WemsFest

19/06/2026

lil low-tide 🌊 snap of where we live. you can't hear audio on this post on Facebook but you can on Instagram - we chose the 🎶 Gnoss tune ‘Gordon’s’ to accompany the post because
1. Gnoss are coming to play here on Sunday 🙌🏼
2. We know two very special Gordons 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️❤️ 🦢 and are grateful for all they give to

16/06/2026

Thrilled to be on this tour! The Unthanks will come to WemsFest at Portsmouth Guildhall on Sunday 11th December 🎶❤️🎵 tickets go on sale this Friday 12pm!

Hello Unthanks community! Tickets go on sale midday Friday for The Unthanks In Winter. Some really beautiful venues!?

16/06/2026

We loved having the Tannahill Weavers back at WemsFest last month!

Here's a quick clip of the boys belting out the tunes on , , , &

Haste ye back!

16/06/2026

El Pony Pisador returning to WemsFest!

🎶 El Pony Pisador 🎵
🗓️ Wednesday 4th November
📍 Westbourne community hall (AKA Westbourne Club), River Street, Westbourne (near Emsworth), West Suss*x, PO10 8TG
🕗 Doors open 7.30 for an 8pm show, unreserved limited seating with plenty of room for dancing

🎫 Tickets on sale now at Bookends and Harbour Records Emsworth in village, at The Westbourne Cafe in Village, & online at www.WeGotTickets.com/WemsFest
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made their WemsFest debut last autumn, selling out two nights back-to-back in and , and due to the enthusiasm of the audience we immediately booked them for 12 months later.

Now we can finally announce that tour! Get your smiles ready cause they're gonna be as bright as the band's in this photo when they come back to town
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As always, we’ll have a licensed bar serving Langham Brewery 🍻 as well as wine, local cider, and a range of non alcoholic drinks

Limited unreserved seating with lots of room for dancing

All profits from bar and ticket sales are reinvested into our local community, delivering musical workshops in local schools each October in celebration of

08/06/2026

Future dub from Ancient !

Fusing the mystical energy and instruments of traditional music and song to create heavy, meditative driving lines of dub music to fill the dance floor

🎶 An Dannsa Dub 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🎵
🗓️ Friday 11th September
📍 Westbourne community hall (AKA Westbourne Club), River Street, Westbourne (near Emsworth), West Suss*x, PO10 8TG
🕗 Doors open 7.30 for an 8pm show, unreserved seating

🎫 Tickets on sale now at Bookends and Harbour Records Emsworth in village, at The Westbourne Cafe in Village, & online at www.WeGotTickets.com/WemsFest
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As always, we’ll have a licensed bar serving Langham Brewery 🍻 as well as wine, local cider, and a range of non alcoholic drinks

Limited unreserved seating with lots of room for dancing

All profits from bar and ticket sales are reinvested into our local community, delivering musical workshops in local schools each October in celebration of Black History Month

08/06/2026

What a team!!!! Huge thanks to our all-volunteer crew who last night made a beautiful concert happen 🙏🏽 As WemsFest is entirely volunteer-run, the gigs wouldn’t happen without the freely-given hard work and dedication from these folks (and more who didn’t want to be in the photo). We work on the premise that we want to give something back to the community where we live - and think we’d all agree that it is a joy to do so 🎶❤️🎵 (especially when the result is sound bathing with John McCusker Trio - John McCusker, Sam Kelly, & Toby Shaer!)

Volunteers' Week

07/06/2026

All set up for John McCusker Trio - John McCusker, Sam Kelly, & Toby Shaer at AKA Southbourne Village Hall tonight! 🎶❤️🎵

06/06/2026

More snaps of our lovely ! It may be Volunteers' Week but WemsFest needs (and loves) its volunteers year-round. Here’s a pic of Sally, Tony, and Nikki having a little fun at our concert with and and African Night Fever at thelensportsmouth Portsmouth Guildhall earlier this year

04/06/2026

Barry ‘The Fish’ Melton coming to WemsFest one last time 🎶❤️🎵

🎶 Barry 'The Fish' Melton, with The Psych Unit & Under The Stars
🗓️ Sunday 9th August
📍 The Havana, 3 Little London, Chichester, PO19 1PH
🕖 Doors open 7.30 for an 8pm show, unreserved seating
🍷 Licensed bar 🍻

🎫 Tickets on sale now at Bookends and Harbour Records Emsworth in Emsworth village, at The Westbourne Cafe in Westbourne Village, & online at www.WeGotTickets.com/WemsFest

*Please note that The Havana is unfortunately not wheelchair-accessible
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On his farewell UK tour, one of the stalwarts of Country Joe & The Fish breezes into Chichester - accompanied by The Psych Unit, and top Jerry Garcia tribute band 'Under the Stars', who feature 3 members of Jamasutra.

A laid-back evening harkening back to California hippiedom !
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All profits from bar and ticket sales are reinvested into our local community, delivering musical school workshops during Black History Month.

This year our charity bucket on the bar is supporting relationships & s*x education in local schools, delivered by Pregnancy Options Centre - please do help us support this important work

If you require special assistance or have mobility difficulties, please contact us in advance at [email protected] or 07802 500 050 and we will do our very best to accommodate you so that you are comfortable

03/06/2026

Well to celebrate Volunteers' Week 2026 we promised some behind the scenes volunteer footage - but perhaps we are peaking with the first post - we LOVE this photo of WemsFest volunteers Liz and Louise pondering the utility of their Christmas cracker contents 😂

Photo taken at our annual thank you lunch for our dedicated volunteers at the utterly delicious Fat Olives 🤤🍽️

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