2023 Festival
Established in 1962, the city’s longest-running international arts festival, reimagined and reborn as Belfast International Arts Festival (BIAF) in 2015, celebrated 61 years with a new season of contemporary arts and cultural events.
Our 2023 autumn edition from 12 October – 5 November featured the very best in international and homegrown artists across theatre, dance, music, visual arts, literature and film.
The Blended Thread – Belfast Linen History | Cultural Walking Tours of Belfast
11.00am & 2.00pm
Talks & Ideas
Cara Dillon
7:30pm
Music
Rhino
8pm (Tues - Sat) | 3pm (Sat & Sun)
Theatre & Dance
NI Premiere
A Matter of Life and Death (Film)
Various Times
Film
Royal Belfast Walking Tour
11.00am & 2.00pm
Talks & Ideas
Nicholas McCarthy on leadership & the key to success
7:00pm
Talks & Ideas
Accessible Performances
Ex-Isles – Domestic Sacraments Album Launch
8:00pm
Music
Mick Herron
6:00pm
Talks & Ideas
Quirky Cultural Walking Tour
11.00am & 2.00pm
Talks & Ideas
I Know Where I’m Going (Film)
Various Times
Film
Cáis, Ceol, ‘s Ól
6:30pm
Music
Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band
7:00pm
Music
FIQ! (Wake-Up)
7:30pm
Theatre & Dance
Irish Premiere
Glitter of Waves
7:45pm
Music
Featured Artist
K Patrick and Tom Crewe
6:00pm
Talks & Ideas
Titanic Trail Walking Tour
11.00am & 2.00pm
Talks & Ideas
Suspiria (Film)
8:15pm
Film
Xenia Pestova Bennett – All Aglow
3:00pm
Music
Belfast Blue Plaque Walking Tour
11.00am & 2.00pm
Talks & Ideas
Belfast Punk Music Walking Tour
11.00am & 2.00pm
Talks & Ideas
Elisabeth Brauss & Friends
7:30pm
Music
Free
Work.txt
7:45pm
Theatre & Dance
NI Premiere
Anti Slavery Walking Tour
11.00am & 2.00pm
Talks & Ideas
Squid
7:00pm
Music