WHAT'S ON IN THE SOLENT: INDIE GIG GUIDE ROUND-UP W/C 27TH OCTOBER 2025

Oct 2025 by Darren Branch

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The Solent – Hampshire, Dorset & the Isle of Wight

The Solent heads into the final week of October. 

Here’s our pick of what’s on around The Solent this week — a run of shows that mixes international flair with homegrown fire. Icelandic prog-rockers The Vintage Caravan bring towering riffs and icy precision, while Belgium’s Slow Crush channel shoegaze haze into a wall of sound. Dublin’s Inhaler turn adolescent curiosity into stadium-sized ambition, fusing psychedelic edges with pure melodic pull.

Bristol’s The Undercover Hippy brings wit and groove, Ferocious Dog unleash their Celtic-folk energy, and songcraft royalty Beth Nielsen Chapman and Judie Tzuke share the stage for an evening of harmony and history. Add the raw soul of The Cinelli Brothers, carrying the Chicago blues torch into modern times, and you’ve got a week that proves live music around The Solent still stretches from the poetic to the primal.

The Vintage Caravan @ 1865, Southampton

Monday 27th October 2025

Prog rock outfit from lftanes, Iceland.

Slow Crush @ The Joiners, Southampton

Tuesday 28th October 2025

Slow Crush. Surprise You’re Dead Music.

Inhaler @ Portsmouth Guildhall

Wednesday 29th October 2025

Hailing from Dublin, Inhaler are a four piece band who met while they were still at school. They quickly realised their love of dirty bass lines, pounding rhythms and infectious melodies infused with psychedelic soundscapes far outweighed their interest for Pythagoras’s theorem, e=mc², The Merchant Of Venice and Ulysses. Their future would be defined by the mystery, magic and unknown pleasures contained within the grooves of their parents vinyl collections rather than the pages of any torn and tattered textbook. They have each chosen their weapon, with Robert Keating on Bass, Ryan McMahon on Drums, Josh Jenkinson on Lead and Elijah Hewson on Vocals and Rhythm.

The Undercover Hippy @ Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis

Friday 31st October 2025

Folk, hip hop and reggae singer-songwriter from Bristol.

Ferocious Dog @ 1865, Southampton

Friday 31st October 2025

The collective plays folk, with distinct influences from traditional Celtic music, ska, rock and pop.

Beth Nielsen Chapman & Judie Tzuke @ The Anvil, Basingstoke

Friday 31st October 2025

Join two of the most revered female singer-songwriters for an evening of unparalleled music. Appearing together on stage for the first time to perform songs such as ‘Stay With Me Till Dawn’, ‘Sand and Water’, ‘Bring The Rain’, ‘This Kiss’ and their stunning collaboration, ‘Safe’. Alongside their musicians, this is set to be a beautiful night of lyric, song and harmony.

The Cinelli Brothers @ West End Centre, Aldershot

Friday 31st October 2025

Born from a shared love of electric Chicago and Texas blues, The Cinelli Brothers channel the raw energy of the 60s and 70s with a style steeped in Chess, Stax, and Motown soul. Fronted by brothers Marco and Alessandro Cinelli, joined by Tom Julian-Jones and Jorma Gasperi, the quartet fuse vintage tone with fiery originality. Their debut album Babe Please Set Your Alarm landed at number two in the Independent Blues Broadcasters’ Association chart in 2018, earning praise from Classic Rock, Blues Matters, and broadcaster David “Kid” Jensen, who called it his favourite blues record in years.

Follow-ups Villa Jukejoint and No Country For Bluesmen cemented the band’s reputation as one of the UK’s most exciting modern blues acts. With multiple UK Blues Awards nominations — and wins including Best Band and UK Blues Challenge champions — The Cinelli Brothers have taken their retro flair from London’s 100 Club to Memphis and beyond. They stand as proof that the heart of classic rhythm and blues still beats loud, proud, and unmistakably alive in the 21st century.

That’s your ‘The Solent’ gig guide for the week, proof once again that the region is overflowing with grassroots energy  and unmissable live music.

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