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.
Teenage Fanclub
7:00pm
Music
The Nightingale Trio | Northern Lights MiniFest
7:30pm
Music
Megan Nolan & Paul Murray
6:00pm
Talks & Ideas
Across the Atlantic | Northern Lights MiniFest
7:30pm
Music
#BIAF23 Online
All videos available from 1pm
Theatre & Dance
Free
Rear Windows
2:00pm, 4:00pm (Sat & Sun) | 8:00pm (Sat)
Theatre & Dance
World Premiere
Allies & Memory Box
2:30pm & 7:30pm
Theatre & Dance
Accessible Performances
World Premiere
Breaking Boundaries with Fionnuala Ward & David Zucchi | Northern Lights MiniFest
3:00pm
Music
ELLIPSES – An Anthem to End Wars
7:30pm
Music
Cara Dillon: Coming Home Book Launch, Belfast
7:00pm
Talks & Ideas
Cara Dillon: Coming Home Book Launch, Dublin
6:00pm
Talks & Ideas