Belfast International Arts Festival 2024

Established in 1962, the city’s longest-running international arts festival, reimagined and reborn as Belfast International Arts Festival (BIAF) in 2015, is celebrating 62 years with a new season of contemporary arts and cultural events.

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01 October 2024

Belfast International Arts Festival returns with a new season of contemporary arts and cultural events from 16 October – 23 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.

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