SailGP Grand Prix Après-Sail music event with Jess Glynne and Craig David headlining, plus live racing.
Craig David and Jess Glynne are headlining the Après-Sail concerts at the Waterfront Grandstands on the weekend of 25 and 26 July, as part of the SailGP Grand Prix coming to Portsmouth. It's a two-night run: Jess Glynne plays on Saturday and Craig David takes over on Sunday. Both sets go out from the main stage, with giant screens across the Race Stadium so you can see the action even if you're not right at the front.
There's a bit more to it than just the main stage, too. Craig David is also doing a DJ set from the bridges at the new VELA Beach Club, so he'll be playing in two different spots over the course of the weekend. The whole thing is built around the SailGP Grand Prix, which is the eighth stop of the 2026 season. That means twelve national teams racing F50 catamarans at high speed, with DJs, presenters and other activations running alongside the racing. The concerts are the Après-Sail part of that — the music that follows the racing on the water.
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It's an all-ages event, so it works as a family day out as much as a night for music fans. Tickets are sold through Tickets.SailGP.com/Portsmouth, and there are a few different ways to do it: the VELA Beach Club, the Premium Waterfront Grandstand, and the standard Waterfront Grandstand. The concerts run Saturday and Sunday nights, with Jess Glynne on the 25th and Craig David on the 26th.
