Events Around Hampshire

Orla Kiely is one of the UK and Ireland’s most successful fashion and lifestyle designers. Her stylised plant based patterns are innovative, influential and instantly recognisable.

The invasion of the English kingdom from north and south in the autumn of 1066, leading to conquest by Duke William of Normandy, is often seen as a defining moment in English and British history. How was the principal city of the dynasty of Alfred the Great affected by conquest?

Lin Blakley (Eastenders, BBC) will be stepping into the shoes of Agatha Christie for the UK tour of Philip Meeks’ critically acclaimed play Murder, Margaret and Me, directed by Damian Cruden (Artistic Director, Shakespeare’s Rose Theatre).

The Chocolate and Treats Fair will allow you to indulge in unique chocolates and treats to tease your taste buds. Visit to experience luxury festive treats, handmade chocolates, fudges, sweets and treats with a few wines and spirits thrown in! There will be music as well as free entry into a luxury yummy prize draw.

Dust down your Rubik’s Cube™ and grab your legwarmers for a warp-speed trip back to the 80s! The fantastic new exhibition I Grew Up 80s at Gosport Gallery will give an entire generation a chance to wallow in 80s nostalgia with over 200 iconic objects that defined the decade.

Change Checker are hosting their next live coin swap at Westquay Shopping Centre, Southampton, between the hours of 9.00am-7pm on Saturday 19th October. Part of the Westminster Collection, based in Poole, coin experts Change Checker are the leading change collecting company in the UK.

Visit on a milling day and see our team of volunteer millers in action as they harness the power of the River Itchen to turn waterwheels, gears and millstones to produce Winchester City Mill’s traditional wholemeal flour.

Happy Halloween at Paultons Park is the friendliest, most frightful fun fest in the UK, and is back for another year with even more spooky fun to be had! New for 2019 and for the very first time, Peppa Pig World will be transformed for this year’s fang-tastic festivities!

Fair Oak and Horton Heath Age Concern present the Otterbourne Brass Band in Concert. Free parking, and wheelchair accessible.

A fun and art filled day to celebrate and explore the benefits of being actively creative to make positive change and improve wellbeing! Enjoy taking part in a variety of exciting art workshops designed for both children and adults. Listen to performances from local musicians. Browse our craft stalls.

English Ceilidh (pronounced kaylee) is a lively, energetic, and upbeat version of English barn or country dancing, suitable for all ages.

Join Hundred Watt Club for a Halloween warm up with this ’Night of the Living Dead’ themed evening of burlesque & vaudeville.

Join Ballet Theatre UK as we follow the yellow brick road and discover all the wonders of Oz. Enjoy Dorothy, the Scarecrow, Tinman, and Lion, (and yes Toto too) as they seek the Wonderful Wizard to find that there’s no place like home!

Jen Gash, Sky Landscape Artist of the Year 2018, exhibits sketches and paintings showing the Macedonian landscape where Stanley Spencer served.

Robin Browning conducts the strings of Havant Chamber Orchestra in Vaughan Williams, Barber, Albinoni (oboe soloist Lucinda Willits) & Tchaikovsky.

Jen Gash, Sky Landscape of Artist of the Year 2018, talks about her experiences working on the commission to produce a piece of artwork based on the Macedonian landscape, which now hangs in the Imperial War Museum, North.

Evacuated to The Vyne during the Second World War, pupils from the Tormore Boys School in Deal, Kent came to see The Vyne as their home. Find out what the boys used to get up to in their old school haunt. Collect your free family trail sheet from Visitor Reception and head to the house to start your adventure.

Showcasing some of the key works from Mottisfonts permanent art collection, gifted by the artist Derek Hill. Alongside Lichfield, Donovan and Duffy: Snapping the Sixties exhibition, we’ll be highlighting some of the portraits from our permanent collection. Booking Not Needed. Assistance Dogs only are welcome.

Autumn is a time for harvest: from gathering fallen leaves to plucking ripe apples from the tree. Mottisfont is celebrating this seasonal bounty with events and activities including a scarecrow spotter trail, seasonal decorations and opportunities to learn more about the wider estate.

A seasonal celebration of autumn harvests and produce from around the grounds and estate. Autumn is a time for harvest: from gathering fallen leaves to foraging apples. At Mottisfont, we’re celebrating this seasonal bounty with events, hands-on activities and opportunities to learn more about our wider estate.

New up-market Arts market in the lovely village of Emsworth, right on the coast on the border of Hampshire and West Sussex. With paintings, prints, jewellery, glass, ceramics, metal work, sculpture, textiles, cards and much more. Free entrance, café with cakes etc. An outing not to be missed.

Iconic portraits from some of Britains most famous photographers. Expect famous faces and fashion icons from sixties and beyond. This exhibition will be shown alongside portraits from our own Derek Hill Collection of 20th-century art. Booking Not Needed. Assistance Dogs only are welcome.

#RunforRowans # Raise money for Portsmouth’s local Hospice charity # The world’s leading 10 mile running event takes you past iconic sights of Southsea and Portsmouth, including the Historic Dockyard, HMS Victory, Spinnaker Tower, and finishes on the seafront with views of the Isle of Wight.

Take on the world’s leading 10 mile running event for your local hospice. Book a LIMITED Rowans Hospice bond place online below to guarantee your place on this year’s Great South Run. Why run for Rowans Hospice?

Fermentation workshop for gut health. Come and learn how to make fermented foods and drinks to support your gut health. We will learn how to make Sauerkraut, Kimchi, Water Kefir and MIlk Kefir.