Winchester Gig Guide

The Railway

3 St Pauls Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5AE - under ½ mile - map

Website: railwayinn.pub

The Railway

Contact: 01962 867795

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▶ Gig History

The Railway Events:

Sunday 21 December 2025
Venue: The Railway map

Live DJs
Address: 3 St Pauls Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5AE
Telephone: 01962 867795
Event: DJ Jimi Needles Wintery AV Party - Doors 8pm - Think Home Alone meets Madlib in a snow globe. Bing Crosby breakdancing and the Grinch tearing up the decks. One night only. Naughty list approved!"
Venue's website: railwayinn.pub
Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/railwayinnwinchester

Monday 22 December 2025
Venue: The Railway map

Live music • Open mic
Address: 3 St Pauls Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5AE
Telephone: 01962 867795
Event: Roots Open Mic Night - 7.30pm - Winchester's longest running open mic night. Free entry every Monday. Signups from 7.30pm, music from 8.00pm.
Venue's website: railwayinn.pub
Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/railwayinnwinchester

Saturday 27 December 2025
Venue: The Railway map

Live DJs
Address: 3 St Pauls Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5AE
Telephone: 01962 867795
Event: WAM DJs present Crimbo Thumping Slump - 8pm doors - This Christmas, it’s not just Santa coming to town — the WAM DJs are back for a proper homecoming blowout!
Venue's website: railwayinn.pub
Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/railwayinnwinchester

Sunday 28 December 2025
Venue: The Railway map

Live music
Address: 3 St Pauls Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5AE
Telephone: 01962 867795
Event: Donny Brook - 7.30pm doors - Donny Brook are an Indie Funk Rock band originating from the south coast of the UK. Connecting through love for music and joking around, jamming in sheds and garages they started writing whatever came to them.
Venue's website: railwayinn.pub
Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/railwayinnwinchester

Monday 29 December 2025
Venue: The Railway map

Wednesday 31 December 2025 - New Year's Eve
Venue: The Railway map

Live music
Address: 3 St Pauls Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5AE
Telephone: 01962 867795
Event: The Third Annual Rootsenanny - 8pm - Grab your tickets for The Third Annual Rootsenanny now! It's going to be the best NYE party in town.
Venue's website: railwayinn.pub
Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/railwayinnwinchester

Saturday 03 January 2026
Venue: The Railway map

Live music
Address: 3 St Pauls Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5AE
Telephone: 01962 867795
Event: King’s Road - 8pm doors - Local Mods Kings Road are a Paul Weller influenced band dedicated to keeping the fire, passion and skill of the Jam live experience alive.
Venue's website: railwayinn.pub
Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/railwayinnwinchester

Monday 05 January 2026
Venue: The Railway map

Tuesday 06 January 2026
Venue: The Railway map

Open mic • Poetry
Address: 3 St Pauls Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5AE
Telephone: 01962 867795
Event: Poetry Platform - 7.30pm - Winchester's maddest open mic welcomes writers and audience of old and new to our celebration of words and all their joy. Join the Poetry Platform Facebook Group at www.facebook.com/groups/155065747894935.
Venue's website: railwayinn.pub
Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/railwayinnwinchester

Friday 09 January 2026
Venue: The Railway map

Live music
Address: 3 St Pauls Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5AE
Telephone: 01962 867795
Event: Riteoff - 8pm doors - Based in the South Coast of England, Riteoff are a four-piece band infusing the fuzz and heavy distortion of grunge and punk into their own unique sound.
Venue's website: railwayinn.pub
Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/railwayinnwinchester

Saturday 10 January 2026
Venue: The Railway map

Live music • Tribute
Address: 3 St Pauls Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5AE
Telephone: 01962 867795
Event: Pet Shop Boys, actually - 8pm doors - Join Pet Shop Boys, Actually, for an electrifying tribute to the iconic Pet Shop Boys! Relive the hits and experience the magic live. A night of synth-pop nostalgia you won’t want to miss!
Venue's website: railwayinn.pub
Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/railwayinnwinchester

Monday 12 January 2026
Venue: The Railway map

Friday 16 January 2026
Venue: The Railway map

Live music • Tribute
Address: 3 St Pauls Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5AE
Telephone: 01962 867795
Event: Blink Daze - 8pm doors - Welcome to Pop Punk Paradise! BLINK DAZE are the ultimate tribute to the legends of pop punk, covering the biggest and best hits from Green Day, Blink 182, The Offspring, Sum 41, New Found Glory, Bowling For Soup, Good Charlotte, and much more!
Venue's website: railwayinn.pub
Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/railwayinnwinchester

Saturday 17 January 2026
Venue: The Railway map

Live music
Address: 3 St Pauls Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5AE
Telephone: 01962 867795
Event: Martin Stephenson (The Daintees) - 8pm doors - Inspired by early Cure and the Brighton scene, Martin Stephenson began his career as a busker aged 15. He then spent three years plying his trade as the guitar player in various bands in the North East of England.
Venue's website: railwayinn.pub
Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/railwayinnwinchester

Sunday 18 January 2026
Venue: The Railway map

Live music
Address: 3 St Pauls Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5AE
Telephone: 01962 867795
Event: Simon Maggs & People Like Us and The Ben Poore Project - doors 7.30pm - Simon Maggs & People Like Us and The Ben Poore Project join together for a dual release show!
Venue's website: railwayinn.pub
Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/railwayinnwinchester

Monday 19 January 2026
Venue: The Railway map

Tuesday 20 January 2026
Venue: The Railway map

Books • Special interest
Address: 3 St Pauls Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5AE
Telephone: 01962 867795
Event: Read It and Weep book club - 7pm - Join us on the third Tuesday of every month in Platform 2 for The Railway Inn’s new book club, Read It and Weep, as we sink our teeth into a juicy book (and probably enjoy a glass of wine or three!)
Venue's website: railwayinn.pub
Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/railwayinnwinchester

Friday 23 January 2026
Venue: The Railway map

Live music • Tribute
Address: 3 St Pauls Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5AE
Telephone: 01962 867795
Event: Punk TV - 8pm doors - Punk TV are a Punk and New Wave covers band, dedicated to keeping the fire and passion of the '77-82 UK scene alive. Old enough to know better, young enough not to care...
Venue's website: railwayinn.pub
Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/railwayinnwinchester

Monday 26 January 2026
Venue: The Railway map

Wednesday 28 January 2026
Venue: The Railway map

Live music
Address: 3 St Pauls Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5AE
Telephone: 01962 867795
Event: Tom Robinson - 7.30pm doors - Intimate duo show with Adam Phillips. All the hits and plenty of entertaining conversation
Venue's website: railwayinn.pub
Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/railwayinnwinchester

Wednesday 28 January 2026
Venue: The Railway map

Live music
Address: 3 St Pauls Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5AE
Telephone: 01962 867795
Event: The Railway Sessions: Lilla Shy + Tom Bright - 7.30pm doors - The Railway Sessions returns with two fantastic artists coming to The Railway for their first time!
Venue's website: railwayinn.pub
Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/railwayinnwinchester

Friday 30 January 2026
Venue: The Railway map

Live music
Address: 3 St Pauls Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5AE
Telephone: 01962 867795
Event: Preacher Stone - 7.30pm doors - Kicking boots out of North Carolina USA, Preacher Stone’s high-octane, 200 proof, rock-n-roll guitar-driven songs about the common man with heart-wrenching smoky bar frequenting tales and the swagger of their live performances have earned them a legion of faithful fans known as “The Congregation”.
Venue's website: railwayinn.pub
Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/railwayinnwinchester

Saturday 31 January 2026
Venue: The Railway map

Live music • Tribute
Address: 3 St Pauls Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5AE
Telephone: 01962 867795
Event: Pulp night “Do You Remember The First Time” The Blurtones. - doors 8pm - Join us again as The Blurtones present a special event: "Do You Remember The First Time" a celebration of Britpop legends Pulp, brought to life by the electrifying sounds of The Blurtones.
Venue's website: railwayinn.pub
Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/railwayinnwinchester

Monday 02 February 2026
Venue: The Railway map

Tuesday 03 February 2026
Venue: The Railway map

Wednesday 04 February 2026
Venue: The Railway map

Live music
Address: 3 St Pauls Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5AE
Telephone: 01962 867795
Event: Heavy Wild + For The Monks - 7.30pm doors - heavy wild is a London-based lo-fi alt-rock project blending post-punk grit, with shoegaze atmospherics and emotionally charged songwriting to create a dark and compelling sound.
Venue's website: railwayinn.pub
Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/railwayinnwinchester

Saturday 07 February 2026
Venue: The Railway map

Live music
Address: 3 St Pauls Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5AE
Telephone: 01962 867795
Event: Mark Morriss (The Bluetones) - 8pm doors - With thirteen hit singles and three top ten albums under his belt, Mark will be back with a mix of new songs and Bluetones favourites, served up with infectious humour and affable charm.
Venue's website: railwayinn.pub
Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/railwayinnwinchester

Monday 09 February 2026
Venue: The Railway map

Friday 13 February 2026
Venue: The Railway map

Live music
Address: 3 St Pauls Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5AE
Telephone: 01962 867795
Event: Dakka Skanks - 8pm doors - Dakka Skanks are a band seriously committed to bringing hard Reggae, Ska, Dub and Punk rhythms together in a fresh style.
Venue's website: railwayinn.pub
Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/railwayinnwinchester

Friday 13 February 2026
Venue: The Railway map

Live music
Address: 3 St Pauls Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5AE
Telephone: 01962 867795
Event: Scott Lavene + Florrie Ransom - 8pm doors - Scott Lavene is as English as pork pies and pasties, dunked biscuits in Yorkshire tea. Last year’s album Disneyland in Dagenham was full of Essex, East End poetry, and classic English post punk.
Venue's website: railwayinn.pub
Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/railwayinnwinchester

Monday 16 February 2026
Venue: The Railway map

Tuesday 17 February 2026
Venue: The Railway map

Friday 20 February 2026
Venue: The Railway map

Live music
Address: 3 St Pauls Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5AE
Telephone: 01962 867795
Event: Man The Lifeboats - 7.30pm doors - Man The Lifeboats began life in a Skinny Lister shanty-punk folk moshpit in 2016, and are ploughing their own full-throttle folk furrow, winning over audiences everywhere and drawing comparisons to Bellowhead, Oysterband, the Levellers, and those folk-punk heroes the Pogues.
Venue's website: railwayinn.pub
Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/railwayinnwinchester

Saturday 21 February 2026
Venue: The Railway map

Live music • Tribute
Address: 3 St Pauls Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5AE
Telephone: 01962 867795
Event: Nirvanher (Female Fronted Nirvana Tribute) + Redhead - 8pm doors - Nirvanher is an female fronted tribute band based in and around London that injects fresh and powerful energy into Nirvana's legendary music.
Venue's website: railwayinn.pub
Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/railwayinnwinchester

Sunday 22 February 2026
Venue: The Railway map

Live music
Address: 3 St Pauls Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5AE
Telephone: 01962 867795
Event: Beach Bønes + Adders - 7.30pm doors - BEACH BØNES are a 4 piece west-coast inspired punk band born out of a need to get back on stage post covid.
Venue's website: railwayinn.pub
Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/railwayinnwinchester

Monday 23 February 2026
Venue: The Railway map

Friday 27 February 2026
Venue: The Railway map

Live DJs
Address: 3 St Pauls Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5AE
Telephone: 01962 867795
Event: Let's Dance - Live Jazz & Club DJs - 8pm doors - Blueprint productions & 5 Boroughs Pizza in assoc. with Elephant Records & the Railway present: "Let's Dance" with special live guest: Kevin Davy (Cymande)
Venue's website: railwayinn.pub
Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/railwayinnwinchester

Saturday 28 February 2026
Venue: The Railway map

Live music • Tribute
Address: 3 St Pauls Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5AE
Telephone: 01962 867795
Event: Who's Next + King's Road - 8pm doors - Who's Next are the premier live tribute to The Who. They capture a magical point in time when many believed that The Who were the greatest pop and rock group on Earth.
Venue's website: railwayinn.pub
Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/railwayinnwinchester

Friday 06 March 2026
Venue: The Railway map

Live music
Address: 3 St Pauls Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5AE
Telephone: 01962 867795
Event: Slackrr - 7.30pm doors - Slackrr on Facebook: www.facebook.com/Slackrr. Pop punk/melodic punk from Southampton. The pop punk trio are armed with huge sing-along choruses combined with big danceable riffs and heartfelt, relatable lyrics covering day-to-day life, mental health awareness whilst echoing their message of hope for the future and an energetic, chaotic and fun live show.
Venue's website: railwayinn.pub
Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/railwayinnwinchester

Friday 10 April 2026
Venue: The Railway map

Live music
Address: 3 St Pauls Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5AE
Telephone: 01962 867795
Event: Roving Crows - 7.30pm doors - Roving Crows are an Irish Folk Rock band who deliver the goods with unbounded amounts of riotous energy and banter.
Venue's website: railwayinn.pub
Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/railwayinnwinchester

Saturday 12 September 2026
Venue: The Railway map

Live music
Address: 3 St Pauls Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5AE
Telephone: 01962 867795
Event: Ben Ottewell - 8pm doors - Benjamin Joseph Ottewell (born 23 June 1976) is an English singer-songwriter. He is one of the three lead singers of the English indie rock band Gomez.
Venue's website: railwayinn.pub
Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/railwayinnwinchester

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Spotlight

TODAY, Sunday 21 December 2025

DJ Jimi Needles Wintery AV Party

Venue: The Railway
Doors 8pm
Think Home Alone meets Madlib in a snow globe. Bing Crosby breakdancing and the Grinch tearing up the decks. One night only. Naughty list approved!"