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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

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

Portals Festival 2025

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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

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

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

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

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

Portals Festival 2022 - Photo by Lee Beamish

Portals Festival 2022 Review & Photos

31st May 20226th July 2022 Lee Beamish Boss Keloid, CLT DRP, Codices, False Advertising, Gilmore Trail, Jardín De La Croix, Jo Quail, PG Lost, Portals Festival, Press To Meco, T.E. Morris, The St. Pierre Snake Invasion

So, it’s now a week on from Portals Festival 2022, and there are still moments that are still sinking in.

Portals Festival - Sam, Asher & Arran

Portals Festival: Interview With Sam, Asher & Arran

28th September 20218th November 2021 Lee Beamish Portals Festival

After sixteen months of multiple lockdowns, and restrictions, due to one covid pandemic, the weekend of the eleventh and twelfth

Portals Festival 2021 - Photo by Lee Beamish

Review: Portals Festival 2021

21st September 202128th October 2021 Lee Beamish Bossk, CLT DRP, Garganjua, Human Pyramids, Jo Quail, London, Midas Fall, Mountain Caller, Nervus, OHHMS, Outcries, Pijn, Portals Festival, The Hyena Kill

Around a year and a half ago I was made aware of a small alternative festival, based in London, which

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Premiere: SEK ‘Amore Mio’ – Debut Album ‘Wallensteins Garage’ Lands 30th October

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Berlin-based heavy psych and prog rock trio SEK – featuring members of Elder, Gavial, and Gaffa Ghandi – are gearing

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