Name: Imagine! Belfast Festival of Ideas and Politics
Address: 46 Hill Street, Belfast, BT1 2LB
Telephone: +44 28 9024 6609

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Belfast’s unique festival of ideas and politics invites you to engage with the big issues of our time.

The ground-breaking festival offers up an eclectic week-long programme with over 130 events across the city including the Crecent Arts Centre and Limelight. Strictly non-partisan, the festival reaches out to people from all backgrounds with a wide range of events including talks, workshops, theatre, comedy, films, walking tours, exhibitions and lots more.

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46 Hill Street
Belfast
Antrim
BT1 2LB

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Mostly free events
International speakers and performers
Great way to meet locals and have some fun

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46 Hill Street
Belfast
Antrim
BT1 2LB

+44 28 9024 6609

hello@imaginebelfast.com

https://imaginebelfast.com/

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Brave Belfast Cailíní: Being A Girl’s Girl Through Art

0.4 KM

24 - 30 Mar 2025

Brave Belfast Cailíní is a youth-led campaign that empowers young women and girls to support one another.

2 Royal Avenue

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Knitting Horn Covers for a Muskox & The Blind Humans and The Elephant

0.4 KM

24 - 30 Mar 2025

Two stunning new projects from Belfast-based Japanese artist Shiro Masuyama.

2 Royal Avenue

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Belfast Food As A System

Mon, 24 Mar 2025, 4:00pm

Join Belfast Sustainable Food Partnership for this two hour workshop exploring how to make better connections between the different parts of the system.

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Something Great! Finding Myself in the Belfast Circus Part 2

24 - 25 Mar 2025

Jennifer Dempsey’s coming of age story about losing your way then finding it in the most unlikely of places.

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Education And Hope In A World On Fire

Mon, 24 Mar 2025, 7:00pm

If we are in a planetary crisis (as all scientific evidence suggests), why do we not witness academia and academics acting as if it is a…

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Cage Eleven: Prison Writings from Long Kesh

3.57 KM

Mon, 24 Mar 2025, 7:00pm

Join former president of Sinn Féin and TD for Louth, Gerry Adams, as he talks about his new book ‘Cage Eleven: Prison Writings from Long Kesh’.

Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich

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Cory Doctorow: Disenshittifying Big Tech

0.93 KM

Mon, 24 Mar 2025, 7:00pm

The New York Times best-selling author, journalist and activist in conversation with Alan Meban.

Accidental Theatre

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The Irish Boundary Commission: “The Root of All Evil”

1.47 KM

Mon, 24 Mar 2025, 7:30pm

Join for a talk by Dr Cormac Moore marking the anniversary of the shelving of the Irish Boundary Commission report in 1925.

Queen’s University

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Power Chords: The Synergy between Music and Politics

1.14 KM

Mon, 24 Mar 2025, 7:30pm

A panel of local politicians reveal the music that has influenced their lives.

Crescent Arts Centre

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Strike: An Uncivil War

0.56 KM

Mon, 24 Mar 2025, 8:00pm

Over forty years on, and the legacy of the Miner’s strike is all around us…

The Deer’s Head & Bell’s Brewery

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Matt Forde: A Fireside Chat with William Crawley

0.47 KM

Mon, 24 Mar 2025, 8:00pm

Join for a performance and interview with this critically acclaimed stand-up, impressionist, writer and podcaster.

Limelight Belfast

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Brighid ‘Biddy’ McLaughlin: Tales of a Patchwork Life

0.32 KM

Mon, 24 Mar 2025, 8:00pm

Join for a talk by Brighid ‘Biddy’ McLaughlin, the acclaimed journalist and storyteller, about her life and new book.

Hastings Grand Central Hotel

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Talking Integration: Belfast Parents’ Views on Education

Tue, 25 Mar 2025, 10:00am

Hear from key stakeholders and discuss how the demand for Integrated Education can be met.

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Towards a Culture of Peace: A Civic Conversation

Tue, 25 Mar 2025, 10:00am

This conversational gathering will provide an opportunity to imagine and explore with others what makes for a culture of peace, locally, nationally and globally

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The Lost Writings of James Connolly

0.56 KM

Tue, 25 Mar 2025, 1:00pm

A talk by Dr Conor McCabe about the recently rediscovered short stories by James Connolly that cast new light on the revolutionary figure.

The Deer’s Head & Bell’s Brewery

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John MacNeice and The Lundy Leash

Tue, 25 Mar 2025, 2:00pm

A history talk and poetry reading around the life and times of Louis MacNeice’s father, a Protestant clergyman who didn’t sign the Ulster Covenant.

Belfast Cathedral

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The Dan Eggs Dialogue

Tue, 25 Mar 2025, 2:00pm

Express Yourself Social Café flings open its doors for an afternoon of ideas and autobiographical musings by one of our finest poets.

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James Connolly Walking Tour

Tue, 25 Mar 2025, 5:00pm

A tour by Dr. Conor McCabe, visiting some of the key places associated with James Connolly during his time in Belfast.

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(de)fragment: Gallery Tour & Conversation

Tue, 25 Mar 2025, 5:30pm

Artists Meadhbh McIlgorm and Lian Bell with an alternative gallery tour & conversation delving into the exhibition’s themes and stories.

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Ali Marie Watkins: The Next One Is for You

Tue, 25 Mar 2025, 6:00pm

A true story of guns, country and the IRA’s secret American army.

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Our Bodies, Our Rights, Our Futures

Tue, 25 Mar 2025, 6:30pm

Join the Open University, Alliance for Choice, The Rainbow Project and Common Youth for an inspiring session where we envision the future we deserve.

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The Sound of Marching, Charging Feet: Music, Agitation and Civil Rights

0.27 KM

Tue, 25 Mar 2025, 7:00pm

Stuart Bailie, author of ‘Trouble Songs: Music and Conflict in Northern Ireland’, looks back to the ferment of 1968.

Linen Hall Library

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Don’t Forget to Remember

0.56 KM

Tue, 25 Mar 2025, 8:00pm

In this stunning Irish documentary, an artist navigates his mother’s life and memories as they are being eroded by the advance of Alzheimer’s.

The Deer’s Head & Bell’s Brewery

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David Baddiel: in conversation with William Crawley

0.47 KM

Tue, 25 Mar 2025, 8:00pm

Join for an entertaining event with David Baddiel in conversation with the BBC’s William Crawley.

Limelight Belfast

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Cabaret for Change: Addressing the Political through the Poetical

0.93 KM

Tue, 25 Mar 2025, 8:00pm

A provocative yet convivial gathering to address ‘the political’ by participating in ‘the poetical’.

Accidental Theatre

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Christopher Ward: Model Strangers

1.14 KM

Tue, 25 Mar 2025, 8:00pm

In the summer of 2023 Christopher Ward had an idea. It was simple: he would approach strangers on the street and ask them if he could…

Crescent Arts Centre

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The Revolutionary Act of Dreaming

0.82 KM

Wed, 26 Mar 2025, 12:00pm

How might sharing dreams in community help us explore the relationship between humanity, technology and the shifting meaning of ‘connection’?

The MAC

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Women’s Leadership and Privilege: Who Gets a Seat at the Table?

Wed, 26 Mar 2025, 12:15pm

A panel exploring the intersection of gender, power, and privilege when it comes to leadership positions.

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Jo Caulfield: The Funny Thing About Death

1.14 KM

Wed, 26 Mar 2025, 1:00pm

Join Jo Caulfield as she talks about her laugh-out-loud memoir The Funny Thing About Death.

Crescent Arts Centre

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Restorative Storytelling for Change: Amplifying Voices, Inspiring Change

Wed, 26 Mar 2025, 3:00pm

Join some of the most marginalised communities in Belfast sharing their stories and experiences, speaking truth to power.

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The Enthusiasts Choir: Reverberation

2.22 KM

Wed, 26 Mar 2025, 3:00pm

‘Reverberation’ is a performance of songs, stories and poetry that explores the theme of conflict both internal and external. With the Enthusiasts Choir feat.

Public Record Office of Northern Ireland

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What Kind of World is Possible?

Wed, 26 Mar 2025, 6:00pm

A screening of the documentary ‘Finding the Money’ followed by a facilitated conversation with economist Tony Weekes.

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Tim Arnold: The Road to Super Connected

0.82 KM

Wed, 26 Mar 2025, 7:00pm

A journey through singer-songwriter, filmmaker, and activist Tim Arnold’s life. Hosted by Stephen Coates and presented by Imagine! and The MAC.

The MAC

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Whose Integration is it Anyway?

Wed, 26 Mar 2025, 7:00pm

A panel of stakeholders involved with integrated education will discuss matters arising from new research being conducted at QUB.

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Jo Caulfield: Here Comes Trouble

1.14 KM

Wed, 26 Mar 2025, 8:00pm

‘Here Comes Trouble’ is full of razor-sharp observations and scandalous one-liners, as Jo gets her claws into everything (and everyone) that annoys her.

Crescent Arts Centre

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We Will Remain & Dancing Palestine

0.56 KM

Wed, 26 Mar 2025, 8:00pm

A double feature of short films from Palestine.

The Deer’s Head & Bell’s Brewery

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The Importance of Ethical and Shared Remembering

1.93 KM

Thu, 27 Mar 2025, 10:00am

A seminar reflecting on the principles and practice of ethical and shared remembering.

Duncairn Centre for Culture & Arts

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Making NI a Living Wage Region

1.21 KM

Thu, 27 Mar 2025, 10:00am

Hear from a range of local Living Wage Employers about why the Living Wage is good for workers, good for business, and good for society.

Clifton House Belfast

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Art Is Collective: Improv Group Drawing

0.4 KM

Thu, 27 Mar 2025, 10:00am

Loosen up your creativity and and join this multi-ability group of artists to work on a large scale improv drawing.

2 Royal Avenue

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The Small Democracy of Rathlin Island

Thu, 27 Mar 2025, 11:30am

A workshop looking at how Rathlin islanders are developing community-led policymaking.

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Politics of the Imagination

0.68 KM

Sat, 29 Mar 2025, 7:30pm

An evening of genre-defying, humorous and hard-hitting music.

Oh Yeah Music Centre

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Grand Opera House

Arts and Entertainment

Grand Opera House

0.66 KM

Northern Ireland's premier theatre presenting an outstanding programme of drama, opera, dance, comedy, musicals, family shows and much…

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Golden Thread Gallery

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Golden Thread Gallery

0.4 KM

Golden Thread Gallery is a contemporary visual art gallery and arts charity, presenting world-class exhibitions by international and…

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Accidental Theatre

Arts and Entertainment

Accidental Theatre

0.93 KM

Accidental Theatre is a collision of perspectives, art forms and unusual collaborations – curious stories told through vibrant,…

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Queen's Film Theatre - QFT

Arts and Entertainment

Queen's Film Theatre - QFT

1.31 KM

QFT - Northern Ireland's leading independent cinema

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Belvoir Studio Theatre

Arts and Entertainment

Belvoir Studio Theatre

5.03 KM

The little theatre that makes a big impact!

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Ulster Museum

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Ulster Museum

1.73 KM

Come face-to-face with dinosaurs, meteorites and Spanish sailors with a visit to Ulster Museum.

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Lagan Valley Island

Arts and Entertainment

Lagan Valley Island

15.01 KM

Lagan Valley Island is one of Northern Irelands' premier venues.

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Belfast Photo Festival

Arts and Entertainment

Belfast Photo Festival

0.08 KM

A city-wide international festival of photography that has become the largest in the U.K. and Ireland.

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