Winchester Gig Guide
Winchester Gig Guide
If you have any events that you would like to list on the gig guide, please fill out our contact form or share your event on our Facebook group.
Cancellations or changes to events listed on the gig guide are not in our control. Please check with the venues or event organiser before making travel plans. Full terms of use.
Category: Special interest
Showing 8 upcoming events:
Tuesday 14 October 2025
Venue: The Lights mapSpecial interest • Talk
Address: West Street, Andover, Hampshire, SP10 1AH
Telephone: Box office: 01264 368368
Event: David Olusoga: A Gun Through Time - Work in Progress - 7.30pm - Have you ever considered how a single weapon could change the course of history? What stories lie behind the guns that shaped empires, wars, and even criminal underworlds? How did these firearms influence not just battles, but entire societies?
Venue's website: thelights.org.uk
Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/thelightsandover
Sunday 19 October 2025
Venue: The Lights map
Address: West Street, Andover, Hampshire, SP10 1AH
Telephone: Box office: 01264 368368
Event: Paul Martin: My Life in Television - 2pm - Join Paul Martin (Flog It!, Make Me a Dealer, The Great Auction Showdown with Paul Martin, The Manor Reborn, Street Auction) for a Sunday matinee where Paul will talk you through his life in TV, art and antiques. As well as going behind the scenes in the most important stately homes in the country. There will be a Q&A session after the talk and a book signing in The Lights foyer following the event. Don’t miss your chance to see the much-loved television presenter and antiques expert.
Venue's website: thelights.org.uk
Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/thelightsandover
Tuesday 21 October 2025
Venue: The Railway map
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 notes: ID is required on the door. Published times may be doors rather than start times, so please check the venue's website for full details, including age restrictions and accessibility.
Venue's website: railwayinn.pub
Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/railwayinnwinchester
Monday 27 October 2025
Venue: The Lights map
Address: West Street, Andover, Hampshire, SP10 1AH
Telephone: Box office: 01264 368368
Event: Top Secret - The Magic of Science 2025 - 2pm - Fusing the mystery of magic with wondrous and miraculous feats of science. Hang on to your seats and experience a non-stop action packed interactive magical science show with experiments and magic that will capture the imagination.
Venue's website: thelights.org.uk
Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/thelightsandover
Wednesday 29 October 2025
Venue: The Arc map
Address: Jewry Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8SB
Telephone: 01962 398046
Event: THE SHOW OF SPOOKY SCIENCE - 2pm - For this time of year, what could be better than a science show filled with seasonal spookiness. Pumpkins and potions, sparks and spectres, of demonstrations and of the dark. The information and demonstrations Ian B Dunne presents are entertaining, engaging, amusing and inspiring. Ian's well known shows include “Science Magic...Magic Science” and “Science...The Best Bits” which appear at schools and festivals. However, only here, in the theatre, can he include the parts that other venues cannot reach. Demonstrations to make you gasp, Pictures to transport the mind. Specimens to catch the imagination. Rare and unusual Machines.
Venue's website: arcwinchester.org.uk
Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/arcwinch
Saturday 01 November 2025
Venue: The Nutshell map
Address: 15 Kings Walk, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8AF
Telephone: 01962 808533
Event: WINCHESTER COMICS FAIR - 10.30am-4.30pm - The Winchester comics fair brings together 40 independent artists, writers , and creators to showcase the diverse and inclusive UK comic book and graphic novel scene. There is something for everyone, old and young, aficionados and novices alike. Come along and meet the makers! Comics, visual narrative, call it what you will; it is more than just super heroes and Garfield. The Winchester Comics fair brings independent comics makers, artists, and writers from all over the UK.
Venue's website: discardednut.co.uk/thenutshell
Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/thenutshellwinchester
Tuesday 18 November 2025
Venue: The Railway map
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 notes: ID is required on the door. Published times may be doors rather than start times, so please check the venue's website for full details, including age restrictions and accessibility.
Venue's website: railwayinn.pub
Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/railwayinnwinchester
Tuesday 18 November 2025
Venue: The Lights map
Address: West Street, Andover, Hampshire, SP10 1AH
Telephone: Box office: 01264 368368
Event: Brett Tippie - The Right Line - 7.30pm - Brett Tippie is a multi-talented professional extreme sports athlete – a pioneer of Freeride Mountain Biking who kicked off his career while simultaneously competing on the World Cup circuit for Giant Slalom & Snowboard Cross for the Canadian National Team! From rising to become one of the most prominent mountain bikers in the world, to losing it all and living on the streets, to redemption and resurrection of his professional career, Brett has been through it all and will tell the stories of his wild and inspiring roller-coaster of a career!
Venue's website: thelights.org.uk
Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/thelightsandover
Please note: As per our terms of use, the events listed are not in our control, so they could be changed. Also, some venues may charge an entrance fee to certain music events. In either case, we recommend that you contact the venues before making your arrangements.
Other Gig Guides
www.AndoverGigGuide.co.uk
www.SalisburyGigGuide.co.uk
Just added
SUNDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2025
Dónal McCann, Director of Chapel Music at Winchester College
Venue: Winchester Cathedral
2.55pm
On selected Sundays, Evensong will be preceded by a short, informal recital given by a host of talented organists. All are welcome to join from 2.55pm – 3.20pm in the Quire. There is no entry cost for these informal recitals, donations are welcome upon exit. Director of Chapel Music at Winchester College, Donal is responsible for the musical education of the Quiristers. In his new role as Head of Choral Partnerships, he fosters relationships locally and further afield, creating new and inspiring musical experiences. His musical education began as a chorister at St Peter’s Cathedral, Belfast, before taking up organ lessons with Professor Gerard Gillen at St Mary’s Pro Cathedral, Dublin. Dónal read music and was an organ scholar at King’s College, Cambridge, accompanying the world-renowned chapel choir in services, recordings, international tours and broadcasts, including A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols. He graduated with a double first and took up the post of Assistant Organist at New College, Oxford. Whilst in Oxford he released his debut solo album to critical acclaim, featuring works by Bach and Walther. Dónal is co-principal keyboardist of the Oxford Bach Soloists, and as an international organ recitalist he recently performed in Westminster Abbey and opened the restored organ of St Lawrence Church, Vittoriosa in Malta. He has featured as a guest organists with many ensembles, including the Instruments of Time & Truth, the Ulster Orchestra and Academy of Ancient Music. He is also an award-winning composer, his music recently being performed by the BBC Singers on BBC Radio 3.