2024 Festival
Our 62nd Festival returns 16 October – 26 November 2024 with a new season of contemporary arts and culture in over 30 venues across the city and featuring the very best international and homegrown artists in theatre, dance, music, visual arts, literature and film.
David Park
6:00pm
Talks & Ideas
Free
Róise Ní Bhaoill
7:00pm
Talks & Ideas
Aurora: A Modern Myth
7:30pm
Theatre & Dance
World Premiere
Churches in Belfast – Cultural Walking Tour
11:00am
Talks & Ideas
North Star
7pm (doors)
Music
World Premiere
The Savage Five
7:30pm
Music
Losing It & In Between
8:00pm
Theatre & Dance
NI Premiere
Fite Fuaite
8:00pm
Music
BBC Introducing LIVE
6:00pm
Music
The Fidelio Trio
7:30pm
Music
Wild
1pm & 3:15pm
Theatre & Dance
Free
Behind The Studio Door
11:30am – 5pm | Guided tours at 12:30pm, 2pm and 3:30pm
Visual Arts
Free
Music and Stories
3:00pm
Music
BBC Radio 3 presents the Z.E.N. Trio
7:30pm
Music
NI Premiere
Free
Les Amazones d’Afrique
7:00pm
Music
A penny for your thoughts and Sleeping Jesus’ – Cultural Walking Tour
11.00am & 2.00pm
Talks & Ideas
Blues & Ballads: An Evening with Paul Jones and Dave Kelly, and Freddie White
7:30pm
Music
The John Hewitt Society Birthday Readings 2024
8:00pm
Talks & Ideas
The Vanishing Elephant
7pm Thurs - Sat. Matinee 2.30pm Saturday
Theatre & Dance
UK & Ireland Premiere
Old Belfast – Cultural Walking Tour
11.00am & 2.00pm
Talks & Ideas
Granny Jackson’s Dead
Thur: 9:30pm | Fri & Sat: 12pm, 6pm, 8pm | Sun: 1pm & 3pm
Theatre & Dance
The Gate House
7:30pm (Fri & Sat) | 5pm (Sat)
Theatre & Dance
World Premiere
Touch, Hear, Feel
2.30pm & 6.30pm (Fri, Sat & Mon) | 12.30pm & 4.30pm (Sun)
Theatre & Dance
World Premiere
Medusa’s Notebook – The Poetry Dome
On the hour: 1pm - 4pm (Fri, Sat, Mon - Wed) 1pm – 7pm (Thur) 2pm - 4pm (Sun)
Talks & Ideas
Free