This is where we thank ALL of the wonderful, generous, kind and amazing local people, organisations and businesses who help to make Portishead Arts Festival happen. We genuinely couldn’t do it without you!

​so many people help us, in all sorts of ways, so we know that we will still be adding to this list for a while! If your name isn’t here - we’d love to add it, so please let us know. 😀🙏

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​​​SPONSORS
Our boundless gratitude for the ongoing support of two wonderful local businesses:

Amanda Johnstone at MUSE BOUTIQUE

All the team at THE PORT BAR.

We can’t thank you enough. 

​VENUES

• Jane and the team and all the congregation at the Beacon Hub and Methodist Church
• The team at Somerset Hall 
• Mike at The Folk Hall 
• All the amazing folk who staffed the Beacon Hub cafe over the weekend

STEWARDS

• Our absolutely FANTASTIC team of volunteer stewards and staff over the whole festival. You are amazing!​

PORTISHEAD CHRISTMAS LIGHTS

• Thank you to the team for helping to put up all the bunting!

PORTISHEAD MARINA

• Boatfolk and all the team at Portishead Marina for enabling our live music events to take place.

 
​MUSIC

• All our amazing musicians and performers who played for free  - see MUSIC for the full list
• All the local music venues who made us so welcome this year:  BS20 Sportsbar / PWMC; Clarence House, H&W, Impero; Siren’s Calling, 
• Sam Rowe and his set-up team - a credit to the town!
• DJs - The Original Pop-Up,  Luke Palmer (DJ ACER) and DJ Rob Nuck 
• The Bands on in Portishead team - Mike Appleton and Glenn Stephen’s
• John Owen for letting us use his lovely marquee again

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ARTISTS

• All the wonderful artists and makers who filled our Art Fair and Makers’ Market this year 

TOURS

• Artist Hamish Young RWA MRSS for sharing his time and expertise to conduct our Sculpture Tours this year
• Wonderful artist and Naturalist Hilary Kington for sharing her knowledge and passion for our local wild spaces and nature reserves

PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION

• Dave White and Alan Harrison for their tireless enthusiasm, passion and hard work in bringing the Annual Open Photography a exhibition and Competition to fruition - each year more successful than the last!
• Everyone who entered the Photo Competition  - we are blown away by the high standard of entries this year 
• The local businesses who so generously donated prizes for the competition - The Royal Inn, The Windmill Inn and NorTech Computers

WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION 

• The stunningly talented Sean Weekly for sharing his wonderful work so generously at the festival this year - and to Sean's dad for stepping in to act as exhibition MC and guide

​SPEAKERS & PERFORMERS

• Writer Ben Banyard for his wonderful live poetry event 
• Poet Deborah Harvey
• Poet Sue Hill
• Poet Chris Tutton
• Harpist Anne Denholm
• Author Richard Collis
• Photographer, author and polymath Jeff Lucas

PRESS & MEDIA

• BBC RADIO BRISTOL • To the mighty Joe Sims and his producer Martin for having us on to the Breakfast Show to talk about the Festival
• To the team at Portishead’s own Enjoy Magazine for coverage of the festival

The ArtPort Committee

• Nicola Holland
• Wahida Phillips
• Glenn Stephens 
• Keith Blundell
• Martin Dowling
• Mellony Taper