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
View At A Glance Guides:
BIAF 60th Opening Event
Cristal Palace (booked up)
By Transe Express
8.30pm | Gates open 6.30pm
Outdoor
Opening Event
Embrace
Irish Premiere
Free
Simon Armitage
7pm / Doors open 6.30pm
Talks & Ideas
Between Tiny Cities រវាងទីក្រុងតូច
By Nick Power
7:45pm
Theatre & Dance
Irish Premiere
Festival Cultures in Northern Ireland: BIAF at 60, a 1-day symposium
School of Arts, English and Languages at QUB
11am - 6pm
Special Events
Free
Ayanna Lloyd Banwo and Amanda Smyth
6:00pm
Talks & Ideas
Emilie Pine and Audrey Magee
6:00pm
Talks & Ideas
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
Artefacts and Encounters by 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
Vivek Shraya
How To Fail As A Popstar
Commissioned and produced by Canadian Stage | #PopStarPlay
9:00pm
Theatre & Dance
Focus on Canada
PREMIERE PICK N MIX
UK & Ireland Premiere
Blue Plaque People – Cultural Walking Tours of Belfast
Northern Ireland Tourist Guide Association
11am & 2pm
Talks & Ideas
Tianyi’s Tchaikovsky
Ulster Orchestra
7:45pm
Music
A Free Soul
Cinema Rediscovered
3:30pm
Film
Sounds Collective
7:30pm
Music
Propaganda: A New Musical
A Lyric Theatre Production with The Belfast Ensemble
Tues - Sat: 7.30pm | Sat - Sun: 2.30pm
Theatre & Dance
World Premiere