2023 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 61 years with a new season of contemporary arts and cultural events.
Our 2023 autumn edition returns on 12 October – 5 November featuring the very best in international and homegrown artists across theatre, dance, music, visual arts, literature and film.
An Evening With The Belfast Ensemble and Marc Almond
7:30pm
Music
Royal Belfast Walking Tour
Northern Ireland Tourist Guide Association
11.00am & 2.00pm
Talks & Ideas
A Matter of Life and Death (Film)
Cinema Unbound - The Creative Worlds of Powell & Pressburger
Various Times
Film
Cara Dillon
Coming Home
7:30pm
Music
Rhino
Tinderbox Theatre
8pm (Tues - Sat) | 3pm (Sat & Sun)
Theatre & Dance
NI Premiere
Ex-Isles – Domestic Sacraments Album Launch
Presented by Moving On Music
8:00pm
Music
Nicholas McCarthy on leadership & the key to success
A Conversation hosted by Belfast International Arts Festival in association with Theatre and Dance NI
7:00pm
Talks & Ideas
Accessible Performances
Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band
7:00pm
Music
Cáis, Ceol, ‘s Ól
Featuring Manouche
6:30pm
Music
Quirky Cultural Walking Tour
Northern Ireland Tourist Guide Association
11.00am & 2.00pm
Talks & Ideas
Mick Herron
6:00pm
Talks & Ideas
Glitter of Waves
Ulster Orchestra
7:45pm
Music
Featured Artist
I Know Where I’m Going (Film)
Cinema Unbound - The Creative Worlds of Powell & Pressburger
Various Times
Film
FIQ!
Groupe Acrobatique de Tanger
7:30pm
Theatre & Dance
Irish Premiere
Titanic Trail Walking Tour
Northern Ireland Tourist Guide Association
11.00am & 2.00pm
Talks & Ideas
K Patrick and Tom Crewe
6:00pm
Talks & Ideas
Suspiria (Film)
Cinema Unbound - The Creative Worlds of Powell & Pressburger
8:15pm
Film
Xenia Pestova Bennett – All Aglow
Presented by Moving On Music
3:00pm
Music
Belfast Blue Plaque Walking Tour
11.00am & 2.00pm
Talks & Ideas
Elisabeth Brauss & Friends
BBC Radio 3 Concerts
7:30pm
Music
Free
Belfast Punk Music Walking Tour
Northern Ireland Tourist Guide Association
11.00am & 2.00pm
Talks & Ideas
Squid
7:00pm
Music
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Nathan Ellis
7:45pm
Theatre & Dance
NI Premiere
Anti Slavery Walking Tour
Northern Ireland Tourist Guide Association
11.00am & 2.00pm
Talks & Ideas