
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:

An evening with Peter Moore, Michael McHale and Anna Huntley
Belfast Music Society Northern Lights Mini-Fest
Date
Friday, 28 October 2022
7:30pm
Music

Elisabeth Gets Her Way
Jan Martens
Date
Friday, 28 October 2022
7:45pm
Theatre & Dance
PREMIERE PICK N MIX
Irish Premiere
More Info Elisabeth Gets Her Way
Too Late

Benjamin Wood and Ross Raisin
Date
Saturday, 29 October 2022
6:00pm
Talks & Ideas

AURA – An album launch of Reimagined Irish Airs
Belfast Music Society Northern Lights Mini-Fest
Date
Saturday, 29 October 2022
7:30pm
Music

The Fews Ensemble
Belfast Music Society Northern Lights Mini-Fest
Date
Sunday, 30 October 2022
3:00pm
Music
More Info The Fews Ensemble
Too Late

All the Screen’s a Stage: in conversation with Zoë Seaton
Young at Art
Date
Available to view on demand
Time
Premiere: 4.00pm on Tues 1 Nov | Available on demand thereafter
Talks & Ideas
Free

The Stormy Man: Jazz, Japan & Counterculture
Queen’s Film Theatre & Tokyo Jazz Joints
Date
Tuesday, 1 November 2022
7:30pm
Film


John Hewitt Society’s Birthday Poetry Reading
The John Hewitt Society
Date
Wednesday, 2 November 2022
8:00pm
Talks & Ideas


After Melissa by Jane Coyle
Powerstone
Date
Thurs 3 Nov - Sat 5 Nov
7:30pm
Theatre & Dance
World Premiere

Celeste Mohammed and Jacob Ross
Date
Thursday, 3 November 2022
6:00pm
Talks & Ideas

Kiinalik: These Sharp Tools
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre
Date
4 November
- 5 November 2022
7:45pm
Theatre & Dance
Focus on Canada
PREMIERE PICK N MIX
Irish Premiere


The Irish Diaspora – Sean Connolly and Turtle Bunbury in conversation with Susan McKay
Date
Saturday, 5 November 2022
Time
Lunch from 12.30pm | Talk at 1pm
Talks & Ideas
IN-visible ID-entities 4

Charlotte Mendelson and Claire Powell
Date
Saturday, 5 November 2022
6:00pm
Talks & Ideas


(Cancelled) The Staples Jr Singers
Presented by Moving On Music
Date
Cancelled
Music

By David Ireland
(Cancelled) Yes So I Said Yes
Presented by 19th Street Productions
Date
Cancelled
Time
Theatre & Dance

Martin Hayes & the Common Ground Ensemble
Date
Saturday, 4 February 2023
Time
7.30pm show | Doors open 6.30pm
Music
IN-visible ID-entities 4

Riham Isaac
On Tour: Another Lover’s Discourse ليه خلّتني أحبك
Date
7 February
- 2 March 2023
Time
See individual listings
Theatre & Dance