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01/06/2026

Submissions are now officially open for Culture Night Belfast 2026 🚨

Taking place on Friday 18 September, this year’s Culture Night will be an artist-led and venue-based city-wide experience, inviting ideas from across Belfast’s creative community.

Whether you’re planning a performance, exhibition, workshop, screening, talk, walk, pop-up or something harder to define, now’s the time to put it forward.

Submission deadlines are Friday 19 June for anyone requiring financial support and Friday 26 June for all other events.

Submit here: https://www.maywe.co.uk/culturenightbelfast

23/05/2026

Massive news from Bank of Ideas 2026 💡

Following a brilliant day at Belfast City Hall, the votes have been counted and this year’s 39 funded projects have now been announced!

From Irish language theatre and q***r trad gatherings to community ceilís, wellbeing sessions, storytelling projects, creative workshops and more, these ideas show just how much imagination is alive across Belfast.

𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞

• 5th Element - Freedom of The City

• Aisling McCormick - Pulse: Wellbeing Club Nights

• Belfast Trad - Tinteán - A Q***r Trad Gathering

• Conor McKinney - In Our Nature - Dúchas

• Conradh na Gaeilge, I lár an Aonaigh - Irish Language Craft and Culture Market

• Duncairn and Belfast Castle Set Dancers - Nursing Home Ceilís and Traditional Music Sessions

• Informing Choices NI - The Birds, the Bees and the Fleadh

• Joe McKeown - Unplug and Recharge in Belfast's green spaces this summer - free tai chi wellbeing sessions!

• Leo Fagan - Belfast Cycle Coop

• Ormeau Running Club - Belfast Fleadh Cheoil Chill Fun Run

• Q***r Shed Bhéal Feirste - Skill sharing workshops for the LGBT+ Community

• The Big Ukulele Jam – A Community Play and Sing-Along

𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭

• Aoife de Bhál - Fálróid Forest School

• Arts Care and Sense – A Fleadh for All!

• Chinese Welfare Association - Our Stories in Our Hands: Precious Stories, Treasured Objects and Celebrating Communities

• Flowers of Belfast – SWEET: Sudanese Women Empowering Each Other

• Happy Women’s Group - S.T.A.R. Women

• Open Ormeau - Ballynafest 2026, coming together through art and story

• Rosetta Primary PTA - A Celebration of our Community

𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭

• Angel Eyes NI - Accessible Braille Family Crest

• Belfast Playwrights - Drámaí Gaeilge 10 mBomaite - An evening of Irish language theatre

• Bog Meadows Gardeners - Restoring Roots

• St James’ Community Farm - Barnyard Boogie at St James' Community Farm

• Still I Rise - Belfast Belongs to Us: Young Voices through Storytelling

• Whiterock Child and Family Centre - Cultural Art Workshops for Children and Families

• Youth Initiatives - Youth Colour Ceilí

𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭

• Antoinette Campbell and Pearse Campbell, Wonder Bubble Magic

Cliftonville Community Centre – Roots & Recipes
• Corrina Askin - The More The Merrier

• Eimear Maguire - Draw Out

• Full Circle Martial Arts - Safer. Seen. Stronger Together

Imagenation NI – Where Our Stories Meet
The Oh Yeah Centre – The Jig of Life

𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭

• Andrew Cooke - Art is a Trade

• Binder and Ria Tohani - The Creative Wellbeing Project

• Boom Clap Play - Make and Play Block Party

• Deepika Gupta - Dance with Deepika

• Livi Dee - This Woman's Work: A Celebration of Art and Music

• Sara Drumond - The Roots of Resilience: A Creative Storytelling Project

A huge congratulations to everyone funded this year - and thank you to everyone who came along, shared an idea or cast a vote!

Keep an eye out for these projects taking shape across the city very soon.

21/05/2026

Belfast International Arts Festival is back 🎭

Running 14 October-8 November, BIAF returns for its 64th edition, spanning 30+ venues across the city and this year the Lyric Belfast celebrates its 75th anniversary as part of the festivities.

A first wave of Lyric highlights has already been announced: Mary Dillon, Dónal O’Connor & Neil Martin in concert, Brian Friel’s Faith Healer starring Conleth Hill, Hello Charlie by Caoimhe Farren, Big Telly’s Darren Jackson’s Wedding and Prime Cut’s adaptation of Jean Cocteau’s The Human Voice.

The full programme drops in August and there’s loads more still to come.

20/05/2026

Just over a week ago, Belfast City Hall was completely taken over by Bank of Ideas 2026 💡

84 stalls and hundreds of voters filled a packed, buzzing City Hall with creativity and community energy.

A huge thank you to everyone who brought ideas, collaboration, excitement and generosity into the building.

Winners announced very soon ✨

🎥 Video by Adam Bradley
🎶 Zak Irvine - Haze

18/05/2026

One of the real shining lights on a completely buzzing Ormeau Road, Ormeau Community Cinema have just unveiled a brilliant new programme: Many Voices, One Screen. It’s a globe-spanning series bringing international films and vital independent voices to big screens across the neighbourhood🌍🍿

Since 2019, OCC have quietly become one of Belfast’s genuine cultural treasures: a nomadic community cinema bringing films into pubs, churches, bowling greens, masonic halls and even onto the River Lagan itself.

The new programme takes in Sirât, Parasite, A Quiet Love, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Perfect Days, About Time, Train to Busan, Suspiria, Amelia’s Children, Fallen Leaves and Ida, with screenings across local spaces including The Pavilion and Seoul Food & Studio.

Absolutely legendary stuff from one of Belfast’s most vital grassroots cinema projects.

13/05/2026

Belfast Stories want your feedback on a new event space for the city 🎬

Opening in 2030, Belfast Stories is set to become a major new home for Belfast’s voices and culture, from local stories and overlooked histories to screen work and live events.

As part of the plans, they’re exploring a large, flexible event space that could host immersive exhibitions, screenings, live cultural events, broadcast production and more.

If you work in TV, screen, creative or community sectors - or use event spaces for programming or production - they want to hear from you.

Your feedback will help shape an ambitious space that genuinely fits the people who might use it.

Complete the questionnaire here:
https://yoursay.belfastcity.gov.uk/belfast-stories-enhanced-studio-market-engagement

Deadline: 3pm, Friday 5 June 2026.

07/05/2026

Belfast Photo Festival is back this June, and the full 2026 programme is looking seriously world-class.

Running from 4-30 June, this year’s festival explores Horizons: Visions of Futures Unknown, with exhibitions, talks, workshops, screenings, symposiums, portfolio reviews and city-wide events taking place across Belfast & beyond.

From major exhibitions at Belfast Exposed to Late Night Art launches, cyanotype and screen-printing workshops, artist talks, photobook sessions, walking tours, storytelling nights and big conversations around AI, truth, ethics and the future of image-making, there is so much to get stuck into.

Another brilliant reminder of the calibre of cultural life happening right here in Belfast!

Full programme here: https://www.belfastphotofestival.com/

Photo credit: Mason Shevlin

30/04/2026

Belfast’s biggest street art day is almost here 🔥

Ahead of Hit The North Block Party this Sunday, we asked multi-disciplinary artist, arts events manager & absolute force Nuala Convery, aka Wee Nuls, to take us through what’s coming.

One of Belfast’s brightest creative lights, Nuls is among 50 local, national & international artists bringing serious colour and energy to the city for the 13th edition of Seedhead Arts’ street art festival.

HIT THE NORTH STREET ART FESTIVAL WEEK

Aka best week of the year...

Event round up:
🤠Thursday 30th April
Street art market at Bullit Courtyard 6-9pm

💕Friday 1st May
Other place lunch @ Sunflower bar & Bodega bagels 12-2pm
Mini jam at UU Courtyard with beers from Boundary 3-6pm

🌞Sunday 3rd May
HTN Block Party outside Sunflower bar
Music & traders from 2-6pm
Live street art

Key sponsors
Sunflower Bullitt, Ulster Sports Club, Translink, CQ BID, LQ BID, Ulster Presents, Arts and Business, Salty Bouy Beer, Common Market, Boundary, Bodega Bagels, Outlines, Me Him and Her

Videographer: on Instagram

24/04/2026

Culture takes many forms and sometimes it comes with a hedge trimmer or a very useful ladder 🛠️

One of Belfast’s most brilliant community resources, Belfast Tool Library is a lending library for tools, a place to learn new skills, make things, fix things and help reduce waste.

Here, Emily DeDakis chats about what makes the library so special, from the practical magic of borrowing what you need instead of buying it, to the bigger idea at its heart: community and making everyday life a little more affordable.

Since opening six years ago, Belfast Tool Library has grown to more than 700 members and saved people over an incredible £1.2 million, with every loan estimated to save members around £47. As Emily says here, it feels like one of Belfast’s best-kept secrets - but also one of its most useful.

Whether you’re putting up shelves, sorting the garden, starting a project or just curious about what’s possible, it’s an absolutely incredible resource right here in our city!

Lending sessions take place on Tuesdays from 6-9pm and Saturdays from 10am-1pm at 116 Shankill Road, Belfast, BT13 2BD.

Find out more here: www.belfasttoollibrary.com

21/04/2026

It’s that time again: Bank of Ideas Voting Day is back for 2026! 💡

Sunday, 10 May is your chance to have your say, as decision-making is handed over to the people of Belfast, with communities voting on the creative ideas they want to see brought to life in their area.

From 2pm, City Hall will host a creative marketplace of ideas, alongside music, activities and a wide range of proposals: from craft clubs and creative writing to DJ-ing, kickboxing and more. This year, a number of ideas also tie into the city’s preparations for Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann this August, including ceilís in care homes and community-led bodhrán building.

A minimum of 35 ideas will be funded.

There will also be a quieter hour from 4-5pm, with no live music and reduced footfall for those with sensory needs.

It’s a family-friendly day out, and kids can vote too!

No registration needed. All welcome.

BSL and ISL interpreters will be available, alongside an audio describer, and Easy Read guides explaining the voting process. To request an Easy Read document in advance, contact [email protected]

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