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Julie Christmas @ Portals Festival 2025 – Photo by Lee Beamish
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Portals Festival 2025 – Sunday

22nd December 202522nd December 2025 Lee Beamish Codices, EartH Hackney, Exxasens, Julie Christmas, Lys Morke, Mouse On The Keys, Peach, Portals Festival, Spurv, The Fierce And The Dead

It’s a perfect Sunday morning weather-wise as we enter day two of Portals Festival 2025, it’s the 25th May, and

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Kalandra @ Portals Festival 2025 – Photo by Lee Beamish
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Portals Festival 2025 – Saturday

22nd December 202522nd December 2025 Lee Beamish Black Aleph, CLT DRP, EartH Hackney, I Hear Sirens, Joliette, Kalandra, Long Distance Calling, Oavette, Portals Festival, Thot, World Coda

So, here we are, it’s Saturday 24th May 2025, and we are in London, well Hackney to be precise, at

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Portals Festival 2025 – The Final Transmission This Weekend At EartH, Hackney

23rd May 202523rd May 2025 Lee Beamish EartH Hackney, Portals Festival

So, as another day opens out, so too does the unfortunate news that Portals Festival 2025 will be the final

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Midas Fall @ Portals Festival 2024 – Photo by Lee Beamish
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Portals Festival 2024 – Sunday

30th July 202410th September 2024 Lee Beamish BIG|BRAVE, EartH Hackney, Jaguar Throne, London, Lost In Kiev, Midas Fall, Overhead The Albatross, Portals Festival, Wang Wen, Year Of No Light

As day two of Portals Festival 2024 starts, I am filled with equal amounts of joy and scepticism. Joy, as

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Årabrot @ Portals Festival 2024 – Photo by Lee Beamish
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Portals Festival 2024 – Saturday

29th July 202430th July 2024 Lee Beamish Årabrot, Din Of Celestial Birds, EartH Hackney, Enemies, Hidden Mothers, London, MØL, New Ghost, Portals Festival, Slow Crush, This Will Destroy You

Welcome welcome, it’s great to have you here, joining me for another ride as I tell you all about Portals

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Mono @ Portals Festival 2023 – Photo by Lee Beamish
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Portals Festival 2023 – Sunday

4th July 20234th July 2023 Lee Beamish EartH Hackney, EF, GGGOLDDD, Jambinai, Jo Quail, London, Maybeshewill, Mono, Portals Festival, Pupil Slicer, Shy Low, Svalbard, VLMV

Entering day two of Portals Festival 2023, I knew my day was going to be a hectic one. Already buzzing

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Bossk @ Portals Festival 2023 – Photo by Lee Beamish
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Portals Festival 2023 – Saturday

3rd July 20233rd July 2023 Lee Beamish A. A. Williams, And So I Watch You From Afar, Bo Ningen, Bossk, EartH Hackney, Human Pyramids, Hundred Year Old Man, London, Ogives Big Band, Portals Festival, The Broken Islands

Having started in 2015 as a one-day event, Portals Festival was created, with the purpose of bringing some of the

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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May
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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May

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Few bands have carved out a path quite like –(16)–. For more than three decades, the Southern California veterans have

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Video Premiere: Alunah ‘La Pucelle’ – From New Split With Samavayo, Out 5th June

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Video Premiere: TESA – Second Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Marks Today’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’

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Video Premiere: TESA – Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Ahead Of This Friday’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’
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Video Premiere: TESA – Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Ahead Of This Friday’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’

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