2019 Festival Events
The Playboy of the Western World
7.30pm | Sat/Sun Matinees 2.30pm
Theatre & Dance
As Many Reps As Possible
The Naughton Gallery
11am - 4pm (Closed Mondays)
Visual Arts
Free
Median & Accumulated Layout (Double Bill)
Hiroaki Umeda
7:45pm
Theatre & Dance
Opening Event
UK & Ireland Premiere
Minutes in Motion
Dance Ireland
9am - 5.30pm
Film
Free
Songs for Myself
Poetry Jukebox Launch
1pm (launch) | Available 24 hours a day onwards
Talks & Ideas
Free
Cathedral Quarter Cultural Walking Tour
Northern Ireland Tourist Guide Association
11am & 2pm
Talks & Ideas
Two Door Cinema Club
Shine
7:00pm
Music
Albion Quartet
BBC Radio 3
7:30pm
Music
Free
100 Keyboards
ASUNA
7:45pm
Music
Irish Premiere
The Big Wee Ireland Tour
8:00pm
Talks & Ideas
Mary Costello & Linda Grant
7:00pm
Talks & Ideas
Unique Instruments, Expectant Spaces
Hall McKnight
Mon - Fri, 9am to 10pm | Sat, 9am - 7pm | Sun, 9am to 5pm
Embrace
UK & Ireland Premiere
Free
La Dame Blanche
8:30pm
Music
Quirky Belfast Cultural Walking Tour
Northern Ireland Tourist Guide Association
11am & 2pm
Talks & Ideas
Litton Crosses Continents
Ulster Orchestra
7:45pm
Music
This Brutal House with Niven Govinden
7:00pm
Talks & Ideas
Royal Ulster Academy of Arts 138th Annual Exhibition
10am - 5pm (closed Mondays)
Visual Arts
Free
La Spire
Chloé Moglia – Rhizome
3:00pm
Embrace
UK & Ireland Premiere
Free
Brian Ó hEadhra & Fiona Mackenzie
9:00pm
Music
Éigse Loch Lao
A Public Conference on Irish Language Planning and Promotion
10.30am - 5pm
Embrace
Free
Belfast Open Studios
11am - 5pm
Visual Arts
Free
David Sherry
Golden Thread Gallery
11am - 5pm (Closed Sundays & Mondays)
Visual Arts
Free
Street Statues & Sculptures Cultural Walking Tour
Northern Ireland Tourist Guide Association
11am & 2pm
Talks & Ideas
Singin’ in the Rain
Queen's Film Theatre
3:30pm
Film
Welcome to the Belfast International Arts Festival
Our aim is a simple one; to create a genuinely civic event of contemporary arts and ideas of international appeal and stature.
The 2019 festival will take place from Tuesday 15 October – Sunday 3 November covering theatre, dance, classical and roots music, visual, film and digital arts and literature accompanied by outreach and educational events.
