ARTWORK you won’t see anywhere else will be displayed on Portland for the internationally recognised b-side Festival.

Taking place from Thursday, September 9 to Sunday, September 12, b-side Festival will bring new and unique art to resident audiences and visitors.

This celebration of the island’s environment, folklore, and heritage will be led by south west based and international artists.

Among the sights will be a horsebox trailer revamped with the glitz and glamour of a Hollywood beauty parlour - artist Sadie Hennessy's Outstanding Unnatural Beauty Parlour.

It will be fitted with audio installations of conversations with carnival and beauty queens and will offer makeup tutorials led by veteran showgirl Kiki Bogof.

Also touring the Portland landscape will be TOURIST, a bespoke audio intervention on the No. 1 bus. Passengers will be immersed in a dreamy, cinematic drive around the island.

Sophie Fretwell will exhibit The Light House, an installation that literally shines a light on the positive things Portland’s local community experienced during lockdown.

Of Sea & Stone by artist Dan Shorten and Guildhall Live Events uses light, colour and figurative images to transform the surface of the 15th century Rufus Castle. The installation was inspired by community-led research for The History, Myths and Legends of Church Ope Cove Project, a b-side and Portland Museum partnership.

More than100 residents contributed to The Last Landscape, a photographic exhibition of the last remaining strip of Portland’s land untouched by quarrying. A Mesolithic settlement site is still visible in this treasured space, as are medieval strip farming systems.

Harvest Shorts will explore our relationship with farming, land, and food with short film screenings at Royal Manor Theatre.

For the first time this year, a digital programme entitled That Other Place will also run alongside the main festival, curated by Nairobi artists’ collective Creatives Garage.

Championing new talent is a key aim of b-side. The festival runs an extensive mentor-scheme with upcoming artists and curators in a bid to retain talent in the area.

Rocca Holly-Nambi, director of b-side said: "We believe so strongly in the connection between b-side festival and sustainable tourism and encourage residents and visitors alike to come and engage with these innovative and unusual artworks, while exploring and enjoying all this magical island has to offer."