Belfast International Arts Festival 2023

Established in 1962, the city’s longest-running international arts festival, reimagined and reborn as Belfast International Arts Festival (BIAF) in 2015, is celebrating 61 years with a new season of contemporary arts and cultural events.

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15 August 2023

Belfast International Arts Festival returns with a new season of contemporary arts and cultural events from 12 October – 5 November in over 30 venues across the city, featuring the very best in international and homegrown artists across theatre, dance, music, visual arts, literature and film.

Belfast International Arts Festival

Belfast International Arts Festival returns with a new season of contemporary arts and cultural events from 12 October – 5 November in over 30 venues across the city.

Belfast International Arts Festival Events

The Vanishing Elephant | Cahoots NI
The Vanishing Elephant | Cahoots NI
International Arts Festival

The Vanishing Elephant | Cahoots NI

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31 Oct - 02 Nov 2024

Cahoots NI’s moving story of friendship, belonging and adventure - In the heart of Bengal, a young boy…

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Blues & Ballads: An Evening with Paul Jones and Dave Kelly, and Freddie White
Blues & Ballads: An Evening with Paul Jones and Dave Kelly, and Freddie White
International Arts Festival

Blues & Ballads: An Evening with Paul Jones and Dave Kelly, and Freddie White

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Tue, 29 Oct 2024, 7:30pm

Belfast International Arts Festival presents blues legends Paul Jones and Dave Kelly, & the incomparable Irish singer-songwriter Freddie…

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