BUSINESS SUPPORT
Portsmouth Creates: Empowering Portsmouth’s Creative Community
JULY- BUSINESS SUPPORT EVENTS
February brings a range of opportunities designed to support and strengthen the creative business sector...
JUNE – BUSINESS SUPPORT EVENTS
June brings a range of opportunities designed to support and strengthen the creative business sector...
WE CREATE MARKET APPLICATION – VICTORIOUS FESTIVAL 2026
Please note applications are now closed for these markets.
JOB OPPORTUNITY – PRIDE IN POMPEY – EVENT COORDINATOR
This role is in partnership with Portsmouth City Council to support the delivery of a Portsmouth 100 project called Pride in Pompey.
PORTSMOUTH CELEBRATES BEING LONGLISTED AS UK CITY OF CULTURE 2029
Portsmouth is one step closer to becoming UK City of Culture 2029 after being named on the longlist for the competition alongside Blackpool, Inverness-Highland, Ipswich, Middlesbrough, Milton Keynes, Sheffield, Swindon and Wrexham.
Portsmouth BookFest: Film Programme – IN OUR WORDS 2026
Portsmouth BookFest: Film Programme Date: 17th February - 1st March Time: Multiple Location: Multiple Cost: Mixed Join Portsmouth BookFest as they return for another exciting year of programming, celebrating the literary greats of the city.
Portsmouth BookFest: Children’s Week – IN OUR WORDS 2026
Portsmouth BookFest: Children's Week Date: 16th February - 21st February Time: Multiple Location: Multiple Cost: Mixed Join Portsmouth BookFest as they return for another exciting year of programming with their Children's Week programme.
Portsmouth BookFest: Adult’s Programme – IN OUR WORDS 2026
Portsmouth BookFest: Adult's Programme Date: 15th February - 8th March Time: Multiple Location: Multiple Cost: Mixed Join Portsmouth BookFest as they return for another exciting year of programming with their Adult's Progreamme.
I Am Born – IN OUR WORDS 2026
I Am Born Date: 29th January - 8th February Time: Open Daily 10.00-16.30 Location: Portsmouth Historic Quarter Cost: Free I Am Born is a visual arts project with seniors at Braemar Care Home and young people from Motiv8 and the Brook Club. Artists Ally Ashworth and Rachel Johnston have used archival imagery from the Portsmouth History Centre, The News Portsmouth and The D-Day Story to inspire conversation and create visual stories.
