MUSIC @ARTPORT

Our amazing local music venues hosting this year’s ArtPort Festival musicians. 
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All our music and dance events are free entry

WHAT’S ON AND WHERE

SATURDAY 23rd SEPTEMBER

MAIN STAGE
​Marina Square, outside H&W, on the Marina. (Inside if wet weather)
12.00PM • The 85’ers
1.00PM • Poundshop Life
2.00PM • Seb Hawley
3.00PM • Stubbs’ Yard
4.15PM • The Rhynes
5.30PM • Ritual Legends
8.00PM • Born & Brewed
9.30PM • Sonic Alert

SUNDAY 24th SEPTEMBER

THE POACHER
​106 High St
1.00PM • Loophole
2.30PM • Albex Acoustic Duo
4.00PM • Aaron Whyte
​5.30PM • After Hours
IMPERO LOUNGE
​60, High St
12.00PM • Daisy Bullock
1.30PM • The Cat’s Pyjamas
3.00PM • Firefly Duo
THE SIREN’S CALLING
​68, on the Marina
1.00PM • Jakey Gräupner
2.30PM • Grace Martinson
4.00PM • M&A Acoustic Duo
5.30PM • Pig’s Ear

​FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OUR AMAZING ACTS

SONIC ALERT
​Indie/rock/punk/covers
A great night of singing, dancing, jumping around, cheering, clapping and good old foot stomping is guaranteed at a sonics gig. They play all of the best songs from across the decades so who’s ready to rock with your new favourite band?
Recent gigs include an RAF base and a craft brewery where we now have our own Sonic Alert beer but having recently relocated to Portishead we’re now really looking forward to playing for you all. Our next local gig after the festival weekend is at The Poacher on 9th December but you can find out all about the band here :
Tour Dates - Social media – Booking enquiries –
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Sonic Alert
SEB HAWLEY
Soul / Jazz / Rock
​Seb is a singer/songwriter that has been playing locally for over a decade. Expect passion, energy and vocal gymnastics when you catch him live in action!
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Seb Hawley
BATALA BRISTOL
Samba Reggae Drumming Band
​We play at festivals, shows and other events in Bristol and the South West region, most recently the Portishead Summer Show and several of our players live in Portishead.
We provide a lively and spectacular presence with our mesmerising Afro- Brazilian drumming rhythms, colourful costumes and synchronised choreography. We invariably have our audience transfixed and usually dancing in front of the band wherever we play!
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Batala Bristol
AFTER HOURS
After Hours began in 2013 as a seven piece jazz and blues band, bringing together musicians from Pill and Portishead. The band’s members are Avril, vocals; Annie, keyboards and vocals; Jim, bass; Steve, drums; and Alex, John and John, saxophones.
They perform their versions of jazz, swing and blues, and a few popular classics in a range of venues and have been hired to play in several parties weddings and musical events in the Bristol area.
POUNDSHOP LIFE
​Poundshop Life is a Bristol based band playing regular gigs and recording since 2009. Our new album - Insert name here - is available from all download and streaming sites.
Poundshop Life play lively, infectious (but curable) original songs reflecting on whatever needs reflecting, stoically celebrating the good, bad and daft bits of daily life. Cheap and cheerful, and very good live! 
Poundshop Life songs have both immediacy and, often, a story to tell, conversational in style and at times feeling like you've been dropped into a movie running in someone else's head; the sort of dysfunctional,downmarket, political,crime story of unrequited love that you'd expect in the Poundshop Life. These stories, the songs, are easy to get into and are very well received by fans of all sorts of music genres, drawing the listener below the apparently simple surface to the humour and hidden depths where things that bite may sometimes lurk.
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Poundshop Life
M&A ACOUSTIC DUO
​M&A Acoustic Duo are a unique, lively acoustic duo with a big sound!
Expect a very lively, high-energy performance that will get everyone dancing and singing all night long!
Originally from Chile, Maria is a professional vocalist who has performed all over the world. Her amazing voice and fantastic percussion brings so much energy to the hundreds of songs they perform each and every week.
Aaron has performed in many bands and ensembles over the years and brings lots of studio/music production experience to M&A Acoustic Duo, ensuring superb sound and lighting for every gig.
Their ever-growing song list has something for everybody – whether it’s your favourite classic rock hits or the latest tunes from the Top 40; they’ll make it a night to remember!
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RITUAL LEGENDS
Ritual Legends is a South-West based 5-piece band, performing their own take on a range of well-loved rock classics. 
The band was formed in the summer of ’23, forming a supergroup of long experienced musicians involved with well establishes local acts, who have joined together out of a love for gigging and playing classic rock songs from Lynyrd Skynyrd to Guns and Rose. 
In the band are Rich (vocals), Jack (drums), Tom (lead guitar), Tim (rhythm guitar) Mike (bass).
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Ritual Legends
STUBBS’ YARD
Folk-rock originals and covers.
Formed in early 2023, Stubbs’ Yard is a musical collective out of Portishead, led by singer-songwriters Tim and Annie Stubbs.
They play an eclectic mix of folk-rock originals and 90's 00's and beyond anthemic, violin-seasoned covers.
As well as local pubs and functions the band was honoured to support the live music at Bristol Rovers FC recent charity match for MND and the Darby Rimmer foundation.
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Stubbs’ Yard
GRACE MARTINSON
​Grace is a Singer/Songwriter and Vocal Coach based in Portishead and Bristol. Grace trained in Musical Theatre at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London and went on to get her degree in Musical Theatre from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Since graduating Grace has been involved in the workshopping of new musicals and sang at The Dorchester hotel in London as part of a "bringing Musicals back to the WestEnd" event in London after Lockdown.
Grace performs acoustic sets with her guitar and keyboard and sometimes the occasional Musical Theatre classic. She is excited to be taking part in the Portishead Arts festival and to be singing alongside fantastic local talent.
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Grace Martinson
THE CAT’S PYJAMAS
The Cat's Pyjamas are a 1940s style vocal trio, inspired by some of the iconic groups of the era such as The Andrews Sisters and The McGuire Sisters.
The Cat's Pyjamas are a wonderful tribute to the original 1940s sound, and they love to add a cheeky modern twist to some of the songs in their set.
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The Cat’s Pyjamas
FIREFLY DUO
​Genre - Jazz, classical and contemporary covers 
Natalie and Bridget have been performing together since 2015. They have a wide repertoire including Jazz, classical and contemporary covers in the style of ‘Piano Guys' and 'Brooklyn Duo'.
Natalie is a classically trained pianist who has performed on tv and stage.
Bridget has performed in chamber orchestras like the Potiki orchestra and Cambridge String Quartet.
Firefly Duo take bookings regularly for local events and are part of the volunteer music programme at Southmead hospital.
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FIREFLY
DAISY BULLOCK
Daisy is 14 and lives in Portishead and goes to Gordano school. She has had a passion for the performing arts since a trip to the West End to see Matilda at the age of 4. Since then, she has followed her dream to one day perform on the West End and has been in many productions over the years.
Daisy is an experienced performer and this year has been successful in gaining a place with the National Youth Music Theatre this year in a production called ‘When I Grow Up’. Daisy held a successful fundraising evening, singing for friends and family at the Old Mill to raise funds for her participation in this. She also performed the lead role of Killer Queen in the production 'We Will Rock You' in February this year for her local drama group, Bristol Musical Youth Productions and made it the third round of 'The Voice Kids auditions' this year, with a visit to the ITV studios!
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Daisy Bullock
ALBEX
We are Rebecca and Alberto (Albex), a fairly new local duo. We do pop, rock and blues covers and we love giving them our personal touch. We have a few originals as well
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ALBEX
THE RHYNES
 ​The Rhynes are a 5-piece band from Portishead, Clevedon and Nailsea, who have been playing together for 5 years. Starting out as a ukulele and vocals group, they now boast three ukes, electric bass, and acoustic and electric mandolin! The Rhynes  play a great range of covers, some well-known, others less so. They may not all be recognisable ...
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The Rhynes
JAKEY GRÄUPNER
Jakey is a multi-instrumentalist and singer who, on his own, performs covers from a huge range (Abba to Zeppelin, via Billy Eilish, Beatles, Don McLean and Metallica, amongst 100s of others…), and the occasional self-penned song as well.
With Earl Grey and the Biscuits, he has played mandolin at the Siren’s on a regular basis; he also plays electric bass, fiddle, diddley bow… and is also bassist/mandolinist/lead vox for a new Zeppelin meets Jethro Tull project. Plus, instruments teacher in the daylight. Music is Jakey’s life.
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Jakey Gräupner
THE 85ERS
RNLI Sea Shanty Band.
The 85ers are six active lifeboat crew at RNLI in our very own Portishead.
Fully a capella, we sing a wide range of shanties. We formed during a lock down in 2021, recording our parts on our phones and mixing it together. 
We have performed at Falmouth, Bristol & Weston-Super-Mare Shanty festivals and were very honoured and proud to represent sea shanty singers, the RNLI & our town on a national stage -being chosen to sing in the Coronation Choir at the Coronation Concert at Windsor Castle in May 2023.​
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The 85ers
BORN & BREWED
Award Winner's of Radio Wigwam 2022 International classic Rock and Blues
Born and Brewed are an original duo formed in 2019 in Portishead. Rich Sidwick and Mike Palomares create an infusion of Americana Rock Dark Country Blues with a gritty edge. Previously playing together for 14 years under the guise of Slick and Rich, the duo’s strong links to the South West’s music scene have helped define their sound.
Both Rich & Mike have had their struggles in life with losses of loved ones, mental health and addiction and this is reflected in their songs . They hope that through music they can help and inspire others to heal.
They are currently working on their first album Born and Brewed Est, which reflects their life stories in an authentic way through music. Rich’s raspy vocals provide a smoky quality to the music, whilst Mike’s bluesy slide guitar provides an atmospheric backdrop that enhances their journey.
Their music continues to unite them to create unique and original songs.
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Born & Brewed
LOOPHOLE
​Loophole is a local 6-piece Rock & Pop band covering songs from 60s to current day hits. Their set list includes The Kinks, Elton John, The Cult, Biffy Clyro, Metallica, Black Sabbath, Fleetwood Mac, Green Day, The Darkness, Foo Fighters, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder and many more. The band bring an energetic sound that will have you clapping, dancing, and singing along. See you there!
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Loophole
AARON WHYTE
Singer-songwriter Aaron Whyte, was born in Scotland and found a home in Bristol. With a couple of weddings, gigs and a music performance and production degree under his belt, he is always ready to pick up his guitar and play anything from Elvis to Ed Sheeran, with a few songs of his own in his repertoire.

​https://www.tiktok.com/@aaronwhytemusic?_t=8eq411fB6JM&_r=1
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Aaron Whyte
PIG’S EAR
​Pigs Ear - a duo playing smooth romantic music with a touch of jazz. Steve on guitar, and Annie with the voice, and the songs will do the rest.
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Pig’s Ear
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DANCING IN THE STREETS - PORTISHEAD LEROC - will be showing off their moves and inviting you to have a go - FREE EVENT