What's On
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Lemonade Stand
International group exhibition
Tues-Sat, 11am-4pm
Visual Arts
Free
One Day Pina Asked…
8:00pm
Theatre & Dance
Free
Macbeth
Big Telly Theatre Company
7.00pm (Wednesday - Saturday) | 9.30pm (Friday & Saturday only)
Theatre & Dance
IN-visible ID-entities 2
World Premiere
Singing Struggle and Agreement
Spark Opera in conjunction with Imagine! Festival of Ideas and Politics and Slugger O’Toole
6.00pm & 8.00pm
Music
IN-visible ID-entities 2
Irish Premiere, NI Premiere
Sarafina!
8:00pm
Film
Kim Vaughan (cello) and Philip Higham (cello)
Belfast Music Society Northern Lights Mini-Fest
6:00pm
Music
Free
139th RUA Annual Exhibition
Royal Ulster Academy of Arts
10am to 5pm (pre-booking essential)
Visual Arts
Free
Route 66
Film
Free
No Word for ‘Stay’ (Installation)
POETRY JUKEBOX, QUOTIDIAN - WORD ON THE STREET
10.00am - 4.00pm
Talks & Ideas
Free
No Word for ‘Stay’ | Panel Discussion
Poetry Jukebox, Quotidian - Word on the Street
6pm (Belfast); 7pm (Paris)
Talks & Ideas
Free
Southern Journey (Revisited)
3:30pm
Film
Piatti Quartet with Janina Fialkowska (piano)
Belfast Music Society Northern Lights Mini-Fest
5:30pm
Music
Free
Oona Doherty and Luca Truffarelli – In Conversation
7:30pm
Theatre & Dance
Free
Spotlight on Theatre and Dance from Northern Ireland
4:00pm
Theatre & Dance
Free
Two Part Performance
Madrigals at the Museum Part 1
Sestina Music
8:00pm
Music
Free
Si C’était de l’amour (If It Were Love)
A Documentary by Patric Chiha
8:00pm
Theatre & Dance
Irish Premiere
Free
DOING IT
Pedro Penim / Teatro Praga
8:00pm
Theatre & Dance
UK & Ireland Premiere
Free
Rí an Fhocail | Ó Cadhain sa gCnocán Glas
12:00pm
Film
The University of Wonder & Imagination
Cahoots NI
Various
Theatre & Dance
NI Premiere
Ben McAteer and Iain Burnside (baritone/piano)
Belfast Music Society Northern Lights Mini-Fest
6:00pm
Music
Free
BIAF and Westival present
Stuart Maconie
The Nanny State Made Me
7:00pm
Talks & Ideas
IN-visible ID-entities 2
Free
BIAF and Westival present
Kevin Maxwell and Nazir Afzal
Law, Race and Equality
2:00pm
Talks & Ideas
IN-visible ID-entities 2
Free
BIAF and Westival present
Patrick Freyne
OK, Let’s Do Your Stupid Idea
4:00pm
Talks & Ideas
IN-visible ID-entities 2
Free
BIAF and Westival present
Helen Lewis
Difficult Women
7:00pm
Talks & Ideas
IN-visible ID-entities 2
Free
Welcome to 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.
Belfast International Arts Festival returns for our 58th edition, from Monday 12 October to Sunday 1 November, with a programme of inspirational events that seeks to respond creatively to the current pandemic. The 2020 edition will primarily be hosted online.
The team are working remotely from our respective homes for the foreseeable future and can be reached by email.
Stay safe, keep well and we look forward to welcoming you to #BIAF20
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