2022 Festival
Established in 1962, the city’s longest-running international arts festival, reimagined and reborn as Belfast International Arts Festival (BIAF) in 2015, is celebrating 60 years with a new extended season of contemporary arts and cultural events.
For six decades the festival has ensured that the residents of Belfast alongside its international visitors have access to the best of world class artists and events from home and abroad.
Download our 2022 Printed programme here – BIAF 22 Festival Programme
Irish Craft Heroes
Design & Crafts Council Ireland
Botanic Gardens opening times
Visual Arts
IN-visible ID-entities 4
Free
Reframed Into Oblivion
Walter Scott
11.00am - 4.00pm | Closed Mondays
Visual Arts
Free
Elvira Santamaría
Tues to Fri 11am - 5pm Sat 11am - 4pm Closed Sun & Mon
Visual Arts
Free
Naoise Ó Cairealláin
Minimal Human Contact
Aisling Ghéar
8:00pm
Theatre & Dance
NI Premiere
Taking Liberties!
Jamie Reid
Mon - Sat 9am to 8pm | Sun 10am - 6pm
Visual Arts
Free
Blonde Crazy
Cinema Rediscovered
3:30pm
Film
OPENING EVENT
Dinner With Groucho By Frank McGuinness
Presented by b*spoke theatre company
Wed - Sat: 7:45pm | Sat - Sun: 3pm
Theatre & Dance
IN-visible ID-entities 4
PREMIERE PICK N MIX
UK Premiere
Acts of Commission
Quotidian – Word on the Street Limited
Talks & Ideas
World Premiere
Free
Poetry Jukebox
5 rue des Irlandais
Quotidian – Word on the Street Limited
Talks & Ideas
Free
Poetry Jukebox
AMBIGUITIES
Quotidian – Word on the Street Limited
Talks & Ideas
Free
Making Space to Soar
Emma Berkery
Mon to Fri: 10am - 3pm | Sat: 10am - 4pm | Closed Sun
Visual Arts
IN-visible ID-entities 4
Free
Here
Mairéad McClean
Tues to Sat 11am - 5pm | Closed Sun & Mon
Visual Arts
Free
Blue Plaque People – Cultural Walking Tours of Belfast
Northern Ireland Tourist Guide Association
11am & 2pm
Talks & Ideas
Vivek Shraya
How To Fail As A Popstar
Commissioned and produced by Canadian Stage
9:00pm
Theatre & Dance
Focus on Canada
PREMIERE PICK N MIX
UK & Ireland Premiere
Tianyi’s Tchaikovsky
Ulster Orchestra
7:45pm
Music
Titanic Trail – Cultural Walking Tours of Belfast
Northern Ireland Tourist Guide Association
11.00am & 2.00pm
Talks & Ideas
Propaganda: A New Musical
A Lyric Theatre Production with The Belfast Ensemble
Tues - Sat: 7.30pm | Sat - Sun: 2.30pm
Theatre & Dance
World Premiere
A Free Soul
Cinema Rediscovered
3:30pm
Film
Matt Andersen
7:00pm
Music
Red-Headed Woman
Cinema Rediscovered
3:30pm
Film
By David Ireland
Yes So I Said Yes
Presented by 19th Street Productions
Tues - Sat: 8.00pm | Sat - Sun: 3.00pm
Theatre & Dance
Quirky Belfast – Cultural Walking Tours of Belfast
Northern Ireland Tourist Guide Association
11am & 2pm
Talks & Ideas
Statues, Sculptures and Architecture – Cultural Walking Tours of Belfast
Northern Ireland Tourist Guide Association
11:00am
Talks & Ideas
NGXX
The Naughton Gallery
11.00am - 4.00pm | Closed Mondays
Visual Arts
Free