Winchester Gig Guide
The Arc
Jewry Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8SB - under ½ mile - mapWebsite: www.arcwinchester.org.uk
Contact: 01962 398046
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Friday 05 December 2025
Venue: The Arc map 
Live music
Address: Jewry Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8SB Telephone: 01962 398046 Event: ACOUSTIC CAFE: NAOMI CAMPBELL+ CAT ELLIOT + OMAM DAWN - 7.30pm Venue's website: arcwinchester.org.uk Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/arcwinch 
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Friday 12 December 2025
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Christmas
• Theatre
Address: Jewry Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8SB Telephone: 01962 398046 Event: MURDER AT THE GRANGE - 7.30pm - Christmas morning. A dead man in a locked bedroom in a house full of secrets. Everybody has a motive. But who’s got the key? Murder At The Grange is a Christmas murder mystery created by acclaimed songwriter Robb Johnson & performed by Robb & The Xmas Irregulars in the style of a BBC radio drama, with added original festive songs. Blending the classic conventions of the Whodunnit with the traditions of Christmas, it’s an afternoon of suspense & comedy… murder, mince pies, mistletoe and a private eye. Venue's website: arcwinchester.org.uk Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/arcwinch
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Thursday 18 December 2025
Venue: The Arc map
Burlesque
• Cabaret
• Christmas
• Comedy
• For Adults
• Theatre
Address: Jewry Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8SB Telephone: 01962 398046 Event: HUNDRED WATT CLUB DECEMBER 2025 - 7.30pm - Hundred Watt Club - A festive evening of burlesque & cabaret Have you been naughty or nice this year? Whatever the answer, Hundred Watt Club’s glorious gift to you is this hot toddy of a show! Kick starting the festive season jam-packed full of glittering showgirls, bawdy comedy, classic vaudeville and awe inspiring circus acts. Always seductive, always sublime and always that little bit ridiculous – enjoy an evening of vintage inspired, Christmas themed entertainment! Venue's website: arcwinchester.org.uk Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/arcwinch
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Friday 19 December 2025
Venue: The Arc map
Christmas
• Comedy
Address: Jewry Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8SB Telephone: 01962 398046 Event: BARNSTORMERS CHRISTMAS COMEDY SPECIAL DECEMBER 2025 , MICHAEL AKADIRI, MERYL O'ROURKE, DAVE FULTON - 8pm - Get ready to laugh your stockings off! This Christmas, Barnstormers Comedy Night is bringing you a sleigh-load of laughter with our Christmas Comedy Special. It's the perfect way to warm up those frosty winter nights with some festive chuckles and ho-ho-ho hilarity! The perfect excuse to escape the chaos of Christmas shopping and enjoy a night of joy and merriment. Venue's website: arcwinchester.org.uk Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/arcwinch
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Saturday 20 December 2025
Venue: The Arc map
Family
• For Children
• Theatre
Address: Jewry Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8SB Telephone: 01962 398046 Event: PINOCCHIO - 2.30pm & 7.30pm - The Travelling Players hot foot it to your community with suitcases full of fun and frivolity. They tell the enchanting tale of a talented clock maker, who with no child of his own, carves from wood, a puppet of a boy. Pinocchio, full of life, curiosity and mischief, desperate to fit into the world, leads his father on a merry dance. Will the village accept the wooden boy? Will he follow the mysterious stranger to the fair? Will he ever see his father again? Using their distinctive style of storytelling, live music, a dash of nonsense and of course some puppetry, the Travelling Players bring this classic tale to life. A sociable event to send you home warm and happy! Venue's website: arcwinchester.org.uk Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/arcwinch
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Monday 22 December 2025
Venue: The Arc map
Family
• For Children
• Theatre
Address: Jewry Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8SB Telephone: 01962 398046 Event: OLDILOCKS AND THE 3 BEARS - 11am & 2pm - One winter, Oldilocks finds a teddy bear in the park and remembers a delicious bowl of porridge she tasted years ago in the woods. Something else happened but she can’t quite remember what… so she sets off for the forest. Will she find the bears house and what will happen then? A wonderfully funny and warmhearted celebration of the classic story starring a naughty old lady who looks very familiar… and 3 funny bears who love their breakfast. Garlic Theatre hold their young audience spellbound with lovingly crafted puppets, music and some steaming bowls of porridge. For ages 3 - 7 years Venue's website: arcwinchester.org.uk Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/arcwinch
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Thursday 15 January 2026
Venue: The Arc map
Live music
• Comedy
Address: Jewry Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8SB Telephone: 01962 398046 Event: GRAFFITI CLASSICS – THE COMEDY STRING QUARTET - 7.30pm - Graffiti Classics burst the elitist boundaries of the traditional string quartet with their hilarious all-singing, all-dancing musical comedy show. It's a classical concert, a gypsy-folk romp, an opera, a stand-up comedy set and a brilliant dance show all rolled into one! There really is something for everyone and Graffiti Classics never fail to get audiences laughing, clapping and singing along. Kids and adults alike love the uplifting and virtuosic variety of musical styles, all tied together with cheeky audience interaction. Venue's website: arcwinchester.org.uk Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/arcwinch
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Friday 16 January 2026
Venue: The Arc map
Comedy
Address: Jewry Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8SB Telephone: 01962 398046 Event: BARNSTORMERS JANUARY 2026, PADDY LENNOX, STEPHANIE LAING, JOE WELLS & KEVIN PRECIOUS - 8pm - Regular comedy night at The Arc, Barnstormers Comedy presents a line-up of three top acts from the London comedy circuit and beyond: many of them Comedy Store regulars. Venue's website: arcwinchester.org.uk Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/arcwinch
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Saturday 17 January 2026
Venue: The Arc map
Live music
Address: Jewry Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8SB Telephone: 01962 398046 Event: GARY FLETCHER with Nick Ritchie - 7.30pm - A founder and member of The Blues Band with Paul Jones, Tom McGuinnessand Dave Kelly throughout it’s existence, Gary Fletcher has appeared with and/or recorded with Peter Green, Maggie Bell, Van Morrison, John Mayall, Long John Baldry, Guy Barker, Bernie Marsden, Micky Moody, Kim Simmonds, Henry McCullough, Zoot Money, Nat Adderley, Guy Barker, the Memphis Horns, Christine Collister etc. Venue's website: arcwinchester.org.uk Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/arcwinch
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Friday 23 January 2026
Venue: The Arc map
Live music
• Comedy
Address: Jewry Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8SB Telephone: 01962 398046 Event: GRACE PETRIE , THIS IS NO TIME TO PANIC! - 7.30pm - Like protest songs? Neither does Grace Petrie - and she's been singing them for 15 politically disastrous years. No longer able to meet the deadened eyes or desperate hopes of leftwing audiences, she reckons there's no better time for a feel-good show! Depressed by fascism, misogyny and eco-destruction? Sounds like YOUR climate needs a change! Venue's website: arcwinchester.org.uk Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/arcwinch
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Saturday 31 January 2026
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Live music
Address: Jewry Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8SB Telephone: 01962 398046 Event: BUDAPEST CAFE ORCHESTRA - 7.30pm - Budapest Café Orchestra play a blistering barrage of traditional folk and gypsy-flavoured music from across the Balkans and Russia, Klezmer laments, Romanian Dominas, Hungarian Czardas and their own unique re-imaginings of some of the biggest tunes ever written by the classical greats. Venue's website: arcwinchester.org.uk Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/arcwinch
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Thursday 12 February 2026
Venue: The Arc map
Live music
Address: Jewry Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8SB Telephone: 01962 398046 Event: THE NOISE NEXT DOOR: COMEDY, IMPROVISED - 7.30pm - The Noise Next Door. The U.K’s premier improv comedy troupe have taken the comedy world by storm. Twelve time sell-out veterans of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and one of the country’s most sought after comedy club headliners, The Noise Next Door leave audiences everywhere in awe of their lightning-quick wit and totally original comedic talents. They have been performing their own distinctive brand of off-the-cuff comedy together since they met at university. Venue's website: arcwinchester.org.uk Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/arcwinch
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Friday 13 February 2026
Venue: The Arc map
Live music
Address: Jewry Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8SB Telephone: 01962 398046 Event: BRAVE RIVAL - 7.30pm - Brave Rival are a rock band on a mission. No gimmicks, no frills—just raw, high-energy, riff-driven rock that demands to be heard. Since forming in 2019, the Portsmouth-based quartet—vocalist Lindsey Bonnick, guitarist Ed ‘the Shred’ Clarke, bassist Billy Dedman, and drummer Donna Peters—have built a reputation as one of the UK’s most electrifying live acts. Their debut album Life’s Machine (2022) put them on the map, catching the attention of critics, fans, and even Joe Bonamassa, who called them one of his “favourite discoveries.” Venue's website: arcwinchester.org.uk Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/arcwinch
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Thursday 19 February 2026
Venue: The Arc map
Comedy
Address: Jewry Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8SB Telephone: 01962 398046 Event: PAUL MCCAFFREY: WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE - 7.30pm - A new show from one of the funniest comics working in the UK today. Modern life is annoying but was it really much better before? McCaffrey asks in this warm, charming hour of comedy. Star of Live At The Apollo, BBC Three’s Impractical Jokers and Russell Howard’s Good News. In addition to being handpicked to tour the country in support of two of the great stand ups of recent years Sean Lock and Kevin Bridges. Venue's website: arcwinchester.org.uk Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/arcwinch
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Friday 20 February 2026
Venue: The Arc map
Comedy
Address: Jewry Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8SB Telephone: 01962 398046 Event: BARNSTORMERS COMEDY - FEBRUARY 2026 WITH ANDREW BIRD, SPRING DAY, PIERRE HOLLINS & KEVIN PRECIOUS - 7.30pm - Regular comedy night at The Arc, Barnstormers Comedy presents a line-up of three top acts from the London comedy circuit and beyond: many of them Comedy Store regulars. Venue's website: arcwinchester.org.uk Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/arcwinch
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Saturday 28 February 2026
Venue: The Arc map
Comedy
Address: Jewry Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8SB Telephone: 01962 398046 Event: LUCY PORTER: LET YOURSELF GO - 7.30pm - Festival favourite Lucy returns with a brand new show about the power of letting yourself go - in every sense. Whether that means embracing your wrinkles and love handles whilst living in a slanket, or having a couple of babychams and dancing like nobody’s watching (and if you’re a middle aged woman, they’re probably not). It’s also about letting go of the person you’ve always thought you are, and using your midlife crisis to pursue new goals and reinvent yourself. Venue's website: arcwinchester.org.uk Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/arcwinch
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Thursday 05 March 2026
Venue: The Arc map
Comedy
Address: Jewry Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8SB Telephone: 01962 398046 Event: AMY MASON: BEHOLD! - 7.30pm - When Amy Mason got hacked, she lost her number, bank account and social media access. And then the hackers started sending her gifts… A surprising, somewhat filthy dive into connection, intimacy, and the perils of using your dead cat’s name as your password for literally everything. Behold! is a silly yet razor-witted examination of digital dependency, friendship and community, delivered with Amy Mason’s signature blend of off-kilter storytelling and deadpan warmth. As heard on Radio 1, Radio 5 and Radio 4. Guardian’s Top 10 Funniest Jokes of Edinburgh Fringe 2024. Directed by Jessica Fostekew. Venue's website: arcwinchester.org.uk Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/arcwinch
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Friday 31 July 2026
Venue: The Arc map
Live music
• Tribute
Address: Jewry Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8SB Telephone: 01962 398046 Event: THE ALTER EAGLES - 7.30pm - The Alter Eagles are an experienced, authentic Eagles tribute band. Formed in 2003, they perform the whole repertoire of Eagles tracks, from tasteful country rock - complete with full harmonies - through to hard rocking numbers, showcasing the Eagles' trademark duelling electric guitars. The current set comprises material from 35 years of Eagles' performances, up to and including 2007's Long Road Out Of Eden. Venue's website: arcwinchester.org.uk Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/arcwinch
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