Festivals
b-side festival 2021
The b‑side team and directors have decided that the b‑side Festival 2020 will be postponed until 11 – 19 September 2021.
We are all really disappointed but the safety of our Portland community, artists, festival-goers, volunteers, team, and partner organisations all have to come first. We cannot even imagine a b-side festival without social contact or indeed, outright socialising!
It is by no means certain that the current coronavirus outbreak will be sufficiently contained to hold public events by September 2020, and much of the planning, on-site work and community participation with our commissioned artists begins round about now. It would be irresponsible of us to continue with the level of participation that we normally encourage, both for our artists, Portland residents and b-side supporters even when the current lockdown ends. We realise that many people may feel differently about being in groups and attending events for some time.
Our team continue to work remotely at present and our project space Outpost, on Fortuneswell High Street, Portland is closed for the foreseeable future but we are contactable for business as usual.
We are committed to working with and supporting our Festival commissioned artists, artists in Dorset and Portland residents. We hope to do this in a number of ways and adapt to the changing needs of our community in the coming months.
It is by no means certain that the current coronavirus outbreak will be sufficiently contained to hold public events by September 2020, and much of the planning, on-site work and community participation with our commissioned artists begins round about now. It would be irresponsible of us to continue with the level of participation that we normally encourage, both for our artists, Portland residents and b-side supporters even when the current lockdown ends. We realise that many people may feel differently about being in groups and attending events for some time.
Our team continue to work remotely at present and our project space Outpost, on Fortuneswell High Street, Portland is closed for the foreseeable future but we are contactable for business as usual.
We are committed to working with and supporting our Festival commissioned artists, artists in Dorset and Portland residents. We hope to do this in a number of ways and adapt to the changing needs of our community in the coming months.
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