WHAT’S ON FOR CHILDREN
WHAT’S ON FOR CHILDREN
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Printed programmes are available at all festival venues during the festival.
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Fantastic fun for all the family - BOOK NOW for modelling workshops from AARDMAN ANIMATION
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COMPLETELY FREE ALL YEAR ROUND! Feed the ducks and enjoy the beautiful Bictorian pleasure grounds.
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FREE DROP-IN CREATIVE SESSION FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN UNDER 10 | SUNDAY 9.45-11.45
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PRO GRAFFITI ARTIST ACER ONE will be creating an art mural LIVE on Portishead High St during this year’s festival
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COMPLETELY FREE ALL YEAR ROUND! Stretch your legs, fill your lungs, see some sky, spot some really BIG ships on the edge of the second largest tidal range in the world.
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FREE Stepping Stones Dance Group will be performing at Somerset Hall Sunday 25th 2pm
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FREE INTERACTIVE STORYTELLING SESSION FOR FAMILIES OF CHILDREN AGED 4+
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WOW! Learn to write your name graffiti-style, with a professional graffiti artist from Graffarty - BOOK NOW yo tag yourself a place on a graffiti art workshop
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FREE EVENT | Afternoon Concert at St.Peter’s | Posset Opera, Portishead Choral Society and Portishead Youth Choirs, conducted by Katherine Everett. Saturday 24th September at 2.30pm
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FREE | Grab your cameras for this Ranger-led walk around Portbury Wharf Nature Reserve, with access to areas not usually open to the public.
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CALLING LOCAL AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHERS OF ALL AGES! We want to see how you interpret our competition theme! Images courtesy of Alan Harrison

SING LIKE ​A PIRATE

Don't expect to get away without singing like a true pirate - it's The Kilkenny Bay Steamers!

STRETCH YOUR LEGS - AND SEE SOME SKY

If you live in Bristol, you may not even know how much Portishead has to offer, just half an hour away. Come and stretch your legs, see some sky, breathe some fresh air.

RETAIL THERAPY
(SUPPORTING ALL OUR LOCAL ARTISTS & MAKERS)

Indulge in a little retail therapy, with unique hand-made items from over 50 local artists and makers at our venues Somerset Hall and Methodist Hall. knowing that you are shopping locally and sustainably and supporting local businesses.
Don't miss award-winning pastel artist Michelle Lucking's stunning hyper real paintings on display in Somerset Hall

SIMPLE
​PLEASURES
​Feed the ducks (seed only please - you can buy it at the cafe on the park), visit the play park, ride a pedalo, have a coffee or an ice cream, run around safely - all in Portishead's glorious pleasure gardens on the sea's edge.

STEPHANIE GAY | SILK ARTIST

Drop in to Somerset Hall to see artist Stephanie Gay's stunning paintings painted directly onto Chinese silk.

DANCE UP A STORM

Everyone will be dancing in the streets again at this year's festival as we LeRoc around the clock
with Portishead LeRoc

DO SOME SHIP SPOTTING

Did you know that Battery Point is the closest point in the UK that big ships come to the coast? (And we also have the second largest tidal range in the world!)

Take a walk along the front at Portishead, between the Severn Sea and the beautiful Victorian pleasure gardens - maybe you'll get to see the ships roll in from all around the world.