words and pictures by Sally Churchward. “Free, free Palestine” rang out across Southampton’s Guildhall Square on Saturday (November 4) as around 300 people braved downpours and gathered for the city’s latest Vigil for Gaza. The crowd was made up of those who have been dedicated to Palestine’s cause for...
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Kira Mac come to Southampton in the spring
Image by Will Carter. British rock band Kira Mac have announced a 12-date Spring 2024 UK Tour, bringing them to the 1865, Southampton, in May. The UK tour starts Thursday April 25th at Leeds Brudenell Social Club and ends at the Stoke Underground on Saturday May 11th. Kira Mac fuse of old-school rock with contemporary...
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...
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...
Black Grape tour comes to Southampton in December
Image by Paul Husband. Black Grape return this year with a new album ‘Orange Head’, which will be released on DGAFF Recordings on 3rd November. The album arrives ahead of a small UK tour, with Shaun Ryder and Paul “Kermit” Leveridge and the band due to headline venues in Birmingham, Manchester, Cardiff,...
Comedian Connor Burns comes to Totton following Edinburgh success
Hot on the heels of his totally sold-out Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 season, which saw him add 2000 extra seats to what was only his second-ever Edinburgh Fringe, Scottish comedian Connor Burns is set to embark on a debut national tour with his critically acclaimed show Vertigo, bringing him...
Photos: Black Businesses, Art and Music Festival – Southampton
Photos by Charlie Hislop and Anita Foxall. More than 50 black-led organisations in Southampton and Hampshire-based organisations teamed up to create Southampton’s first ever Black Businesses, Art and Music Festival, held on Sunday 1st October, the first day of Black History Month. The idea was conceived by The United...
Fraser T Smith bringing Future Utopia to The Joiners, Southampton, this month
World renowned artist, songwriter, musician and producer Fraser T Smith is hitting the road with his first Future Utopia headline tour this month. Starting at Glasgow’s King Tuts Wah Wah Hut on 18 October, the 12 date tour includes The Joiners, Southampton, on 30 October. Future Utopia’s upcoming headline...
Heritage: Legacy of the Spanish Civil War
By Martin Brisland. In May 1937 the SS Habana arrived in Southampton with nearly 4,000 child refugees from the Basque region of Northern Spain. They were escaping the Spanish Civil War and were put into a temporary camp off Chestnut Avenue, North Stoneham until that September. The Civil War...
Lots on in Southampton for Black History Month this October
October is Black History Month. The theme for this year is ‘heritage’. This year’s Black History Month launched in Southampton with a special event at St Mary’s Fire Station. A spokesperson said: “Through the lens of heritage we will explore the cultural legacies that have shaped the influence Black...