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Festival 2022

Dorset
8th September 2022 - 11th September 2022

The Festival returned 08 - 11 Sept 2022

It was great to be back!

The Festival made a welcome return in 2022 with some wonderful artistic talent to celebrate, explore and engage with.

Scroll down to see the artists who took us all on an incredible journey around Portland.

Full events programme below too. Try the search function to find a particular event or artist.

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Festival 2022 Slideshow

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  • Fantasy Orchestra at The Pulpit
  • Campfire Conversations
  • 'Off to Get Some Rock' Penny Newell
  • 'Off to Get Some Rock' Penny Newell
  • 'Off to Get Some Rock' Penny Newell
  • 'Off to Get Some Rock' Penny Newell
  • 'Requital.' Babar Suleman
  • 'Requital.' Babar Suleman
  • 'Portland Abstracts' Gemma Stephens
  • 'Portland Abstracts' Gemma Stephens
  • Kevo Stero
  • 'Everyday Portland', Kevo Stero
  • 'Everyday Portland', Kevo Stero
  • 'Everyday Portland', Kevo Stero
  • 'Poetry Ledge' Penny Newell
  • 'Poetry Ledge' Penny Newell
  • 'Poetry Ledge' Penny Newell
  • 'Poetry Ledge' Penny Newell
  • 'Poetry Ledge' Penny Newell
  • 'Tyrolia Mundus Claudia Antonius & Jörg Jozwiak
  • 'Tyrolia Mundus Claudia Antonius & Jörg Jozwiak
  • 'Brandy Row' Exhibition, St Georges Centre
  • 'Brandy Row' Exhibition, St Georges Centre
  • 'Opes and Dreams' New Curators, Chiswell Community Garden
  • New Curators, Chiswell Community Garden
  • BioDiversity Bingo, Alistair Gentry, The George Inn
  • BioDiversity Bingo, Alistair Gentry, The George Inn
  • 'Souvenirs of Place and Love' Exhibition, Richard Tomlinson, Jo Tyler, Antje Rook
  • 'Souvenirs of Place and Love' Exhibition, Richard Tomlinson, Jo Tyler, Antje Rook
  • 'Souvenirs of Place and Love' Exhibition, Richard Tomlinson, Jo Tyler, Antje Rook
  • 'Souvenirs of Place and Love' Exhibition, Richard Tomlinson, Jo Tyler, Antje Rook
  • 'Souvenirs of Place and Love' Exhibition, Richard Tomlinson, Jo Tyler, Antje Rook
  • 'Souvenirs of Place and Love' Exhibition, Richard Tomlinson, Jo Tyler, Antje Rook
  • 'Souvenirs of Place and Love' Exhibition, Richard Tomlinson, Jo Tyler, Antje Rook
  • This Land Exhibition at The Pulpit
  • Keep Portland Weird Parade
  • Keep Portland Weird Parade
  • Keep Portland Weird Parade
  • Keep Portland Weird Parade
  • Keep Portland Weird Parade
  • Christopher Lee Platform Bursary Artist with Portland Museum
  • Alistair Gentry Off Road Mobility Scooter tour
  • Rachel parade ready at front of house
  • Artist: Caitlin Akers
  • Artist: Duncan Whitley
  • Cycling Without Age Trishaw rides
  • Portland Print workshop
  • Pilgrim's Horses, Ioannis Panagiotou & Danguolė Lingytė
  • Pilgrims Horse's Live performance, Danguolė Lingytė
  • One in Twelve, Steve Urquhart
  • b-side Fringe
  • Pink Pippos
  • Pink Pippos
  • Parage hats workshop with Sarah Butterworth
  • Emily Tracy
  • Belinda Zhawi
  • Beats Across Borders
  • Keep Portland Weird parade outfits

Festival 2022 Artists

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Gemma Stephens

Claudia Antonius and Jörg Jozwiak

Kevo Stero and Maasai Mbili

Duncan Whitley

Richard Tomlinson

Caitlin Akers

Joe Borez & James Laming

Ioannis Panagiotou

Christopher Lee

Jo Tyler

New Curators

Katie Surridge

Antje Rook

Clarissa Hustler

Beats Across Borders

Belinda Zhawi

Penny Newell

Babar Suleman

Anna Stoodley

Festival 2022's Events

Events

Portland Parade 2023

17th September 2023
This year's theme is KEEP PORTLAND WEIRD AND WONDERFUL, we are celebrating Portland's amazing biodiversity...

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Events

TYROLIA MUNDUS DEVELOPMENT SITE

8th - 11th September 2022
See for yourself the exclusive proposed development site for the luxury apartment complexes Haus Kitzbühel...

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Events

Trishaw Festival Tours from The Eight Kings

10th - 11th September 2022
We have teamed up with CyclingWithoutAge.org.uk once again to offer FREE trishaw tours around the...

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Trishaw Festival Tours from St Georges Centre

10th - 11th September 2022
We have teamed up with CyclingWithoutAge.org.uk once again to offer FREE trishaw tours around the...

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Events

One night only: the film from Requital

10th September 2022
Meet at the Portland Bill Car Park between 8 and 9.30pm. Once you arrive at...

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Fantasy Orchestra at Church Ope

10th September 2022
The Fantasy Orchestra is an open-to-all community orchestra and choir based in Bristol, Paris and...

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Fantasy Orchestra at Quiddles

9th September 2022
The Fantasy Orchestra is an open-to-all community orchestra and choir based in Bristol, Paris and...

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Fantasy Orchestra at the Festival Hub

8th - 11th September 2022
The Fantasy Orchestra is an open-to-all community orchestra and choir based in Bristol, Paris and...

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Events

Twilight walk

10th September 2022
Join an evening walk along the coast from Sweethill Farm to Pulpit Rock to view...

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Events

b-side Festival Launch Party with Fantasy Orchestra

8th September 2022
The Orchestra's motto is ‘World Peace One Note At A Time’ and brings together over...

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Events

Pilgrims Horses - Live performance

10th September 2022
Live performance featuring artist Ioannis Panagiotou and classical musician DANGUOLĖ LINGYTĖ, 300 jars with copper,...

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Events

Poetry Ledge

8th - 11th September 2022
Join poet and climber Penny Newell on Poetry Ledge - an experiment to bring poetry...

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Events

TYROLIA MUNDUS

8th - 11th September 2022
Tyrolia Mundus - Investment opportunity. The Real Estate Bureau, Portland proudly presents plans by Tyrolia...

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Events

TYROLIA MUNDUS TOURS

8th - 11th September 2022
Exclusive opportunity - Hear more about the proposed luxury apartment complexes Haus Kitzbühel and Haus Wörgl and you all you...

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Events

Requital. The Lighthouse as The Siren

8th - 11th September 2022
The masculine and phallic physical structure of the lighthouse is combined digitally with the typically...

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Events

The Last Landscape - Scratching the Surface

10th September 2022
You’ll be listening to the Portland landscape whilst admiring the unique vista at the most...

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Events

Look Out

9th - 10th September 2022
Emily has been commissioned as part of the This Land project to make work in...

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Events

Pilgrims Horses

8th - 11th September 2022
Commemorating 100 years of the Asia Minor Catastrophe (1922-2022) during which many Greek refugees died...

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Events

Portland Abstracts

8th - 11th September 2022
Gemma has replicated various sites around Portland using a portable wooden toy theatre as her...

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Events

Fringe Benefits

8th - 11th September 2022
Many wonderful Portland residents are part of this year's b-side festival through our popular fringe...

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Events

One in Twelve

8th - 11th September 2022
Steve Urquhart – much of whose career has been spent working and recording in UK...

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Events

Every-day Portland

8th - 11th September 2022
What's happening in YOUR news today? A citizen journalism project, excavating and celebrating the everyday...

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Events

Portland Print Workshop

8th - 11th September 2022
Roll your sleeves up and make a poster that celebrates the uniqueness of Portland. Try...

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Events

Zine Scene at Portland Print Workshop

9th September 2022
Cut, paste, print and fold your very own handmade publication. We will try our hands...

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Events

b-side Festival Hub

8th - 11th September 2022
This is the place to find out ALL the b-side latest! Where to go, what...

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Events

The Last Landscape- Wildlife Walk

9th September 2022
Portland has a distinct ecology relating to its coastal location and limestone geology with habitats...

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Events

WORK IN PROGRESS

10th September 2022
Working mainly in sculpture and installation, Christopher has been working creatively with Portland Museum on...

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Events

The Pink Pippos of Portland

11th September 2022
Part of the b-side fringe The Pink Pippos of Portland' is a new, family-friendly musical,...

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Events

Heart of Stone Dorset Tour 2022

9th September 2022
Heart of Stone is an outdoor theatre community project with original story, music and performance...

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Events

The Portland Office for Imaginary History: Access All Areas, Part 3!

9th September 2022
Join the Portland Office for Imaginary History’s Ranger Alistair Gentry for an off-road expedition to...

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Events

Portland Beatside at Quiddles

9th September 2022
Popping up at various sites over the course of the Festival join the musicians and...

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Events

Portland Beatside at High Angle Battery

10th September 2022
Popping up at various sites over the course of the Festival join the musicians and...

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Events

Portland Beatside at The George Inn

9th - 10th September 2022
Beats Across Borders are the house band for an evening of alternative pub games, mixing...

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Events

b-side Pub Night - Pots n Pints

9th September 2022
Join artist Anna Stoodley for POTS N PINTS - an evening of pottery-in-the-pub fun! Get...

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Events

Viva Voce

9th September 2022
Using the Thames and Exe rivers as a starting point, it traces the movement of...

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Events

Off To Collect Some Rock

8th September 2022
Join us for a unique launch event with poet and climber Penny Newell and silent...

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Events

Portland Beatside at St Georges Centre

8th September 2022
Popping up at various sites over the course of the Festival join the musicians and...

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Events

Who Lived in a House Like This?

10th September 2022
Ever wondered about the significance of the places you might walk past every day? Starting...

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Events

THE NIGHT ABOUT US FILM SCREENING

9th September 2022
End the night with a vodka chaser in the form of a very evocative film...

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Events

Our Common Tools

8th - 11th September 2022
Referencing Portland’s agricultural past the sculptures are inspired by digging tools and the coming together...

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Events

Souvenirs of Place and Love Exhibition

9th - 13th September 2022
Earlier in the year as part of Platinum Jubilee celebrations b-side teamed up with Island...

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Events

LAST MINUTE - KEEP IT WEIRD COSTUME MAKING

11th September 2022
You know it's The Big Portland Parade on Sunday afternoon right? You haven't made an...

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Events

The Last Landscape Exhibition & Giant Map

8th - 11th September 2022
Dominated by the iconic lighthouse the surrounding landscape at Portland Bill is often overlooked. Prior...

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Events

Campfire Conversation: This Land, Your Land, My Land, Whose Land

10th September 2022
Come and join us around the campfire for a conversation about our relationship with land...

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Events

Opes and Dreams : Friends of the Future

8th - 11th September 2022
Take part in creative writing activities hosted by b-side New Curators. They will be on...

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Events

Kimberlin

8th - 11th September 2022
Completed in 2019, with a 2022 cut to be premiered at this year’s festival. The...

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Events

INACCURATE RECORDINGS: MAPPING PORTLAND’S LANDSCAPE USING PRINT AND SOUND

10th September 2022
Explore the weird and wonderful landscape of Portland, focussing in and around the distance between...

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Events

The Big Portland Parade 2022

11th September 2022
This years theme is KEEP PORTLAND WEIRD and everyone is invited to this celebratory parade...

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Festival 2022 Resources

Festival 2022 Guide
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Festival 2022 Guide



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B-Side Easy Read Guide
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B-Side Easy Read Guide



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Festival 2022 Headline Feedback
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Festival 2022 Headline Feedback



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