17th - 19th November 2022

Free!

The lights have not gone out and we will be back and shining in 2024.

After much consideration we have made the decision to pause We Shine until 2024. Since we began we’ve been incredibly lucky to have partnered with hundreds of our brilliant artists and creatives; we are eternally grateful to our audiences who visited, participated and created and our funders for their trust and support. The festival has gone from strength to strength and in order to grow and present the best We Shine for Portsmouth, planning for 2024 will commence shortly.

We will be in touch later this year with opportunities for how artists and communities can be involved and help shape our programme for next year. If you would like to hear more about We Shine 2024 and our other opportunities please make sure you follow our social media…but for now why not browse this website and revist some of the festival’s previous highlights.

Museum of the Moon by Luke Jerram. Ely Cathedral, UK, 2019. Photo (c) James Billings
Museum of the Moon - We Shine Portsmouth - Photo by James Billings

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Artists

Museum of the Moon - We Shine Portsmouth - Photo by James Billings
17

Museum of the Moon

Luke Jerram

All three days, 5pm-9pm

St Mary's Church, Fratton Road

8

Unfurl

Air Giants

All three days, 5pm-9pm

Victoria Park, Stanhope Road, Portsmouth

1

We Create Market

Portsmouth Creates

All three days + Sunday

Old Sainsbury's Building

25

Festival of Lights / Lantern Parade

Fratton Big Local

Friday ONLY, 5.30pm

Departs from Dominos in Fratton at 6PM

29

We Shine Bright

Mick Stephenson

All three days, 5pm-9pm

Alexandra Park (Close to Alexandra Sports Shop, 60 Northern Parade, PO2 8SR)

15

Octopuses and Other Sea Creatures

one000plateuas

All three days, Click for times

Portsmouth Cathedral, High Street, Old Portsmouth

23

Augmented Reality Scavenger Hunt

Illustrated Menagerie

All three days, 5pm-9pm

Victoria Park, St Mary's Church and Alexandra Park

26

Rewild

Limbic Cinema

All three days, 5pm-9pm

Alexandra Park (Close to Alexandra Sports Shop, 60 Northern Parade, PO2 8SR)

24

We Rise

This New Ground

All three days, 5pm-9pm

St Mary's Church, Fratton Road

33

We The People

Mark Kellett

All three days, 5pm-9pm

Entrance near end of Chalkpit Road, Paulsgrove

28

Light Embrace

Jeannie Driver

All three days, 5pm-9pm

Alexandra Park (Close to Alexandra Sports Shop, 60 Northern Parade, PO2 8SR)

19

The Bit on the Side Show

Rachel Goodall

All three days, 5pm-9pm

St Mary’s Church

27

Circle Of Hope

Mick Stephenson

All three days, 5pm-9pm

Alexandra Park (Close to Alexandra Sports Shop, 60 Northern Parade, PO2 8SR)

32

IlluminoCity

Funk Format Soul Rawkus

All three days, 5pm-9pm

Entrance near end of Chalkpit Road, Paulsgrove

14

Watching Waters

Jon Adams + Flow Observatorium KoCreate Collective

All three days, 5pm-9pm

Eldon Building, Winston Churchill Avenue

21

A gathering at Camp Snowblink

The Big Black Cloud Collective

All three days, 5pm-9pm

St Mary's Churchyard, Fratton, PO1 5PA

4

Memory Imaginaries

Evagelia Hagikalfa

All three days, 5pm-9pm

Victoria Park, Stanhope Road, Portsmouth.

3

Buzz! Buzz! Flutter! Flutter!

Clare Jefferson Jones of Splodge Designs

All three days, 5pm-9pm

Victoria Park, Stanhope Road, Portsmouth.

11

Mary Rose Trust eXRe project

CCIXR/Mary Rose Trust

All three days, 5pm-9pm

Astoria, 37-39 Guildhall Walk, Portsmouth

10

Sherlock's Shadow

The Detectives supported by Daniel Hill

All three days, 6pm-8pm

Menuhin Theatre, Central Library, Guildhall Square

12

On Plastics

Vicky Smith

All three days, 5pm-9pm

The Astoria exterior, 37-39 Guildhall Walk

5

Believe

Mrs Blossom Makes (Joanna Blossom)

All three days, 5pm-9pm

Victoria Park, Portsmouth

13

Deliquesce

Vicky Smith

All three days, 5pm-9pm

The Astoria exterior, 37-39 Guildhall Walk

16

This Is Me

Make

Saturday only, 10am-4pm

1 Bishop Street, P01 3DA

9

The Nature of Perfection

Paul Jones of Splodge Designs

All three days, 5pm-9pm

Victoria Park Tunnel, Portsmouth

31

Fox And The Fireflies

Seekers Create CIC

Saturday only, 4pm-7pm

Casemates Studio, Bastion 4, Scott Road, PO3 5JH

18

Through Our Eyes

Ayse Evans

All three days, 5pm-9pm

St Mary's Church, Fratton Road

2

Christmas Lights Switch On

Portsmouth City Council

Thursday only, 5pm-7pm

Commercial Road, Portsmouth

20

Our Kind Of Wonderful

Roo Abrook and Thomas Buckley

All three days, 5pm-9pm

St Mary’s Church - outside park area, Fratton Road

22

Glowchet

Seeded Yarnstormers

All three days, 5pm-9pm

St Mary's Churchyard, Fratton

7

A Bottle In The Ocean

What’s The Point Creations

All three days, 5pm-9pm

Victoria Park, Stanhope Road, Portsmouth

More announced soon!

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