By Laura McCarthy. Punkfest surpassed their £500 charity goal, hitting a total of over £1700 in aid of Naomi House and Jacksplace. Hosted by The Peg & Parrot in Totton on Saturday 10 August, Punkfest was a live music event in which local alternative bands from across Southampton and Portsmouth...
Entertainment Reviews
Lazy Sunday afternoon at The Wickham Festival
By Lewis MacLean The most relaxing day of the week was enhanced by the most relaxing festival in Southern England this weekend. For those not in the know, Wickham festival is renowned for its chill vibes, and you will see people enjoying a wide variety of musical genres at...
Review: Wickham Festival day 4, Manran, Tony Christie, Rura, Curtis Stigers, Katherine Priddy
By Graham Hiley. What a smooth ending to the Wickham Festival courtesy of two masters of their art. Curtis Stigers and Tony Christie shared headline billing in the Big Top and showed just why they have been at the top of their profession for so many decades. First up...
Review: Wickham Festival Day 3 – Levellers, Skipinnish, Ferocious Dog, John Otway and more
By Graham Hiley. Wickham fans faced the agony of choice thanks to an embarrassment of riches on Saturday night. There were so many top-class acts that they could not all be housed on one stage creating some tricky choices. Possibly the biggest clash came at the end of the...
Review: Wickham Festival Day 2 – Suzie Quatro, Muireann Bradley
By Graham Hiley. Suzi Quatro has famously said if she ever turns round and shakes her ass to silence then she will know that is the time to call it a day. Judging by the raucous reaction at the Wickham Festival she will be going for a long time...
Review: Southampton Ghost Tour
By Vicky Greer. We’re greeted in St Michael’s Square with the sight of seagulls fighting over discarded chicken. It’s not part of the Southampton Ghost Tour, but it feels like an omen for the grisly stories to come tonight. Our haunted walk around Old Town is presented by Supernatural...
Review: Wickham Festival Day 1
By Graham Hiley. It was a day of mix and match as the 2024 Wickham Festival got off to a fantastic start. Phil Odgers began with John Kettle playing songs by Phil Ochs from their new album Far Rockaway and then closed the night with the Men The Couldn’t...
Review: Pretty Woman the Musical, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton, 22 July 2024
By Catherine Collins. Pretty Woman opened at Mayflower Theatre last night in front of a packed auditorium, eager to relive the iconic movie – released in 1990. The musical – set in the ‘80s – follows Edward, a rich entrepreneur, and Vivian, a prostitute who Edward hires for a...
Review: Pegasuses – Turner Sims, Southampton
By Sam Wise. Pegasuses are like a national treasure, except that somehow, they’re local. The duo of Laura Lamb and Dave Miatt are light-hearted, soul touching singer songwriters who will make you laugh and cry in the space of a few minutes. The path from local band to doing...
Review: Let’s Rock, Southampton Common, 6 July 2024
Pictures by Rhona Murphy. Words by Catherine Collins. Additional reporting on Peter Hook & the Light by Lewis Maclean. What a week! A general election resulting in a new Labour government, England in the quarter-finals of the Euro 24 tournament, and retro festival, Let’s Rock, back in Southampton. As the...