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Our Arts Across The Genres project- BACKSTAGE BITES 🎬 ARTIST SPOTLIGHT - CIARAN LAVERY 🎶Ciaran Lavery is a Belfast-base...
05/01/2026

Our Arts Across The Genres project- BACKSTAGE BITES 🎬 ARTIST SPOTLIGHT - CIARAN LAVERY 🎶

Ciaran Lavery is a Belfast-based artist/songwriter who is also an NI Music Prize winning, multi-nominated singer/songwriter with 150 million streams to date. Ciaran founded Ireland’s premier songwriting camp ‘Soft Gut’ in collaboration with IMRO.

Ciaran will explore the following themes at our Backstage Bites event 👇
🎵 How to become a songwriter
🎵 How to register your songs
🎵 How to write for other artists
🎵 What a publishing deal is & why it is important
🎵 The benefits of songwriting camps

Ciaran, what can participants ask you about? 🤔
I am open to speaking to participants about any aspect of the music industry that I can support with, from grassroots level to established bands/artists.

How did you get started? 🤔
I self-released my debut album in 2013/2014 and within a year had surpassed 2 million streams on two of the tracks. This led to me acquiring a manager and beginning to speak to music industry labels about future releases. I have been a full time artist for 8 years, and songwriter for the past 3.

What has been most helpful or influential in developing your practice? 🤔
Always being open to learning/developing & remembering that I was a fan of music before it became my profession.

What is your Top Tip for aspiring artists? 🤔
Establish your short term and long term goals, find your creative voice & always be open to collaboration, not just within the music industry, but also across other creative sectors.

Thanks Ciaran - see you at Backstage Bites on 24th Jan 👋

📣 SOME SPACES STILL AVAILABLE on our AATG projects, email [email protected] for more info!

The Arts Across the Genres project is managed by MayWe Events, and is backed by funding from the Belfast Local Community Action Plan, supported by PEACEPLUS, a programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) and match-funded by the Executive Office (NI) and the Department of Rural and Community Development (ROI).

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🎬 BACKSTAGE BITES 🎬An Exciting VIP experience coming soon for our Arts Across The Genres Participants on Saturday 24th J...
04/01/2026

🎬 BACKSTAGE BITES 🎬

An Exciting VIP experience coming soon for our Arts Across The Genres Participants on Saturday 24th January 🤩

💡ARTIST SPOTLIGHTS 💡
In the run up to our Arts Across the Genres Backstage Bites event, we'll be introducing each of the amazing artists and creatives who will be sharing insight at the event - you can find out about their background, how they got started and what themes/topics you can speak to them about on the day!

📣 We still have some spaces available on our AATG projects, please email [email protected] for more information.
Stay tuned for our first artist spotlight tomorrow with more to be announced over tje next few weeks 👀

The Arts Across the Genres project is managed by MayWe Events, and is backed by funding from the Belfast Local Community Action Plan, supported by PEACEPLUS, a programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) and match-funded by the Executive Office (NI) and the Department of Rural and Community Development (ROI).


Belfast City Council Ciaran Lavery Mags White-O'Kane Neal McClelland Fergal Hughes

🎊 Celebrating another wonderful year in 2 Royal Avenue 🎊 In 2025 we hosted over 1000 incredible events, workshops, exhib...
01/01/2026

🎊 Celebrating another wonderful year in 2 Royal Avenue 🎊

In 2025 we hosted over 1000 incredible events, workshops, exhibitions, experiences and festivals, worked with more than 300 talented artists/facilitators and welcomed over 280,000 wonderful people through our doors-what a year!

Keep an eye on our website for upcoming events https://www.maywe.co.uk/2ra

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Belfast City Council Visit Belfast Belfast ONE

✨🎄 Happy Christmas from most of the MayWe team (just missing Sarah-Jane who will return from Maternity Leave soon!) 🎄✨Ma...
24/12/2025

✨🎄 Happy Christmas from most of the MayWe team (just missing Sarah-Jane who will return from Maternity Leave soon!) 🎄✨

MayWe wish everyone a peaceful Christmas and a very Happy New Year 🎉

Today is a very exciting day for Ruby as not only is she finishing up for Christmas but also starting her maternity leav...
19/12/2025

Today is a very exciting day for Ruby as not only is she finishing up for Christmas but also starting her maternity leave! ❤️

We will all miss Ruby so much but we know next year is going to be an amazing one for her, and we are so excited to meet the little one in the new year.

We wish her and James all the very best for their next exciting chapter ✨

Lots of love from Lois, SJ, Eimear, Cath, Romi, Orla, Lilly and all the MayWe gang xx

Did anyone spot Lois and Carolyn from talking all things Christmas Animation, music and Winter’s Den on .ni yesterday e...
15/12/2025

Did anyone spot Lois and Carolyn from talking all things Christmas Animation, music and Winter’s Den on .ni yesterday evening!? 🎄

If you missed it - watch it via this link https://www.itv.com/watch/news/catch-up-with-utv-live-for-sunday-14th-december/t81tnw1 or click the link in our bio!

The Christmas Animation programme runs until 23rd December 🎄

The Winter Den programme in runs until 31st December ❄️

Click the link in our bio for more info on each programme ✨

Catch some free festive performances popping up across Belfast city centre this weekend! 🎄Walkabout Christmas characters...
12/12/2025

Catch some free festive performances popping up across Belfast city centre this weekend! 🎄

Walkabout Christmas characters ✨
📆 Sat 13th Dec 2pm-4pm
📍 Donegall Place

Festive Salsa & Latin dancing 💃
📆 Sun 14th Dec 10am-12pm
📍 Grand Central Station

Ginger Bread & Brussels Sprouts 🎭
📆 Sun 14th Dec 11am-2pm
📍 Outside 2 Royal Avenue

Festive fire show 🔥
📆 Sun 14th Dec 4pm-6pm
📍 Outside 2 Royal Avenue

All free events and no booking required!

Part of Belfast City Council Christmas Animation Programme 🎄

Belfast City Council Play Make-Believe

Bread and Ginger & the naughty Brussels Sprouts return this Sunday! 🎭Catch them outside on Sunday 14th December - hopef...
10/12/2025

Bread and Ginger & the naughty Brussels Sprouts return this Sunday! 🎭

Catch them outside on Sunday 14th December - hopefully not causing too much chaos this time! Stop by and say hi 👋

📆 Sunday 14 December
⏰ Appearances at 11am, 12pm & 1pm
📍 Outside 2 Royal Avenue

Free event, no booking required.

Part of Belfast City Council Christmas Animation Programme 🎄


We were delighted to work with Mid and East Antrim Borough Council to help launch the Twinkle Trail in Shaftesbury Park ...
10/12/2025

We were delighted to work with Mid and East Antrim Borough Council to help launch the Twinkle Trail in Shaftesbury Park ✨

The trail is open today and tomorrow from 4pm-8pm, no tickets required!

🌧️ RESCHEDULED DUE TO WEATHER WARNING ☔️For health and safety reasons, we have decided to reschedule the fire performanc...
05/12/2025

🌧️ RESCHEDULED DUE TO WEATHER WARNING ☔️

For health and safety reasons, we have decided to reschedule the fire performance tonight in Writer's Square.

📆The NEW performance date is Sunday 14th December 4pm-6pm and will take place outside 2 Royal Avenue 🔥

Belfast City Council

Visiting Late Night Art Belfast or doing some shopping this evening? ✨ Don’t miss performing at cornmarket tonight from...
04/12/2025

Visiting Late Night Art Belfast or doing some shopping this evening? ✨ Don’t miss performing at cornmarket tonight from 6pm-8pm 🤹

Free event, drop in!

Part of Christmas animation programme 🎄

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Welcome to MayWe!

MayWe is a Belfast based start up specialising in high quality, client focused event, arts and cultural management. The company is comprised of 2 experienced partners who collectively have over 30 years worth of experience in the event and cultural sector. Both an industry professional in our own right we joined together in 2018 to work on several large-scale events and programmes. Drawing in audiences of up to 6000 people per event we decided that the time was right to make it official and join forces to form our own management organisation unlike any other.

At MayWe, We have access to a wide and varied range of high quality skill sets, networks and resources to offer organisations a little help (or more if needed) to design, market, deliver and evaluate exciting and innovative events and experiences.