We are back once again at the local legendary festival on the seafront. Glorious Victorious!

The site has had a change about this year! But the weather is shining, everyone's excited and the bands have already started behind me as I'm sat in press writing this!

This years headliners are Queens of The Stone Age on Friday, Vampire Weekend on the Saturday and the almighty Kings of Leon closing out the Sunday night on the Common Stage!

Friday traditionally being the quieter day of the festival, but it did not disappoint!
Hot wax opened the main stage for the weekend, to a rather rapturous round of applause, and rightly so! A band I hadn't heard of before, but would happily go see again!

For the last few years now, Victorious have been opening the whole day on the Friday rather than the original set up of just the Friday evening and it seems to be going well!
Friday night was closed by the absolute legends that are Queens of The Stone Age. Josh Homme and the guys absolutely blew everyone away with a set that encompassed 99% of the big hits. The amount of QOTSA t shirts and battle jackets which were seen on the Friday gave a definite hint as to who people were there to see!

If you've not been to Victorious before, it comprises of a site which spans a large proportion of the Southsea Seafront. With stages named after what they're used for usually! For example we have the main stage which is affectionately known as "The Common Stage" after Southsea Common and the second stage which is known as "The Castle Stage", as it's on the field adjacent to Southsea Castle, which during the festival becomes known as "Henry's House" and is home to DJs and party vibes!

Victorious prides itself on being a family friendly festivals and this is evident every year through their family area in the festival site itself. Although I don't have children myself, friends and family who visit with theirs in tow, all rave about how good it is. The fact that 99% of the activities are included in the price and that the children are offered items such as free ice lollies, fruit and smoothies! Alongside the performances on stage from Princesses and roaming interactions with characters such as Bluey!

The main stage headline titans continued over the weekend with Vampire Weekend finishing off the Saturday night party! Smashing out hits like A Punk and giving a nod to the recently passed Prince of Darkness, by covering the classic hit "Crazy Train".

Sunday Night was the finale of the festival with Megastars Kings of Leon closing out the main stage to one of the biggest crowds I've ever seen at Victorious Festival!
Everyone who has been talking about the festival, has been saying how excited they are for this headline set and they were right to be.
A blistering set of hits which started with Supersoaker, straight into The Bucket and a raucous rendition of Sex on Fire, closing the show. Accompanied by deafeningly loud sing along from the crowd!

Although we acknowledge some controversy this years with the situation that arose during the Mary Whallopers set over the weekend, we must recognise what a triumph Victorious festival truly is. Hailing from the original small scale event in the Historic Dockyard, to the large scale weekend event which it now encompasses, Victorious has become a local and national staple. It maintains the roots from which it came, employing so many local people and encouraging people from all over the area to visit. But also stands up amongst the large festivals countywide with a stellar line up every year and great set up!
I cannot wait to see what they have in store for next year, as the festival grows and develops year on year!

Bands statement can be found here - https://www.instagram.com/reel/DNsUSU_UFVr/?igsh=ZXVvanNmcGdiaXly
Festivals statement can be found here - https://www.instagram.com/p/DNszcVOagQt/?img_index=1&igsh=djd4a2NqMTAyampq