What’s On

If you want to discover what's on in Portsmouth during your next visit, this is the place to come. Our event listings show all the great goings on over the days and months ahead - and you can use our handy itinerary planner to save the events you’re interested in to build a bespoke trip. There's also an events calendar, with all the goings on organised by month.

You can filter events based on category, to be sure you’re seeing all the most relevant goings on that you’d like to see.

Our festivals section details some of the biggest events taking place in the city. Here you’ll find the huge music events, as well as cultural goings on and the other large-scale festivities happening in Portsmouth.

Exhibitions is where you’ll find some of the temporary installations at museums and galleries across the city, which will be running during your visit.

Our markets section covers everything from quirky pop-ups running temporarily, to the regular markets our visitors and locals have come to know and love.

If you want to catch some live performances during your visit, we have just the thing. The theatre listings show what touring and local productions are coming up across the city’s venues, whilst the comedy section has listings for all the places you can go for a good laugh. You can also see full details of live music events coming up, or dance productions – featuring some of the biggest names in contemporary, ballet, street dance and more.

Our community events section showcases those with a local interest, from smaller-scale events to those which engage the local population to get involved with things happening right on the doorstep.

If you don’t want to be just a passive observer, check out our list of workshops and classes, where you can get right into the think of the action to indulge a favourite pastime or try something new. Who knows, you may go on to discover a new passion!