Portishead Music Festival

10/09/2026

If you're not local to Portishead here's a quick guide to where the venues are located and their addresses.

We would suggest parking in the main town centre car park as all of the venues (except for The Black Horse) are in walking distance of here and there is no time limit for parking. For the Black Horse they have their own car park and some spaces along the lane in the area but would recommend arriving early.

Somerset Hall
The Precinct, High Street, Portishead
BS20 6AH

The Phoenix Bar
Victoria Square, Portishead
BS20 6AQ

Hall & Woodhouse
59 Newfoundland Way, Portishead Marina
BS20 7FP

The Siren's Calling
315 Newfoundland Way, Portishead Marina
BS20 7QH

Portishead Workmen's Club
Slade Road, Portishead
BS20 6BW

The Black Horse Inn
Clevedon Lane, Clapton-in-Gordano
BS20 7RH

08/09/2026

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/bandsoninportishead

Many of you may remember we set up a JustGiving page after last year’s festival and we’re so grateful, because those donations have genuinely helped make this year’s festival possible in addition to our wonderful donations from the Venues taking part and the grant from the Portishead Town Council. Thank you!

We also listened closely to your feedback from last time, lots of you said you wanted to support us, but either missed the collection buckets or we didn’t have a way to take card payments on the day.

So we’ve created this page and is now open and live, so whenever you want to show your support, whether we’ve got buckets out or not, or manage to take card payment donations, you can donate quickly and easily right here.

Every penny helps cover marketing, promotion, and essential running costs and helps us build a solid foundation so BOPFEST stays free for everyone, year after year.

No amount is too small and every single contribution goes straight back into making our festival better.
Thank you as always for being such an amazing community!

The BOP Group Team

06/09/2026

The Squirrel Sisters and Josh Regan from Avalen performing at this weekend's Clevedon Live Music Amplify! festival ahead of their performances at our festival - catch the Squirrel Sisters at the Marina H&W stage on the Saturday and Josh at The Black Horse Inn on the Sunday.

04/09/2026

Free tickets are now available on general release for the Friday and Saturday evening events at Somerset Hall.

Please note capacity is limited to 250 people, so reserve your spot soon if you’d like to attend!

Main Festival Page
http://ticketsource.com/portisheadmusicfestival

Friday Night — Big Launch Event:
https://www.ticketsource.com/portisheadmusicfestival/t-ldxaaxk

Saturday Night — Original Music Evening Session:
https://www.ticketsource.com/portisheadmusicfestival/t-rzjggaa

All other festival events do not require tickets, only these two evenings need advance booking.

Important notes
- Please only book if you intend to attend. If your plans change, let us know promptly so we can reallocate your ticket to someone else.
- Doors open at 6:30pm and we kindly ask that ticket holders stay for the duration of the event.

02/09/2026

Check out the latest ENJOY podcast to hear about the music festival (about 10 mins in) from Glenn and Tim (standing in for Mike as he’s on holiday!) - https://www.buzzsprout.com/440098/episodes/19742898

01/09/2026

Check out this month's edition of ENJOY Portishead magazine with lots of details about the Portishead Music Festival ! https://heyzine.com/flip-book/7798c2c78d.html

30/08/2026

You wait all year for a music festival and then two come around in quick succession you lucky people!

Our friends at Clevedon Live Music are holding their Amplify! live music festival next weekend on 3-6 September - check out the details below!

You get to see the Squirrel Sisters and Josh Regan from Avalen on both of our events.

We will be there handing out leaflets for BOPFEST whilst checking out the music so hope to see some of you there

29/08/2026

Discover some incredible original live music who will be performing at our festival on 25-27 September in our exclusive compilation playlist. - a sort of "Now that's what I call BOP" you could say!

We’re truly fortunate to welcome such talented artists to perform, and this is just a taste of what you can look forward to over the weekend which is

We also have plenty of fantastic cover bands lined up, this playlist simply highlights the brilliant original artists we’re proud to support!

SPOTIFY
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1kDxQRrwm87evQoGkKJBai?si=gJfnP_8CQXC5U8BwLjFbhA

APPLE MUSIC
https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/portishead-music-festival/pl.u-38oW7mbIPBagGJ

If any other original artists who are playing in the festival want to be included send us a message !

Playlist · Bands on in Portishead · 15 items

17/08/2026

🎶 HERE'S YOUR FULL LINE-UP! 🎶
25-27 SEPTEMBER
All the times, stages and genres are right here so you can easily plan your weekend! 📋✨

We’ve got an incredible range of music across the whole weekend — from rock, indie, folk and jazz to pop, blues, funk, soul, grunge, sea shanties and so much more! 🤩

With over 50 amazing acts to enjoy across all our venues, there really is something for everyone… and the best bit? IT’S ALL FREE! 🎉🎸

Grab your friends, pick your favourites from the line-up, and get ready for three days of brilliant live music — completely on the house! See you there! 🙌