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Due to public demand we are introducing this new section to enable you to plan ahead. Coming Soon will give basic live music listings over the next couple of months after the current month. Full listings with details of music genres will of course appear in the monthly listings later. Please don’t forget to have a look at Festival Focus for lineups right through to the end of September! This section will be constantly updated throughout each month, so keep coming back!

ANDOVER, THE LIGHTS
MARCH
Sat 1 – The Commitments
Thu 6 – Marty Wilde & The Wildcats
Fri 14 – Corman Kenevey
Thu 27 – The Three Tenors
Fri 28 – Chas & Dave – SOLD OUT!
Sat 29 – Geno Washington

APRIL
Sun 6 – The Kokoro Ensemble

BASINGSTOKE, THE ANVIL
MARCH
Tue 4 – Kirshbaum & Jablonksi
Wed 5 – Chairman’s Concert
Thu 6 – Winchester School’s Music Festival ]
Fri 7 – Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Sun 9 – Last Night of the Spring Proms
Tue 11 – In The Forge – Carmen Souza
Wed 12 – Bjorn Again
In The Forge – John Tams & Barry Coope
Thu 13 – Step Into The Picture
Fri 14 – London Mozart Players
Sat 15 – In The Forge – The Geoff Eales Trio – Jazz
Sun 16 – Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Wed 26 – The Age of the Enlightenment
Wed 26 – In The Forge – Johnny Dickinson & Paul Lamb
Thu 27 – Solid Silver 60s Show – Gerry & The Pacemakers etc
Sun 30 – Out of the Oasis

APRIL
Sun 6 – Americas Evening – Basingstoke Choral Society
Sat 12 – Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Sun 13 – Foster & Allen
In The Forge – Chris Difford & Boo Hewerdine
Wed 16 – Mavis Staples & Jhelisa
Thu 17 – Jethro Tull
In The Forge – Lucy Porter
Fri 18 – London Mozart Players
Thu 24 – La Traviata
Fri 25 – Madama Butterfly
Sat 26 – Buena Vista Social Club members
Tue 29 – Hal Ketchum
Wed 30 – Recapturing The Banjo

BOURNEMOUTH BIC
MARCH
Sun 2 – Asia
Tue 4 – Sat 8 – Gospell
Thu 6 – Rihanna
Sat 8 – The Hoosiers + The Script
Sun 16 & Mon 17 – X Factor Live
Sun 23 – Kelly Clarkson
Mon 24 – Chris Rea
Thu 27 – Boyz II Men

APRIL
Wed 2 & Thu 3 – Lazytown – Live!
Fri 4 – Sun 6 – Daniel O’Donnell
Sun 13 – Jose Gonzalez
Wed 16 – Jethro Tull
Sun 20 – The Fron Male Voice Choir
Mon 21 – Sugababes
Tue 22 – Australian Pink Floyd

CHRISTCHURCH, THOMAS TRIPP LATE & LIVE
MARCH
Sat 1 – Delicate Sound of Floyd
Wed 5 – Local Bands Night
Fri 7 – Ratrace
Sat 8 – Eric Bell Band & The Worried Men
Thu 13 – Richie Milton & The Lowdown + The Floaters
Fri 14 – Skint
Sat 15 – Martin Turner’s Wishbone Ash
Sat 22 – The Food Fighters + The Other Half
Thu 27 - Battle Of The Bands
Fri 28 – The Shakers
Sat 29 – Bootleg Blondie + Revelation

APRIL
Fri 4 – Pronghorn
Sat 5 – Juicy Lucy
Thu 10 – The Blues Pack
Fri 11 – Crosscut Saw
Sat 12 – The Small Fakers + Bird Jaguar
Fri 18 – The Baddest Blues Band
Sat 19 – Willie & The Bandits + The Wishbones + Luke & Howler
Fri 25 – Derrin Nauendorf
Sat 26 – The Bog Rolling Stones

EASTLEIGH, CONCORDE CLUB
MARCH
Sun 2 – The Savannah Jazz Band
Wed 5 – Paul Jones & The Digby Fairweather Half Dozen
Sun 9 – The Antique Six Jazz Band
Wed 12 – Tim Kliphuis with Nick Dawson, Mitch Dolan & Len Skeat
Sun 16 – Cuff Billet’s New Europa Jazz Band
Wed 19 – Georgina Bromilow & Her Big Band
Sun 23 – Sunset Café Stompers
Wed 26 – Guy Barker & Ian Shaw
Sun 30 – Gambit Jazzmen

APRIL
Wed 2 – Ben Waters Boogie Band
Sun 6 – Excelsior Vintage Jazz Band
Wed 9 – Humphrey Lyttelton & His Band
Sun 13 – Sussex Jazz Kings
Wed 16 – Eriko Isihara with Colin Oxley & Dave Chamberlain
Sun 20 – Black Bottom Stompers
Wed 23 – Dutch Swing College Band
Sun 27 – Frog Island Jazz Band
Wed 30 – Scott Hamilton, Tommy Whittle & John Pearce Trio

FAREHAM, ASHCROFT ARTS CENTRE
MARCH
Sat 1 – Kirsty McGee & Mat Martin
Sat 8 – Craobh Rua
Sat 15 – The Coal Porters
Wed 19 – Strictly Dance Evening – Rock N’ Roll
Sat 22 – Kathryn Tickell + Breabach
Sat 29 – Martin Stephenson

APRIL
Thu 3 – Katzenjammer
Sat 5 – Singing Sous Chefs

FAREHAM, FERNEHAM HALL
MARCH
Sat 8 – Voulez Vous
Tue 11 – Sat 15 – Silver – Fareham Musical Society
Fri 21 – Sun 23 – Fareham & Gosport Easter Festival
Sat 29 – Havant Symphony Orchestra

APRIL
Thu 3 – Live & Unsigned Grand Final
Sat 5 – Sat 12 – Fareham Stage Dance Festival
Wed 16 – Sat 19 – Gosport Gang Show

HAVANT ARTS CENTRE
MARCH
Sat 15 – St Patricks Party Night with An Seisiun

APRIL
Sat 5 – Julie Felix

NEW MILTON, FOREST ARTS CENTRE
MARCH
Sat 8 – Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara
Thu 20 – Paul Lamb & The Kingsnakes

APRIL
Fri 4 – Martin Harley Band
Sat 19 – Tipitina

POOLE, MR KYPs
MARCH
Sat 1 – The Mods
Sun 2 – Comedy Night
Sat 8 – Fleetwood Bac
Wed 12 – Rockin’ The Joint
Thu 13 – Sat 15 – The Great Pretender
Fri 21 – Lady Winwood’s Maggot
Sat 22 – The Smyths
Sun 23 – Dirty DC
Fri 28 – Perfect Alibi
Sat 29 – Never The Bride

APRIL
Fri 4 – Definitely Mightbe
Sat 5 – No Jacket Required
Sun 6 – Comedy Night
Wed 9 – Rockin’ The Joint
Thu 10 – Pete Christie & Friends
Fri 11 – Rollin’ Stoned + Stuart O’Connor
Thu 17 – Danny Bryant’s Red Eye Band
Fri 18 – Us4/U2
Sat 19 – Legend – Bob Marley Tribute
Sun 20 – Magenta
Wed 23 – Keith James plays Nick Drake
Thu 24 – Perico
Fri 25 – Suspiciously Elvis
Sat 26 – Terry Nash as Meatloaf
Sun 27 – John Otway

PORTSMOUTH GUILDHALL
MARCH
Thu 13 – Magic – A Kind of Queen
Sun 16 – Beyond The Barricade
Mon 17 – The Return of The Orchestra – ELO members

APRIL
Tue 8 – Australian Pink Floyd Show
Fri 18 – John Barrowman
Wed 30 – Sugababes


PORTSMOUTH PYRAMIDS
MARCH
Thu 11 – The Hoosiers – SOLD OUT!
Fri 28 – Aiden

APRIL
Watch this space!


PORTSMOUTH, WEDGEWOOD ROOMS
MARCH
Tue 4 – 3 Daft Monkeys
Wed 5 – The Futureheads
Sat 8 – The Racketeers
Fri 14 – Limehouse Lizzy + Alan Davey’s Gunslinger
Wed 19 – Buck 65
Wed 26 – Josh Ritter
Fri 28 – The Jamm
Sat 29 - Longview

APRIL
Wed 2 – The Sword
Wed 9 – Dashboard Confessional
Thu 10 – Every Time I Die
Fri 11 – Dirty DC
Tue 15 – Low
Wed 16 – 65 Days of Static
Thu 24 – Nizlopi
Sat 26 – The Automatic

SALISBURY ARTS CENTRE
MARCH
Sun 2 – Big Band Brunch
Sat 8 – The Next Generation
Sat 15 – Sarum Orchestra: A Fly In The Amber Family Concert
Sat 29 – Live Lunch with The Drop Dees
Viennese Spectacular with SWT Woodfalls Band

APRIL
Wed 2 – 2 Hard 2 Breathe – Contemporary dance
Fri 4 – Dreadzone
Sat 5 – Eminor Pop Academy
Fri 18 – Grevity & Levity: Shift - Dance


SALISBURY CITY HALL
MARCH
Mon 3 – Circus of Horrors
Fri 7 – The Motown Show
Sat 8 – Salisbury Symphony Orchestra
Fri 14 – Solid Silver 60s Show – Gerry & The Pacemakers etc
Sat 15 – The Illegal Eagles
Sun 16 – Glenn Miller Orchestra
Fri 21 – Ken Dodd
Sat 22 – Buddy Holly tribute – Marc Robinson
Fri 28 – The Spirit of Pink Floyd

APRIL
Fri 11 – The Counterfeit Stones
Sat 12 – Call Up The Groups – Barron Knights, Tremeloes etc
Tue 15 – Jethro Tull 40th Anniversary Tour
Sat 19 – The Scottish Tattoo 2008
Tue 22 – Guajiro Mirabal, Cachaite Lopez, Manuel Galban & Aguaje Ramos
Thu 24 – The Big Ballet

SOUTHAMPTON, THE BROOK
MARCH
Sat 1 – Big Country
Thu 6 – Mr Scruff
Fri 7 – The Grandmothers of Invention
Sat 8 – Perfect Alibi
Sun 9 – Buddy Whittington
Mon 10 – Stiff Little Fingers
Wed 12 – Turisas
Thu 13 – Whole Lotta Led
Fri 14 – No Jacket Required
Sat 15 – The World Famous Redsox
Tue 18 – Hayseed Dixie
Thu 20 – Stage 4 Comedy
Fri 21 – Hi On Maiden
Sat 22 – Jean Genie
Thu 27 – Limehouse Lizzy
Fri 28 – The Beat
Sat 29 – Gunz N’ Roses

APRIL
Wed 2 – Dreadzone
Sun 6 – Jan Akkerman
Tue 8 – The Subways
Thu 10 – The Hamsters
Sat 12 – Rufus Stone
Thu 17 – Wishbone Ash
Fri 18 – Ruby Turner
Sat 19 – Bog Rolling Stones
Sun 20 – Al Kooper
Thu 24 – Stage 4 Comedy
Fri 25 – RU40
Sat 26 – Roger Chapman
Sun 27 – John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett


SOUTHAMPTON GUILDHALL
MARCH
Sun 9 – Jack Penate
Fri 14 – David Gray
Mon 17 – The Feeling
Mon 24 – Scouting For Girls

APRIL
Fri 4 – Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Mon 7 – KT Tunstall
Tue 8 – Good Charlotte
Sat 12 – The Power of Dance
Mon 14 – Angels & Airwaves
Mon 28 – The Wombats


SOUTHAMPTON, THE JOINERS
MARCH
Sat 1 – Echobeat + Black Daniel + I Falter + The Bard Stars
Mon 3 – Mumm-Ra
Tue 4 – Sonic Boom Six
Wed 5 – The Matches
Sat 8 – You Me At Six
Tue 11 – Flies Are Spies From Hell + Helen Keller
Fri 14 – The Metros
Sat 15 – Earth Loop Recall
Sun 16 – Gay Against You + Kumiss + Gay Death Probe
Wed 19 – Kids Can’t Fly
Thu 20 – Birds Of Wales
Fri 21 – Plastic Toys + Anon
Sun 23 – Bury Tomorrow
Mon 24 – Beyond All Reason
Tue 25 – Dopamine
Sun 30 - Birds Of Wales

APRIL
Thu 3 – Enjoy Destroy
Sun 6 – Octavia Sperarti
Thu 10 – Kumiss


SOUTHAMPTON MAYFLOWER THEATRE
MARCH
To Sat 8 – Cats
Tue 11 – Sat 15 – English National Ballet
Sun 16 – Jake & Elwood – Blues Brothers Show
Wed 19 – Sat 22 – Zorro with music by The Gypsy Kings
Tue 25 – Sat 29 – Welsh National Opera
Sun 30 – Voulez Vous – Abba – The Story
Mon 31 – Dancing In The Streets

APRIL
To Sat 5 – Dancing In The Streets
Mon 7 – Sat 12 – South Pacific
Mon 21 – Sat 26 – Half A Sixpence
Mon 28 – May 10 – High School Musical


SOUTHAMPTON, TALKING HEADS
MARCH
Mon 3 – Candle Club
Tue 4 – Solent City Jazzmen
Thu 6 – Max’s Records Present…
Fri 7 – The Uplifter
Mon 14 – Sandi Thom

APRIL
Watch this space!


SOUTHAMPTON, TURNER SIMS CONCERT HALL
MARCH
Sun 2 – Leopold String Trio
Mon 3 – Free lunchtime concert – Jane Chapman & Kate Ryder, keyboards
Tue 4 – Leopold String Trio
Fri 7 – Charlie Dark’s African Beats
Sat 8 – Southampton University Concert Band
Sun 9 – Southampton Youth Jazz Orchestra & Julian Joseph
Mon 10 – Free lunchtime concert – Joseph Tong & Waka Hasegawa, piano
Tue 11 – Red Priest
Fri 14 – Borodin String Quartet
Sat 15 – Romsey Choral Society
Thu 27 – Recorder Extravanza
Sat 29 – Flautissimo

APRIL
Tue 15 – Sarod & Sitar Duet Recital
Thu 17 – Barry Douglas – Pianist
Fri 18 – The Ipanemas
Sun 20 – The Wizard, The Ratcatcher & The Wicked Queen
Thu 24 – John Surman & Howard Moody – Jazz
Sun 27 – Xuefei Yang – Chinese Guitarist

WINCHESTER, RAILWAY INN
MARCH
Sun 2 – Devilish Presley + Torpedoes
Wed 5 – Ginger of The Wildhearts + Idiot3
Fri 7 – Joe Dangerous + Sine Star Project
Sun 9 – Polly & The Billets Doux + Vincent + Tali Trow
Thu 13 – Linchpin + The Moho + The Ashbies + El Rodeo
Fri 14 – The Radics
Sat 15 – Last Gang + The Vision + Nicotine Smile + Kelvera
Sun 16 – RSJ + The More I See + Iris
Thu 20 – Captain Phoenix + The Missiles
Sun 23 – Boy Kill Boy
Fri 28 – The Fabulous Rockmen
Sat 29 – Goth Night
Sun 30 – Caesura + Welcome The Tourist

APRIL
Tue 22 – Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express
Thu 24 – Frank Turner


WINCHESTER THEATRE ROYAL
MARCH
Tue 12 – Fri 15 – My Fair Lady

APRIL
Tue 29 & Wed 30 – The Sorcerer – Winchester Operatic Society


WINCHESTER, TOWER ARTS CENTRE
MARCH
Wed 5 – Chumbawamba
Thu 6 – Craobh Rua
Sat 8 – At the Guildhall – Battle of the Bands Final
Tue 11 – Boo Boo Davis Band
Fri 28 – Katzenjammer

APRIL
Sat 5 – Attila The Stockbroker

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