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Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the City’s Longest-running Arts Festival

Portsmouth Festivities begins its 20th year in the city and is set to be their biggest yet. This festival
continues to impress with a diverse range of events, many of which are free.

The theme for the festival this year is TWENTY to celebrate its formation. Portsmouth Festivities are
hosting some of the biggest names in the creative arts today. The festival’s guests this year include
internationally renowned choirs The Cardinall’s Musick and the Tenebrae Consort. Other highlights of the Festival include jazz legend Jason Rebello, and Estonian folk sensation Mari Kalkun. It also boasts a fabulous line-up of speakers, including restaurant critic Jay Rayner, science writer Simon
Singh, and bestselling author Kate Mosse.

Aspex Gallery host Homage, an exhibition of artwork that celebrates the festival’s 20-year history, Hotwalls Studios and Art Space will open their doors to the public during the festival’s run. No.6 Cinema are honoring classics on film by screening three films in their 20th anniversary this year. And don’t miss SEED, Pif Paf theatre company’s immersive, free show at Southsea Castle.

Inside Gunwharf Quays is a commissioned large 20 seating area, crafted by Makers Guild. Take a selfie, post the picture and tag the festival in it.

The Festival’s Director, Erica Smith, wants the community to make the most of this 10-day offering. “We are extremely delighted to press play on this year’s festival and so happy that 70% of the events remain entirely free, enabling it to reach out to those parts of the community not normally reached by arts events. Here’s to another 20 years!”

To end the 10 days of events will be 20 Love, a live multi arts event on Governor’s Green. This ambitious undertaking brings together film, music and spoken word poetry. This event will feature work from many such as Gregg Mosse, The Urban Vocal Group, Egg & Spoon Films, Jay Hulme . The event will be showing modern day interpretations of Pablo Neruda’s 20 Love Poems and a Song of Despair. 20 Love will also feature poems sent in from the public in the evening show.

Portsmouth Festivities 2019 will run between Friday 14 and Sunday 23 June.

Discover more about events taking place during Portsmouth Festivities 2019 at portsmouthfestivities.co.uk

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