Follow the call of Siren Song
Join artists Chloe Mantripp, Mike McCallum & Luca Macchi for a playful and poignant promenade performance inspired by Portland’s folklore, fairground traditions and wild coastal spirit.
A tale of the elements, hope, fear and community, Siren Song celebrates Portland’s free spirit with joy, magic and mischief.
Led by a cast of curious characters—including Portland’s legendary Mer-Chicken, the White Stag/Black Rider and the White Hare—this outdoor adventure combines circus, storytelling and live music in a journey along the seafront.
Part procession, part myth and part mischief, it draws on the Island’s history of Portland Fair, carnival parades and local legends to create a world where the extraordinary feels just within reach.
Siren Song invites audiences into an enigmatic world that blends reality with folklore, playfully exploring the space between experience and understanding.
Expect circus, live music, storytelling—and dress for the elements.
Daily at 3pm and Fri 11th and Sat 12th 7.30pm
Limited spaces.
Booking essential click the link to book your place.
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Guidance: Online ticket sales end 1hr before the event
This activity is part of b-side festival 2026 – That Other Place.
This year’s festival theme, “That Other Place,” draws inspiration from the Isle of Portland’s proud oddness, the now-defunct Portland Fair, and local resident David Palmer’s extraordinary Fair archives.
In 2026, b-side are bringing this to life through artists and communities bringing back their interpretation of the Fair alongside ambitious, year-long artist projects rooted in the island.
The Portland Fair was a hugely popular event for more than 200 years – part childhood rite, part otherworldly escape – That Other Place will reawaken the experience of it in a stranger, twistier, sideways sort of way.
