Arts Across Belfast Bus Tour

Hop on board this half-day bus tour developed by Creative Tours Belfast for a fun exploration of the best of Belfast’s vibrant arts and cultural scene! Journey across the city - north, south, east and west – with your entertaining and knowledgeable guide. Become acquainted with a plethora of talented and creative people connected with the streets and different districts of the city that you’ll pass through.

Discover many of the city’s arts centres, theatres, art galleries and music venues, see cool street artwork and public sculptures and listen to music and stories as you go.

See and hear about many great visual artists, writers, actors, directors and musicians who were born or spent time in different parts of Belfast:
- Successful visual artists - for example, The Array Collective, Colin Davidson and Rita Duffy
- Award-winning novelists, playwrights/scriptwriters and poets - including Anna Burns, Seamus Heaney, C S Lewis, Marie Jones, Lisa McKee, and Owen McCafferty
- Famous film directors and actors - including Kenneth Brannagh, Liam Neeson, Jamie Dornan, Tara Lynne O’Neill and Frances Tomelty
- Musicians of our UNESCO City of Music from Van Morrison, James Galway and Ruby Murray to today’s rising stars!

The tour will start from the Cathedral Quarter and stop for four short visits in each of north, south, east and west Belfast, giving you a chance to see what’s on and to explore a bit. You will visit The MAC, Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich, The Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s and EastSide Visitor Centre. There’ll be additional opportunities for photos along the way.

A live performance will be arranged for tour guests at one of the four venues visited. A light lunch will also be provided at EastSide Visitor Centre, beside C S Lewis Square.

Meet for 10.25am in the foyer of The Mac for the first visit of the tour. Then, after exploring Writer’s Square, you will board the bus by St Anne’s Cathedral. The tour will last for four hours, and end back in the Cathedral Quarter for 2.30pm.

START: 10.25am - The MAC’s foyer* 

END: 2:30pm:  Back in the Cathedral Quarter

This tour has received part funding from Belfast City Council under its Neighbourhood Tourism Investment Programme.

*(18th January - tour departs from The Black Box)

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