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
Aurora: A Modern Myth
7:30pm
Theatre & Dance
World Premiere
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
Granny Jackson’s Dead
Thur: 9:30pm | Fri & Sat: 12pm, 6pm, 8pm | Sun: 1pm & 3pm
Theatre & Dance
The Gate House
7:30pm (Fri & Sat) | 5pm (Sat)
Theatre & Dance
World 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
They Might Be Giants
7:00pm
Music
Jon Savage – The Secret Public: How LGBTQ Resistance shaped culture 1955-79
6:00pm
Talks & Ideas
Bridging Beats – From Kansas City to Belfast
7:00pm
Music
Ingrid Persaud & Sunjeev Sahota
6:00pm
Talks & Ideas
Ciaran Lavery – Light Entertainment
7:30pm
Music
World Premiere
Lisa Hannigan
7:00pm
Music
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