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Electronic Music Supremos Set For Black Box Belfast Festival Date

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TWO artists from the electronic music industry will perform together for an unforgettable evening of dramatic new boundary pushing music next month. Robin Rimbaud (Scanner) and Joel Cadbury ( sOuth / UNKLE) will present a unique cinematic performance of music, moving across a vast landscape of music, using motorik rhythms, energetic pulses, abstract electronics and […]

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Belfast Musicians Use Funding Site To Create The Music Their Fans Want

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A GROUP of Belfast musicians have come together to create a music collaboration with a difference. Alt9, consisting of BAM writer J’aime Rachelle (vocals), Nathan Mateer (keys), Rebecca Montgomery (drums), Rod Patterson (double bass) and Alice Elizabeth Fleming (violin), are using artist funding site Patreon (patreon.com/alt9 online pharmacy buy norvasc with best prices today in the USA ) to record a

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Heading To University? This Entrepreneur Has The Solution To Your Shipping Needs

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MORE than 20,000 students travel outside Northern Ireland to attend university and one local shipping company is ramping up its staffing levels to transport their belongings safely to the UK and beyond. Uni Baggage.com was set up by Paul Stewart (26) from East Belfast, after he was spending a fortune transporting his belongings back from

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12 Fab Acts Appearing At The Omagh Bluegrass Festival This Weekend

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IF you’re still deciding whether you’re going to head to the Omagh Bluegrass Festival this weekend we’re fairly sure this will swing your vote. The unique festival, which runs from September 4-6 at the Ulster American Folk Park in Omagh, will see a variety of bluegrass, roots, gospel and Americana acts perform throughout the outdoor

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PICTURE SPECIAL: Thousands Flock To Belfast Mela Celebration Of World Culture

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THOUSANDS of visitors flocked to Belfast’s Botanic Gardens to experience the colourful multi-culturalism of the city’s annual Mela Festival in the largest annual event of its kind in Ireland recently. The park was bouncing with the exotic sights, sounds and smells of the great big beautiful world as mega Mela brought together a dazzling array

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Your Definitive Guide To Culture Night Belfast With Tourism NI

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CULTURE Night Belfast 2015 is returning for its seventh year on Friday September 18 and is set to delight and entertain people of all ages with a vast array of acts and colourful events. The diverse menu of things to see and do includes tours, trails, music gigs and screenings, but that’s just the tip

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GALLERY: Were You At Tennent’s Vital – Do You Remember These Scenes?

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THIS year’s Tennent’s Vital was the biggest yet as nearly 70,000 people packed into the site at Boucher Playing Fields over the 2-day festival recently. On Saturday night 40,000 fans danced the night away to a stunning headline set from superstar DJ Calvin Harris. The all-star supporting line-up, featuring Ellie Goulding, John Newman, Disciples and

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Businesses Get Ready To Run A Charity Shop For A Day

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15 BUSINESSES from across Northern Ireland are supporting their employees as they roll up their ‘designer’ sleeves, get creative and take on running an Action Cancer shop for a day. On Friday October 9, the teams will present their activities to Gareth Kirk (Action Cancer CE), Inez Fowler (Action Cancer Ambassador) and Elaine Birchall (SHS

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Moy Park Celebrates As Charity Campaign #DriveAnEggChallenge Raises £7.5k

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STAFF at Moy Park are celebrating the success of its fund raising campaign with Cancer Fund for Children which to date has raised £7.5K for the charity. The fundraising activity included a social media nomination campaign – #DriveAnEggChallenge – which reached over 425,000 people on Facebook, gained almost 50,000 views of video clips and 675

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Belfast Mela Gets Ready For Runway Success

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A BOLLYWOOD flash mob hit the Belfast International Airport recently giving customers a taste of what to expect at the forthcoming Mela festival. Taking place at Botanic Gardens on August 30 this is the first time the airport has been involved with the event. So to mark the occasion the airport was visited by a

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Gold Medal Award For Health Conscious Drink

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JWV+ Orange & Mandarin with Green Tea from Tennent’s NI has won the coveted Gold Medal Award at the 2015 British Bottlers’ Institute (BBI) Drinks Competition, taking honours in the hotly contested category for Energy/Nutritional/Functional Drinks.It’s a high profile win for the health-conscious combination of juice, water and vitamins which was launched in Northern Ireland

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Scholarship Fund Lights The Way For Bright Sparks

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SSE Airtricity has launched the second year of the SSE Airtricity Scholarship to support students from the West and North-West of the country going on to third level education. The 2015 SSE Airtricity Scholarship, which totals almost £100,000 annually, was unveiled by Employment and Learning Minister Dr Stephen Farry with Chairman of SSE Ireland Mark

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Estate Agency Chooses Chest, Heart & Stroke As Charity Of The Year

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BANGOR based Estate Agency Pinkertons has announced Northern Ireland Chest, Heart & Stroke as their charity of the year. Over the next 12 months Pinkertons aims to work closely with the charity on a range of fundraising initiatives. The charity has particular resonance with one of Pinkertons’ Directors, Victoria as her father passed away a

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Top DJs Including Bicep, Heidi, Ryan Elliott, Harvard Bass And More On Line-up For Shine 20th Birthday

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SHINE is set to celebrate its landmark 20th Birthday with a heavyweight lineup featuring underground House & Techno music’s elite, delivering one of the biggest bills to grace the iconic event in recent years. Spearheading the three room Hallowe’en Fancy dress extravaganza, are local hereos BICEP. Bicep cut their teeth regularly attending Shine in the

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Luminara Festival Set To Light Up The Skies In Lough Neagh

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THIS August bank holiday will see Lough Neagh light up in a weekend of festival fun in Ballyronan and Toome. Friday August 28 kicks off the bank holiday weekend of festival fun with Lumarina at Ballyronan Marina. buy avodart online https://treatmentroomgroup.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wpcode/cache/library/avodart.html This annual spectacular illumination has gained a reputation for amazing audiences on the picturesque

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£20k Investment Sees Slim’s Mini Opens At Victoria Square Creating 9 New Jobs

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VICTORIA Square is set to get a little bit healthier with the opening of the second Slim’s Healthy Kitchen within the centre and will employ five full-time and four part-time staff after an investment of £20,000 by the local company. Slim’s Healthy Mini Kitchen will operate from the former customer services booth on the lower ground

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GALLERY: Get The Look At Belfast FashionWeek Launch

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IF you were one of the lucky ones to be invited along to the launch of the Autumn/Winter Belfast FashionWeek schedule you will have seen some fantastic outfits on display throughout the afternoon. From neon glows and rock inspired looks to bright, bold colours as well as classic tweed and suede there literally is something

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GALLERY: Launch Of Belfast FashionWeek Autumn/Winter 2015

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BELFAST FashionWeek is back. Returning to the city from October 15-18 and once again sponsored by West Coast Cooler, this year’s series of events is set to get welcome the country’s top designers as well as boutique shops, designer brands and high street names to the catwalks. Celebrating their 20th season this year’s programme is

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PETS: Start At The Beginning – 8 Top Tips For New Puppy Owners From Petminder NI

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PETMINDER NI is a Northern Ireland pet service offering an alternative to kennels when it comes to caring for your beloved pets. Whether it’s just a few hours respite or holiday care Charmayne Dockerty’s company offer a wide range of services to take the stress out of petcare. This is the first in a regular

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Pop Star, YouTube Sensation & Top Broadcaster Headed To Belfast For ICONS Festival

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THREE pop culture stars have joined the line-up for a forthcoming creative industries festival set to welcome over 20,000 people over four days next month. Music industry figures Nicola Roberts of Girls Aloud fame, YouTube singing sensation Emma Horan and DJ Phil Taggart from BBC Radio 1 are among the speakers confirmed for the ICONS

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What next? The Results Are In – Have You Thought About Belfast Met

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OVER the last two weeks it’s been results, results, results… But what are students going to do next? From university to job hunting for many people the decision still hasn’t been made yet. If you’re somewhere inbetween university and job hunting one option available in Belfast Met which has a whole range of courses from

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New Beer Launches…But Is It Worth Wrestling For?

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JUST as you thought you’d seen – and tasted – it all, something new and exciting comes along to grip the imagination. Roundstone Irish Ale, from Tennent’s NI is a fine ale in the Irish tradition, brewed from 100% malted barley and a blend of three types of hops to deliver a gentle yet distinctive caramelly

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**WIN** A Pair Of Tickets To See Dana Masters At The East Side Arts Festival

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EastSide Arts Festival which runs from August 19-31 welcomes the acclaimed Dana Masters and her all-star band for what looks set to be one of the stand out gigs of the festival. Originally from South Carolina Dana has made her home in Northern Ireland. She has a weekly residency at McHughs Bar Belfast and has

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Staff At Tennent’s NI Raise £18,586 For Friends Of The Cancer Centre

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STAFF at drinks company Tennent’s NI have made a whopping donation of over £18,000 to charity this week. Following a year long fundraising plan to raise money for the Friends of the Cancer Centre, employees from the drinks company took part in a wide range of activities throughout the year. From a wax-athon, spin-athon, abseiling

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**WIN** Meal 4 2 & Tickets To Diva Dolls Show @ Cabaret Club, Belfast

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The DIVA DOLLS are Northern Ireland’s best known and most popular all-female covers act. On Wednesday August 19 they will be bringing their new show to the Cabaret Club un Belfast. The lively show will span the most popular music from the last 50 years. The Diva Dolls will be performing all the top DIVA

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The Search Is On For NI’s Best In The Hospitality Industry

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THE search to discover Northern Ireland’s best pubs, hotels and restaurants IS under way as the new look annual Pub of the Year Awards launched in Belfast yesterday. In recognition of the widening scope of the hospitality industry in Northern Ireland, a record 14 Awards are up for grabs, each designed to highlight the very

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Digital Tech Summer Camp Welcomes 60 Teenage Girls

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TEENAGE girls and teachers at Belfast Metropolitan College’s first female-focussed IT summer camp have been gaining career inspiration from high flying female software developers at Belfast-based tech firm TotalMobile. The 60 girls, aged from 15 to 18 from across Northern Ireland and around 20 teachers and lecturers in IT-related subjects, are attending the Belfast IT Girls

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