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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
FEBRUARY
Sat 2 – Ben Waters Big Band
Thu 7 – Snake Davis
Fri 15 – The Blues Band
Thu 28 – Benny Goodman Revisited

MARCH
Sat 1 – The Commitments
Thu 6 – Marty Wilde & The Wildcats
Fri 14 – Corman Kenevey
Thu 27 – The Three Tenors
Fri 28 – Chas & Dave
Sat 29 – Geno Washington

BASINGSTOKE, THE ANVIL
FEBRUARY
Wed 6 – Philharmonia Orchestra
Thu 7 – Sat 9 - The Chinese State Circus
Tue 12 – Alison Moyet
Wed 13 – The Hilliard Ensemble
Thu 21 – Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings
Sat 23 – Vienna Tonkuntsler Orchestra
Sun 24 – Madama Butterfly
Thu 28 – Bootleg Beatles

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

BOURNEMOUTH BIC
FEBRUARY
Fri 15 – Gabrielle
Sat 16 – Alison Moyet

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

CHRISTCHURCH, THOMAS TRIPP LATE & LIVE
FEBRUARY
Sat 2 – The Lukewarm Chili Peppers
Sun 3 – Jazz – Sing On Sunday
Wed 6 – Local Bands Night
Wed 13 – Local Bands Night
Thu 14 – Stuart James Band
Wed 20 – Local Bands Night
Wed 27 – Local Bands Night

MARCH
Thu 13 – Richie Milton & The Lowdown + The Floaters

EASTLEIGH, CONCORDE CLUB
FEBRUARY
Sun 3 – John Maddocks Band
Wed 6 – Marlene VerPlanck & Her Musicians
Sun 10 – Barry Martyn & The Young Bloods
Wed 13 – Garry Potter Hot Club Quartet
Sun 17 – Gerry Brown & The Mission Hall Jazz Band
Wed 20 – Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
Sun 24 – The Heart of England Jazz Band
Wed 27 – Kenny Martyn Swingtime Band – Benny Goodman Revisited

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

FAREHAM, ASHCROFT ARTS CENTRE
FEBRUARY
Sat 2 - Michael Messer
Sat 16 – ColvinQuarmby
Wed 27 – Strictly Dance Evening – Salsa

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


FAREHAM, FERNEHAM HALL
FEBRUARY
Sun 3 – 2pm & 6pm – Kim Ellen School of Dance
Sat 9 – Havant Chamber Orchestra
Thu 14 – The Drifters
Sat 16 – Antony Ferraro & The Moondance Swing Band
Wed 20 – 2pm – The Snow Queen
Sat 23 – Live & Unsigned – Semi Finals
Thu 28 – Swan Lake – Moscow Ballet

MARCH
Sat 8 – Voulez Vous
Tue 11 – Sat 15 – Silver – Fareham Musical Society
Sat 29 – Havant Symphony Orchestra

HAVANT ARTS CENTRE
FEBRUARY
Sat 2 – The Alter Eagles
Fri 8 – Letz Zep
Sat 9 – Steve Knightley
Fri 22 – Lorca: Keith James & Rick Foot

MARCH
Sat 15 – St Patricks Party Night with An Seisiun

NEW MILTON, FOREST ARTS CENTRE
FEBRUARY
Fri 8 – The Singing Sous-Chefs
Sat 9 – Ben Waters Boogie Woogie Band
Sat 23 – Craobh Rua
Fri 29 – Barb Jungr sings Bob Dylan

MARCH
Sat 8 – Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara
Thu 20 – Paul Lamb & The Kingsnakes

POOLE, MR KYPs
FEBRUARY
Fri 1 – Coldplace + Numidian Wish
Sat 2 – One Step Below – Madness tribute
Sun 3 – Comedy Night
Fri 8 – Rat Race + Souled Out
Sat 9 – The ELO Experience
Sun 10 – Jeff Lang + Martin Harley – Acoustic blues
Wed 13 – Rockin’ The Joint
Thu 14 – The Rat Pack
Fri 15 – Ruby Turner
Sat 16 – Really Hot Chili Peppers – Matinee 3pm
Really Hot Chili Peppers – Eve 8pm
Fri 22 – Nine Below Zero + The Worried Men
Sat 23 – Nearly Dan – Steely Dan tribute
Sun 24 – G2 Genesis – Tribute

MARCH
Sat 1 – The Mods
Sun 2 – Comedy Night
Sat 8 – Fleetwood Bac
Wed 12 – Rockin’ The Joint
Fri 21 – Perfect Alibi
Sat 22 – The Smyths
Sun 23 – Dirty DC
Sat 29 – Never The Bride

PORTSMOUTH GUILDHALL
FEBRUARY
Sat 9 – Paul Potts
Wed 13 – Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Mon 18 – Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings
Thu 28 – Bjorn Again
Fri 29 – Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

MARCH
Sun 16 – Beyond The Barricade

PORTSMOUTH PYRAMIDS
FEBRUARY
Sat 16 – Amy McDonald
Mon 18 – Hot Chip
Thu 21 – NME Awards Tour
Sat 23 – Dizzie Rascal
Mon 25 – Reel Big Fish
Wed 27 – Gallows

MARCH
Thu 11 – The Hoosiers
Fri 28 – Aiden


PORTSMOUTH, WEDGEWOOD ROOMS
FEBRUARY
Sun 3 – Tremain + Bird Eats Baby + Ben Pinwill
Tue 5 – Nine Black Alps + Support
Wed 6 – Behemoth + Support
Fri 8 – Travis – SOLD OUT!
Sat 9 – New Found Glory + Support
Mon 11 – Sons & Daughters + Support
Wed 13 – MXPX + Punchline + The Get Go
Thu 14 – Black Francis
Fri 15 – Whole Lotta Led
Sat 16 – Scratch Perverts
Sun 17 – Rich Hall as Otis Lee Crenshaw
Tue 19 – Turin Brakes + Support
Fri 22 – Wedge Comedy Club
Sat 23 – Los Campesinos
Fri 29 – Richard Fleeshman

MARCH
Tue 4 – 3 Daft Monkeys
Fri 14 – Limehouse Lizzy
Wed 19 – Buck 65
Fri 28 – The Jamm

SALISBURY ARTS CENTRE
FEBRUARY
Sat 2 – Mano Suave Tour
Wed 13 – The Dancers’ Cut
Fri 15 – The Hamsters
Tue 19 – Noah Messomo Drumming Session
Wed 27 – Sarum Chamber Orchestra

MARCH
Sat 15 – Sarum Orchestra: A Fly In The Amber Family Concert

SALISBURY CITY HALL
FEBRUARY
Fri 1 – Voulez Vous
Mon 4 & Tue 5 – Romeo & Juliet – Moscow City Ballet
Fri 8 – RAF Squadronaires
Sun 10 & Mon 11 – Chinese State Circus
Thu 14 – The Big Chris Barber Band
Fri 22 – Chas n’ Dave
Tue 26 – Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings

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

SOUTHAMPTON, THE BROOK
FEBRUARY
Fri 1 – Great White
Sat 2 – Rufus Stone
Fri 8 – Dirty DC
Sat 9 – Bon Jovi Experience + Gasalley
Wed 13 – Jeff Lang + Derrin Nauendorf Band
Thu 14 – Nazareth
Fri 15 – Into The Bleach – Blondie tribute
Sat 16 – T-Textasy
Thu 21 – Ian Parker Band
Fri 22 – Bad Company trading as XCOM
Sat 23 – Bog Rolling Stones
Thu 28 – Stage 4 Comedy
Fri 29 – The Silver Beatles

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

SOUTHAMPTON GUILDHALL
FEBRUARY
Mon 4 – 30 Seconds To Mars
Wed 6 – Richard Hawley
Mon 11 – Dropkick Murphys
Tue 12- Queens Of The Stoneage
Sun 17 – Jimmy Eat World
Wed 20 - Natasha Bedingfield
Sun 24 – Sum 41

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


SOUTHAMPTON, THE JOINERS
FEBRUARY
Fri 1 – A Wilhelm Scream + Failsafe
Sat 2 – Late Of The Pier + Support
Tue 5 – Blood Red Shoes
Thu 7 – The Rocket Summer
Fri 8 – Lightspeed Champions
Tue 12 – Yeti + The Foxes + The Sinnicks
Wed 13 – Laura Viers
Thu 14 – Bitune + Black Arc
Fri 15 – The Mopes + Hijak Oscar + The Family
Sat 23 – I Was A Cub Scout

MARCH
Watch this space!


SOUTHAMPTON MAYFLOWER THEATRE
FEBRUARY
To Sat 2 – Aspects Of Love
Sun 10 – Soweto Gospel Choir
Tue 12 – Sat 16 – Danny Champion of the World
Tue 19 – Sat March 8 – Cats

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


SOUTHAMPTON, TALKING HEADS
FEBRUARY
Fri 1 – The Uplifter
Sat 2 – Private hire
Sun 3 – Candle Club Showcase
Tue 5 – Solent City Jazzmen
Wed 6 – Jurassic Mark Presents…
Sat 9 – Strummerville – The Flying Alexanders + Bang Bang Lou Lou + Night of
Treason
Sun 10 – Charity Showcase
Sat 16 – Max’s Records Presents…
Tue 19 – Solent City Jazzmen
Wed 20 – Jurassic Mark Presents…
Fri 22 – Private hire
Sat 23 – The Bowie Experience
Sun 24 – You Jest Comedy Night
Fri 29 - Clubskulls

MARCH
Watch this space!


SOUTHAMPTON, TURNER SIMS CONCERT HALL
FEBRUARY
Mon 4 – Free lunchtime concert – Angela Space, saxophone
Thu 7 – Courtney Pine
Fri 8 – Free lunchtime concert – Samantha Carrasco, piano
7.30pm – Band of The Royal Marines
Mon 11 – Free lunchtime concert – Pei—Yu Chiang, piano
Fri 15 – Free lunchtime concert – Student concert
Sat 16 – Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
Mon 18 – Free lunchtime concert – Katherine King, soprano
Tue 19 – Chango Spasiuk – Accordion
Thu 21 – Wolfgang Holzmair & Imogen Cooper
Fri 22 – Southampton University Jazz Orchestra
Free lunchtime concert – Eleanor Moreton, soprano
Sat 23 – Vaughan Williams & The English Hymnal
Mon 25 – Free lunchtime concert – Brabant Ensemble
Wed 27 – Kate Walsh
Fri 29 – University of Southampton Sinfonietta

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

WINCHESTER, RAILWAY INN
FEBRUARY
Fri 1 – Barringtone
Wed 6 – Fantastic Castle + Rundown Jack + BeRob
Thu 7 – Stewboss + Dead Rock West
Fri 8 – The Opera House + Sine Star Project
Sat 9 – Kathleen Haskard + The Family
Wed 13 – Complex4 + Noisepilots + Splendour + Hello Country
Thu 14 – The Kicks + Support
Fri 15 – Lonely Hearts Club Night – 586 + The Ramblings
Sun 17 – Deadstring Brothers + James Walbourne Band
Tue 19 – Brigade + Suppport
Wed 20 – We Ignite Xmas Presents..
Thu 21 – New Young Pony Club + Support
Thu 28 – Maxraptor + Fearne

MARCH
Watch this space!

WINCHESTER THEATRE ROYAL
FEBRUARY
Wed 6 – Tavaziva – Dance presentation
Thu 7 – Fairport Convention
Fri 15 – Pasadena Roof Orchestra
Wed 20 – Sat 23 – Thoroughly Modern Millie

MARCH
Tue 12 – Fri15 – My Fair Lady


WINCHESTER, TOWER ARTS CENTRE
FEBRUARY
Fri 1 – Ola Onabule
Thu 7 – The Million Dollar Bash: Bob Dylan & The Basement Tapes
Sat 9 – John Renbourn & Johnny Dickinson
Tue 12 – Derrin Nauendorf Band
Fri 29 – A Whole Lotta AC/DC

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

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