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.”