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Southsea Food Festival, one of the South's biggest food festival returns on the 4 & 5 July 2026!
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26/06/2026

🍔🎵 Southsea Food Festival in partnership with Hendy Group isn’t just about amazing food and drink – there’s also a fantastic line-up of live music to enjoy!

Join us on Saturday 4 & Sunday 5 July, with live performances courtesy of The Wedgewood Rooms. Featuring local artists including The Machete, Waif & Stray, Hometown Show, Chris Ricketts, Tesoro, Blessed, Foxbridge and more.

Come along, soak up the atmosphere, and enjoy a great weekend by the sea! 🌊

Check out the full line up: https://rediscoverportsmouth.co.uk/events/southsea-food-festival-4-5-july-2026/

25/06/2026

🥳Southsea Food Festival in partnership with Hendy Group is not far away now🎉
There'll be loads of local businesses at the festival, showing off their products! Together they'll fill the Southsea streets with different flavours and tastes😋

Expect to see:
Fries Love Event
Need Street Food
Croxton's
The Drunken Barman
Baked by Sweet Tooth
Beaky Blinders
Justasia
The Portsmouth Distillery Co.
Piecaramba
+ many more!

Check out the full trader list here https://rediscoverportsmouth.co.uk/traders-list-for-southsea-food-fesitval-2026/

20/06/2026

One to look out for at Southsea Food Festival 👀
Baked by Sweet Tooth has quickly become a local favourite, known for handmade cookies and its roots in Portsmouth’s food scene.

They’ll be bringing a brand new summer menu for visitors to try, and will also be featuring on the Waitrose Kitchen Stage with Express FM on Saturday 4th🍪
Get down and see them there!

Find out more https://rediscoverportsmouth.co.uk/baked-by-sweet-tooth-share-local-business-growth/

19/06/2026

🥳It's not too long now until Southsea Food Festival 🎉

There'll be loads of local businesses at the festival, showing off their products! Together they'll fill the Southsea streets with different flavours and tastes!

4 & 5 July is going to be delicious! 😋

Find out more - https://rediscoverportsmouth.co.uk/events/southsea-food-festival-4-5-july-2026/

18/06/2026

We’re excited to welcome a record number of incredible local and regional businesses this year, making the festival bigger and better than ever 🙌

🙏 A huge thank you to our sponsors Hendy Group and Nation Radio South with support from the amazing:
Portsmouth's Express FM
Hampshire Flag Company
Hovertravel Ltd
The Southsea Deli
Victorious Festival
Waitrose & Partners

Your support helps bring this event to life by supporting local businesses, boosting our community, and showcasing the very best of Portsmouth ❤️
And of course, thank YOU to everyone who comes along each year - we can’t wait to welcome you back!

👉 Find out more: https://rediscoverportsmouth.co.uk/events/southsea-food-festival-4-5-july-2026/

12/06/2026

Want to experience the festival in a whole new way? Try out our NEW tasting tour partnered with local food expert James Donougher from Portsmouth Foodguide!

✨ You’ll visit three independently selected traders or venues, hear the stories behind the food, and enjoy three delicious tasting dishes along the way.
🎟️ Tickets: £18 + booking fee
👉 Find out more and book here: https://portsmouthfoodguide.co.uk/events/

Prefer to go solo? Our new self-led trailing tour will give you the option to independently find traders offering smaller samples so you can experience more flavours! Just follow the bunting around the festival to find the traders participating 😋

11/06/2026

🔥 The Waitrose Kitchen Stage is BACK at Southsea Food Festival! 🔥

We’re so excited to bring back one of last year’s highlights and this year it’s bigger, tastier, and packed with even more talent 👨‍🍳

Hosted by Daniel from The Southsea Deli, join us for live cooking, expert tips, great conversations, and plenty of laughs all hosted by the brilliant Express FM 🎙️

🍽️ Featuring an incredible line-up, including:

Smoke & Mirrors Portsmouth
The Smokin' Elk
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Natty’s Jerk
Astles of Portsmouth - Award Winning Family Butchers
…and many more amazing local favourites!

Expect flavour-packed demos, insider secrets, and a real taste of what makes our food scene so special. We can’t wait to see what this year’s Kitchen Stage brings! ✨

09/06/2026

The countdown is on! Less than one month to go until Southsea Food Festival in partnership with Hendy! 🎉🍴

This year is going to be a corker🍾 as we join the Portsmouth 100 celebrations and welcome 100 food and drink stalls taking over Palmerston Road, Clarendon Road, Osbourne Road and Avenue De Caen.

✨Plus:
🍽️ NEW Taste Trail with Portsmouth Foodguide
👨‍🍳 Waitrose Kitchen Stage packed with top tips from the pros
🎶 Live music and family entertainment

Whether you're a foodie, fussy, vegan, veggie, gluten-free, dairy-free, or just love a bit of grub - then there's something for you

⭐Put it in your diary - Saturday and Sunday, 4 & 5 July

Find out more https://rediscoverportsmouth.co.uk/events/southsea-food-festival-4-5-july-2026/

06/05/2026

🍴 Eat the Island: bringing local food and drink businesses together.
This is a free networking event for food, drink and hospitality businesses across Portsmouth and the South Coast.

Hosted by Meat & Barrel, the event marks the official launch of Southsea Food Festival – recently named Event of the Year at the Portsmouth Business Awards 🙌

📅 Thursday 4 June
⏰ 9.30am–12 noon

It’s a chance for producers, retailers and hospitality venues to connect, showcase products, share ideas and hear short, practical talks focused on business growth and collaboration.

👉 Free to attend – register now https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/eat-the-island-food-and-drink-industry-networking-tickets-1987807587003

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Saturday	10am - 4pm
Sunday	10am - 5pm

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https://rediscoverportsmouth.co.uk/events/southsea-food-festival-4-5-july-2026/

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