Victorious Festival

2022 - 8 - 26

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Victorious Festival: Train journeys into Portsmouth could be delayed ... (Portsmouth News)

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‘I’d encourage people to check before they travel this coming weekend as there may be changes to train times. We can’t guarantee the weather will be good, but our main routes to the coast will be open so people can head out and enjoy a few days off.’ Other closures include the lines between Aldershot and Alton, Guildford and Leatherhead/Surbiton, in Surrey and Hounslow and Windsor / Virginia Water in London. Although the majority of the railway network is open, there will be some line closures between Saturday and Monday. FESTIVAL-goers and those seeking to travel by train to Portsmouth are being warned there could be delays to railway services in the area this weekend. [ upon Southsea to attend the Victorious Festival.](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/victorious-festival-2022-live-blog-musical-extravaganza-returns-to-portsmouth-today-3820346)

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Carry on the party after Victorious Festival with Punchfunk's ... (Portsmouth News)

Chris Vaux created the nights in 2004, as he recalls: 'I was 24 years old, I had just won a DJ competition and when I had come through that I wanted a platform ...

Mentally, for me and Simon, and the rest of the community in Portsmouth, it was a real shockwave, and we decided that we'd call it a day, and that maybe the energy had gone with him.’ ‘Back in 2004, me, Matt and Simon went up to see The Prodigy in London. Since then, Keith (Flint, Prodigy vocalist and dancer) died in similar circumstances to Matt – and Keith was a hero of Matt's. ‘Matt was a big part of our lives, a big part of the night – a really positive driving force behind everything we did. We had nights in London, we took it to Ibiza, had some nights in Europe, it was pretty crazy. So I came up with Punchfunk – rather than just play one genre or style of music, it was an opportunity to bring a few different energies and styles together.

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