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Hampshire is set for another exciting year in 2025, 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. Look out for an array of events commemorating the 250th anniversary of Jane Austens birth in 2025 #JaneAusten250.
Grab your calendar and start planning your next visit to Hampshire, here are some of the most popular events happening across the county in 2025: Room on the Broom at Theatre Royal Winchester (7th - 9th February) Let's Glow! Basingstoke (F) (20th - 22nd February), Celebrating Jane at Winchester Cathedral (28th February - 31st October), Alresford Watercress Festival (18th May) Portsmouth Comic Con (3rd May - 4th May) and The Big Eat Festival at Royal Victoria Country Park in Netley Abbey (24th - 26th May), 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!
If you're travelling from outside the area for an event in Hampshire, there are numerous hotels and other accommodation options to suit your needs.
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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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Festivals
Basingstoke
The fantastically successful Basingstoke Festival returns this summer.
Get ready for three weekends of free street performances and outdoor arts from Friday 20th June to Sunday 6th July 2025 in Basingstoke town centre and across the borough.…
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
Basingstoke
Always a great day out for all the family, whether you're a keen motor buff or you just want an interesting and enjoyable Sunday.
Basingstoke Deane Rotary have been running this event for the past few years, having taken over from the Thornycroft…
Music
Winchester
Performing hits including: "Diamonds are Forever", "No Time To Die", "Skyfall", "From Russia with Love", "GoldenEye", "Tomorrow Never Dies", "Thunderball", "Goldfinger", and more.
Get ready for a showdown and indulge in the ultimate luxury for any…
Heritage & History
Winchester
Commemorating 100 years since the opening of Winchester College's tranquil private war memorial, these thought-provoking tours bring to life the stories of the pupils and teachers from Winchester who died in both World Wars and subsequent conflicts,…
Talks
Winchester,
Who is Vince Cable (aka the Rt Hon Sir Vince Cable)? He is best known as a politician who was a key figure, for five years, in the Coalition Cabinet as Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills, and then as Leader of the Liberal…
Childrens Events
Newbury
Get on Down-to(n) Highclere Castle on Saturday 19 April for the annual Easter trail through its impressive gardens and woodland with clues to be collected by children taking part and a chocolate Easter egg reward at the end.
Easter festivities…
Theatre
Winchester
The naughtiest, funniest, most revolting science show in the world.
Brace yourselves for BBC Gastronaut Stefan Gates' revolutionary, high-tech, highly-explosive new show, packed with outrageous science stunts.
On the surface it's a riot of…
Theatre
Winchester
A Lichfield Garrick production
Michael Morpurgo's Farm Boy
Adapted & directed by Daniel Buckroyd
It sometimes felt as though time had stood still down on the farm - the old Fordson tractor quietly rusting away at the back of the barn, Grandpa…
Carnival
RYDE
Join Ryde Carnival for some free family fun as we celebrate Children's Carnival Day. Lots of activities and entertainment will take place in different locations around Ryde town centre. Activities will include story time, junk modelling competition,…
Heritage & History
HAVENSTREET
The family friendly Bank Holiday event of 2025! The Island Steam Show celebrates 50 glorious years.
Enjoy a vast collection of vintage transport, traditional fairground, live entertainment, plus majestic steam trains running along the line.
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Food
Netley Abbey
The Big Eat food festival will be returning to Netley in May 2025, after welcoming a whopping 28,000 people to last year’s event.
The Big Eat is returning to Royal Victoria Country Park for the fourth consecutive year after securing headline…
Heritage & History
Southsea
Take a vintage bus ride across the city this summer.
Show / Display
NORTHWOOD
The Royal Isle of Wight County Show – one of the Island’s flagship events – returns in 2025 on Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th July. Since 1833 it’s been an opportunity for the agricultural community to come together and showcase their talents,…
Pop Up Event
The Isle of Wight Biosphere Festival will return for its second year to the island between 28th June and 6th July 2025
Tour
Ryde
For a unique experience only offered on the South Coast, try a Hovercraft Experience Flights on your next visit to Portsmouth or the Isle of Wight
Carnival
VENTNOR
Join in the carnival fun of Ventnor's Main Procession followed by a grand firework display!
Please see website for more details.
Participatory Event
Wroxall, Ventnor
Spend two unforgettable hours with a member of the Isle of Wight Donkey Sanctuary and experience time behind the scenes.
This fantastic experience is a must for any donkey or animal lovers, giving the chance to feed and interact with the…
Summer
Newport
Riverfest is a fun-free event that takes place in May in the heart of the Isle of Wight in Newport. Centre around the Medina River and Newport Quay this event brings visitors and local residents together with a village fete feel and lots of…
Sporting Event
Freshwater
West Wight Chilly Hilly is back in 2025 on Sunday 14th December!
What better way to begin winter festivities than with a 10 mile run in the spectacular West Wight countryside? Taking in cliff paths, beaches, wooded glades and spectacular…
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