Hello lovely readers!
✅ Summer — check
✅ Heatwave — check
✅ Portsmouth Harbour and Hardway buzzing with visitors — check!
Salty Chips has SO much to look at now! 😎🌊🍦
🏰 Festival at the Fort
📅 When: 2nd – 5th July 2025
📍 Where: Fort Brockhurst, Gosport
A brilliant programme celebrating arts, culture and heritage, with a strong focus on Gosport’s amazing children and young people. Many events are open to the public — some are free, others ticketed — so don’t miss out!
Highlights include:
🎺Wed 2 July – 6pm – Rhythm and March with The Band of His Majesty’s Royal Marines Collingwood
🎻 Thurs 3 July – 6pm – Gosport and Fareham Youth Orchestra Proms
🎤 Fri 4 July – AM – Gosport Giant Sing
🎸 Fri 4 July – PM – Rock 2 the Beat – Battle of the Bands
🎉 Sat 5 July – All day – GCEP Family Fun Day
🖼️ 2–5 July – GCEP Exhibition – The Keep
👉 Something for everyone, every day!
🎨 Art Space Portsmouth – Open Studios Weekend
📅 When: 5th & 6th July 2025 | 11am–4pm
📍 Where: Art Space Portsmouth
An annual favourite! With 29 studios open, members’ exhibitions, and a Hunter Gather Coffee pop-up, this is a brilliant day out for art lovers. Plus, The Caravan Gallery is celebrating an amazing 25 years on the road!
🖼️ Free entry, and always full of creative surprises.
📆 Event details here
🎶 Gosport Waterfront Festival
📅 When: 25th – 27th July 2025
📍 Where: Walpole Park, Gosport
🎤 Gosport’s BIGGEST & BEST music festival is back!
Three days of non-stop music, food, and fun:
🌟 Headliners: Republica (Official), Offbeat Offensive, and Odyssey
🍔 Food stalls galore
👨👩👧 Family-friendly vibes all weekend long
🎵 A music extravaganza to ignite your soul and uplift your spirits!
🔗Gosport Festival Facebook Page
Until next time…
Enjoy the waves 🌊, the coffee ☕, the music 🎶 and the creativity 🎨 that fills our glorious Solent coast 🌅💙
— Kim
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