By Mabel Wellman. On the 9th May 2026, Winchester had its first ever Winchester Pride. This was a dazzling display put on from a variety of acts which led to a good turnout from all corners of the LGBTQIA+ community. The event was based around the steps up to...
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Winchester Poetry Prize 2026 is open
Winchester Poetry Festival opens its globally recognised Winchester Poetry Prize for 2026. Winchester Poetry Festival invites writers from around the globe to submit their finest, unpublished poems to be in with a chance of winning £1000 in the annual Winchester Poetry Prize. Established in 2016, this literary competition has...
Review: Winchester Christmas Market – the return of a classic or a tired repeat
By Mabel Wellman. On a busy Thursday afternoon my mother and I visited the highly rated Winchester Christmas Market – would it be the return of a classic, a tired repeat or perhaps somewhere between the two? This is a lovely traditional Christmas market, with the beautiful backdrop of...
Review: Puss in Boots, Theatre Royal Winchester
By Martin Brisland. Theatre Royal Winchester has a traditional family panto that is as good as it gets. Puss in Boots has all the elements that make panto such a great traditional entertainment such as good versus evil, audience participation, humour and a fairytale ending. The story of a...
Review: A Formal Horse – Railway Inn, Winchester
By Darren Grayer. I feel the need to lay my cards on the table before I start this review in full – I absolutely love A Formal Horse, and I’m happy to admit to them topping my list of favourite musical discoveries of the last five years or so....
Giant 3D installation created by artists, communities & schools takes over gallery
Image by Lauren Pruen. More than 50 schools from across Hampshire have signed up to contribute artwork to be shown alongside artists and community groups as part of The Winchester Gallery’s partnership with Hampshire County Council’s Climate Unity Project. This month, the gallery will be taken over by hundreds...
Southampton Refugee Week celebrates community and culture this month
Southampton is gearing up for Refugee Week, which runs from June 15 to 21. This year, the week is celebrating ‘community as a superpower’. Southampton and Winchester. Southampton and Winchester Visitors Group, which works with refugees and asylum seekers, is hosting a week of free events, to which all...
Lunatraktors come to Winchester’s Railway Inn on Wednesday
By Darren Grayer. Acclaimed broken folk duo Lunatraktors stop off at the Railway Inn on Wednesday (4th) as part of a nationwide tour lasting most of June. Reimagining Anglo-Celtic folk music through a shared love of trip-hop, flamenco and post punk the pair comprise of choreographer and percussionist Carli...
Leftfield, Groove Armada, Dub Pistols and more at Winchester’s Mucky Weekender festival
Image: Dub Pistols. Leftfield, one of the most iconic and influential names in British electronic music, will be joining the line up at Mucky Weekender at Winchester’s Vicarage Farm in September. They will be playing an exclusive DJ set on Thursday 11th September, the opening day of this year’s...
Winchester Student’s Union launches new public live music venue
Winchester Students’ Union is launching a public live music events at its 500-capacity venue, The Vault, based on the University Campus, in the King Alfred Centre. The Students’ Union will work in collaboration with Divergent Venues (The 1865, Southampton) and The Railway Inn, to develop Winchester’s already thriving music...