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Hampshire is set for another exciting year in 2024, with an array of large-scale events and festivals. Home to a host of food and music festivals, family fun events, and special anniversaries, you're sure to find plenty of exciting events to include Hampshire in your holiday plans. In 2024, Jane Austen House will also be celebrating its 75th anniversary as a museum before the county marks the 250th anniversary of Jane’s birth in 2025.
Grab your calendar and start planning your next visit to Hampshire, here are some of the most popular events happening across the county in 2024 - Southampton Christmas Market (F) (15th November - 5th January 2025), Christmas at the Malls (F) in Basingstoke (15th November - 31st December), the new White's Eco Light Festival, East Hampshire (21st November - 21st December 24), Winchester Cathedral Christmas Market (F) (22nd November - 22nd December 2024), Portsmouth on Ice (23rd November - 5th January 2025) all filling the Hampshire calendar to bursting.
To find out what's on in Hampshire today or this weekend, explore our featured list below or use the 'what's on search box' above to narrow down your required date. Families on a budget can look out for the many free events (F) taking place, you'll also find plenty of fun activities for kids to do whether it's during the holidays or on a weekend break. Hampshire's fertile rural landscape means that food and drink play a big part in the county's event calendar with local produce championed and enjoyed through Farmers' Markets, beer festivals, celebrity visits, and plenty of tasting opportunities!
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The guide below shows our calendar of events in Hampshire. Whether you're looking for What's on in Hampshire this weekend or further ahead, whether you're local or visiting the area for the first time, find what's happening near you by clicking the 'Map View' button.
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Festival
Portsmouth
Victorious Festival returns for 2025 - bringing some of the biggest bands and artists to Southsea Common.
Talks
Winchester
Join biologist turned filmmaker and writer Tom Mustill for a thrilling investigation into the pioneering world of animal communication, where big data and artificial intelligence are changing our relationship with animals forever.
Tom Mustill is a…
Outdoor Event / Activities
New Forest
Join us as BBC Gardeners' World Spring Fair returns to the stunning grounds of Beaulieu from Friday 2nd to Sunday 4th May 2025.
What better way to inspire your gardening year ahead than by joining us for this much-loved show. Set in the beautiful…
Talks
Portsmouth
Join us for this unique and unforgettable experience exploring archery in the 16th century.
Discover the world of Tudor archery, explore the museum with a behind the scenes guided tour of our collection, uncover amazing facts about the archers…
Comedy
Winchester
What are men for? Most heavy things can be lifted by machines and most problems can be solved by computers and most puddles can be crossed without us gallantly draping our capes over them - so are we fellas of any use at all?
Award winning MAN…
Theatre
Winchester
Based on the best-selling book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
Iggety ziggety zaggety zoom!
Jump on board the broom with the witch and her cat in Tall Stories' fun-filled adaptation of Room on the Broom, the best-selling picture book by…
Theatre
Winchester
Rumpus Theatre Company presents
The devilishly funny farce…
The Comedy of Terrors!
by John Goodrum
When Jo Smith arrives for an audition with director Vyvian Jones, it turns out she's actually been invited to the theatre by Vyvian's twin brother…
Festival
Fareham
The outskirts of historic Wickham village provide a picturesque setting for one of the safest and most relaxed festivals of the summer. Enjoy some great live music. Wickham is rated by many as one of the safest, most relaxed and family-friendly…
Festival
Dummer, Basingstoke
Good Festival is a family day out packed full of wholesome, good simple fun! The festival hosted by the Hampshire Medical Fund is an all day family event for all ages. Good Festival takes place annually, every June at Dummer Down Farm in Dummer,…
Childrens Events
Winchester
WARNING… WARNING… EXTREME FUN ALERT!
This brand new, exciting and educational show will amaze and astound all ages from 4 years and upwards, as we put the "Exciting" back into "Science". (See what we did there!)
With fun and fact filled…
Festivals
Winchester
Top off the summer with the small but mighty Mucky Weekender, a boutique festival curated by Dub Pistols frontman Barry Ashworth, taking place at Vicarage Farm in Woodmancott near Winchester.
Music
Winchester
Oh What A Night! takes you back in time on a musical journey through the incredible career of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons.
Valli's unmistakable voice dominated the airwaves for more than two decades with classics such as Sherry, Let's Hang On,…
Outdoor Event / Activities
New Forest
The iconic International Autojumble will return on Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2025. Thousands of motoring enthusiasts will join us for the biggest outdoor sale of motoring items this side of the Atlantic.
This long-awaited weekend of…
Music
Winchester
Fire & Dust Preview Show
"Reg's terrific songs tell Woody's life story with respect and affection, but also truth." - Pete Townshend
Award-winning Reg Meuross was introduced onto the stage of the Albert Hall by Mike Harding as "one of this…
Theatre
Winchester
Conn Artists Theatre Company
in association with Play to the Crowd
present
Thomas Hardy's
Far from the Madding Crowd
Adapted by Nick Young & Ross Muir
Capricious, independent and beautiful Bathsheba Everdene inherits and manages her uncle's farm.…
Music
Winchester
Olivier Award winners – Best Entertainment and Family Show 2016
Spontaneous musical comedy at its absolute finest – direct from the West End!
With fifteen years as an Edinburgh Fringe must-see phenomenon, a BBC Radio 4 series, a critically…
Run / Rally
New Forest
Simply Land Rover returns on Sunday 6th July 2025. All Land Rover owners are invited to drive into Beaulieu and park up within the museum complex for a superb day out for both owners and enthusiasts.
All ages and models of Land Rover are welcome,…
Film
Winchester
Are you ready for a completely unique cinema experience? Grab a seat, sit back and relax as one of Hollywood's biggest blockbusters, Flubber, plays out under the stars of the Planetarium.
When the Science Centre doors close, the cinema screen will…
Food
Portsmouth
Every Monday | 5pm to 8pm
Come down to Parson's Collar and enjoy large nachos and a pint of beer, lager, house wine or soft drink*
£10 per person
*Terms and conditions apply
Book online at solenthotel.co.uk/food-drink/parsons-collar call 01489…
Run / Rally
New Forest
Owners of all French cars are invited to drive into Beaulieu on Sunday 14th September 2025 and park up in the National Motor Museum parkland, for a superb day out for enthusiasts and owners.
All ages and types of French car are welcome, from…
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