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Belfast is packed with vibrant festivals throughout the year. Whether it's international film, music, dance or literature, Belfast's rich arts culture shines through when it comes to putting on a show.

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Tuesday 20 October 2020

Socially Distanced Oktoberfest Food & Drink Festival – Cancelled

Tue, 20 Oct 2020, 4:00pm
2.65KM

Oktoberfest at Cargo is a ticketed event in this cosy outdoor garden with covered and heated teepee marquees, outdoor heating, table service, app ordering and s

CARGO by Vertigo
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Si C’était de L’Amour (If It Were Love)

Tue, 20 Oct 2020, 8:00pm

This critically acclaimed documentary, from Austrian director Patric Chiha, follows the professional and personal lives of the dancers in Crowd, a touring piece

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Wednesday 21 October 2020

Socially Distanced Oktoberfest Food & Drink Festival – Cancelled

Wed, 21 Oct 2020, 4:00pm
2.65KM

Oktoberfest at Cargo is a ticketed event in this cosy outdoor garden with covered and heated teepee marquees, outdoor heating, table service, app ordering and s

CARGO by Vertigo
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Doing It

Wed, 21 Oct 2020, 8:00pm

In this immersive, unique, online experience actor and director Pedro Penim confesses a secret passion that takes him very far across the sea of Internet. An…

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Thursday 22 October 2020

Socially Distanced Oktoberfest Food & Drink Festival – Cancelled

Thu, 22 Oct 2020, 4:00pm
2.65KM

Oktoberfest at Cargo is a ticketed event in this cosy outdoor garden with covered and heated teepee marquees, outdoor heating, table service, app ordering and s

CARGO by Vertigo
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Doing It

Thu, 22 Oct 2020, 8:00pm

In this immersive, unique, online experience actor and director Pedro Penim confesses a secret passion that takes him very far across the sea of Internet. An…

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Friday 23 October 2020

Socially Distanced Oktoberfest Food & Drink Festival – Cancelled

Fri, 23 Oct 2020, 12:00pm
2.65KM

Oktoberfest at Cargo is a ticketed event in this cosy outdoor garden with covered and heated teepee marquees, outdoor heating, table service, app ordering and s

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Stuart Maconie

Fri, 23 Oct 2020, 7:00pm

In his new book The Nanny State Made Me: A Story of Britain and How to Save It, Stuart tells the story of Britain’s welfare state…

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Saturday 24 October 2020

Socially Distanced Oktoberfest Food & Drink Festival – Cancelled

Sat, 24 Oct 2020, 12:00pm
2.65KM

Oktoberfest at Cargo is a ticketed event in this cosy outdoor garden with covered and heated teepee marquees, outdoor heating, table service, app ordering and s

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Kevin Maxwell and Nazir Afzal

Sat, 24 Oct 2020, 2:00pm

A former police detective and ex-Chief Crown Prosecutor come together to discuss law, race, prejudice and equality.

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Patrick Freyne

Sat, 24 Oct 2020, 7:00pm

One of Ireland’s funniest writers is coming to BIAF to give us the benefit of the wit and wisdom in his new book of essays, OK,…

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Helen Lewis

Sat, 24 Oct 2020, 7:00pm

Helen Lewis will explore how feminism’s success has been down to complicated, contradictory, imperfect women, who fought one another as much as they fought othe

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André Rieu: 70 Years Young

Sat, 24 Oct 2020, 7:45pm
5.5KM

70 YEARS YOUNG is André Rieu’s ultimate concert featuring musical highlights chosen by the maestro himself from his illustrious career so far.

Strand Arts Centre
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Sunday 25 October 2020

Socially Distanced Oktoberfest Food & Drink Festival – Cancelled

Sun, 25 Oct 2020, 12:00pm
2.65KM

Oktoberfest at Cargo is a ticketed event in this cosy outdoor garden with covered and heated teepee marquees, outdoor heating, table service, app ordering and s

CARGO by Vertigo
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Elaine Feeney and Daisy Johnson

Sun, 25 Oct 2020, 2:00pm

Two of our finest fiction writers come together to tell us about their acclaimed new novels, each one shocking, vital and explosive.

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Jenni Murray

Sun, 25 Oct 2020, 4:00pm

One of the nation’s best-loved broadcasters joins the Festival to discuss her new book about our relationship with food and weight.

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Robert Webb

Sun, 25 Oct 2020, 7:00pm

Writer, actor and comedian Robert Webb follows his bestselling memoir about masculinity, How Not to be a Boy, with an ambitious debut novel that’s been describe

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Friday 30 October 2020

Colette Bryce and Nick Laird

Fri, 30 Oct 2020, 7:00pm

Two of Northern Ireland’s finest poets join the Festival to read from and discuss their latest collections.

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Saturday 31 October 2020

Lennie Goodings

Sat, 31 Oct 2020, 2:00pm

Join the chair of groundbreaking feminist publisher Virago Books for an entertaining and enlightening insight into the life of a literary editor.

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Bryan Washington and Paul Mendez

Sat, 31 Oct 2020, 4:00pm

Two debut writers join forces to talk to the Festival about race and sexuality from different cultural perspectives.

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Sebastian Barry and Sarah Moss

Sat, 31 Oct 2020, 7:00pm

Festival favourite Sebastian Barry joins multi-award winning novelist Sarah Moss at an event discussing their highly-anticipated new fiction.

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Sunday 1 November 2020

Jenny Offill

Sun, 01 Nov 2020, 2:00pm

Donald Trump and the climate crisis are the twin emergencies driving this funny, fierce and universally acclaimed new novel by one of America’s most highly rega

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Scholastique Mukasonga and Nina Bouraoui

Sun, 01 Nov 2020, 4:00pm

Two of France’s greatest living writers talk about their work and inspiration.

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