The Porthleven Arts Festival is an annual celebration of art in all its forms.
The 3rd Festival will take place from 5th – 8th October 2023.
Find out more and see the programme at porthlevenartsfestival.com
2021 photos below by PAC member Tanya Noble
Festival Timetable
Our community arts festival will be held across multiple venues in Porthleven from 25 September to 3 October. See the full day-by-day event listing below.
Latest Past Events
Long table feast
PorthlevenThe Mussel Shoal presents the ultimate in it’s trademark #fundiningnotfinedining with a long table feast...
Contact at the cafe
Origin Coffee Roastery Cafe 1 Treysa Place, PorthlevenPop over to the new Origin Roastery Cafe at the new development on Treysa Place...
Abstraction from drawing for children (8 – 14 years)
Shipyard MarketThere’s no right or wrong way of doing art! This workshop is a fun way...
Festival News
Porthleven Arts Prize
The Porthleven Harbour Art Prize is a new annual art competition to be held in...
Read MoreDedicated website for Porthleven Arts Festival now live!
A dedicated website has been created for this year’s Porthleven Arts Festival, listing all the...
Read MoreCalling local artists and makers to take part in Porthleven Arts Festival 2022
As part of this year’s Arts Festival (Sept 24th – Oct 2nd) we’re introducing an...
Read MoreFestival thanks
We would like to thank everyone who has helped and given time, skills or resources...
Read MoreJoin best-selling authors, an explorer and an illustrator at Sea Change
Join us on Monday 27th September in the Shipyard Market as Bath Spa University and Falmouth...
Read MoreOn the Strandline performance by UPG - date change
We’ve had to move the performance from UPG from Sunday 3 October to Saturday 2...
Read MoreBring the kids
We want everyone to be able to take part in art. The workshops listed below...
Read MoreArt around Porthleven
There’s art happening right across Porthleven from the top of the hill down to Methleigh...
Read MorePorthleven Arts Festival pdf programme
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Read MorePorthleven Mermaid Day - Saturday 2nd October 2021
The Porthleven Mermaid hosts a day of art and performance around the theme of mermaids,...
Read MorePorthleven Harbour Arts Prize
We have had to take the difficult decision to postpone the Porthleven Harbour Arts Prize...
Read MorePorthleven Arts Festival 24 Sept - 3 Oct 2021
We’re delighted to announce that we’ll be holding a brand new Arts Festival in Porthleven...
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