War & Wine Festival

Thursday, May 27th, 2010. Published in Local Events, Music & Bands by Tristan Savage

Jon Lasenby just sent me this update on a brand new 2 day event being held this July 10/11th at The RMA Tavern in Eastney. A grass roots and true DIY mini festival with Punk, folk, hip hop and all the good stuff. Sounds awesome for sure.

War and Wine Festival takes place on the 10th and 11th of July, at the RMA Tavern on Cromwell Road in Southsea, Portsmouth. Day tickets cost £7 for Saturday, £5 for Sunday, weekend tickets are available for just £10, with profits from this years ticket sales going to charity. Tickets now on sale at www.warandwine.org contact ian@warandwine.org

You can check out the full line up HERE and follow them on Facebook HERE. Really liking the poster design too. Good work all round guys.

“As a young teenager growing up in Auckland, New Zealand I would visit Real Groovy records every Saturday.’ War and Wine’s Jon explains. ‘I’d spend a good 2 to 3 hours searching through the endless racks for my next major discovery. I found treasures like Black Flag, Minor Threat, the Circle Jerks, Bad Brains, DRI, 7 Seconds, MC5, Iggy and the Stooges and many more. They shaped my life and gave me friendships that are still in place to this day.’

‘What inspired me was how so many of these bands didn’t rely on record labels or major financial funding. They just did it themselves. The War and Wine Festival has come from the same philosophy. When I met Ian, a man who shared the same thoughts and beliefs, I knew I’d found a kindred spirit. We didn’t want these hard working musicians to go unheard, we wanted to see them play in Portsmouth. We didn’t want to get ripped off by some faceless promoter, we wanted to organise it ourselves.”

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The 2nd Strong Island Ale – Dry Dock No. 1

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012. Published in Features, Food & Drink, Strong Island by Paul Gonella

As you may know each year we run a home brew competition in February where the winning brew has the opportunity to be brewed by Irving & Co Brewing Co. and sold around the city in the summer. Last year’s brew, the Strong Island Hopper Ale, was hugely successful being one of Inving’s best selling ales and selling out so quickly it went through a second brew run. This year’s winning ale is Dry Dock No. 1, originally brewed by Lee Immins, went on sale in some of Portsmouth and Southsea’s pubs over the weekend.

We spoke to The Hole in The Wall in Southsea who said the new ale went down a storm with it being their best seller on Sunday and with almost two barrels empty by the end of the Bank Holiday weekend. Those guys at the Hole in The Wall and their regular ale drinkers know their stuff so for us this was amazing early news with the ale.

To officially launch Dry Dock No. 1 we are having a launch party with the lovely souls at The Belle Isle on Thursday evening. The ale will be on full flow, come down and try a pint or two. As well as being on sale all around the city the ale will also be available in Chichester’s Belle Isle too, so you can drink it away from home for the first time too.

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The Isle Of Wight Randonnee 2012 – Team Strong Island

Monday, May 7th, 2012. Published in Bikes & Cycling, Features by Charlie Thompson

Just over a year ago, a group of Strong Islanders were sat on the Isle of Wight ferry on our way to the yearly Randonnee cycling event; 60 miles around the island spread across 5 checkpoints. Whilst on the crossing we couldn’t help but admire various enthusiasts and their custom team jerseys. Fast forward a year and it is my great pleasure to unveil the Strong Island cycling jersey. Made as a one off for the event, the jersey is our way of representing this city and all the values that come with it. Thanks to the combined designing efforts of Chris Ballingall and Tristan Savage, we were able to produce this clean, retro looking jersey that 11 of Southsea’s finest could wear to conquer the island’s endless hills. Well done chaps.