Montserrat Events

Montserrat Events Montserrat Events organises outstanding events delivering the smiles that fill the space. Operations

Montserrat Events was established in March 2021.
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Double winners at the 2025 Gosport Business Awards for the Independent Cultural and Creativity Business of the Year and the The Overall Business Winner of the Year Who and What is Montserrat Events

Background History

It all began with an ambitious plan to run a celebration for the 75th anniversary of VE Day and subsequently VJ day in 2020 and was called LEE VE75. Following the cancellation in 20

20 due to the Coronavirus pandemic it was decided to run the event in 2021 and rebrand the event as The Lee Victory Festival. The organisers were also approached to run the Lee Music Festival which had been operating for several years at a local bar/restaurant in the summer. This was incorporated into their plans to run musical concerts during the Summer under the name Summer Sounds. As the organising team were now planning to run these separate events at different times of the year it was decided to formalise the organisation under an umbrella company and hence Montserrat Events was formed. A group of volunteers was recruited for the LEE VE75 Event and worked on the Victory Festival which was financed by sponsorship from individuals, local organisations, and local businesses. Who are the Directors

Jonathan Moore - Founder/ MD has been a resident of Lee on the Solent since 2009. He has been the driving force behind all of the events seen in Lee and has been instrumental in bringing the team of lead volunteers together. Alan Parry - Operations, is passionate about Lee on the Solent and doing things for the community. Alan has been heavily involved from beginning working closely with Jonathan,

Vaughan Bidewell - Finance, has lived in Lee for many years and enjoys being part of a busy team looking after the financial side of all the events & projects. All three Directors are eager to promote Lee as a vibrant place to live and for businesses to thrive and be successful. As the events have evolved it became apparent that the structure of the business needed to be amended; so that's why in March 22 Alan & Vaughan joined as Directors together with the business changing to a CIC (Community Interest Company) in August 2022 which is overseen by the Regulator of Community Interest Companies. Delivered

Montserrat Events has planned and delivered the following events here in Lee on the Solent. This includes the complete process of complying with Gosport Council’s Safety Advisory Group (SAG) requirements with event plans and policies. Key to the success of the events has been the raising of sponsorship, creating a brand and its awareness, sourcing stalls and vendors, supply partners and entertainment for both adults and children.

2021

Summer in Lee - Summer High Street - Summer Sounds Music Festival - Summer Funfair

Lee Victory Festival

Remembrance Sunday (2021)

Christmas in Lee. All of the above were delivered during 2021, with great success even during the difficult period of Covid19 we’ve experienced.

2022

Lee Beacon22 for the Queens Platinum Jubilee celebrations on the 2nd June

Summer in Lee –- Summer Sounds Music Festival & Summer Market – (20-21) - Summer Funfair - (12-21 August)

​Lee Victory Festival is planned to be organised again for 2023 and 2025 and then hopefully every 2 years from there. Bringing the community together

Montserrat Events has recruited a team of approximately 40 volunteers who support and help with the activities and events and are we have named them the ‘Making People Smile’ team.

​Montserrat Events has supported the following community groups and charities with the following donations being made:

Lee Hub £1,093.00

Gosportarians £500.00

National Coastwatch Institution (NCI) £500.00

Children with Cancer UK, legacy from the Lee Music Festival £1,093.00 in 2021 and for the 2022 event, each charity will be receiving £1,200.00. Hampshire Autism £150.00

The future...
More amazing events will be organised and delivered. Montserrat Events also wants to create community funds for projects which would see assets being provided for the community such as a new Bandstand and an ambitious idea of trying to rebuild the pier or a 'stubby one' that once stood here in Lee. There are lots of other ideas which are brought to the table, and these are discussed with the relevant parties to assess viability. Development of the “Smile Stage”. Here investment has been made into a 7.5t curtain insider lorry to be converted into a mobile entertainment space, which is to be branded as ‘The Smile Stage’ The stage had its first outing in its basic form for the Summer Sounds Charity Music Festival, which was a huge success and we now look forward to many events where the stage can be used. The stage will be available for hire at preferential rates for local charity groups.

Notice: The Montserrat Events website is currently down due to a changing of hosting. We do apologise for this and we ho...
05/06/2026

Notice:
The Montserrat Events website is currently down due to a changing of hosting.

We do apologise for this and we hope to have this resolved soon.

In the meantime if you need any information regarding events, tickets, sponsorship. vendors, eventwiz or to contact us please do send an email to [email protected]

One of our pieces of news - new partnership begins… From an initial conversation back in January, followed by further di...
25/05/2026

One of our pieces of news - new partnership begins…

From an initial conversation back in January, followed by further discussions and a detailed site meeting, I am pleased to announce a creative collaboration with Fantazia Fireworks Limited.

as part of the development of the Hampshire Air Festival’s Saturday evening “Age of Flight Extravaganza”.

Fantazia Fireworks, established in 1985, bring four decades of professional display experience together with a strong working knowledge of aviation events, night-show production, pyrotechnics, music-led show design and large-scale outdoor audiences.

For the 2026 event, Fantazia will be supporting the creative development of the transition between the daytime flying display and the Saturday evening spectacle, helping to shape a musical and visual narrative that carries the story of flight from day into night.

The aim is to create more than a gap between flying and fireworks. It is to build a proper bridge between the two parts of the event — using light, music, atmosphere and carefully timed visual moments to continue the Age of Flight theme as the evening develops.

Tristan Stirling, Display Manager at Fantazia Fireworks Ltd, said:

“What has stood out from the start is Jonathan’s vision for what Hampshire Air Festival can become, and his clear can-do attitude in making that happen. That is exactly the sort of event we want to be involved with. There is real imagination behind it, and we feel Fantazia can bring something worthwhile to the creative development of the Saturday evening show.”

Fantazia’s involvement reflects the shared ambition behind Hampshire Air Festival: to build an event with imagination, technical understanding and a clear sense of theatre, while keeping aviation at the centre of the story.

Further details on the Saturday evening programme will be announced as the event develops.

For Montserrat Events this is a significant collaboration for our new air display event but offers enormous further opportunities - watch this space.

www.montserratevents.co.uk
www.fantaziafireworks.co.uk

Summer in Lee is back in August and is it’s 10th Anniversary since it was started in 2016 raising funds for Children wit...
25/05/2026

Summer in Lee is back in August and is it’s 10th Anniversary since it was started in 2016 raising funds for Children with Cancer UK.

We’re looking for traders to come and be part of the event that’s held on the Marine Parade Promenade seafront in Love Lee on the Solent and create our well attended Smile Emporium.

For stall bookings, this is run through our event platform EventWiz - Register your stall with Category of offering where a user account is created:
https://eventwiz.co.uk/invite/?o=fgRpfXIQ0FjBUYDh&t=1

Once we approve the registration you can book - Log back in using this link : https://eventwiz.co.uk/login/ where you can book & pay for events you wish to attend. It’s an easy process.

Montserrat Events.
A big thank you to Karen - Mad Bag Lady who supports the Emporium bookings & planning.

A little note from the owner; please leave bad language and hostility at home and treat others with courtesy and respect throughout our events. www.montserratevents.co.uk

The path to go green…Another run out for the Anker SOLIX portable power station supplied by our sponsor SA Energy provid...
19/05/2026

The path to go green…

Another run out for the Anker SOLIX portable power station supplied by our sponsor SA Energy providing the power to keep the music running at one of the shanty performance locations of the Tales from the Sea Shanty Festival held last Saturday.

Our plan is to try different scenarios at the events delivered by Montserrat - fact finding as we look at ways of becoming less dependant on using generators…

Bringing people together is what Montserrat Events enjoys doing. With an idea and a seed of six shanty groups just over ...
06/05/2026

Bringing people together is what Montserrat Events enjoys doing.

With an idea and a seed of six shanty groups just over two years ago we are on the verge of the second Tales from the Sea Shanty Festival happening on the 16th May, which will see 22 Shanty groups ascend into Gosport 🏴‍☠️🎶!

It’s great to be able to create a platform for these artists to perform; one of the groups have asked if we could share some details about them - it’s the Not a Mermaid in Sight from the Isle of Wight 😊

Not a Mermaid in Sight to be back again this year at the Tales of the Sea festival. We are into our 7th year and the Isle of Wights first female shanty band.

This season we are back with some extra crew, musicians and fabulous voices. We bring you traditional shanties, old favourites with some new sea songs, with a scattering of some surprises and lots of humour.

Catch us if you can, Not A Mermaid In Sight. We look forward to seeing you on the 16th May. NAMIS

⭐️Shanty performers if you had anything you wish us to share then please send it over 👍

Tales from the Sea - Shanty Festival 2026
Smile Emporium
GoSport Activity Centre
Gosport Marine Festival
Gosport Borough Council
Erasmus Wolfe
The Lightship at Haslar Marina
The Creek at Haslar Marina

The Montserrat Smile Emporium is back to the seafront in Love Lee on the Solent for the St George’s weekend this Saturda...
24/04/2026

The Montserrat Smile Emporium is back to the seafront in Love Lee on the Solent for the St George’s weekend this Saturday & Sunday - Each day from 10am through to 4pm - perhaps a little later on Saturday if the weather is nice!

With over 20 traders on each day, come on down to the Marine Parade promenade around the Solent Gardens to See it, Love it, Own it.

To entertain you we have buskers performing during the day.

⭐️🎤 Saturday 25th April
10am: Philip Davies
11am: Eliza
12noon: Rocks N’ Groynes
1pm: Maxwell Walters
2pm: Tegan
3pm: Eva Nicole
4pm: Available

⭐️🎤 Sunday 26th April
10am: Philip Davies
11am: Available
12noon: Rocks N’ Groynes
1pm: Maxwell Walters
2pm: Lucy Smith
3pm: Gracie & Mickie
4pm: Available

www.montserratevents.co.uk

Here’s Rachael Smart at her first event as part of the Montserrat Events event team, seen here with Sue Goldsmith who we...
20/04/2026

Here’s Rachael Smart at her first event as part of the Montserrat Events event team, seen here with Sue Goldsmith who were both supporting the Smile Emporium at Stubbington on Saturday.

Engaging with the public, handing out promotional material and helping the traders with set up & break down; it was also great to have Rachel’s husband Kevin Smart who’s also joined the team 😎👍.

Looking for to this coming weekend when we see our traders at Love Lee on the Solent Marine Parade Promenade from 10am on Saturday & Sunday.

⭐️ Symphoria Experience ⭐️DJ and Orchestral House Classics LIVEExpect legendary tracks performed live, including:• Strin...
16/04/2026

⭐️ Symphoria Experience ⭐️

DJ and Orchestral House Classics LIVE

Expect legendary tracks performed live, including:

• Strings of Life Rhythm
• Music Sounds Better With You
• Insomnia
• Lola’s Theme
• Right Here Right Now

…and many more dancefloor classics reimagined with a full orchestra.

7th August at Stansted Park, Rowlands Castle, Hampshire, PO9 6DX

Tickets on sale, don’t miss it! Buy yours today at: https://book.events/southcoastevents
Amba Tremain Music South Coast Symphonia

🎧✨ Something special is coming to the South Coast this August…

Join me, Modrocker aka Lee Harris, as we bring you a one of a
kind live music experience, blending the energy of house music with the power of a live orchestra.

I’ll be DJing live alongside the incredible South Coast Symphonia Orchestra, with stunning live vocals from Amba Tremain and more talented performers joining us on the night.

Together with the team at Montserrat Events, we’ve curated a journey through the history of house music, reimagining some of the most iconic tracks you know and love in a completely new way.

I’ll also be joined by my good friend and fellow DJ Damon White, making this a night full of energy, emotion, and unforgettable moments.

🎶 Expect big tunes, live instrumentation, powerful vocals, and a proper dancefloor atmosphere.

All the event details are below, grab your tickets and come be part of something special.

Let’s make it a night to remember 🔥

⭐️ The Symphoria Experience ⭐️

DJ and Orchestral House Classics LIVE

Expect legendary tracks performed live, including:

• Strings of Life Rhythm
• Music Sounds Better With You
• Insomnia
• Lola’s Theme
• Right Here Right Now

…and many more dancefloor classics reimagined with a full orchestra.

7th August at Stansted Park, Rowlands Castle, Hampshire, PO9 6DX

Tickets on sale, don’t miss it! Buy yours today at: https://book.events/southcoastevents

Amba Tremain South Coast Symphonia

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