Winchester City Museum
Keats 200: a competition for young writers and artists
8th Feb 2019 to 31st Jul 2019
Special Events
200 years ago, John Keats was inspired to write his best-loved poem To Autumn during a visit to Winchester. Now you can be inspired by Keats! We invite you to write a poem or create a picture celebrating “The Seasons in Hampshire.”
An exhibition of entries selected for judging will take place at City Museum, Winchester, from 13 – 29 September 2019. The winners and runners-up will be announced at an awards ceremony at Winchester City Museum on Sunday 29 September.
Open to young people across Hampshire in three age categories: 4-7 years, 8-11 years and 12-16 years.
Find out moreChildren and family activities
Red House Museum and Gardens
08 June - 20 July 2019
A programme of family art workshops aimed at children aged 5 - 9 years. Saturday 8 June - Mono Printing Saturday 22 June - Wind Chimes Saturday 6 July - Koinobori Streamers Saturday 20 July - Dinosaur...
Milestones Museum
22 - 23 June 2019
Come and join in the fun at the Milestones Summer Fete on Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 June. Enjoy a good old-fashioned family fete on the cobbled streets of Hampshire’s living history museum, with...
Forest Arts Centre
17 June 2019
24 June 2019
1 July 2019
8 July 2019
15 July 2019
22 July 2019
Monday 10:00-10:45 Get grooving with your toddler! Using colourful props and lots of music we’ll work with you to help your child explore and develop through imaginative movement play. Over the weeks...
Exhibitions
The Gallery, Winchester Discovery Centre
30 March - 26 June 2019
The BP Portrait Award is the most prestigious portrait painting competition in the world. The award is aimed at encouraging artists of all ages to focus upon and develop the theme of portraiture in...
Gosport Gallery
27 April - 06 July 2019
International Garden Photographer of the Year (IGPOTY) is the world’s most prestigious photographic competition and exhibition for garden, plant and botanical photography. Coming to Gosport Gallery...
Eastleigh Museum
11 May - 22 June 2019
A celebration of the work of the Eastleigh College Adult Learners. Join them and view various pieces of creativity! Exhibits range from glass engraving, photography, cake artistry, drawing and...
Music
West End Centre
20 June 2019
Dispatches on the Red Dress is an intimate and adventurous exploration of memory, identity, joy, sorrow, trauma-recovery, bird-song, war and waltzes. Unravelling the urgent message hidden in the folds...
Ashcroft Arts Centre
22 June 2019
This magnetic bond still holds after more than 40 years of attempted escapes and still loved for their total in-yer-face originality, the contrast between the dead pan humour of Barrett and mad...
Theatre
West End Centre
8 July 2019
Join us for a LIVE performance from the Westy Youth Theatre Group (8 - 12 years) Tickets are FREE, with donations welcome on the night. Book your tickets to see Westy Youth Theatre production at...
West End Centre
8 July 2019
Join us for a LIVE performance from the Westy Youth Theatre Group (14 - 19 years) Tickets are FREE, with donations welcome on the night. Book your tickets to see Westy Youth Theatre production at...
West End Centre
9 July 2019
Join us for a LIVE performance from the Westy Youth Theatre Group (12 - 14 years) Tickets are FREE, with donations welcome on the night. Book your tickets to see Westy Youth Theatre production at...
Comedy
West End Centre
19 June 2019
You may know him as “comedy legend”1 Lee Nelson, or as the “unfunny pillock”2 who gave Theresa May a P45, but you won’t know him as “tiny Jew”3 Simon Brodkin. After three hugely successful series of...
Forest Arts Centre
27 June 2019
Cluster-bombed with yoghurt on 'Taskmaster', half-killed on 'Bear Grylls' Celebrity Island', Watson returns to what he's best at: being indoors. Inspired by the mostly alarming state of the world his...
West End Centre
27 June 2019
CARL HUTCHINSON: I KNOW I SHOULDN'T BEHAVE LIKE THIS... As seen on Comedy Central’s Stand Up Central and The Chris Ramsey Show & following a sold-out 2017 tour. Geordie comedian Carl Hutchinson is...
Things to do in Winchester
Winchester City Museum
08 February - 31 July 2019
200 years ago, John Keats was inspired to write his best-loved poem To Autumn during a visit to Winchester. Now you can be inspired by Keats! We invite you to write a poem or create a picture...
The Gallery, Winchester Discovery Centre
30 March - 26 June 2019
The BP Portrait Award is the most prestigious portrait painting competition in the world. The award is aimed at encouraging artists of all ages to focus upon and develop the theme of portraiture in...
Winchester City Museum
29 June 2019
200 years ago, John Keats was inspired to write his best-loved poem To Autumn during a visit to Winchester. Now you can be inspired by Keats! We invite you to a FREE poetry workshop celebrating "The...
Classes
West End Centre
18 June 2019
25 June 2019
2 July 2019
9 July 2019
Westy Community Choir Tuesday 23 April - 9 July 7.30pm - 9pm (no class May 28) Our friendly community choir sings a wide range of songs - from folk classics to harmony-laden pop tunes. For a nyone who...
Forest Arts Centre
17 June 2019
24 June 2019
1 July 2019
8 July 2019
15 July 2019
22 July 2019
Monday 13:00-15:00 An untutored and informal life drawing group. Please bring your own materials and drawing board. Easels are available if required.
Forest Arts Centre
17 June 2019
24 June 2019
1 July 2019
8 July 2019
15 July 2019
22 July 2019
5 August 2019
12 August 2019
19 August 2019
Monday 13:30-15:00 The Parkinson’s Dance class provides a creative, fun and social space where dance sparks imaginations, nurtures expression and empowers our bodies and minds to move and invent as...
Workshops
Forest Arts Centre
19 June 2019
June - Leonardo: Renaissance Man: A meandering stroll through the life and times of the great polymath Leonardo da Vinci. This informal talk will feature many examples of Leonardo's work, notably some...
West End Centre
21 June 2019
12 July 2019
A free drop in session, bring your own projects, access the use of our Janome sewing machines, meet with other sewing lovers and get advice on your projects from a qualified sewing teacher. (adults 18...
Ashcroft Arts Centre
27 June 2019
Explore the art of papier-mâché sculpture, using up to date tools and techniques and readily available materials, come and get messy as you work on creating a unique sculpted figure. Don’t forget to...
Things to do in Hampshire
Red House Museum and Gardens
08 June - 20 July 2019
A programme of family art workshops aimed at children aged 5 - 9 years. Saturday 8 June - Mono Printing Saturday 22 June - Wind Chimes Saturday 6 July - Koinobori Streamers Saturday 20 July - Dinosaur...
Milestones Museum
22 - 23 June 2019
Come and join in the fun at the Milestones Summer Fete on Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 June. Enjoy a good old-fashioned family fete on the cobbled streets of Hampshire’s living history museum, with...
Forest Arts Centre
17 June 2019
24 June 2019
1 July 2019
8 July 2019
15 July 2019
22 July 2019
Monday 10:00-10:45 Get grooving with your toddler! Using colourful props and lots of music we’ll work with you to help your child explore and develop through imaginative movement play. Over the weeks...