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Open Call: REVEAL – Portland and Weymouth Towns of Culture Commissions
b-side BIG weekend 2025
b-side’s Big Weekend honours the spirit of Portland and Weymouth as Towns of Culture 2025, revealing untold stories from our island.
With inspirational artists and communities as your guide, discover memories from the armed forces, moments of joy and resilience in LGBTQ+ lives, and heartfelt testimonies from those seeking asylum.
Whether you’re joining a mass stitching workshop to complete the Portland Dress, or dancing in a boxing ring, come celebrate the extraordinary people, captivating stories, and creative spirit that make Portland truly unique.
PLAN YOUR VISIT
Check out our guide to visiting the island, enjoying the festival, accessibility and more!
Towns of Culture 2025
GET INVOLVED
Feeling creative?
There are lots of ways you can get involved in b-side’s work, whether you’re an artist, young person or just eager to be part of what we do.
Current Programme
Common Lands
Using the Isle of Portland as a microcosm ‘Common Lands’ will explore our relationship to and with land – both here and elsewhere. Common Lands will explore the physical and environmental context: climate change, biodiversity and erosion together with the human context: migration, displacement, land ownership, and rights through community-led research, workshops, seminars and discussion events, artist bursaries, residencies and commissions.
