
OperaUpClose bring The Flying Dutchman to Turner Sims, Southampton, this month
Inspired by the original ghost story of a damned man condemned to wander the world forever unless he finds someone willing to sacrifice themselves for him in the name of love, OperaUpClose, in partnership with recent RPS award-winning Manchester Camerata, open their new production The Flying Dutchman at Turner...
Samantha Fish announces UK tour, coming to Bournemouth in October
Image by Daniel Sanda. Following her triumphant “Faster” UK tour in October 2022, American guitarist, and singer songwriter Samantha Fish has teamed up with American rock guitarist Jesse Dayton on a nationwide 10-date UK tour to promote their brand-new critically acclaimed album “Death Wish Blues.” The highly anticipated UK...
Tickets selling fast for Let’s Rock Southampton
Tickets for Let’s Rock: The Retro Festival are selling fast as the popular ‘80s retro event prepares to transform Southampton Common into sea of neon on Saturday 8 July. Thousands of revellers will descend on the city to dust off their dancing shoes and enjoy a day of gloriously...
Artists’ contributions sought for Gender, Mobility & Technology exhibition at University of Southampton
Calling all artists! A group or researchers at The University of Southampton known as Close the Data Gap have been sponsored by the Web Science Institute and are looking for Artwork for their new exhibition exploring Gender, Mobility and Technology. How do you experience your everyday journeys? Walking the kids...