By Darren Grayer. Additional reporting: Anita Foxall & Russell Foxall. Image: Hot Stamp. Saturday The sun came out in glorious fashion and shone on Southampton over the weekend for the third Wanderlust Festival (23-24/6/26). Some seven hundred music lovers descended on the city to see around fifty bands perform...
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Preview: Wanderlust Festival brings more than 50 bands to Southampton
By Darren Grayer. This weekend will see the third Wanderlust Festival take place in Southampton (23-24 May). A total of fifty one bands drawn from across the alternative music scene will perform in three of the city’s venues-Heartbreakers Bar, The Joiners and The 1865. A mixture of established and...
Interview: Modern Woman’s Sophie Harris chats ahead of album release and Southampton date
By Darren Grayer. Pictures: Sandra Ebert. Art-rock four piece Modern Woman, fronted by primary songwriter Sophie Harris, will be one of the must- see acts at Southampton’s excellent Wanderlust Festival in May. The band are set to release their debut album, Johnny’s Dreamworld on May 1st via One Little...
Review: Wanderlust Festival 2025 – Southampton
By Darren Grayer. Additional reporting: Anita Foxall, Russell Foxall and Dan O’Farrell. Saturday After a highly successful first year, Southampton’s Wanderlust Music Festival returned at the weekend. Expanded to two days this time around, it saw well over 50 artists appear, spread over Saturday and Sunday at three local...
Review: Wanderlust Festival, Southampton
Words: Vicky Greer. Pictures: Opus Kink by Callum Linklater. For Southampton gig-goers, brand new festival Wanderlust is a dream. A whole day of hopping between our favourite grassroots venues to see the best up-and-coming names in indie and post-punk on a sunny bank holiday weekend? Nothing could be better....
Interview: Willie J Healey on his new album, Apple, and playing at Wanderlust
By Vicky Greer. Willie J Healey is stuck on a bus as he frantically tries to join our Zoom call. He’s battling jet lag from his trip back from New York, and now he’s on his way to debut his new single, ‘The Apple’, with none other than Steve...