Welcome to Belfast International Arts Festival
Our 61st Festival returns 12 October – 5 November 2023 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 (View All)
Burnt Out
Gary Mitchell | A Lyric Theatre Production
7:30pm / 2:30pm (Sat & Sun)
Theatre & Dance
Opening Event
Accessible Performances
And You Will Stand On Windswept Beaches
Owen Booth | Big Telly Theatre Company in collaboration with Gavin Peden
6:00pm
Theatre & Dance
Country Roads – An Evening of New Country Music
Starring Aaron and Aimee Allen, and Gary Quinn
8:00pm
Music
Elégie | Rachmaninoff – A Heart in Exile
Lucy Parham
7:45pm
Music
An Evening With The Belfast Ensemble and Marc Almond
7:30pm
Music
Gary Younge – Dispatches from the Diaspora: From Nelson Mandela to Black Lives Matter
7:00pm
Talks & Ideas
Accessible Performances
Cara Dillon
Coming Home
7:30pm
Music
Rhino
Tinderbox Theatre
8pm (Tues - Sat) | 3pm (Sat & Sun)
Theatre & Dance
NI Premiere
FIQ!
Groupe Acrobatique de Tanger
7:30pm
Theatre & Dance
Irish Premiere
Glitter of Waves
Ulster Orchestra
7:45pm
Music
Featured Artist
K Patrick and Tom Crewe
6:00pm
Talks & Ideas
Work.txt
Nathan Ellis
7:45pm
Theatre & Dance
NI Premiere
King
Fishamble: The New Play Company
7:45pm
Theatre & Dance
Accessible Performances
GUTTER
Off The Rails Dance | Eileen McClory
7:45pm (Sat & Sun) | 2:30pm (Sun)
Theatre & Dance
Megan Nolan & Paul Murray
6:00pm
Talks & Ideas
ELLIPSES – An Anthem to End Wars
Created by Maria McManus & Keith Acheson | Produced and presented by Quotidian – Word on The Street in association with Belfast International Arts Festival.
7:30pm
Music
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