Victorious Festival is back with an Easter Egg hunt that is more Egg-citing than ever before. Following the success of last year’s weeklong search, they’ve decided to turn up the heat for 2026 with one HUGE, high-stakes hunt on Saturday 4th April. In honour of Portsmouth celebrating, it’s 100th...
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Asylum seekers & other volunteers plant more than 1,300 trees
Volunteers from Action Asylum Portsmouth – part of a national initiative active in seven UK cities – planted 1,300 tree whips in Buckland on 11th and 12th February, supporting Portsmouth City Council’s Clean and Green team’s ambitious tree-planting programme. On 28th February, the group joined forces with Portsmouth Tree...
Review: Keo at The Wedgewood Rooms Portsmouth
Words and pictures by Rhona Murphy. London based Keo are nearing the mid-way point of their UK/Ireland/European tour with the Portsmouth show at The Wedgewood Rooms their penultimate mainland UK gig (11/3/26). If you’ve never heard of Keo you’re probably in the majority but the band is currently one...
Road to Victorious winner announced
Picture: HLD Media. On Friday night (8/3/36) Victorious Festival announced the winner of its Road to Victorious competition. The competition offers one emerging artist from the Portsmouth postcode area the chance to win a summer of touring some of the country’s biggest festivals, accompanied by a professional touring crew...
The Proclaimers announce 2026 tour, bringing them to Portsmouth Guildhall
Image: Murdo Macleod. Scottish music legends The Proclaimers have announced a string of major 2026 live dates across the UK, beginning with a series of theatre shows in June & July before embarking on an extensive UK tour throughout October and November, bringing them to Portsmouth Guildhall on November...
Review: Wet Leg with Support from Faux Real, Portsmouth Guildhall
Words by Joy McKay. Pictures: Ritta Boll. After a brief hiatus locals Wet Leg released a new album accompanied by a tour this year. The Isle of Wight two piece having officially added their touring musicians to the band they looked to be louder and fresher than ever as...
View from the Kingsland: It’s derby time again
By Nick Mabey. Despite the recent rise of AFC Bournemouth and Brighton & Hove Albion, there is only one proper South Coast Derby. Every club thinks their local derby is the most intense, important, historical, bitter, whatever. Most football pundits agree that Southampton v Portsmouth is right up there...
Interview: Rick Witter of Shed Seven on enjoying a second bite of the cherry
By Sally Churchward. Rick Witter bounces into the doorway of his dressing room, his index and middle fingers held up. “Two minutes,” he mouths. As a long term Shed Seven fan, it’s the first time I’ll have had a chance to chat with him in 30-odd years of fandom....
Victorious: Palestine and protest at the Southsea festival
By Sally Churchward. Picture by Simon Reed – Musical Pictures. The Mary Wallopers weren’t one of the headline acts at Victorious Festival but the band hit international headlines following their very brief outing on the main stage on Friday afternoon in front of a huge crowd at the Southsea...
The Fratellis come to Portsmouth on anniversary tour
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of their debut album ‘Costello Music’, The Fratellis have announced a run of dates across the UK in February 2026, including Portsmouth Guildhall on the 16th. In the autumn of 2006, Scottish indie-rockers The Fratellis burst onto the scene with their blistering debut album,...