WHAT’S ON | MUSIC

ALL OUR MUSIC AND DANCE PERFORMANCES ARE ABSOLUTELY FREE

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FREE MUSIC | Vintage vibes with the Cat's Pyjamas. Plying two sets at Impero Lounge Sun 25th 3.00-3.45 & 4.15-5.00.
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FREE LIVE MUSIC from AFTER HOURS at THE POACHER
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FREE Stepping Stones Dance Group will be performing at Somerset Hall Sunday 25th 2pm
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Posset Singers will be performing in the Pre in the on Sunday 25th at 4.00pm.
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FREE MUSIC | Musical mayhem ahoy! with perennial crowd pleasers The Barnacle Buoys. SUNDAY 3.00PM, LOCK CONTROL BUILDING, MARINA.
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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
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FREE LIVE MUSIC at THE OLD MILL, BS20 6AF | Sunday 25th at 1.00pm Live music with Timeless
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FREE | Somerset Hall Sunday 25th 3.00pm - 3.50pm    Browse the art  and listen to laid back jazz from this local guitar and vocals trio.
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FREE LIVE MUSIC | Catch the fabulous UKEBOX outside H&W on the Marina, Saturday 24th Sep 12.30-1.30pm
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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

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.