Victorious Festival is back for another year, and it’s going to set Portsmouth abuzz across the August bank holiday weekend.
Taking place on Southsea Common, Victorious is one of the most beautifully located music festivals in the UK, with a packed line up performing across 10 or so stages – including a kids stage!
That’s because Victorious is very much a family festival. The music is always the main event, and its fantastic, huge artistes perform each year, but there is so much more than that.
There are loads of food and drink outlets, a real ale village, a spoken word performance area, the skatepark will still be open, there is a mini funfair, a market, loads of merch, games and activities, walkaround performers – just loads of interesting and entertaining stuff to do. The D-Day museum and Southsea Castle are part of the festival area too.
Back to the music though, and the main headliners for each day in 2026 are:
- Friday 28th – Richard Ashcroft, Scissor Sisters, Faithless
- Saturday 29th – The Black Keys, Nile Rodgers & CHIC, Bastille
- Sunday 30th – Kasabian, The Streets, Basement Jaxx
On top of this, you can also catch Rudimental, Dizzee Rascal and Sigrid as special guests across the weekend, plus The Vaccines, The Royston Club, Cast, The Coral, Hard-Fi, Pixie Lott, Vengaboys, Jessie J, Primal Scream, Happy Mondays, Doves, Lottery Winners, Kate Nash, Dylan John Thomas, James Arthur, Kelis, Jalen Ngonda – and I still haven’t mentioned all of the acts performing.
Ticket Information
As is usual with music festivals, there are all sorts of early bird tickets so the sooner you book the cheaper it is likely going to be. You can also pay for extras such as camping, parking, etc.
Anyway, early bird tickets are:
- Adult Day Ticket – £94 for all days
- Adult Weekend Ticket – £239
- Adult Weekend Camping Ticket – £249
A camping ticket also includes entry to the festival for the weekend, so camping is basically an extra tenner. However, parking is not included. There is a standard camping zone and a family camping zone, so pick the one most appropriate for you. These prices do not include fees.
Kids’ tickets can be bought for a few pounds each, even the weekend kids’ ticket is only £30 (or £3 for under 5s), although over 12s must pay the standard rate. This is another reason Victorious is one of the best family festivals in the country.
Remember – these are early bird prices, they will increase as time goes on!
The gates open at 11am every morning and close at 11pm every evening. No re-admittance after 8pm.
It’s worth pointing out that anyone aged 15 or under must be accompanied by an adult aged at least 21.