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
Dorset Moon at Nothe Fort
12th July 2019
- 12th July 2019
Over three weekends more than 41,000 people enjoyed Luke Jerram's monumental Museum of the Moon…
CREATE! 2020 Developing Your Idea
1st August 2020
- 31st August 2020
b-side and Activate Performing Arts teamed up to deliver a FREE sh
b-side Assemblies 01: Art & Activism
17th June 2017
- 17th June 2017
b-side Assemblies: No 1 featured contributions from: Dickie Beau
b-side Assemblies No 2: Embracing Change, Embracing Dementia
28th September 2017
- 28th September 2017
b-side convened an afternoon of discussion exploring how work by artists using the theme of…
b-side Assemblies 04: Making Art in Times of Crisis
28th June 2019
- 28th June 2019
We face one of the biggest catastrophes in our planet's history. Climate change and environmental…
B-side Assemblies 05: Show and Tell
11th August 2020
- 11th August 2020
We know that there is immense value to the sharing of intimate, small scale, creative…
Collections
18th December 2008
- 29th December 2018
Want to see and hear some art or can't make it to the island?
WHY? Festival 2018
13th September 2018
- 13th September 2018
The WHY? festival took place over one weekend during b-side 2018 festival. Produced and programmed…
b-side Festival 2018
7th September 2018
- 7th September 2018
The festival showcased the very best in contemporary art, made in response to this beautiful,…
Get Involved
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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.
