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About Southampton Summer Sessions
Southampton Summer Sessions is a grassroots music venue in Guildhall Square (Cultural Quarter), Southampton. Bring your own PA, mics and instruments.
Southampton Summer Sessions books Pop, DJ / Electronic acts. Both original music and covers are welcome. This listing is part of the Southampton venue directory.
Southampton Summer Sessions (officially TK Maxx presents Southampton Summer Sessions) is an annual open-air summer concert series staged in Guildhall Square (Above Bar Street, SO14 7DU), turning the city's Cultural Quarter into a temporary outdoor arena. The 2026 edition runs across roughly ten nights through June (12-27 June) with a broad bill of internationally renowned headliners — Amy Macdonald, The Beach Boys, Paul Weller, Billy Ocean, Garbage and Pete Tong's Ibiza Classics among them — spanning rock, pop, soul and electronic. It's a promoted festival-style event series rather than a year-round venue, but a major fixture in Southampton's live-music calendar.
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Southampton Summer Sessions books Pop, DJ / Electronic. Both original music and covers are welcome. Browse artist profiles by genre on GigXchange.
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Guildhall Square, Above Bar Street, Guildhall Square (Cultural Quarter), Southampton, SO14 7DU. See the map below for directions. Browse more Southampton venues nearby.
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