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se Tower, an archaeology museum about the city’s heritage and located in one of the tower walls; the Medieval Merchant’s House; and Solent Sky, which focuses on aviation.[110] The SeaCity Museum is located in the west wing of the civic centre, formerly occupied by Hampshire Constabulary and the Magistrates’ Court, and focuses on Southampton’s trading history and on the Titanic. The museum received half a million pounds from the National Lottery in addition to interest from numerous private investors and is budgeted at £28 million.

The annual Southampton Boat Show is held in September each year, with over 600 exhibitors present.[111] It runs for just over a week at Mayflower Park on the city’s waterfront, where it has been held since 1968.[112] The Boat Show itself is the climax of Sea City, which runs from April to September each year to celebrate Southampton’s links with the sea.[113]

The largest theatre in the city is the 2,300-capacity Mayflower Theatre (formerly known as the Gaumont), which, as the largest theatre in Southern England outside London, has hosted West End shows such as Les Misérables, The Rocky Horror Show and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, as well as regular visits from Welsh National Opera and English National Ballet. There is also the Nuffield Theatre[114] based at the University of Southampton’s Highfield campus, which is the city’s primary producing theatre. It was awarded The Stage Award for Best Regional Theatre in 2015.[115] It also hosts touring companies and local performing societies (such as Southampton Operatic Society, the Maskers and the University Players).

There are many innovative art galleries in the city. The Southampton City Art Gallery at the Civic Centre is one of the best known and as well as a nationally important Designated Collection, houses several permanent and travelling exhibitions. The Solent Showcase at Southampton Solent University, the John Hansard Gallery at Southampton University as well as smaller galleries including the Art House[116] in Above Bar Street provide a different view.[117] The city’s Bargate is also an art gallery run by the arts organisation «a space». A space also run the Art Vaults project, which creatively uses several of Southampton’s medieval vaults, halls and cellars as venues for contemporary art installations.

In August 2009, work began on a significant project to create a Cultural Quarter in the city centre, on land adjacent to the Guildhall.[118]

Music

The Mayflower Theatre
Southampton has two large live music venues, the Mayflower Theatre (formerly the Gaumont Theatre) and the Guildhall. The Guildhall has seen concerts from a wide range of popular artists including Pink Floyd,[119] David Bowie,[119] Delirious?,[120] Manic Street Preachers,[119] The Killers,[119] The Kaiser Chiefs,[119] Amy Winehouse, Lostprophets, The Midnight Beast, Modestep and All Time Low.[119] It also hosts classical concerts presented by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra,[121] City of Southampton Orchestra,[122] Southampton Concert Orchestra,[123] Southampton Philharmonic Choir[124] Southampton Choral Society,[125] and the City of Southampton (Albion) Band.[citation needed]

The city also has several smaller music venues, including the Engine Rooms,[126] The Talking Heads,[127] The 1865,[128] The Joiners[129] and Turner Sims,[130] as well as smaller «club circuit» venues like Hampton’s and Lennon’s, and a number of public houses including the Platform tavern, the Dolphin, the Blue Keys and many others. The Joiners has played host to such acts as Oasis, Radiohead, Green Day, Suede, PJ Harvey, the Manic Street Preachers, Coldplay, the Verve, the Libertines and Franz Ferdinand, while Hampton’s and Lennon’s have hosted early appearances by Kate Nash, Scouting for Girls and Band of Skulls. The night club, Junk, has been nominated for the UK’s best small nightclub, and plays host to a range of dance music’s top acts.

The city is home or birthplace to a number of contemporary musicians such as R’n’B and garage singer Craig David, Coldplay drummer Will Champion, Voice FM radio presenter Riskology Radcliffe, R.n’B Hip-hop artist Jay Ikwan, former Holloways singer Rob Skipper, 1980s popstar Howard Jones as well as Grammy Award-winning popstar Foxes. The garage scene in Southampton is further championed by the duo Artful Dodger who formed in the city in