- Urban Wild on the Common 2026
- Punk Poetry, Protest & Pantry news (August newsletter & Autumn what’s on)
- A Warm Welcome at Bitterne Station – Our First Friday Pantry at our new home!
- The Art House pop-up pantry at Bitterne Station open day!
- Event announcement: Valentine Noire with Jason Buck
- Gig Announcement: Grant Sharkey’s 24th Album Launch
- Bunkerfest 2024 Recap – a community effort that raised over £1200!
- Special guest for this month’s Moving Voices
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Bunkerfest 2024 Recap – a community effort that raised over £1200!
Bunkerfest 2024 was a huge success, raising over £1200 for the Community Pantry – and we couldn’t have done it without you! The money raised (after event costs have been taken out) will go to funding our regular pop-up pantry … Continue reading
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The Shed!
In February, when we were planning ahead to become a pop-up, we asked our community to fund a lockable storage box at Board in the City for our pop-up community pantry which we’ll be holding there every Friday 11am – … Continue reading
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Beautiful Garbage – Bunker178 set and decor
Jez here. Nic Beck and I were hard at it yesterday creating sets and signage for Bunker178 Events – The Art House pop ups! Using our #BeautifulGarbage method, everything used was repurposed, scavenged, materials we already had and found objects/materials. … Continue reading
One Last Glorious Time at The Art House – short film
On Sunday 17 March 2024, we invited our Patrons and crew to the ‘Last Chance Salon’, a private final night at The Art House before we had to pack up. Many of you, our Patreon supporters, were there – but … Continue reading
Au revoir 178 Above Bar
Tomorrow, we will hand the keys back after 15 years. This building, 178 Above Bar St, is coming to the end of its history, with just seven years to run in the headlease and council plans to sell all of … Continue reading
Save our venues
As we spend this week dismantling the arts and performance venue we worked so hard to create over 15 years, we decided to remove our sign last night. Why did we go to the trouble of doing this and not … Continue reading
On our name and neurodivergence (it’ll make sense in a minute).
We didn’t choose the name ‘The Art House’, we inherited it from the business before us, but we had a lot of fun punning with the name, as did our detractors. The ART House because it’s a house where art … Continue reading
Introducing Bunker178 Events – the next evolution of this project!
Bunker178, post apocalyptic performance pop up – a safe haven in these times, popping up with events, performances, happenings and a community pantry. Happy 1st March! As we move into our last month at our current home, we wanted to update you … Continue reading
The Wheel of Kindness – paying it forward
Paying it forward – our wheel of kindness and what it means. We’re so pleased that our ‘Wheel on Kindness’ is now in regular use. Folks dropping in are either paying forward a hot drink or soup for somebody else, … Continue reading