Belfast Harbour is partnering with Belfast Photo Festival to create a free outdoor gallery on Belfast’s waterfront, which over a period of six months will showcase world class photographic artists at the new City Quays…
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One of Northern Ireland’s most dynamic festivals – The 22nd Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival – is back, live and unleashed, from 28 April – 8 May. Nearly 150 events in a variety of venues across…
Northern Ireland’s drag Queen of the World to front BBC show After winning BBC Three’s Drag Race UK’s versus The World Northern Ireland’s Blu Hydrangea will host Stitch, Please!, a three-part BBC series. Contestants, under…
The ever-popular ‘Democracy Day’ returns to Belfast’s most thought-provoking festival, the Imagine! Belfast Festival of Ideas & Politics on Friday 25th March. ‘Democracy Day’ is a collection of workshops, panel discussions and talks designed to encourage…
UK City of Culture contender Armagh City reveals fresh festival bounce for 2022. St Patrick’s historical home, Armagh City, has launched a new and inspirational festival programme to celebrate the life and legacy of Ireland’s…
The Imagine! Belfast Festival is looking forward to welcoming back audiences to its 8th annual programme of events taking place during 21-27 March. According to Peter O’Neill., Festival Director: “With only a week to go…
The historic Walled City of Derry will come to life in February with an immersive music and light festival called, ‘Illuminate’. Illuminate will brighten up the dark winter nights with a trail of live projection…
Between November 2 and 12, the RE[act] festival takes place in Belfast’s Donegall Square for the first time in an exciting new city experience for 2021. The inspirational line up of talks, workshops and immersive…
From epic to intimate, live to online, local to international, the fifteenth annual Outburst Queer Art Festival has an incredible array of art and events showcasing queer talent. With a centrepiece of Conor Mitchell’s MASS,…
The time has finally come for us to welcome back live music events and take in the rich culture of Belfast, and The Oh Yeah Music Centre has created the perfect programme of events to…
Cathedral Quarters Writers’ Square will tonight (September 17) be transformed into a spectacular installation from the creative team for CNB21 Presents: The Ogham Grove. From 6pm tonight through until Sunday evening visitors can experience an…
Monumental Ogham Grove interactive structure will dominate Writer’s Square Father and son team Gawain Morrison and Dylan McCaughtry will bring an ancient Celtic language to life with a massive construction across Belfast’s Writer’s Square for…
Zipporah (Zippy) Reynolds is a 28-year-old Freelance Artist from Banbridge, specialising in street art/illustration. For the past 9 years, she has been working as a Textile Artist for film and TV after studying Fashion Design…
Creative lead unveils thinking behind Ogham Grove This year’s Culture Night promises a spectacular structural, lighting and sound experience designed by Belfast artist Gawain Morrison around the ancient Druidic language Ogham. Promising to be both…
As the conversation around climate change heats up ahead of COP26 in November, the team behind Culture Night Belfast 2021 have stated their ambitions for an “almost 100% sustainable event” this year. Partnering with artist…
Belfast’s Maritime Mile is getting ready to host a two-day festival of family fun on Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 September. The Belfast Maritime Weekender will bring Belfast’s maritime and industrial history to life and…
In Your Space Circus (IYSC) is bringing its flagship Circus, Arts and Music Festival, Carnival of Colours to the City Centre for the 14th edition of one of Derry’s favourite headline events. Carnival of Colours,…
Gawain Morrison is a Creative Producer and Director for Media, Events and Technology, from Belfast with 25 years of experience in the creative industry. He has worked within the likes of TV and film production,…
The Cathedral Quarter Trust, the organisation behind Culture Night Belfast has appointed a Creative Lead for their 2021 project. Earlier this year Susan Picken, director of Culture Night Belfast and the Cathedral Quarter Trust, announced…
Policing, justice and political activism are just some of the highly topical themes of Docs Ireland, the international documentary film festival which returns to Belfast from 25 – 29 August. The third annual Docs Ireland…
Whether you’re a sports fanatic, an art aficionado or a lover of spoken word and music, there is sure to be an event happening this summer that will strike a chord with you. With something to…
Everyone is invited to connect with EastSide Arts Festival, 5th-15th August, this summer. Featuring 100+ artists across more than 80 events taking place both in-person and online, enjoy the festival from the comfort of home,…
Reimagine, Remake, Replay, the organisation focusing on connecting young people through creative media and the latest tech, Zeppo Arts and LUMI, Queens Film Theatre, which has been screening the best of independent cinema in Belfast…
Last month The 17th Belfast Nashville Songwriters Festival presented a series of online concerts in response to the pandemic restrictions. The free event is supported by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and Belmont University…
St Joseph’s Chapel in Sailortown Belfast came alive for St Patrick’s Day yesterday from 2pm celebrating cultural and historical heritage of the historic area of the city. After years of restoration St Joseph’s Chapel was…
Paul Dean (63) is a Singer/Musician from Belfast. He played in numerous bands since 1977. What genre / style do you create in? Various styles including Country Rock, Pop, Irish. What would you be best known…
Call for submission of new ideas to help re-imagine a better Belfast post-pandemic One of Belfast’s most innovative and engaging festivals, Imagine! Belfast Festival of Ideas and Politics (22nd – 28th March) has launched a new campaign…
The Imagine! Belfast Festival of Ideas & Politics is an 18-day festival showcasing new ideas on politics, culture and civic activism. Bringing together a host of workshops, talks, comedy, music, film and exhibitions the event…
Aiming to promote a collective unity through conversation The Mac, Belfast is celebrating International Women’s Day with its week long online festival. The Jam-packed programme of events will bring together academics, community organisers, activists, artists…
Fresh from the success of its first ever online Virtual Féile in August last year, the dynamic team at Féile an Phobail have put together a fantastic programme of events for Féile an Earraigh, the…
With contemporary dance based on the theme of hope, a ‘part Lord of the Flies, part Animal Farm’ theatre performance set in a post pandemic future, and an exhibition that explores the magic of everyday…
Ciara O’Neill is an indie folk singer songwriter from Portadown, now living in Belfast. The 35 year old performer started in the music industry at a very young age singing in her school choir. After being…
Songwriter, musician and guitarist Anthony Toner is best known for his song Sailortown. The song was played countless times over the years by the late Radio Ulster presenter Gerry Anderson helping to make it Anthony’s best…
Ursula is a performer and composer from Belfast known as the Dangerous Harpist. She has been working for 25 years in the industry, getting her start at a young age at Medieval Banquets in Carrickfergus Castle. …
The 16th Annual Out To Lunch Festival is back to brighten up an otherwise dull January. Supported by Arts Council NI, The Out To Lunch Festival includes a special Culture Night Belfast showcase in association…
Northern Ireland’s talent will be highlighted to the world as Culture Night Belfast continues to support local artists in collaboration with Out To Lunch Festival supported by The Office of the Northern Ireland Executive in…
Children and adults are in for a festive creativity bumper thanks to Golden Thread Gallery running two free workshops in December. The Christmas workshops are designed to be fun-packed sessions on Saturday, December 5 for…
The impressive Foyle Film Festival is wrapping up this week with a feast of must-see movies covering documentaries and is continuing its unique online film purchase ticket scheme. The online offering means that a ticket…
Charity University of Atypical will bring its annual Bounce event online in a showcase new work by D/deaf and disabled writers, producers, actors, dancers, musicians and directors. D/deaf is the term used for deaf sign…
The Northern Ireland Festival of Writing will be broadcasting over six hours of content throughout the day and night on NVTV this Friday, November 28. Following on from the successful inaugural event in 2019 the…
Following on from the successful inaugural event in 2019 the NI Festival of Writing is launching an online programme of content to once again encourage and support writers who want to start or develop their…
The annual CS Lewis Festival goes ahead from November 20-22 with a packed programme including virtual events and outdoor walks and trails. The creator of the fantasyland Narnia and author of the iconic The Lion,…
As part of the online Capture Creativity and Technology Conference Production Designer and Art Director Szymon Biernacki will discuss his EMMY winning film Klaus, Netflix’s first feature animation on November 19. Syzmon has been involved…
Northern Ireland’s principal gallery of contemporary photography, Belfast Exposed, is hosting a series of training events aimed at helping you get the best from your camera. They include the basics of your digital camera, documentary…
Photographer Helen Sloan is set to reveal the work she undertook as the primary stills photographer for smash hit TV series Game of Thrones in an online presentation and Q&A as part of the Capture…
The 2020 Capture Conference has produced a packed online programme featuring Disney animators, Academy Award nominated cinematographers, and photographers kicking off on November 6. Capture Conference aims to explore the space between creativity & technology….
Bigger, better and set to be burgeoning with the best of music is the promise of Belfast City Blues Festival as the 2021 dates are confirmed. The iconic festival will return to have the streets,…
An online symposium on ‘Future Sailortown’ takes place on Friday, November 6, to share and celebrate more than a year of collaboration for a better built environment in the historic district of Belfast. The free…
Music Events at Queen’s University Belfast are presenting a recorded relay from Queens of traditional and new Irish tunes from Brendan Kerr and Catriona Gribben on November 5. The free event will feature a selection…
Belfast Photo Festival this year will present an online and offline programme entitled XX-XY, which symbolises women identifying and non-binary photographers. From 4 – 30 November 2020 a thematically diverse line up of contemporary Irish…