
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.
Relive the Highlights at #BIAF22
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Download our 2022 Printed programme here – BIAF 22 Festival Programme
View At A Glance Guides:

Jewel Robbery
Cinema Rediscovered
Date
Sunday, 16 October 2022
3:45pm
Film
More Info Jewel Robbery
Too Late

Down with the Poor! and Eastbound
Shumona Sinha and Maylis de Kerangal in conversation with Lauren Elkin and Russell Williams
Date
Now available to view on demand
Time
Premiered: Sun 16 Oct
Talks & Ideas
Free

Sambizanga
Cinema Rediscovered
Date
Tuesday, 18 October 2022
6:15pm
Film
More Info Sambizanga
Too Late

Workshop with Riham Isaac: Performance and Multidisciplinary Approaches
Date
Tuesday, 18 October 2022
3:30pm
Embrace

The Queen In Me
Teiya Kasahara 笠原貞野 Theatre Gargantua, Nightwood Theatre, Amplified Opera, Canadian Opera Company
Date
18 October
- 19 October 2022
7:45pm
Music
Focus on Canada
PREMIERE PICK N MIX
European Premiere
More Info The Queen In Me
Too Late

Tish Delaney and Donal Ryan
Date
Wednesday, 19 October 2022
7:00pm
Talks & Ideas

Cathedral Quarter Music Tour – Cultural Walking Tours of Belfast
Northern Ireland Tourist Guide Association
Date
Wed 19 Oct, Sat 29 Oct & Wed 2 Nov
Time
11.00am & 2.00pm
Talks & Ideas

Natalie Clein & Friends
BBC Radio 3 Concerts
Date
19 October
- 21 October 2022
7:30pm
Music
Free
More Info Natalie Clein & Friends
Too Late

Cultural Leadership: Now and into the Future
A Conversation hosted by Belfast International Arts Festival in association with Theatre and Dance NI
Date
Thursday, 20 October 2022
6:00pm
Talks & Ideas
Featured Artist

Belfast Jewish Story – Cultural Walking Tours of Belfast
Northern Ireland Tourist Guide Association
Date
Thurs 20 & Wed 26 Oct
Time
11am & 2pm
Talks & Ideas

To Kill A Mockingbird
Global Film Screening
Date
Thursday, 20 October 2022
8:15pm
Film
More Info To Kill A Mockingbird
Too Late

Featured Artist
The Kingdom of Shades – Signe Blanc and Portrait of Frédéric Tavernini
Noé Soulier | Cndc-Angers
Date
Friday, 21 October 2022
7:45pm
Theatre & Dance
PREMIERE PICK N MIX
Featured Artist
Irish Premiere
Double Bill

Evergreen Grieg
Ulster Orchestra
Date
Friday, 21 October 2022
7:45pm
Music
More Info Evergreen Grieg
Too Late

Linen Quarter Tour – Cultural Walking Tours of Belfast
Northern Ireland Tourist Guide Association
Date
22 Oct & 3 Nov
Time
11.00am & 2.00pm
Talks & Ideas

Middle East & North Africa Focus
Another Lover’s Discourse
Riham Isaac | ليه خلتني احبك
Date
Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 October 2022
Time
7.00pm (22 Oct) / 3.00pm (23 Oct)
Theatre & Dance
PREMIERE PICK N MIX
World Premiere
More Info Another Lover’s Discourse
Too Late

Fragments
Noé Soulier
Date
23 October
- 6 November 2022
Time
Premiere: 7.20pm on 23 Oct | Available on demand thereafter
Film
Featured Artist
Free
More Info Fragments
Too Late

BIND
Quotidian – Word on the Street
Date
23 October
- 6 November 2022
Time
Premiere: 7.00pm on 23 Oct | Available on demand thereafter
Film
Free
More Info BIND
Too Late

Baby Face + Intro
Cinema Rediscovered
Date
Sunday, 23 October 2022
3:30pm
Film
More Info Baby Face + Intro
Too Late

Navy Blue
Oona Doherty
Date
25 October
- 26 October 2022
7:45pm
Theatre & Dance
PREMIERE PICK N MIX
Irish Premiere
More Info Navy Blue
Too Late

Paul Carrack
Date
Wednesday, 26 October 2022
Time
7.30pm show | Doors 6.30pm
Music
More Info Paul Carrack
Too Late

Paul Carrack – In Conversation
Date
Thursday, 27 October 2022
Time
12:30pm Doors | Event starts promptly at 1pm
Music
Free

By Paul McVeigh
Big Man
A Lyric Theatre Production
Date
27 October
- 13 November 2022
Time
Tues - Sat: 8.00pm | Sat - Sun: 3.00pm
Theatre & Dance
More Info Big Man
Too Late

Conversations on Impermanence
Centre Culturel Irlandais & No Alibis Press
Date
Available to view on demand
7:00pm
Talks & Ideas
IN-visible ID-entities 4
Free

Les Ballets Trockadero De Monte Carlo
(The Trocks) Dance Consortium
Date
28 October
- 29 October 2022
7:30pm
Theatre & Dance