Ports Fest, formally known as Portsmouth Festivities, is the longest running arts and cultural festival in the City of Portsmouth. The award-winning festival was incorporated in 1999 by The Portsmouth Grammar School who continue to support and sponsor the festival to this day.
We are continuously focused on improving our work in the community, planning our programmes around a desire to reach new audiences and participants every year. All our events take place in multiple venues in and around the city, and we work in partnership with a large group of Creative Partners.
Ports Fest intends to deliver an ambitious creative, diverse and high-quality festival, connecting with all lives in places and spaces from the everyday to the unusual.
Join us for this years Mardi Gras. The theme this year is Futures, and many community groups and young people have been exploring this concept from creating cleaner seas to AI and robotics. This event will also see a world premiere of a new piece of percussion created in partnership with the Multi Story Orchestra. Albert Road will be a hive of activity including live Samba bands so come on down and join in with this carnival event and celebrate unity and creativity.
Our Home – will be an an amazing day of poetry, music, dance, rap, and much more to come. Bringing together Portsmouth’s talented artists from all walks of life.
