Victorious Festival
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Victorious Festival is a three-day music festival held in Portsmouth, United Kingdom. It was founded in 2011.[1] In its first year, the festival was named the Victorious Vintage Festival.[2] The first official Victorious Festival was 2013. The festival was held in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, before moving to Southsea Seafront in 2014.[3]
Southsea Castle, Southsea Skatepark, the D-Day Museum and other local attractions are within the festival boundaries and are only accessible to ticket holders during that time.[4]
Victorious has a charitable arm called Victorious in the Community. The aim of this arm is give back to Portsmouth by supporting local charities and good causes in the area.[5] Part of the proceeds from ticket sales is given to the local D-Day Museum.[6]
The 2017 festival extended the duration to include a first night party headlined by Madness. Camping facilities were provided for the 2017 festival at a site at Farlington playing fields after camping on Southsea Common was ruled out. Portsmouth City Council has agreed to allow the festival until 2027 and hoped that the festival would bring over £5.8m a year for the local economy.[7] In 2017, a majority stake in the festival was sold to Global Entertainment with the hopes that bigger acts may be secured in future.[8] Superstruct Entertainment, the live entertainment platform backed by Providence Equity Partners, part-owns the festival after it entered definitive agreement for the acquisition of several live music and entertainment festivals from Global Media & Entertainment in April 2019.[9] The festival is still run and operated by the same local team of people that founded it. The daily capacity of the 2019 festival was 65,000.[10]
The 2020 edition of the festival was cancelled in May 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but returned the following year.[11]
The festival has a significant economic impact on Portsmouth each year. In 2022 the impact was measured at £15m [12] and in 2023 it was estimated to be "around £20m" and is a huge boost to tourism in Portsmouth.[13]
Lineups
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Victorious Festival: Find out about the three friends behind the music extravaganza, The News, 5 February 2016
- ^ a b Victorious Vintage festival attracts 35,000 to Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, The News, 4 June 2012
- ^ Victorious Festival returns to Portsmouth, Buzz, 11 August 2016
- ^ a b Plan journeys to Victorious Festival to avoid delays, Portsmouth City Council, 25 August 2016
- ^ a b [1], Festival Insights 2024
- ^ Victorious Festival raises £43,000 for D-Day Museum, The News, 11 December 2014
- ^ Portsmouth to pocket £58m jackpot thanks to ten-year Victorious Festival contract deal
- ^ Portsmouth’s Victorious Festival is sold in major new deal, The News, 22 March 2017
- ^ "Superstruct Entertainment buys big with UK Festivals". Gig Addict. 17 April 2019.
- ^ "Victorious Festival 2019". eFestivals. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ "Important Announcement". 14 May 2020.
- ^ {{Cite web|url=https://www.standoutmagazine.co.uk/victorious-festival-generates-more-than-15m-for-local-economy/}
- ^ {{Cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2023-08-25/gates-open-at-victorious-festival-with-thousands-expected-to-attend}
- ^ a b c Dizzee Rascal heads Victorious Festival line-up, The News, 1 March 2014
- ^ a b Victorious Festival: 2015 hailed as best yet, The News, published 30 August 2015, updated 31 August 2015
- ^ "Line up Archive". Victorious Festival. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ Chris Broom, Victorious Festival generated £15.5m for Portsmouth's economy, new report shows, The News, 22nd February 2022
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External links
[edit]- Victorious Festival official website