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.
The Nightingale Trio | Northern Lights MiniFest
Belfast Music Society
7:30pm
Music
Rachel Connolly & Nicole Flattery
6:00pm
Talks & Ideas
#BIAF23 Online
A free digital programme of theatre, dance & literature @ Brick Moon
All videos available from 1pm
Theatre & Dance
Free
Megan Nolan & Paul Murray
6:00pm
Talks & Ideas
Across the Atlantic | Northern Lights MiniFest
Belfast Music Society
7:30pm
Music
Allies & Memory Box
Green Light Dance Company
2:30pm & 7:30pm
Theatre & Dance
Accessible Performances
World Premiere
Rear Windows
Big Telly Theatre Company in collaboration with Dr Eleanor Dare and Dr Dylan Yamada-Rice
2:00pm, 4:00pm (Sat & Sun) | 8:00pm (Sat)
Theatre & Dance
World Premiere
ELLIPSES – An Anthem to End Wars
Created by Maria McManus & Keith Acheson | Produced and presented by Quotidian – Word on The Street in association with Belfast International Arts Festival.
7:30pm
Music
Breaking Boundaries with Fionnuala Ward & David Zucchi | Northern Lights MiniFest
Belfast Music Society
3:00pm
Music