Welcome to The Solent Metropolitan What's on across the Greater Solent View more Events Mangang Regular event Every Wednesday, 6:30pm Next: Wed 21 Oct 3 venues Southampton, Eastleigh and Winchester Organiser: Mangang Living / Mental Health Salsa & Bachata Regular event Every Wednesday, 7:30pm Next: Wed 21 Oct St. Barnabas Hall / Tracie's Latin Club Southampton Organiser: Tracie's Latin Club Culture / Dance Ballroom & Latin Regular event Every Wednesday, 8pm - 9:30pm Next: Wed 21 Oct 10 Spring Cres, SO17 2GA Southampton Organiser: DM Dance Centre Culture / Dance Film screening and networking event. Wed 21 Oct, 8pm Theatre Royal Portsmouth Organiser: South Coast Creatives Sectors / Creative Photo Talk Thu 22 Oct, 6 - 8pm Aspex Portsmouth Portsmouth Organiser: Pompey Darkroom Part of the series: Turning the Tide, Photo Fringe 2026 Culture / Photography Exhibition: Ripe Blueberries (FRUITFUL) Launch Party Fri 23 Oct, 6pm God's House Tower Southampton Organiser: a space arts Culture / Art & Design Shorts::Cut - Portsmouth's Short Film Festival Fri 23 Oct, 6pm Southsea Cinema & Arts Centre Portsmouth Organiser: Portsmouth Film Society Culture / Screen Royal Marines Experience - opening event Sat 24 Oct Portsmouth Historic Dockyard Portsmouth Sectors / Defence & Military View more Events The broader perspective, for a distinct region. The Solent Metropolitan is an independent media platform championing the Greater Solent's cities: Southampton and Portsmouth, Isle of Wight and towns and villages, all connected by the Solent water on the central southern coast of the UK. Read more about Latest articles View more Articles Past newspaper articles on official creation of the Solent region We've been here before... By Rob Davis Sectors / Regional Development Are we deluded about a better future? Mindset can happen today. While previous articles on here talk of the possibility of grand transport infrastructure, the question is: will it… By Rob Davis Sectors / Regional Development The new infrastructure quangos to watch Source: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/aug/04/what-quangos-set-up-labour With our passion for some… By Rob Davis Sectors / Public Sector Introducing the "Made in Greater Solent" celebration Along the lines of elsewhere, like https://www.madeinnyc.org/ For local manufacturing and makers. Physical and… By Rob Davis Sectors / Regional Development We don't need provincial rivalry Celebrating our 2 great Solent cities. By Rob Davis Culture / Identity Time for Solent Walking into a bank or other institution building, sometimes there are clocks on the wall showing the time in well known places. By Rob Davis Culture / Identity What do great cities do when they need space? New York City does it. London does it. Greater Solent can do it. By Rob Davis Sectors / Design View more Articles Vibrancy happens in three dimensions Championing the Greater Solent region in three dimensions: Culture, Sectors and Living: making up the triple helix of the Solent's "DNA", its identity. Discover Culture Discover Sectors Discover Living Culture, Sectors and Living are interconnected and can help each other grow. We're here to help make that happen, connecting them across the Solent region.
Mangang Regular event Every Wednesday, 6:30pm Next: Wed 21 Oct 3 venues Southampton, Eastleigh and Winchester Organiser: Mangang
Salsa & Bachata Regular event Every Wednesday, 7:30pm Next: Wed 21 Oct St. Barnabas Hall / Tracie's Latin Club Southampton Organiser: Tracie's Latin Club
Ballroom & Latin Regular event Every Wednesday, 8pm - 9:30pm Next: Wed 21 Oct 10 Spring Cres, SO17 2GA Southampton Organiser: DM Dance Centre
Film screening and networking event. Wed 21 Oct, 8pm Theatre Royal Portsmouth Organiser: South Coast Creatives
Exhibition: Ripe Blueberries (FRUITFUL) Launch Party Fri 23 Oct, 6pm God's House Tower Southampton Organiser: a space arts
Shorts::Cut - Portsmouth's Short Film Festival Fri 23 Oct, 6pm Southsea Cinema & Arts Centre Portsmouth Organiser: Portsmouth Film Society
Past newspaper articles on official creation of the Solent region We've been here before... By Rob Davis Sectors / Regional Development
Are we deluded about a better future? Mindset can happen today. While previous articles on here talk of the possibility of grand transport infrastructure, the question is: will it… By Rob Davis Sectors / Regional Development
The new infrastructure quangos to watch Source: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/aug/04/what-quangos-set-up-labour With our passion for some… By Rob Davis Sectors / Public Sector
Introducing the "Made in Greater Solent" celebration Along the lines of elsewhere, like https://www.madeinnyc.org/ For local manufacturing and makers. Physical and… By Rob Davis Sectors / Regional Development
We don't need provincial rivalry Celebrating our 2 great Solent cities. By Rob Davis Culture / Identity
Time for Solent Walking into a bank or other institution building, sometimes there are clocks on the wall showing the time in well known places. By Rob Davis Culture / Identity
What do great cities do when they need space? New York City does it. London does it. Greater Solent can do it. By Rob Davis Sectors / Design
