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Our Common Home Exhibition Highlights Environmental Responsibility at 4 Corners Festival

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A striking photography exhibition exploring environmental responsibility is set to open as part of the 2025 4 Corners Festival. The Our Common Home Exhibition will launch at 2 Royal Avenue, Belfast, at 4pm on Friday January 31, marking the beginning of its week-long run. The 4 Corners Festival, now in its 13th year, runs from […]

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Exploring Home? Anthony Toner and Andrea Montgomery Join 4 Corners Festival Line-Up

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As part of the much-anticipated 4 Corners Festival 2025, songwriter Anthony Toner and artist/playwright Andrea Montgomery will take centre stage in an intimate and thought-provoking event titled In Conversation About Home.  Hosted by festival co-founder Steve Stockman, this annual conversational series will delve into the theme of Home?, offering a unique blend of music, art,

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Wonderful Wander To Explore Belfast’s Rich History And Evolving Landscape As Part Of 4 Corners Festival

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A unique walking tour through one of Belfast’s most historic areas is set to uncover the city’s fascinating stories of migration, transformation, and community. As a long-standing staple of the 4 Corners Festival the annual Wonderful Wander will take place on Saturday February 8 from 1.30pm. Starting at Writers’ Square, opposite St Anne’s Cathedral, the

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18 Unique Events Taking Place At The 4 Corners Festival This Year

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The 4 Corners Festival is returning in 2025 for its 13th year, and is jampacked with a range of exciting practical workshops, talks, discussions and sport activities across Belfast. The thought-provoking theme of this year’s festival is HOME?. Steve Stockman, the festival’s co-founder, describes home as “a powerful metaphor, used by poets, preachers, politicians and

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Comedian Nuala McKeever Brings Acclaimed Comedy Drama to 4 Corners Festival

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Belfast comedian Nuala McKeever’s acclaimed one-woman show, Truth, Love or Promise is set to take centre stage at the 4 Corners Festival next year. Promising an evening of laughter, poignancy, and powerful storytelling the show will take place on Saturday February 1 at Stranmillis College Drama Theatre. Part of the festival’s packed 2025 lineup the

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4 Corners Festival Bringing Young People Together Through Sports 

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The 2025 4 Corners Festival is set to bring young people from local communities across Belfast together through the medium of sport. Now in its 13th year, the 4 Corners Festival was conceived as a way to inspire people from across the city to transform it for the peace and wellbeing of all. The festival,

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Poetry To Take Centre Stage At This Year’s Aspect

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 The upcoming Aspects Festival will spotlight poetry with a diverse lineup of poets and events. On 25 September, award-winning Galician poet Isaac Xubín will read at Bangor’s Imperial Bar. Xubín is participating in the Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill Poetry Exchange during his residency at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre. Aspects Festival is delighted to be a

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Historic Bramley Apple Planting Marks Return Of Armagh Food And Cider Festival

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The return of Armagh Food and Cider Weekend has been marked with a significant and symbolic event this year – which saw direct relations of those who introduced the Bramley apple to Armagh, plant a descendant of the original tree. The planting which took place on August 16 was attended by Lord Mayor, Councillor Sarah

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Belfast International Arts Festival Returns With City-Wide Spectacle Of Arts And Culture

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Belfast International Arts Festival, the city’s longest-running celebration of arts and culture, has officially revealed the line-up for its 62nd edition with a bumper five-week programme of events taking place city-wide this autumn that features artists from 16 different countries across five continents. The festival returns from 16 October – 23 November with a new

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Portaferry’s Brand New Heritage Fest

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Organisations across Portaferry have come together under the banner of Portaferry Community Collective to launch a brand new festival celebrating the abundance of built, cultural and natural heritage in and around Portaferry. The inaugural ‘Portaferry Heritage Fest’ will take place Friday 13 to Sunday 15 September and it is jam-packed with activities and events for

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Belfast Mela Unveils Exciting Line-Up For Nine-Day Festival

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The 18th Belfast Mela Festival, sponsored by Sensata Technologies, was launched today by the Lord Mayor of Belfast Councillor Micky Murray, at The Atrium, Ulster University, Belfast. Now recognised as one of Northern Ireland’s largest arts festivals, Belfast Mela brings together music, dance, art, theatre, wellbeing and food from around the world to celebrate the

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Peter Corry MBE To Headline Six Mile Festival With Spectacular Live Show At Antrim Castle Gardens

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The renowned performer, Peter Corry MBE, is set to bring his highly anticipated live show, Peter Corry in Concert, to the picturesque Antrim Castle Gardens on Saturday 3 August, as part of the Six Mile Festival weekend. Peter Corry in Concert promises an evening of musical excellence, featuring an eclectic mix of songs that span Peter Corry’s illustrious

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Making Festival Returns To Honour Northern Ireland’s Heritage Skills

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Ulster Folk Museum has announced the return of its annual Making Festival for a second year. Taking place on Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 August, to coincide with August Craft Month, the festival is dedicated to celebrating traditional crafts and revitalising Northern Ireland’s most-treasured heritage skills. Hosted in partnership with the Construction Industry Training Board NI

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Summer Fun Returns To Antrim: Six Mile Festival From 2-4 August!

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Get ready for an unforgettable weekend as the Six Mile Festival brings a wave of excitement to Antrim from Friday 2 to Sunday 4 August! Sponsored by The Junction Retail and Leisure Park, this three-day event promises an array of activities for all ages, from music and entertainment to family-friendly fun. Antrim Live kicks of the festivities at Antrim Castle Garden

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Belfast Photo Festival Marks Milestone 10th Edition With Broken Spectre Premiere

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Belfast Photo Festival, Northern Ireland’s leading visual arts festival, has revealed the full programme for its landmark 10th anniversary edition, animating public spaces and the city’s built heritage with exhibitions from a host of international visual artists, including the island of Ireland premiere of Broken Spectre by Richard Mosse. This year’s festival, supported by the

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Armagh’s Home of St Patrick Festival kicks off on Sunday

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The countdown is on to Armagh’s iconic Home of St Patrick Festival, taking place for nine spectacular days from 10-18 March, promising a unique programme of history, heritage and place in his chosen home. The Home of St Patrick Festival’s unique distinction, what sets it apart from every other world-wide celebration, is the relationship between

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Get Your Thinking Caps On With The Imagine! Festival

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One of Belfast’s most thought-provoking and innovative festivals, the Imagine! Belfast Festival of Ideas & Politics has unveiled its full 2024 programme at a media launch with guests including Belfast Lord Mayor, Councillor Ryan Murphy and Northern Ireland’s Queen of Comedy, Nuala McKeever. 2024 marks the 10 year anniversary for the festival which has encouraged

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Belfast’s RENDR Festival Rolls Out Red Carpet For Oscar, BAFTA And Emmy-Winners

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With awards season in full flow, RENDR festival will roll out the red carpet at Portview Trade Centre in East Belfast later this week for an all-star line-up of Oscar, BAFTA and Emmy-winners who will unite for the city’s second annual creativity and technology showcase. A unique nocturnal event, RENDR, which is supported by Northern Ireland Screen,

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Creative Events To Inspire Children At Young Aspects

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Aspects Festival has unveiled its exciting Young Aspects programme, offering a range of creative children’s events suitable for all ages. Taking place from 1 – 3 March, at various locations around Bangor, the diverse programme of reading, writing and art events promises to inspire young imaginations. The festival is delighted to welcome Big Wave Surfer,

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Epic Cinematic Experience Stay Alive My Son On The Bill For Belfast XR Festival

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The heart-wrenching voyage of survival Stay Alive My Son has been confirmed as one of the experiences for this year’s Belfast XR Festival later this month. Based on the internationally acclaimed memoirs of Pin Yathay, this immersive story thrusts audiences into the poignant shoes of a father facing unimaginable choices during the Cambodian genocide. For

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10 Things To Do In NI: 12 – 18 February

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The Big Hide Out, Comber, County Down, 12-16 February All birdwatching enthusiasts are invited to grab a pair of binoculars and head on down to the wonderfully varied wetlands of Castle Espie on the shores of Strangford Lough. This is a wonderful opportunity to get the chicks in your brood outside and imaginations will soar

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Belfast’s RENDR Festival Returns With Mega Line-Up Of Film, TV And Gaming Talent

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Following the success of its debut last year, Belfast’s RENDR festival returns to the city next month with an extraordinary line-up of creative talent from the global film, television and gaming industries. The two-day creativity and technology festival, supported by Northern Ireland Screen, the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Studio Ulster, Ulster University, Ulster Screen

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Duran Duran Announced As Headliners For Latitude 2024 In UK Festival Exclusive

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In a UK festival exclusive, the iconic British band Duran Duran has been unveiled as the headliners for the 2024 edition of the Latitude Festival. The announcement coincides with the release of the band’s critically acclaimed new gothic-themed album, Danse Macabre, which made its debut in the UK Top Five this week. The band is set to

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Portico Ards Announces New Feel Good Festival

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The Portico of Ards has a brand new festival coming up in 2024. From 1-10 March, the Feel Good Festival comes complete with candlelit concerts, laser lit gigs and feel good activities. The Feel Good Festival starts by swathing the grade A listed architecture of Portico in soft candlelight for two concerts on its first

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Foyle Film Festival Launches 2023 Programme Showcasing Irish & International Film Events

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Searchlight Pictures Next Goal Wins, directed by Oscar® winner Taika Waititi, will open this year’s festival which takes place from Friday 17 – Sunday 26 November 2023. Q&A with Oscar®-winning editor Thelma Schoonmaker will follow the screening of Raging Bull as part of Powell and Pressburger season, and Irish International talent is showcased with an

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Belfast Film Festival Starts Today With Writers, Workers & World-Class Features

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Belfast Film Festival has launched its 2023 programme with a prodigious line-up including the biggest films of both the Cannes and Venice film festivals and seven Best International Feature Oscar selections. The festival will run from the 2-11 November at a variety of locations across the city. Opening and Closing Belfast Film Festival’s Opening and

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12 Events Happening During This Year’s One World Festival

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One World Festival is back for 2023. The festival which showcases how climate change affects people worldwide, especially in less wealthy areas and to make more people aware of the challenges faced by the poorest communities, returns from the 16th – 20th of October. With a focus on Health of Our World, this year’s programme

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Embrace The Beginning Of The Festive Season With Armagh’s Georgian Festival

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Armagh’s award-winning Georgian spectacular is back in the Cathedral City next month when Armagh Georgian Festival 2023 returns with a freshly packed programme of unique and charming events and activities designed to kick off the festive celebrations whilst showcasing the city’s iconic architecture, historic landmarks and its unrivalled beauty in an atmosphere charged with new

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Stay Away From Portico This Halloween

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The Portico of Ards in Portaferry has given its audiences a strongly worded warning about attending its Halloween events this year. Portico’s Manager Dr Verity Peet said, “While we normally love to welcome everyone to our wide range of events throughout the year, on this occasion we want to warn anyone with a nervous disposition

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Bottlegreen And Down Royal Racecourse Add A Dash Of Extraordinary To Ladies Day

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Fashionistas, socialites and racing fans alike are being encouraged to secure their tickets for the Ladbrokes Festival of Racing and Down Royal’s annual Ladies Day festivities. The programme for the two-day festival will open with the bottlegreen Grade 3 Hurdle on Friday 3 November, while Saturday 4 will see fashion enthusiasts gather for the glitz and

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Love At First Bite As Tayto Joins Derry Halloween Festival

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Tayto, Northern Ireland’s favourite crisps, has joined forces with Europe’s largest Halloween festival, Derry Halloween, to provide a packet of Tayto Fright Bites for almost 800 volunteers who will take part in the Halloween Carnival Parade on October 31. Tayto Fright Bites are the official snack partner of the Halloween Carnival Parade, explained Elly Hunter,

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Belfast Film Festival Announces Opening And Closing Films And Extends Solidarity To Writers

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Belfast Film Festival has announced its opening and closing films for its 2023 programme in November with Andrew Haigh’s All of Us Strangers and Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things leading the programme of events. Both films have stormed the latest film festival circuit, garnering rave reviews and whispers of Oscar, BAFTA and SAG nominations.  Opening Night

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Harps Alive Festival Is Back This Weekend

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Some 231 years on, harp music resounds…..Harpers and historians join forces in Belfast and Dublin to celebrate the Irish harping tradition. Now in its second year Harps Alive (Harps Alive│An Chruit Bheo│Harps Leevin) is a cross border collaborative festival, which brings together the finest harpers from across the island to celebrate the significance of the

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Special Guests Snow Patrol Join Lineup For BBC Introducing Live In Belfast

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Following the celebrated reissue of their breakthrough record Final Straw, Snow Patrol will make a special guest appearance in Belfast this October as flagship music discovery event BBC Introducing Live, in association with Belfast International Arts Festival, makes its Northern Ireland debut. On Friday 13th October at the Limelight, audiences will also be treated to

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Autumn Programme Unveiled For 34th Cinemagic International Film And Television Festival For Young People

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The 34th Cinemagic International Film and Television Festival for Young People returns from 30 September to 31 October 2023. The Festival programme funded by the Department of Communities through Northern Ireland Screen, offers unmissable film opportunities for young people, families, schools, and young filmmakers, with over 100 events in Ulster Museum, Queen’s Film Theatre, The

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All Aboard For A Weekend Of Fun At Belfast Maritime Festival

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Visitors can discover a treasure trove of free activities at this weekend’s Belfast Maritime Festival on Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 September. Taking place along the city’s Maritime Mile, with entertainment stretching across Queen’s Quay to HMS Caroline in the Titanic Quarter, the festival celebrates Belfast’s rich maritime heritage and spirit of innovation. Come along

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Ards And North Down’s Arts And Heritage Autumn Programme Is Unveiled

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Ards and North Down Borough Council’s Arts and Heritage Autumn Programme has just been released! The exciting schedule of music, events, exhibitions, classes and workshops, covers the September to December period and will be available online to explore and for bookings on Wednesday 30 August. Highlights from the Autumn Programme include Aspects Festival which is

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