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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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Talks
Winchester
Creator of the Whales installation.
Join Tessa Campbell Fraser as she discusses her work and the making of Whales, followed by a visit to the cathedral to view the work with the artist.
A unique opportunity to hear from the artist of Whales, an…
Comedy
Winchester
An evening of stand-up comedy with Glenn Moore, Celya AB, Paul McCaffrey and Tom Deacon (MC).
Line up subject to change.
Glenn Moore
Glenn Moore
Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Glenn Moore is a comedian, actor and one of the best and most prolific…
Festival
Lymington
Taking place on 14th – 16th July, Lymington Seafood Festival is one of the UK’s leading boutique food festivals. With views across the Solent, the town hosts some of the south coasts most delicious seafood stands, a pop-up restaurant, craft ales,…
Theatre
Winchester
Tom Fletcher's interactive adventures for big imaginations are leaping from page to stage, as the beloved 'Who's in Your Book?' series makes its debut as a brand-new musical show.
A group of performers are preparing to start their show, but quickly…
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…
Show / Display
Brockenhurst
The Custom and American Show will return on Father's Day Sunday 15th June 2025 with hundreds of cool American motors, colourful custom cars and bikes, live music and hip entertainment. Held in association with the Solent Renegades club, and…
Childrens Events
Selborne, Alton
Six baby penguins are lost in our gardens- can you find them and match them with their parents? free with admission
Childrens Events
Portsmouth
Saturday 31st May | 11am to 12.30pm
Come down to Parson's Collar and create your own pizza, add toppings of your choice and cook them in our very own pizza oven!
Create your own milkshake to eat alongside your pizza with follow-up ice cream from our…
Festivals
Basingstoke
Carfest South will be returning to Laverstoke Park Farm, Hampshire in August as One Big Carfest. The 2,500 acres farm, near Overton, is owned by ex-racing driver and 1979 Formula 1 World Champion Jody Scheckter.
Run / Rally
New Forest
Returning for its second year, Beaulieu Bikers' Day will take place on Saturday 21st June, an unmissable day out for motorbike fans.
No matter what the age, make or model of your motorbike, the Beaulieu Bikers' Day is open to all. So pull on your…
Music
West End, Southampton
ABBA by Moonlight's faithful recreation of ABBA's signature harmonies and iconic looks makes for one electrifying live performance. Expect to hear all of ABBA's greatest hits, including Dancing Queen, Mamma Mia, Waterloo and many more! Decked out in…
Other
Portsmouth
Enjoy a relaxing 50-minute treatment per person in our double treatment room before enjoying a glass of 'post pampering' Prosecco.
PLUS a complimentary massage oil worth £30 is yours to take away!
Make this Valentine's unforgettable!
£179 per couple…
Special Events
Southampton
Fall head over hooves in love this February on a couples deer date at the New Forest Wildlife Park!
Explore the park with someone you love deer-ly then fawn over each other as you meet and feed our resident fallow deer herd.
Here's all the details…
Festival
Portsmouth
Victorious Festival returns for 2025 - bringing some of the biggest bands and artists to Southsea Common.
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…
Sporting Event
WEST COWES
Since 1826 Cowes Week has played a key part in the British sporting summer calendar and is one of the UK's longest running and most successful sporting events.
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…
Heritage & History
Winchester
The year 2025 marks 250 years since the birth of Jane Austen. To mark this significant anniversary, Winchester Cathedral joins local organisations to celebrate her legacy.
This anniversary presents a significant opportunity to bring her legacy to…
Music
Exbury, Southampton
MOTOWN BY MOONLIGHT
Get ready for a magical evening of Motown by Moonlight, sundown soul, and disco at dusk! Our dynamic band are the perfect combination of sensational energy, talented vocalists, and polished musicians. Put on your dancing shoes as…
Dance / Dancing
Winchester
Invite your friends and grab your dancing shoes for an unforgettable disco under the Whales installation.
Don't miss your opportunity to dance the night away under the Whales installation.
Party in the nave of the iconic Winchester Cathedral, a…
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