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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. 2024 marks the 80th anniversary of the Normandy Landings, the largest seaborne invasion ever, and one that changed the course of history. There will be a host of anniversary events across the region, both on the 6th June but also throughout the year at The D-Day Story in Portsmouth. 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 - The Alresford Watercress Festival (19th May 2024), Basingstoke Festival (21st June - 7th July 2024), Farnborough International Airshow (22nd - 26th July 2024), Winchester Hat Fair (30th June - 1st July 2024), Beaulieu Supercar Weekend, Beaulieu (3rd - 4th August), Victorious Festival Portsmouth (23rd - 25th August 2024), International Kite Festival, Portsmouth (27th - 28th July 2024), New Forest & Hampshire Country Show, (30th July - 1st August 2024), Southampton International Boat Show (13th - 22nd September 2024), 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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Theatre
Winchester
From the award-winning creators of Austen's Women, A Christmas Carol, I, Elizabeth, Female Gothic, Christmas Gothic, and A Room of One's Own.
Austen's Women are back - in a brand-new show! Devil-may-care Lady Susan, the coquettish black widow,…
Outdoor Event / Activities
Southampton
The British Motor Yacht Show is taking place at Swanwick Marina in Hampshire from Thursday 16 - Sunday 19 May 2024. Hosted by Premier Marinas in partnership with iconic British boat brands - Fairline, Princess and Sunseeker - the show features more…
Comedy
Winchester
Shazia Mirza, Sean McLoughlin, Andrew White and Tom Deacon (MC).
Line up subject to change.
Shazia Mirza
Shazia Mirza
Shazia Mirza is an award winning British stand up comedian and writer.
Shazia's TV appearances include; QI (BBC), The…
Festival
Winchester
Hat Fair is the UK’s longest continually running festival of outdoor arts. Founded in 1974 by Jonathan Kay, Hat Fair inspires and is inspired by the people, heritage and public spaces within the city of Winchester. The aim is to shine a light on the…
Carnival
NEWPORT
Carnival fever comes to the Island's capital town, various locations around Newport. See website for procession route.
Outdoor Event / Activities
Sherborne St John
1 August, gates open 7.45pm, film starts 9.15pm ends 11.15pm. Pack a picnic and join us for an outdoor cinema experience like no other with a showing of the fantastic Pretty Woman, starring Richard Gere and Julia Roberts, on a HUGE open-air screen…
Theatre
Winchester
This comedic musical revue reveals everything you could want to know about musical theatre, and the people who love it – on both sides of the curtain!
Covering the journey from wide-eyed drama student to brattish diva or past-it chorus member, or…
Outdoor Event / Activities
New Forest
All Italian car owners are invited to drive into Beaulieu on Saturday 20th July and park up within the museum complex for what promises to be a superb day out for both Italian car owners and enthusiasts.
Everything from Fiats to Ferraris are…
Festivals
Basingstoke
The fantastically successful Basingstoke Festival returns this summer.
Get ready for three weekends of free street performances and outdoor arts from Friday 21st June to Sunday 7th July 2024 in Basingstoke town centre and across the borough.…
Show / Display
Brockenhurst
The New Forest and Hampshire County Show is an annual agricultural show held for three days at the end of July at New Park, Brockenhurst in Hampshire.
Outdoor Event / Activities
Weyhill, Andover
Saturday 1 June, Saturday 13 July, Saturday 27 July, Saturday 10 August.
5:45pm-9:00pm
The Hawk Conservancy Trust invites you to a special summer's evening with their feathered friends. Against a setting sun, you'll have the opportunity to meet a…
Food
Whiteley, Fareham
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 ice cream parlour.
£19.85 per…
Music
Eastleigh
Fresh from their recent sell-out concert at the Turner Sims Concert Hall, don't miss the City of Southampton Orchestra under principal conductor John Traill for a wonderful evening of British Music at Thornden Hall.
The concert begins with Gustav…
Theatre
Sherborne St John
On Saturday 29 June, Wilde's comic masterpiece gets The Pantaloons treatment in their anarchic take on the classic comedy of manners.
This energetic and musical production from the critically-acclaimed company infuses Wilde's witty words with…
Childrens Events
Newbury
Open to young children and their families for a morning of fun and play in the picturesque school grounds of Horris Hill School.
Free entry!
- Bouncy Castle
- Woodland Trail
- Activities and games
- Free parking available on the school site
Outdoor Event / Activities
Weyhill, Andover
Saturday 11 May.
7:00am-10:00am
Join the Hawk Conservancy Trust for a special morning to enjoy and discover the best of British nature.
They'll begin by taking you to Reg's Wildflower Meadow to hear the enchanting sounds of the morning chorus of…
Heritage & History
Lower Swanwick
One of our favourite events of the year – Autumn at the 'works celebrates the traditional changing of the seasons when the brickmakers completed their summertime brickmaking and prepared for the winter months. The site will be decorated for…
Childrens Events
Winchester
Zoom through the stars on an exciting flight through the Solar System. Take a seat in the breathtaking Planetarium and discover the secrets of the skies above us during a presenter-led live show.
The Planetarium Experience is an opportunity to…
Theatre
Winchester
London's longest-running theatre magic show, direct from the Leicester Square Theatre, presents some of the most exciting names in magic and variety in the UK.
An exciting, family-friendly show offering an amazing mixture of magic, comedy and…
Theatre
Winchester
British actress, comedian and singer, Dame Patricia Routledge, is best known for her role as Hyacinth Bucket in the BBC sitcom Keeping Up Appearances, for which she was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Light Entertainment Performance in…
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