Commemorating Denis Hempson, one of the greatest Irish traditional harpers, a live performance dedicated to his life and priceless legacy will open the Harps Alive/An Chruit Bheo/Harps Leevin festival 2022 on July 9. The event will take place at the picturesque Mussenden Temple, Downhill. The event is just one of a number of events that […]
Running from June 24-26, the Guinness Belfast City Blues Festival will be taking place in venues across the city, coming back in full swing after a virtual event in 2020 and a successful run in 2021/22 at The Guinness Blues Café at the Deer’s Head. The three-day festival allows for both established and budding
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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 items found in the home, the line-up for Belfast Children’s Festival 2021 feels very much like art imitating life. Young
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Culture Night Belfast is set to go ahead with an online celebration of the arts that will include a rich mix of music, film, performance and much more on September 18. Following an announcement in May that there would be no return this year to having the city streets packed with performers and the public
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Earlier this year the Belfast City Blues Festival 2020 was cancelled as a live event due to the Covid 19 pandemic. However, organisers have worked hard over the last month to find a way of bringing the music to the fans. Festival director Seamus O’Neill said: “I haven’t let our music fans down yet with
Candlelit meals and strolls in the moonlight are all very well, but it appears the great British public are mixing it up when it comes to romance. According to new research from events and ticketing agent, Skiddle, one in 10 of us now meet our other halves at a festival. One in 20 of us
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TOUR operator, American Holidays is once again backing the hugely popular Belfast Blues Festival as the main sponsor of this massive event in the city’s music calendar. With 50 gigs across 22 venues from June 23 – 25 the festival is one of the biggest in Northern Ireland and is a perfect fit for American
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With 11 days of 100 live events and workshops, get ready to celebrate the wonderful world of books at the 7th Belfast Book Festival. Running from June 7-17. This year’s festival features a unique, diverse and highly creative programme; catering for a wide range of interests and exploring many topical themes. Through authors, workshops, music,
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Tickets go on sale on Monday morning for Harvest 2017, a new Country Music Festival that will take place in 2 different locations on Saturday 26 & Sunday 27 August 2017 at Westport House, County Mayo and Enniskillen Airport, County Fermanagh. Weekend Tickets & Weekend tickets including camping are on sale NOW from all usual
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In the early 90’s the Underground Techno scene had truly begun. Acid house had kicked off in Detroit in the late 80’s, made its way to Berlin and from there spread like a virus. It has and always will exist outside of societal norms but in an increasingly vast digital age it has spilled into
One of the newest and most exciting additions to the Northern Ireland music events calendar, ‘Moira Calling’ is pleased share a preview of the festival site map. buy phenergan online phenergan online no prescription Headlined by Hudson Taylor, the one-day event features a host of indigenous artists performing on Saturday, September 10th 2016 at The
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Glenarm castle, Ballymena has been seized to showcase some of Northern Ireland’s Top Rockers in Rock The Castle, a show that is guaranteed to have the audience on their feet! Paying tribute to their favourite performers, Rock The Castle invites fans of the likes of Dolly Parton, Neil Diamond and Carrie Underwood to join in on
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Beat Carnival invites the whole city to take to Ormeau Park on Saturday 25 June for the first ever Belfast Carnival Village. Beat Carnival will transform the Park into a theatrical wonderland for all the family, featuring arts and crafts workshops, performing puppets, mouth-watering food stalls, mad hatter tea parties, crazy golfers, orchestrated musicians, interactive
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Music City 2016, the festival where everyone can play, returns to the city of Derry for the fourth year from July 4th – 10th. The festival which attracts thousands of music fans on to the streets of the Walled City will feature hundreds of musical performances across the the city’s squares, neighbourhoods, shops, pubs and
We aren’t really accustomed to decent weather here in Northern Ireland, and as a result there are a few ritualistic habits that emerge every year during summertime. When I say ‘summer’, what I really mean of course is the three days where the sun’s splitting the trees. Not actual summer, like the three months of
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Summer and even the tiniest bit of sunshine means festivals, from food and music, to even a taste of the sea we’ve got it all here in Northern Ireland. Here are some of the best festivals around to get you in the mood for the summer ahead. Van Morrison – 18th International Guinness Blues on
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IRISH band The Script are one of the headliners at this weekend’s massive Tennent’s Vital festival. And we’ve got a pair of tickets up for grabs for you to see the show… All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning click below for details: Saturday August 29 Calvin Harris, Ellie Goulding,
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NORTHERN Ireland has a rich festival programme this year – from country fairs and food festivals to music weekends and world culture celebrations there’s literally something for everyone. Tens of thousands of people across the country will pack their summer schedule not by flying off to sunny destinations across the world but by going on
NORTHERN Ireland’s World Oyster Eating Champion has revealed he wants to find someone who he can train to beat him. And although 59-year-old Colin Shirlow says he’s confident he can find a winner to fill his boots – they better watch out. Because the Dromore man reckons he will return to beat his protege. A
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A NORTHERN Ireland playwright is to be celebrated in a cross-border festival at the end of this month. Tyrone born Brian Friel, best known for his plays Dancing At Lughnasa and Philadelphia, Here I Come! will be honoured in a two-part festival dedicated to his career taking place in Belfast and Donegal. The Lughnasa International
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A GLOBAL hip-hop icon is set to appear at a Belfast technology festival. Public Enemy star Chuck D, who is best known as a leading face in rap music thanks to his socially conscious and politically charged music, will be one of a number of high profile guest speakers headed to Icons Festival next month. The
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GRAMMY nominated Hozier is the final name to be confirmed for this year’s Belsonic festival. He will take to the stage at Custom House Square on Monday August 24 along with Little Green Cars and Wyvern Lingo. The Irish singer, songwriter & multi instrumentalist shot to international success in 2014 following the release of Grammy
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AFTER finding themselves the victim of funding cuts at Queen’s University the future of the Belfast Festival hung in the balance earlier this year. However, with a whole host of supporters on board the Ulster Bank Belfast International Arts Festival (formerly the Belfast Festival At Queen’s) is back with a bang vowing “the show must
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THE Belfast Comedy Festival is set to have the city in hysterics as Belly Laughs bring the biggest event of its kind back. Now in its 7th year the festival was set up by founder Peter O’Neill and a group of comedy enthusiasts. The 2015 festival is set to bring over 40 acts to the stage
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BOTANIC Gardens is the venue for the 9th annual Belfast Mela celebrations taking place at the end of this month. Over 20,000 visitors are expected to descend on the South Belfast park for what has become the biggest celebration of world culture in Northern Ireland. This year’s event will see a colourful carnival atmosphere of music,
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A LOVING couple who attended Northern Ireland’s first ever festival promoting sexual freedom have hit out at critics. Andrew Galvin and Taryn Gleeson, from Donegal made the trip to Narrow Water Castle, Warrenpoint, County Down earlier this month to attend the Bliss Summer Festival. The festival, which originated in Ireland, was set up by organisers
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