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
b-side Assemblies 01: Art & Activism
17th June 2017
- 17th June 2017
b-side Assemblies: No 1 featured contributions from: Dickie Beau
Into Dust
1st February 2017
- 1st February 2017
Following on from hosting Shame Chorus (an uplifting music project about shame and sexuality) during…
Festival 2016
9th September 2016
- 9th September 2016
b-side returned to the Isle of Portland in September 2016 showcasing the very best in…
End Matter – The Loss Adjusters
16th May 2015
- 16th May 2015
Portland has been shaped and hollowed out over centuries by convicts and quarrymen to provide…
Outpost Project Space
1st January 2015
- 1st January 2015
Situated on Fortuneswell High Street on the isle of Portland, Outpost is a space managed…
b-side Festival 2014
5th September 2014
- 5th September 2014
A programme of original work sometimes poignant or challenging, sometimes celebratory and frequently witty.
Text Outside a Book
2nd June 2014
- 2nd June 2014
Tophill Library and The Sugar Loaf Cafe welcomed b-side artists Ania Bas and Paul Soulellis.…
b-roads Youth Employment Programme
1st January 2013
- 1st January 2013
"An exceptional pilot project that has far exceeded expectations and outcomes.
b-side Festival 2012
1st September 2012
- 1st September 2012
b-side festival 2012 took place in Weymouth & Portland across two sites as part of…
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