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Paulsgrove Carnival
Saturday 21 June
10 am – 5 pm
Allaway Avenue, Paulsgrove
Annual local carnival and procession for all ages and backgrounds to
come together for a fun day.
FREE
Contact Dee Edwards 023 9236 5096
Portsmouth Schools' Music Festival
Wednesday 25 & Thursday 26 June
6.30pm
Portsmouth Guildhall
All 70 schools from the Portsmouth area will be taking part in this annual event. A celebration of youth and young musicians and performers, the two events will feature five choirs of 230 children from Infant, Junior and Secondary schools and local youth orchestras, ensembles and dance groups. Further information on www.schoolsmusic.org
Tickets: £6 - £3, available on the door.
Veterans Day
Friday 27 June
2pm – 4 pm
The Royal Naval Museum
Following the success of last year’s event, join us once again at the Royal Naval Museum to celebrate Veterans Day and enjoy a wartime tea.
FREE to Veterans and their families or FREE with a valid attractive ticket
For further details contact 023 9272 7582
Theatre in the Park
Groundlings Theatre Company
Friday 27, Saturday 28 & Sunday 29 June
7.30 pm
Victoria Park
Groundlings Theatre Company present Twelfth Night and The Importance of Being Earnest over 3 nights in the beautiful surroundings of one of Portsmouth’s favourite parks. For further details and tickets contact 023 9273 7370.
This is a Portsmouth City Council’s Cultural Services and Groundlings Theatre promotion
The New Seekers…. ‘In Perfect Harmony Tour’
Friday 27 June
7.30pm
Kings Theatre, Southsea
The group is celebrating 38 years of concerts and The New Seekers In Perfect Harmony promises that you will re live those magical and exciting memories of the seventies with such memorable hits as I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing, Look What They've Done To My Song Ma, Never Ending Song Of Love, Beg,Steal or Borrow and You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me....to name but a few. For further information visit www.thenewseekers.com
Tickets £15.00 (£2.00 disc: Gold Card only) from
Kings Theatre T. 023 9282 8282
Royal Naval Volunteer Band Festival
Saturday 28 June
8.30 am – 5.30 pm
Guildhall Square
Volunteer Marching bands will perform in Guildhall Square in the morning and in the afternoon there will be concert performances in the Guildhall. For further details contact 023 9282 6722
FREE
Cipher Present: The Phantom of the Opera
Saturday 28 June
8 pm
No. 6 Cinema, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
With a stunning new live music score by Cipher, the grand atmospheric melodrama of the classic 1925 silent version of The Phantom of the Opera starring Lon Chaney provides a perfect vehicle in terror and tragedy for the dark ambient jazz soundscapes of Cipher.
Cipher – saxophonist/flautist Theo Travis and bassist Dave Sturt – have been reinventing music for silent films for live performance since 1996. Their acclaimed scores include Pabst’s Pandora’s Box, Murnau’s The Last Laugh and two Hitchcock classics: The Lodger and Blackmail.
Tickets: £6.00 (£4.50 conc) from 0781 5650753
Tea Dance
Sunday 29 June
1 pm – 5 pm
Guildhall Square
This ever-popular annual event is the perfect way to spend a summer afternoon, either waltzing or jiving to live music or simply enjoying a cup of tea and watching the entertainment. For further details contact 023 9282 6722
This is a Portsmouth City Council’s Events Team promotion 
FREE
