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04/06/2026

You're warmly invited to Café Ope! 9th June
⏰ 6–8pm
📍 77 Fortuneswell

✨ An Opeful Story with "Crumpet Claire" Shilton ✨

Discover the curious tale of Frolic - a name chosen for a Bridport disco that led to unexpected Dorset connections, from an 1806 ship called HMS Frolic to a lost stone circle known as The Frolics.

Coincidence or something more? Come and hear the story.

FREE entry - Everyone welcome 💛

02/06/2026

Ready to play with light and shadow in a new way? Light Space Color are here as part of Portland Fair in That Other Place 2026.

Founded by Peter Hudson and Dawn Parsonage, they create experimental, interactive installations that invite audiences to play with light, shadow, and colour.

Working across photography, sculpture, and immersive environments, their practice often draws on archives and participation to connect communities with history and perception. Their work has been exhibited internationally, including at Tate St Ives and the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art.

Find out more here : https://b-side.org.uk/artist/light-space-color/

29/05/2026

Ever wanted to feel a radical new experience through technology?
We've got you with 'Buried Giants' as part of Portland Fair in That Other Place 2026.

Founded by Hannah Price and Tim Powell, Buried Giants creates immersive, multi-sensory experiences that blend theatre, heritage, gaming, film, and emerging technologies to bring mythic stories to life. Working across XR, projection, AI, spatial sound, and performance, their work places audiences inside unforgettable storyworlds designed to evoke emotion and empathy.

Find out more via their artist page here:

By combining our backgrounds in theatre, heritage, gaming and film, we engage audiences in innovative, unexpected and accessible ways.

26/05/2026

Fancy your chances at rescuing oversized lucky charms from an inflatable pit of destiny?
Let us introduce you to artist Helen Grant who will enable festival goers to do this very thing! Helen uses a variety of means and materials to produce wryly humorous objects and installations. She is interested in the absurd, and in the relationships between comedy and pathos, colour and form. Her current studies at The Royal College of Art focus on the performative potential of sculptural objects, linking absurdist actions with anarchist philosophy.
We won't tell more now, but expect to get far too invested in an almost impossible task and experience some dramatic near-misses. You'll have to come to b-side to find out more!

24/05/2026

Do you remember the Portland Fair? 🎡🎠

As we get ready for That Other Place Festival 2026, we’d love to hear your memories of the fair - the rides, the music, the people, the stories, the chaos, the laughs… whatever stuck with you over the years.

Write your memories in the comments and send us your old photos 📸

Included here is a brilliant photo from local Mark Jackson, along with one of his memories from the fair.

Are you excited for the festival this year?

Photos: Mark Jackson, David Palmer and Rob Twycross

22/05/2026

Ever wanted to see a giant ball run? We’re excited to announce Carlos Cortes as part of Portland Fair in That Other Place 2026.

Working across visual and performing arts since the 1980s, Carlos creates installations, performances, movement-based works, and public art that activate spaces and bring people together. His recent work focuses on collaboration with communities, exploring heritage, architecture, and landscape.

Find out more via the link in bio.

22/05/2026

Ever wanted to see a giant ball run? We’re excited to announce Carlos Cortes as part of Portland Fair in That Other Place 2026.

Working across visual and performing arts since the 1980s, Carlos creates installations, performances, movement-based works, and public art that activate spaces and bring people together. His recent work focuses on collaboration with communities, exploring heritage, architecture, and landscape.

Find out more about Carlos here : https://b-side.org.uk/artist/carlos-cortes/

21/05/2026

🔊💕 Next session alert!

📅 Wed 27 May | 6–8pm ish | bnb-side

Join us for an evening of tiny q***r art ✨
Create miniature pieces for “The Tiny Travelling Gallery” with Yollande Posthumous & Naomi Wilcox-Lee — to be exhibited at Pop-up Pride’s Pop-up Gallery at Dorchester Arts throughout June 🌈

🎨 Materials provided
🥘 Cat’s magic chilli served
💕 Love, laughter & community included

FREE! Donations welcome if you can.

Find out how to book here: https://b-side.org.uk/events/lgbtside-4/