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Top Events for 2019
2019 is jam-packed with events and things to do. In addition to some of the city's big annual events, there's also a whole host of new, one-off and special happenings being organised throughout the year.
Victorious Festival makes a welcome return to Southsea Common, featuring the best in live music from the UK and beyond. The line up includes New Order, Rudimental, Clean Bandit, The Specials, Two Door Cinema Club and Bloc Party - who will be playing their seminal debut album 'Silent Alarm' in full.
August will also see the Kite Festival return to Southsea, with displays from expert fliers from across the world. Just a couple of months later, the nation's eyes will again turn to Portsmouth, as we host the world's premier 10-mile running event, the Great South Run. Every year, thousands of athletes take to the city streets for the flat, fast course that takes in sea views, the regency of Old Portsmouth and a jaunt around Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.
Our venerated venues and theatres will also welcome a diverse array of TV stars and big names throughout the year. Among them will be musicians Leo Sayer, Michael Ball and more. There will also be dance from the Strictly professionals in a number of different performances, and side-splitting comedy from Rhod Gilbert, Tim Minchin and Josh Widdicombe.
Keep an eye on this page throughout the year for event updates, or check the full monthly listings for all the most detailed, up-to-date information.
October
- Great South Run
- Shipwreck Explorers: Rotten Rats
- Trafalgar Night
- Haunted Histories from the View
- Pedal Portsmouth Glow Ride
- Portsvaria Oktoberfest
- Ocean Film Festival
- England's Other Countrymen
- Created In Portsmouth Open Studios
- Portsmouth Memory Walk
- Dick V Dom
November
- Victorian Festival of Christmas
- Ice Skate Portsmouth
- Josh Widdicombe
- Pickle Night
- Remembrance Sunday Service and Parade
- Horrible Histories: Awful Egyptians and Terrible Tudors
- An Evening with Lenny Henry
- A Christmas Carol
