Welcome to The Solent Metropolitan What's on across the Greater Solent View more Events Memory Library Fri 13 Nov - Sat 21 Nov Portsmouth Historic Quarter Portsmouth Organiser: Play Office Culture / Heritage & History Southampton Film Week 2026 Fri 13 Nov - Sun 22 Nov Various Southampton Organiser: City Eye Culture / Screen Men's Wellness Group Meet Every Sunday, 8am Next: Sun 15 Nov Coffee Cup Eastney Portsmouth Organiser: Tribe Southsea Living / Wellbeing How to Live on Earth (Green November screening) Sun 15 Nov, 2 - 4pm Southsea Cinema & Arts Centre Portsmouth Organisers: Southsea Cinema & Arts Centre and Portsmouth Film Society Part of the series: Green November Culture / Science & Nature / Conservation & Climate SBK Sundays - Salsa, Bachata Kizomba in rotation Every Sunday, 6pm Next: Sun 15 Nov Medbar Southampton Organiser: Latin Interactive Culture / Dance Andysmanclub Every Monday, 7pm - 9pm Next: Mon 16 Nov 4 venues Southampton, Fareham, University of Portsmouth and Portsmouth Organiser: Andys Man Club Living / Mental Health Monday Latin Nights Every Monday, 7:30pm Next: Mon 16 Nov Medbar Southampton Organiser: Elite Tiempo Culture / Dance Live Jazz Monthly, 7:15pm Next: Tue 17 Nov The Stage Door Southampton Organiser: Southampton Jazz Club Culture / Music / Jazz View more Events The broader perspective, for a distinct region. The Solent Metropolitan is an independent media platform championing the Greater Solent's cities: Southampton and Portsmouth, Isle of Wight and towns and villages, all connected by the Solent water on the central southern coast of the UK. Read more about Latest articles View more Articles Past newspaper articles on official creation of the Solent region We've been here before... By Rob Davis Sectors / Regional Development Are we deluded about a better future? Mindset can happen today. While previous articles on here talk of the possibility of grand transport infrastructure, the question is: will it… By Rob Davis Sectors / Regional Development The new infrastructure quangos to watch Source: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/aug/04/what-quangos-set-up-labour With our passion for some… By Rob Davis Sectors / Public Sector Introducing the "Made in Greater Solent" celebration Along the lines of elsewhere, like https://www.madeinnyc.org/ For local manufacturing and makers. Physical and… By Rob Davis Sectors / Regional Development We don't need provincial rivalry Celebrating our 2 great Solent cities. By Rob Davis Culture / Identity & Belonging Time for Solent Walking into a bank or other institution building, sometimes there are clocks on the wall showing the time in well known places. By Rob Davis Culture / Identity & Belonging What do great cities do when they need space? New York City does it. London does it. Greater Solent can do it. By Rob Davis Sectors / Design View more Articles Vibrancy happens in three dimensions Championing the Greater Solent region in three dimensions: Culture, Sectors and Living: making up the triple helix of the Solent's "DNA", its identity. Discover Culture Discover Sectors Discover Living Culture, Sectors and Living are interconnected and can help each other grow. We're here to help make that happen, connecting them across the Solent region.
Men's Wellness Group Meet Every Sunday, 8am Next: Sun 15 Nov Coffee Cup Eastney Portsmouth Organiser: Tribe Southsea
How to Live on Earth (Green November screening) Sun 15 Nov, 2 - 4pm Southsea Cinema & Arts Centre Portsmouth Organisers: Southsea Cinema & Arts Centre and Portsmouth Film Society
SBK Sundays - Salsa, Bachata Kizomba in rotation Every Sunday, 6pm Next: Sun 15 Nov Medbar Southampton Organiser: Latin Interactive
Andysmanclub Every Monday, 7pm - 9pm Next: Mon 16 Nov 4 venues Southampton, Fareham, University of Portsmouth and Portsmouth Organiser: Andys Man Club
Live Jazz Monthly, 7:15pm Next: Tue 17 Nov The Stage Door Southampton Organiser: Southampton Jazz Club
Past newspaper articles on official creation of the Solent region We've been here before... By Rob Davis Sectors / Regional Development
Are we deluded about a better future? Mindset can happen today. While previous articles on here talk of the possibility of grand transport infrastructure, the question is: will it… By Rob Davis Sectors / Regional Development
The new infrastructure quangos to watch Source: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/aug/04/what-quangos-set-up-labour With our passion for some… By Rob Davis Sectors / Public Sector
Introducing the "Made in Greater Solent" celebration Along the lines of elsewhere, like https://www.madeinnyc.org/ For local manufacturing and makers. Physical and… By Rob Davis Sectors / Regional Development
We don't need provincial rivalry Celebrating our 2 great Solent cities. By Rob Davis Culture / Identity & Belonging
Time for Solent Walking into a bank or other institution building, sometimes there are clocks on the wall showing the time in well known places. By Rob Davis Culture / Identity & Belonging
What do great cities do when they need space? New York City does it. London does it. Greater Solent can do it. By Rob Davis Sectors / Design
