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Diary of Events

Below is a listing of forthcoming events in Southampton, additional events and information can be found at www.southampton.gov.uk and www.seacity.co.uk

Date Event Location
June 2008    
1st June

City v City 10k race
A 10k race with a difference. Southampton runners will be racing against a rival city via a giant video screen

Southampton Common
7th June

K2 Festival
Festival aimed at raising awareness of health and well-being issues for young people.

Hoglands Park
8th June

Silly Specs Walk
Sponsoered walk in aid of the Society for the Blind

Southampton Common
11th June

Bon Jovi
After a previous sell-out show, the band return to the city once again

St Mary’s Stadium
10th June - 7th Sept

Bi-Annual Open Exhibition
The Gallery welcomes back the biannual open exhibition for local professional and amateur artists in the region. The selection is made by a jury and as many works as possible are hung in the gallery space, resulting in a very eclectic and exciting exhibition. In the past, each show has been themed(self-portrait, the art of pattern) so that artists are encouraged to make new work especially for the exhibition.

Civic Centre Art Gallery
Galleries 1 - 2

10th -12th June Seawork International
Incorporating DiveWork and RibWork, Seawork is the largest international commercial maritime exhibition and business forum held in a European working port environment.
Docks
21st June

Access Festival
Free festival to promote unsigned bands and to raise awareness of homelessness in the city and to raise funds for the Society of St James.

TBC
21st June

TA 100
This event will celebrate the 100 th anniversary of the Territorial army and will feature the TA regiment based in Southampton. Highlights will include a commemorative service and a parade through the city centre.

Civic Centre and City Centre
21st - 22nd June

Southampton Kite Festival
The festival will be a colourful display of many different types of kites, flying displays and kite competitions, as well as varied and interesting activities happening around the Festival Site.
Each day will see Kite Flying Displays from the UK’s best Individuals, Pairs and Teams in National Sport Kite Competitions as well as entertainment for the whole family and display flying to music.

Lordshill Recreation Ground
26th - 28th June

Visit of Holland America Line’s ms Eurodam
Due to be launched in 2008, the The Eurodam will be the 80th ship to enter Holland American service and at 86,700 tons and capable of carrying 2,104 passengers will be the largest in Holland America's fleet.

Docks
July 2008    
5th July

K2 Festival
Festival aimed at raising awareness of health and well-being issues for young people.

Hoglands Park
12th July

St Mary’s Community Festival
Festival set in the grounds of St Mary’s Church which attracts a cross-section of the local community.

St Mary’s Church
13th July

Race for Life
The Southampton Race for Life is opne of the biggest in the country attracting more than 10,000 participants – each raising money for Cancer Research UK

Southampton Common
19th July

Mela Festival
Hoglands Park comes to life with this free festival. Experience the colours, sounds and smells from the South- Asian continent, as people from the local and surrounding communities get together to have fun and celebrate traditional and modern South-Asian culture.

Hoglands Park
20th July

Thai Food and Craft Fair
Building upon the success of the first event in 2007, the second Thai Food and Craft fair will once again feature food, dance, song, dress, culture and religion.

Palmerston Park
21st July – 2nd Aug

BBC Blast
The BBC take up residency in the central park offering media and art workshops for young people.

Hoglands Park
August 2008    
2nd Aug

K2 Festival
Festival aimed at raising awareness of health and well-being issues for young people.

Hoglands Park
10th - 23rd Aug

Over 50’s Festival
Annual festival aimed at people 50 years old or over. The event will bring in new events as well as continuing with established favourites.

City wide
21st - 25th Aug

August Bank Holiday Fair
Long –established fair on Southampton Common with traditional market on Bank Holiday Monday.

Southampton Common
September 2008

 
12th - 21st Sept Southampton Boat Show (40th Anniversary)
Celebrating its 40th year in the city, the Southampton Boat Show
Mayflower Park and Surrounding Area
25th Sept - 14th Dec

Robert Bevan and the Cumberland Market Group
Southampton holds one of the finest collections of work by the Camden Town Group and related artists in the world and has long championed the promotion of that formative era. Of the more important of the 16 members (including Harold Gilman, Spencer Gore and Charles Ginner), Robert Polhill Bevan has perhaps been the most neglected. Robert Bevan was a founder member of both the Camden Town Group and its main successor, the London Group in 1914. His studio in Cumberland Market gave its name to the small group of artists (Bevan, Gilman and Ginner) who banded together after acrimonious demise of the former. In the following year a few progressive younger artists, John Nash, Christopher Nevinson and McKnight Kauffer were also invited to join.

Civic Centre Art Gallery

Galleries 1 - 4

November 2008    
9th Nov

Remembrance Sunday Service
Annual service of remembrance.

The Cenotaph
11th Nov

Last call to Southampton of the QE2
After 41 years of service, the QE2 will leave Southampton for the last time before the famous ships starts a new career as a floating hotel in Dubai.

Docks
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