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Workshop has played informal concerts for local charities
since 1989, raising up to £1000 a time!
Concert soundclips
Have a listen to some informal live recordings by visiting this page...
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Play the music Workshop plays
Every concert features new music that's been added to the Workshop Collection, together with many of Workshop's favourite pieces. You can share it!
- Some of Workshop's arrangements are free downloads
- Many can be bought as instant PDF downloads
Previous guitar concerts
In our first 35 years, we played one or two informal Concerts each year and donated the proceeds to charities.
Past concerts 2020-2022
| 53 | Christmas 2022 | for Young Lives vs Cancer |
| 2021 | cancelled due to Coronavirus | |
| 2020 | cancelled due to Coronavirus |
Past concerts 2010-2019
| 52 | Christmas 2019 | for Myeloma UK |
| 51 | Summer 2019 | for the Daisy Garland |
| 50 | Christmas 2018 | for Wessex Cancer Trust |
| 49 | Summer 2018 | for Southampton Music Festival |
| 48 | Christmas 2017 | for Naomi House Children's Hospice |
| 47 | Summer 2017 | for the Samaritans |
| 46 | Christmas 2016 | for the Mayor of Havant's Charity Appeal |
| 45 | Summer 2016 | for the Charlotte Frances May Foundation |
| 44 | Christmas 2015 | for the Rowans Hospice |
| 43 | Summer 2015 | for the Mayor of Havant's Charity Appeal |
| 42 | Christmas 2014 | for Cancer Research UK |
| 41 | Summer 2014 | for Wessex Cancer Trust and Morelands Growing Places |
| 40 | Christmas 2013 | for the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance |
| 39 | Summer 2013 | Workshop's "silver celebration concert" for the Mayor of Havant's Charity Appeal |
| Christmas 2012 | cancelled - venue flooded | |
| 38 | Summer 2012 | for the Portsmouth Samaritans |
| 37 | Christmas 2011 | for the Mayor of Havant's Appeal |
| 36 | Summer 2011 | for Naomi House Children's Hospice |
| 35 | Christmas 2010 | for Havant Women's Aid |
| 34 | Summer 2010 | for The Macmillan Cancer Appeal |
Past concerts 2000-2009
| 33 | Christmas 2009 | for The Mayor of Havant's Appeal |
| 32 | Summer 2009 | 21st birthday concert - for The Izabelle Evans Appeal |
| 31 | Christmas 2008 | for ARC - Arthritis Research Campaign |
| 30 | Summer 2008 | for The Bridge Church's Indian Orphanage Appeal |
| 29 | Christmas 2007 | for St Andrew's Parish Hall Appeal |
| 28 | Summer 2007 | for the Children's Friendship League (Hampshire) |
| 27 | Christmas 2006 | for the Mayor of Havant's Charity Appeal |
| 26 | Summer 2006 | for AFK - Action for Kids |
| 25 | Christmas 2005 | for Diabetes UK and Special Olympics UK |
| 24 | Summer 2005 | for PALS - Partnership for Active Leisure Scheme |
| 23 | Christmas 2004 | for The Portsmouth & District Branch of The Alzheimer's Society |
| 22 | Summer 2004 | for Headway Portsmouth and Wessex Kidney Patients' Association |
| 21 | Christmas 2003 | for The Chernobyl Children's Lifeline - Portsmouth Link |
| 20 | Summer 2003 | featured Workshop and hago in a Fund-Raising Concert for the Rowans Hospice |
| 19 | Christmas 2002 | for The Rocky Appeal and The MRI Scanner Appeal |
| 18 | Summer 2002 | for the PSP Association - read more by clicking on the link |
| 17 | Christmas 2001 | Derek's "Silver Celebration Concert" for The Lord Mayor of Portsmouth's Appeal for Kidney Care |
| 16 | Summer 2001 | for The Mayor Of Havant's Appeal |
| 15 | Christmas 2000 | for Canine Partners for Independence and The Wessex Cancer Trust |
| 14 | Summer 2000 | for The Portsmouth Samaritans and The Rheumatology Trust QA Hospital |
Past concerts 1990-1999
| 13 | Christmas 1999 | for Headway Portsmouth, a charity devoted to the care of Head Injury victims |
| 12 | Summer 1999 | for three different local appeals |
| 11 | Christmas 1998 | raised £1200 for the local Breast Care Unit. Join with us - see, hear, read and play with us! |
| 10 | Spring 1998 | 10th Birthday of Workshop and 100th Birthday of a local hospital |
| 9 | Christmas 1997 | for the Queen Alexandra Hospital's Phoropter Appeal |
| 8 | Christmas 1996 | for Naomi House - the Wessex Children's Hospice |
| 7 | Christmas 1995 | for St Wilfrid's Hospice and the National Asthma Campaign |
| 6 | Christmas 1994 | for the local Macmillan Cancer Nurses |
| 5 | Christmas 1993 | for the Rowans Hospice |
| 4 | Christmas 1992 | for the Mayor of Havant's Appeal |
| 3 | Christmas 1991 | was recorded and excerpts subsequently broadcast on local community radio |
| 2 | Christmas 1990 | for ARMS - Action for Research into Multiple Sclerosis |
Past concerts 1989
| 1 | Christmas 1989 | our first ever |