By Jade Hamill Conal Montgomery’s ‘Corner Stone’ album launched at Pug Ugly’s, Belfast on 16th June. Doors opened at 8pm with a warm welcome from staff and customers alike as the performances showered the pub…
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Although small, there’s no doubt about it that Northern Ireland is a country full of talent just waiting to be discovered. Here are 5 Northern Irish music artists to look out for this year: Lucy…
“No one really knows me yet, but they’re going to.” Antrim based KALLA released his new single ‘SOUL’ on 2nd March 2022 as a reintroduction to his sound and precursor for upcoming releases. Despite being…
Qualifying from Circomedia Circus School in Bristol, Ken has performed in Circus around the world in group or solo shows as an Artist, Acrobat, Clown and also as a Filmmaker. Ken runs a multimedia production…
Tina Segner is a Circus Performer who has talents in many areas of circus including trapeze, rope, silks, hula-hoop, juggling and acrobatics. She is the co-founder of Tumble Circus, an award-winning organisation showcasing the very…
Deep in the heart of Cathedral Quarter the big top is about to be hoisted aloft and a dazzling array of circus skills, comedy and theatre are in the final throes of preparations for Tumble…
Peter Fleming is a Maghera based Composer and Songwriter with a rich background in the music industry. His most recent work includes composing the music in The Black Equestrian documentary created for Black History Month,…
Fleur Mellor is a Freelance Choreographer and Producer originally from Liverpool and currently living in Northern Ireland. Fleur works for Peter Corry Productions, specialising in live theatre and events as well as developing briefs for…
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…
Belfast based Dylan McCaughtry, 31, is the creative mastermind behind this year’s CNB21 presents The Ogham Grove. The son of Gawain Morrison, Creative Lead for the Culture Night concept, Dylan’s artistic upbringing has led him…
Over the coming weekend, Cathedral Quarter’s Writers’ Square will be the location for The Ogham Grove, a spectacular installation created by this year’s ambitious creative team for CNB21 Presents: The Ogham Grove. The brains behind…
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…
Damian Mills from Lisburn is a PhD Candidate in Music for the Performance Without Barriers research team in Queen’s University Belfast and is also a bandleader for Beatndrum Samba in Belfast. He is this year’s…
Neil Beattie is one of the artists of The Ogham Grove at this year’s Culture Night Belfast. Belfast Designer and Engineer, Neill Beattie’s work is extremely varied. He has trained as a graphic designer and…
Tomàs FitzGerald is a Lighting Designer and Co-owner of Stage Lighting Centre. Originally from Dublin, Tomàs’ love for stage lighting sparked at an early age when he helped out backstage at his father’s shows –…
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…
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,…
Thomas Pollock (26) is a Filmmaker from Belfast. He got started in the industry by picking up a camera, studying the craft, and collaborating with professionals. What genre / style do you create in? Focused…
Jonathan Traynor. the 53-year-old Writer and Author from Belfast now lives in Ballymena. He has left university in 1989 and started in journalism with the Ulster Gazette in Armagh, where he was able to do…
Lucille Hamilton(23) is a Self Published Author from Northern Ireland. Her love for creating stories began as a child, but her entrance to the industry came with her first book, ‘Grandma GG’s Magic Soup Kitchen’. The…
Nuala Convery (Wee Nuls) is a 28year old street artist & illustrator from Belfast. Her street art career started via an unusual route, the events industry . She started off creating murals of her illustrations for…
Natasha Swan, a 27 year old artist from Islandmagee, creates handmade pottery using traditional making on the pottery wheel. After extensive training both in Northern and southern Ireland she launched her business in 2018 addressing…
Joanne Campbell (47) is an Artist from Whitehead. She started in the industry in 2013 when she turned 40, although she has been drawing and painting most of her life. What genre / style do…
Lucy Craig is a 27 year old Textile Artist, working in the community doing projects and running workshops. She is from Ballymena, but now lives in Ahogholl. Her professional practice preserves our heritage onto textiles, combined with…
John Cooney (64) is an artist from Carrickfergus. He paints in watercolour and oil. He started painting while teaching in primary school. John had to give teaching up as he became more successful as an artist. …
Brian (58) from Strabane is a Musician-Singer/ Songwriter. He always had music in the house growing up so it followed on naturally that he would get the bug. What genre / style do you create…
Charlie Hanlon makes indie pop tunes mostly by himself or with his friends. He is 15 years old, from Ireland, now he lives in Downpatrick. He first started gigging when he was 11 or 12….
Michael Conaghan is a youthful 58 year old Playwright, Poet, and Bookseller, brought up in Mid-Ulster who now lives in Belfast. Michael was introduced to the industry via a creative writing class in Whitstable, Kent, taught…
Andy Clarke is a 44-year-old artist from Lisburn. He plays guitar and sings in the metal band: The Crawling. Andy started playing in bands, writing music from 15 years old and since then he never stopped….
Philip Henry (46) grew up in the country about 5 miles outside Ballymoney, he has been living in Portstewart on the North Coast for the last 12 years. He writes books, songs, and screenplays, and makes films….
Abbe Tanenbaum is a 33 year old creative who wears many hats. She is originally from America, but now lives in County Down. She started acting in her local community theatre in Erie, PA around 10…
Michael Foster is a 32year old Filmmaker from Holywood. In 2014 Michael quit his office job in finance after 8 years to pursue his dream. He knew he wanted to do something creative and always had…
Phil Quinn(33) from Belfast, Sam Goodwin(32) originaly from London, now lives in Belfast, and Richard Bailie(20) from Lisburn together perform as Charles Hurts. Phil writes, plays the guitar, sings vocals, while Sam plays the bass,…
Mark S Black (46) is a musician from Letterkenny, Donegal. He began playing guitar in his teens. Mark has played in bands etc for 30 years. He went full-time as a musician in 2005. What genre…
Jordain Molloy Gillen is a 26 year old artist and designer from Ballymena. Graduating in Fine Arts in 2017, was the starting point for Jordain’s career as an artist. He recalls his time at uni…
Debra Hill is a 27 year old Actor and Freelance Drama Teacher from Belfast. She admits, that her Mum would say she owes it all to her video recordings of Debra in Buzz Lighter pjs attempting…
Rory Shearer (67) and Helen Shearer (65) from Ballymena run Studio Potter together. After graduating from Art College Rory worked as a studio assistant with Forge Pottery Antrim. What genre / style do you create…
Leanne, the 25 year old Freelance Illustrator from Magherafelt, lives in Belfast. She started in the industry by constantly going to gigs from when she first started university. As she met various musicians Leanne started to…
Csilla Toldy, the 57 year old Writer and Artist from Budapest, Hungary now lives in Rostrevor, Co. Down. She started in the industry by writing promo videos and working on documentaries. At the time Csilla…
Jennifer Davison (33) is a Children’s Book Illustrator from Broughshane. After graduating with a First Class Honours from the University of Ulster Belfast she got a job as a Digital Artist for Flickerpix Animation Studios…
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…
Amanda is a 42 year old Singer-Songwriter & personal development coach from Glenariffe. She has been singing but didn’t release any original material until she was in her mid 30’s. What genre / style do you create in?…
Growing up Lee remembers himself as a mostly a shy ‘ish and quiet soul. Around the age of 22 he found himself at an audition for a Belfast-based rock & blues band, and the rest…
The Irish Video Game Orchestra (IVGO) is made up of various professions, students, IT professionals, fitness instructors, pub owners, aged anywhere between 18 to 60. The Belfast based musicians come together to create music from video…
Moon Music is a group of adults with learning disabilities, volunteers, and Seonaid Murray their Outreach Officer, aged 21 – 71ish. They live in Belfast, Dundonald, Larne, Portadown, Bangor, Spain, Scotland, New Jersey and New York….
Caitlin Oneill is a 26 year old Children’s Drama Facilitator from Glengormley. Caitlin was introduced to the industry by her nanny Kate Muldoon a playwright. She spent her childhood in rehearsal rooms and at the theatre and knew that…
Sebastian K Akehurst is a 28 year old Photographer/Digital Creative from Armagh. He has started in the industry in 2014. Let’s get to know him better, shall we? What genre / style do you create in?…
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…
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