Belfast International Arts Festival
Description
The annual Belfast International Arts Festival features theatre, performance and visual art, music and more.
The Festival features artists and performers from across the globe, bringing Belfast audiences a world class programme of contemporary arts and opportunities for audiences to directly engage and participate in the creative arts.
Belfast International Arts Festival returns with a new season of contemporary arts and cultural events from 16 October – 26 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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- 109-113 Royal Avenue
- Belfast
- Antrim
- BT1 1FF
Contact Details
- 109-113 Royal Avenue
- Belfast
- Antrim
- BT1 1FF
They Might Be Giants
Following 70+ sold-out shows in the US, They Might Be Giants bring their hugely popular “Evening with” performance of breakthrough album to Belfast.
Fat Dog
Fat Dog are one of London’s most exciting new bands, conjuring the sort of frenzied live shows not seen in the capital for years.
Belfast EmpireToner Quinn: How Ireland Thinks About Music
Toner Quinn is a fiddle player, writer on music, editor of the online publication Journal of Music, and lecturer in publishing at the University of Galway.
Oh Yeah Music CentreBridging Beats: From Kansas City to Belfast
Prepare for a night of genre-defying performances with the phenomenal Kadesh Flow and the enchanting Jasmine “Jass” Couch!
The Deer’s Head & Bell’s BreweryThe Persian, Kurdish, Celtic Connection
A cultural weave story with the sounds of Persian, Kurdish and Irish instruments and vocals.
Duncairn Centre for Culture & ArtsCultural Walking Tours: Blue Plaque Tours
A stroll around the centre of Belfast that focuses on the lives of important citizens of the city who lived or worked in the area.
Ingrid Persaud and Sunjeev Sahota
Ingrid Persaud’s latest book, The Lost Love Songs of Boysie Singh, tells the unforgettable story of four incredible women.
Cultural Walking Tours: Anti-slavery Belfast Tour
This tour reveals the story of Belfast’s involvement in this shameful transatlantic trade and the inspiring role of anti-slavery campaigners.
The Chancellor’s 175 Address
Ulster University’s Chancellor and Belfast School of Art alumnus Colin Davidson reflects on his journey from student to acclaimed artist.
Cultural Walking Tours: Talking Heads – Keep Looking Up
A fascinating look at the roundels/sculptured heads high on the Victorian buildings that we pass every day, what they are and their meaning/significance.
Joseph Beuys and The Belfast School of Art
This session takes place exactly fifty years to the day Beuys visited the then College of Art and Design on Tuesday November 19th 1974.
Celebrating The Past – MFA Fine Art
The MFA Fine Art was the first of its kind on the island of Ireland and one of the first three in the UK.
Gurriers
Described as “raw as a butcher’s cut, and just as fresh” by the Irish Times, Gurriers have been championed by the likes of Steve Lamacq and…
Ulster Sports ClubLisa Hannigan
Belfast International Arts Festival welcomes Lisa to Belfast’s Mandela Hall on 26 November for a fully seated show.
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