Night Currents Festival

03/06/2026

There’s just 4 months to go until October! Which means we’re another month closer to welcoming Brighton pop rock duo ARXX back to Portsmouth 💖

From the hard-hitting ‘Ride or Die’, to synth-heavy ‘Good Boy’, and q***r anthems like ‘Swim’, ARXX’s sets always have everyone singing along and having the absolute best time 🪩🕺🏻

Plus, with album 3 on the way, we might be lucky enough to hear some new tracks too 👀

ARXX join Lime Garden, Prima Queen, SOFY, and more at Night Currents Festival ‘26!

📅 Saturday 3rd October
📍 The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth
🎟️ £27.00 for 12 bands - and no clashes!

02/06/2026

“It has established itself as the city’s leading alternative music festival and showcases 12 acts across the venue’s two stages and guarantees a great day of entertainment for music fans” 🤩

Thank you Darren from In Common for the article! Read the full preview here: https://www.in-common.co.uk/2026/06/02/night-currents-festival-returns-to-wedgewood-rooms-this-autumn/

Popular music festival returns to Portsmouth this autumn.

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31/05/2026

See how the Night Currents Festival 2026 lineup is shaping up so far⚡️

12 artists in 1 venue across 2 stages - and no clashes! How many festivals can say that?

If you’re looking for the best rising acts in the alt pop and indie rock scene, and everything in between, you can find them all in 1 place this October 🌟

Announced so far: Lime Garden, Prima Queen, SOFY, ARXX, SLAG BAND, My First Time, Ain't, Mary Middlefield, and Crysometimes 🤠

🎫 https://www.nightcurrentsfestival.com
📍 The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth
📅 Saturday 3rd October
+ more acts TBA

You’ll be able to grab refreshing pints from Fightback Lager, whose beers and ciders help grassroots venues stay open! 🍻

Pies and mash from Southsea heroes Piecaramba will keep you festival fuelled 🥧

And award-winning local recording studio and rehearsal rooms Southsea Sound will be giving us a hand with backline 🫶

28/05/2026

Our sponsor Southsea Sound won Recording Studio of the Year last night - as they should! Please read through their brilliant post here 👇

28/05/2026

We had a wonderful evening celebrating the local scene and seeing some familiar faces at the Portsmouth Music Awards 2026! Thank you to Matt and the team for making something so special to Portsmouth 🌟

Huge congratulations to The Wedgewood Rooms for winning Venue of the Year for the second year running! They truly are the best and we wouldn’t have Night Currents Festival without the Wedge. Grassroots forever 🏆

And massive congrats to our sponsor Southsea Sound for winning Recording Studio of the Year! Big love to you as always, you’re so important to this community 🫶

24/05/2026

We had the absolute pleasure of catching My First Time’s raucous set in Brighton last night! It was a wickedly fun show - and now we’re even more excited to see them again when they play Night Currents Festival this October 🤠

My First Time will be making their Portsmouth debut playing alongside Lime Garden, Prima Queen, SOFY, ARXX and more ✨

📆 Saturday 3rd October
📍Portsmouth
🎟️ £27.00 for 12 bands, 2 stages, and 0 clashes!

22/05/2026

Ain't were featured in The Line Of Best Fit this week!

Check out the interview to learn more about them and their sound before they make their Portsmouth debut this October ✨

https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/features/interviews/aint-on-the-rise

Ain’t are a no-gimmicks rock band whose crooked guitars, cathartic choruses, and swan-like stage moves may just end up defining this godforsaken epoch.

21/05/2026

Mary Middlefield will be back in the UK this October for Night Currents Festival! 🌹

👉 https://www.nightcurrentsfestival.com 👈

17/05/2026

When planning the Night Currents lineup, there are some bands that just make sense. Rapidly rising Brighton quintet SLAG BAND fit right in 🪩

Known for their high energy live performances, SLAG merge flamboyant art-rock, grungy post-punk, and alternative pop for a uniquely chaotic blend. Having supported bands like Opus Kink, HotWax, and Welly on tour, SLAG have aligned themselves at the centre of the alt scene!

We saw them live last year and our minds were blown. We knew we had to see them at Night Currents 2026 💘

FFO: Shame, Pom Poko, Man/Woman/Chainsaw

📅 Saturday 3rd October
📍 The Wedgewood Rooms
🎟️ https://www.nightcurrentsfestival.com