B-Side Arts Festival
internationally recognised and locally loved arts organisation
b-side has a wide range of projects that run across days, weeks and even years.
b-side is not just a festival, we commission a whole range of art, research, events and activities throughout the year – take a look below.
b-side is currently running Common Lands, the over-arching theme for our programme of work over the coming years. In 2022-2023 Common Lands focuses on This Land – a project exploring and celebrating the unique natural and built heritage of the Isle of Portland.
Explore our current projects
Who Do We Think We Are?
4th December 2023
- 4th December 2026
A project that explores ancestry, identity and personal histories.
Common Lands
1st January 2021
- 22nd November 2026
Common Lands is the over-arching theme for our programme of work over the coming years.
REVEAL Portland & Weymouth Towns of Culture 2025
1st January 2025
- 31st December 2025
A year of revealing and celebrating our towns brilliant cultures.
The Portland Dress
1st January 2025
- 1st September 2025
The Portland Dress will celebrate heritage, identity and personal histories
CREATE! 2025 – a free course for emerging creatives
1st October 2024
- 1st February 2025
A free course for people based in Dorset who have creative events ideas
The Great Gale
1st November 2024
- 30th November 2024
A project to commemorate The Great Gale of 1824
Who Do We Think We Are? b-side festival 2024
5th September 2024
- 8th September 2024
Photo's, films and artists from the 2024 festival
b-side Fringe festival 2024
31st August 2024
- 8th September 2024
b-side Fringe is back 31 Aug - 08 Sept 2024
Get Involved
Calling all collaborators
Whether you’re a venue-owner who’s got a great space, a resident who wants to help fundraise, or you’d just like to help out - get in touch.
