Get ready for the hottest weekend of the year with some of Southport’s hottest events!
There is lots to enjoy on the longest weekend with big events including the Summer Solstice Southport at Victoria Park, the Summer Solstice Balearic Party outside The Grand, the Westley Street Summer Festival and more.
Plus – it’s Father’s Day this Sunday!
1 – Summer Solstice Party
The Summer Solstice Party is coming to Southport this summer, with a family-friendly Balearic Carnival.
People can enjoy the longest weekend of the year during a big FREE event with lots to enjoy between 2pm and 6pm on Saturday, 20th June 2026.
Step into a family-friendly Balearic carnival experience under the canopy at The Grand, the Lord Street Hotel and Punch Tarmey’s Irish Bar, along the Lord Street terrace, in the vibrant Northern Quarter area of Southport town centre.
There will be a brilliant line-up of top DJs, including Andy Carroll, Channe and Sunset Ali; children’s entertainers and fairy characters from Regally Royal Entertainment; great music; and plenty of family fun.
You can savour some fabulous food and drink with a great British BBQ created by The Grand Head Chef Lee Hibberd with support from chefs from The Bold.
Expect delicious burgers, jerk chicken, sausages and kebabs, plus ice cream, popcorn, candy floss and more.
Visit: Events Archive – The Grand
2– Summer Solstice Southport
Party-goers can celebrate the longest day of the year with the return of Summer Solstice Southport.
This feel-good, al fresco festival experience takes place 3pm-10pm on Saturday, 20th June 2026.
Summer Solstice Southport will be held in the beautiful surroundings of Victoria Park, Southport PR8 2BZ near Southport town centre with TWO superb stages: In Demand Decades and Southport Disco Festival!
There is music to suit all tastes with the UK’s leading tributes to Madonna and Tina Turner live on the In Demand Decades stage, hosted by radio legend Pete Price.
The Southport Disco Festival stage will see a stellar line-up of DJs who have performed around the world, including Grant Nelson, Mark Pickup, Jagerossa and more.
This premium outdoor event is organised by In Demand Decades, Icon Events and Elite Event Group.
Visit: InDemand Tickets
3 – Wesley Street Summer Festival
Summer Festival coming to Wesley Street this June!
On Saturday 20th June 20 2026, Wesley Street will be the setting for a seaside-themed street party. Punch and Judy shows, children’s entertainment, food and drink, music, and much more!
Organised by the independent businesses of Wesley Street
Free to attend
Saturday 20th June 2026 11am – 5pm
4 – Queenscourt Hospice Open Garden
Queenscourt Hospice said: “We can’t wait to welcome you to our Open Garden this Saturday!
“We have lots of beautiful plants that will be available to purchase.
“We have so many gorgeous plants waiting for you, with even more arriving tomorrow, so there’ll be plenty to choose from. Whether you’re looking to brighten up your garden or treat yourself to something new, you’re sure to find something you love!
“Make a day of it with beautiful garden walks, delicious tea and cake, shopping stalls, games, our fundraising tombola, and a special visit from Queenie!
Queenscourt Hospice Gardens, Town Lane, Southport, PR8 6RE
Saturday 20th June 2026
12pm–4pm
“Bring your friends and family along – we can’t wait to see you there!”
5 – Seaside Screams and Scream Again!
Bijou Cinema, Post Office Avenue, Southport
Saturday 20th June 2026, 9.40am – 7pm
Join organisers in Southport this Midsummer weekend for another day of fun, frolics and fear celebrating the remarkable career of film producer Tony Tenser – at Bijou Cinema. Where else can you see a triple bill of Pamela Green in NAKED AS NATURE INTENDED (1961), Joan Crawford in TROG (1970) and Boris Karloff in Michael Reeves’ THE SORCERERS (1967)?
Day tickets £20 and individual films £8 + booking fee – get your tickets here https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/southport-bijou…/t-aaalked
RUNNING ORDER (Timings may vary slightly):
9.40am – doors open
10am – Tony Tenser trailer reel 1 – 13 mins approx
10.15am – ‘Truffaut of Smut’ David McGillivray interviewed on George Harrison Marks, Pamela Green, and Miller & Long – to introduce the screening of…
11am – Naked as Nature Intended (60 mins)
12-1pm – 1 hour lunch break + Trog book sales & signing
1pm – Tony Tenser trailer reel 2 – 12 mins approx.
1.15pm – Trog (93 mins) + intro
3pm – 15 mins break
3.15pm – Trog panel with the ‘We Belong Dead’ team (45 mins)
4pm – 15 mins break
4.15pm – The Sorcerers (82 mins) + intro
5.50pm – Michael Reeves / The Sorcerers panel and Q&A (55 mins approx.) incl. Reeves biographer Dr Ben Halligan, horror film writer & historian of medicine and psychiatry Dr Jen Wallis, author John Hamilton, and others TBC
7pm – End
6 – Oh What A Night!
The Atkinson, Lord Street, Southport
Saturday 20th June 2026, 7.30pm
Oh What A Night! takes you back in time on a musical journey through the incredible career of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons. Valli’s unmistakable voice dominated the airwaves for more than two decades with classics such as Sherry, Let’s Hang On, Big Girls Don’t Cry, Can’t Take My Eyes Off You, My Eyes Adored You, December 63 (Oh What A Night), Bye Bye Baby, Who Loves You and many, many more. Selling over 100 million records worldwide, Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons secured their place in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1990.
Visit: Oh What A Night! – The Atkinson
7 – Southport Antique, Collector and Vintage Fayre
Dunes Leisure Centre, Esplanade, Southport
Sunday, 21st June 2026, 10am-2pm
Only £1 admission (accompanied children free). 70 stalls of antiques, jewellery, ceramics and glass, coins, militaria, silver, vintage toys and dolls, vinyl records, oriental antiques, vintage artwork, curios and much more!
Visit: (20+) Facebook
8 – Brian and George Fell: Always Something New
The Atkinson, Lord Street, Southport
Saturday 13 June 2026 – Saturday 17 October 2026
Father and son team Brian and George Fell have been working together for over 15 years. Creating public art that has a sense of place at its heart, there are examples of their work all over the country. They both love the physicality of making sculpture. Their partnership, which began when George left school, has supported Brian’s established reputation as an accomplished public artist who can make anything in steel and enabled George to develop his own style.
Now based at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Brian has strong connections with the North West, having grown up in Seaforth and Thornton and trained as a sculptor at Manchester School of Art, supported by Sefton Council. One of his first public art commissions was in Southport, where he designed the railings for the seafront and created the landmark sculptures celebrating Southport’s seagulls and shrimps and some of the familiar characters who performed on the pier, such as the cyclist and the one-legged diver.
The exhibition at the Atkinson highlights key commissions from the past forty years, with a special focus on the work Brian and George have done together. Always making, the show also presents some of the creative work they do for themselves.
Visit: Brian & George Fell: Always Something New – The Atkinson
9 – Zahed Taj-Eddin: ANTIQUITA
Saturday 13 June 2026 – Saturday 10 October 2026
The Atkinson, Lord Street, Southport
ANTIQUITA presents a compelling body of sculptural work by Zahed Taj-Eddin, a Syrian artist and archaeologist. Born in Aleppo, a city shaped by layered civilizations and recent rupture, Taj-Eddin creates works that feel at once unearthed and urgently contemporary. Through clay and bronze, he excavates memory, myth, and collective trauma, forging objects that stand between relic and witness.
Visit: Zahed Taj-Eddin: ANTIQUITA – The Atkinson
10 – Taking Centre Stage: Female Artists in The Atkinson’s Collection
Saturday 13 June 2026 – Saturday 27 February 2027
The Atkinson, Lord Street, Southport
From Alice Mary Havers (1850-1890) to Dame Laura Knight (1877-1970) to Dame Tracey Emin (b.1963), this exhibition charts a trajectory from traditional modes of representation to the diverse expressions of contemporary practice. It invites visitors to consider the range of creative voices by women artists represented within The Atkinson’s fine art collection, connecting their works to the broader history of art.
The Atkinson has collected contemporary art since the 1870s, with each new acquisition reflecting the period in which it was created. Alongside painting, sculpture, ceramics and textiles, the collection now includes photography, film, digital art and mixed-media works.
Visit: Taking Centre Stage: Female Artists in The Atkinson’s Collection – The Atkinson
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