The Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival returns from the 01 – 11 May with over 90 live events across Belfast’s City Centre and beyond! Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival will animate the city centre with an 11 day celebration of live music, comedy, theatre, spoken word, literature, eclectic performance and street art.
Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival
Mark Watson: Before It Overtakes Us
Mark Watson returns to Belfast for his stand-up show at The Empire.
Mohammad Syfkhan
Mohammad Syfkhan’s own brand of ecstatic music takes elements from Middle Eastern and North African music to create…
VARC – Visual Audio Radical Circus
This is a collaborative work, curated and produced by Emmen Jude Donnelly, one of Ireland’s most well-respected aerial…
Niamh Bury
Niamh Bury is one of the most exciting new voices on the Irish folk scene.
Andy White: ‘The night is approaching though some would say it was morning’ – Album Launch
40 years after the release of debut EP Religious Persuasion, Andy White is back home in Belfast and…
Theresa Lola – ‘Ceremony for the Nameless’
CQAF and Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s welcomes Theresa Lola to Belfast to read from and talk about…
The 25th Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival
The Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival returns for the 25th time - from the 1st – 11th May -…
Lisdoon Nirvana
For anyone who’s ever been young and dreamed of going to a festival and finding Nirvana…
The Bluebells Acoustic Trio
The Bluebells enjoyed a whirlwind career spanning the early 1980’s with a recording output including three U.K. hit…
Caoilinn Hughes in Conversation
Caoilinn Hughes talks about her work and her latest novel ‘The Alternatives’.
The Anthony Toner Songbook
In the early 2000’s, much-loved and missed BBC presenter Gerry Anderson began to play a song called ‘Sailortown’…
We Lose Sight of the Night: Aisling O’Beirn
Aisling O’Beirn’s exhibition explores the relationship between art, science, and environmental change.
Shame Show
For your safety, please follow this pair of prancing poofs to SHAME SHOW, a sketchy comedy of catastrophic…
In Conversation with Tariq Ali: You Can’t Please All
Join for an afternoon of sharp wit, radical history, and political insight as Tariq Ali discusses his latest…
Screening of Poitín with Bán Poitín Tasting & Talk
Join for a special screening of Poitín (1978), Bob Quinn’s groundbreaking Irish-language film that delves into the world…
Personality Crisis Screening + Sabrejets remember Johansen/New York Dolls/Johnny Thunders
With David Johansen’s recent passing, CQAF felt it fitting to screen this 2023 film by Martin Scorcese, a…
Noah Gundersen
Noah takes vulnerability to a new level on brand new full-length studio album, If This Is The End.
UNKLE
For the past 30 years, James Lavelle has been at the forefront of global club culture.
Sreang Dhofheicthe: Tionscadal Taylor Swift/Invisible String: The Taylor Swift Project
SREANG DHOFHEICTHE is a special weave of songs from Taylor Swift’s critically acclaimed albums
