Music bonanza for skate park
Portsmouth’s indoor skate park – opened last year inside a disused supermarket – is set to host its first music festival.
Pitt Street Indoor Skate Park, at the former site of Sainsbury’s on Commercial Road, will host the ‘Bank Holiday Bonanza’ on May 26, 27, and 28 which promises to be an event where ‘music, adrenaline, and excitement collide’. The three-day event will run fromSaturdaytothebankholiday Monday.
The festival will feature musicfrompunk,hip-hopand psychedelic artists alongside ‘thrilling’ displays of extreme sportssuchasskateboarding, BMXing, scootering, and inline rollerblading. Food and drinkwillalsobeonofferfrom independent traders.
Pitt Street Indoor SkateparkfounderJakeSkinner said: ‘Pitt St Bank Holiday Bonanza is the perfect way of showcasing local talent and a wide variety of different creative expressions from around the county. Not only do we have a plethora of alternative sounds on the main stage and in the temple wheels, where wewillbehostingrollerdiscos and late night disco parties.
‘The skatepark remains fully functioning throughout the weekend accessible for public use along with jams, prizes, and giveaways. If you didn’t already know, we are a non-profit here at Pitt St so all the money made from this eventgoesintokeepingthefire burning.’
Pitt Street opened to the public last December as the result of a long-held ambition byJacobtoopenanundercover skate park in the city.
Therewillalsobecompetitionsrunningeachafternoon – with BMX on Friday, inline skatingonSaturdayandskateboarding on Sunday.