PORTALS FESTIVAL

Meet Asher Kenton and Sam Festenstein, the pair behind London’s most forward-thinking rock weekender.

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The line-up of the 2023 Portals festival is crammed with bands from Prog’s pages. The weekender, held on May 27 and 28, will be headlined by post-rock stars And So I Watch You From Afar and Mono. Joining them at London’s EartH venue will be Nordic Giants, Maybeshewill, VLMV, Bossk, AA Williams and many more progressive rockers who, the organisers tell us, will be met with a communal and devoted atmosphere. “It’s basically a whole bunch of music nerds trying to watch every single band they can, and occasionally stopping to eat something,” says founder Asher Kenton. “I like to think you can turn around and talk to anyone at a Portals show,” adds his colleague, Sam Festenstein. “Everyone is there for the same reason – to listen to the…

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