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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Gardens
Beaulieu
A spectacular celebration of spring plants, gardens and gardening with seasonal gardening inspiration and achievable, take-home ideas throughout. Visitors can expect stunning show gardens and floral displays, stages featuring friendly advice from…
Outdoor Event / Activities
New Forest
Tickets are now on sale for BBC Gardeners' World Spring Fair taking place in the stunning grounds of Beaulieu from Friday 3rd to Sunday 5th May 2024.
What better way to inspire your gardening year ahead than by joining us in May for the return of…
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.…
Music
Botley, Southampton
Unwind, let loose and have a great time at Fairthorne Manor's summer Barn Dance on Saturday 13th July 2024!
Gather your friends and family for an unforgettable evening of music, dancing, and laughter. The beautiful woodland location provides the…
Heritage & History
Lower Swanwick
A jump back into yesteryear with Back in Time at The Brickworks Museum. Explore our unique Victorian factory and see the machinery under full steam. Enjoy our throwback to workers lives in the 1970s, and find out about vintage and retro British…
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…
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,…
Theatre
Winchester
As the shipping forecast turns 100 years old in 2024, bestselling author and award-winning broadcaster Charlie Connelly's hilarious and informative show brings the quirky broadcast vividly to life.
How did a weather forecast for ships capture the…
Special Events
Portsmouth
Portsmouth's Armed Forces Day event returns to Southsea Common on Saturday 8 June 2024.
Music
Winchester
Performed by Sarah-Louise Young
Made with Russell Lucas
Howl with the Hounds of Love and dance on the moors with Wuthering Heights!
She's not there - but you are.
Whether you've been a fan for decades or recently joined the shoal via the…
Talks
Basingstoke
Join us for an exclusive UK event as we welcome Ginger Alden, the woman who captured Elvis Presley's heart during his final year, for a series of captivating shows.
Ginger will share her personal experiences and shed light on the misconceptions and…
Music
Whiteley, Fareham
Enjoy a glass of prosecco on arrival, a three course meal, Freddie Mercury tribute, followed by dancing to the lively tunes of our resident DJ.
Contact the events team on 01489880000 or events@solenthotel.co.uk
£55 Per Person
Theatre
Winchester
A Winchester Rotary fundraiser for Winchester Hospice and The Army Cadet Charitable Trust UK
Jordan Wylie MBE is an award winning adventurer, Sunday Times bestselling author and one of the stars of Channel 4's BAFTA nominated TV Shows Hunted and…
Walking
Alton
Alton is a vibrant Walkers are Welcome Hampshire town which truly has community spirit at its heart. Situated at the source of the River Wey and enjoying a stunning rural backdrop at the gateway of the South Downs National Park, Alton is known by…
Heritage & History
Alton
Alton's annual Regency Day will include: Wear your best Regency finery to enjoy the atmosphere and play a part in the 2024 Jane Austen Regency Week. We will also have: Horse & Carriage rides (fare payable) Mill Cottage Farm Experience Petting…
Festival
Alresford, Winchester
The Alresford Watercress Festival returns to the streets of Alresford for 2024.
Theatre
Winchester
Your AI Arts Festival: Evening ticket includes a performance by special guests the Orchestre National de Jazz with machine collaborators – an exploration of interactions between instrumentalists and a machine within a large jazz orchestra.
This…
Theatre
Winchester
Join artists and musicians from the University of Southampton, the Winchester School of Art and around the world to explore how AI and the arts are coming together in media from photography, fashion and literature to comedy and music, in a festival…
Arts
Winchester
You're invited: AI Arts Festival 2024
On Sunday 2nd June, the Web Science Institute, University of Southampton, is proud to be hosting its inaugural AI Arts Festival at the ARC and the Theatre Royal Winchester.
Join artists and musicians from…
Music
Winchester
Violin soloist and director, Tomo Keller.
Mozart, Beethoven, Vaughan Williams and Wallen in the stunning setting of Winchester Cathedral.
One of the world's greatest chamber orchestras, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields will visit Winchester…