Welcome to Belfast International Arts Festival
Our 62nd Festival returns 16 October – 26 November 2024 with a new season of contemporary arts and culture in over 30 venues across the city and featuring the very best international and homegrown artists in theatre, dance, music, visual arts, literature and film.
Selected Highlights
The Tragedy of Richard III
7:30pm (Tues – Sat) | 2:30pm (Sat & Sun)
Theatre & Dance
Opening Event
World Premiere
Yerma
8pm (Tues – Sat) | 3pm (Sat & Sun)
Theatre & Dance
NI Premiere
Monique Roffey, Kevin Jared Hosein & Safiya Sinclair
6:00pm
Talks & Ideas
The Piece with the Drums
7:45pm
Theatre & Dance
MUSIC
UK Premiere
Naomi Alderman
6:00pm
Talks & Ideas
North Star
7pm (doors)
Music
World Premiere
Aurora: A Modern Myth
7:30pm
Theatre & Dance
World Premiere
Losing It & In Between
8:00pm
Theatre & Dance
NI Premiere
BBC Introducing LIVE
6:00pm
Music
Les Amazones d’Afrique
7:00pm
Music
Blues & Ballads: An Evening with Paul Jones and Dave Kelly, and Freddie White
7:30pm
Music
The Vanishing Elephant
7pm Thurs - Sat. Matinee 2.30pm Saturday
Theatre & Dance
UK & Ireland Premiere
Touch, Hear, Feel
2.30pm & 6.30pm (Fri, Sat & Mon) | 12.30pm & 4.30pm (Sun)
Theatre & Dance
World Premiere
Impasse
7:45pm
Theatre & Dance
NI Premiere
Bridging Beats – From Kansas City to Belfast
7:00pm
Music
Ciaran Lavery – Light Entertainment
7:30pm
Music
World Premiere
