![2015 festival launch](https://belfastinternationalartsfestival.com/assets/uploads/2015-festival-launch-1440x810.jpg)
2015 Festival
This was a very special year in the Festival’s history during which we built on the strengths of its past and looked forward to a bright future with an exciting and accessible programme of world class events for all the people of Belfast and beyond.
Our new and independently produced event, The Ulster Bank Belfast International Arts Festival, had the full and indeed generous support of the Arts Council, Belfast City Council, BritishCouncil and TourismNI, with the Ulster Bank as our private sector partner and title sponsor. This formidable backing sends a strong signal to the people of Belfast that culture and the arts are important and deserving of public investment. They are vital components of healthy societies as well as being engines of the economy in attracting tourists to our great city, Belfast.
What You Missed
![Codex](https://belfastinternationalartsfestival.com/assets/uploads/Codex-480x270.jpg)
Celebrating Mexico Connections
![Michael Longley](https://belfastinternationalartsfestival.com/assets/uploads/Michael-Longley-480x270.jpg)
John Hewitt Birthday Reading
![The Long Gaze Back cover](https://belfastinternationalartsfestival.com/assets/uploads/The-Long-Gaze-Back-cover-480x270.jpg)
The Long Gaze Back
![weareangry](https://belfastinternationalartsfestival.com/assets/uploads/weareangry-pix-480x270.jpg)
Lyndee Prickitt
![Nemesis](https://belfastinternationalartsfestival.com/assets/uploads/Nemesis-high-res-480x270.jpg)
Misha Glenny
![Nepal](https://belfastinternationalartsfestival.com/assets/uploads/Nepal-480x270.png)
Dawson Stelfox
![Walker](https://belfastinternationalartsfestival.com/assets/uploads/Walker-Cover-480x270.jpg)
Stephen Walker
![Gerald Dawe](https://belfastinternationalartsfestival.com/assets/uploads/Gerald-Dawe-by-Bobbie-Hanvey-2014-2-480x270.jpg)
Gerald Dawe
![James Fenton](https://belfastinternationalartsfestival.com/assets/uploads/fenton_1800-480x270.jpg)
James Fenton
![Cara Dillon](https://belfastinternationalartsfestival.com/assets/uploads/Cara-Dillon-2013-hor-480x270.jpg)
Cara Dillon
![Waterboys](https://belfastinternationalartsfestival.com/assets/uploads/MS-piano-shades-hor-480x270.jpg)
The Waterboys
![Scanner](https://belfastinternationalartsfestival.com/assets/uploads/scanner-black-box-oct-23-480x270.jpg)
Robin Rimbaud (Scanner) & Joel Cadbury (South/Unkle)
![Father John Misty](https://belfastinternationalartsfestival.com/assets/uploads/FATHR-JOHN-MISTY-02_credit_emma_tillman-425x270.jpeg)
Father John Misty
![BBC Big Band Frank & Ella](https://belfastinternationalartsfestival.com/assets/uploads/BBC-main-group-wide-1-480x270.jpg)
BBC Big Band Frank & Ella
![Georgie Fame](https://belfastinternationalartsfestival.com/assets/uploads/georgie-fame-hor1-480x270.jpg)
Georgie Fame
![Bell](https://belfastinternationalartsfestival.com/assets/uploads/Bell-480x270.jpg)
Bell X1
![Sharon Shannon](https://belfastinternationalartsfestival.com/assets/uploads/Sharon-Shannon-480x270.jpg)
Sharon Shannon
![Andy Irvine](https://belfastinternationalartsfestival.com/assets/uploads/Andy-Irvine-clr-Brian-Hartigan-480x270.jpg)
Andy Irvine
![Turandot](https://belfastinternationalartsfestival.com/assets/uploads/Turnadot-480x270.jpg)
Turandot, Giacomo Puccini
![Pavel Kolesnikov](https://belfastinternationalartsfestival.com/assets/uploads/Pavel-Kolesnikov-480x270.jpg)
Pavel Kolesnikov and Friends
![Viviane](https://belfastinternationalartsfestival.com/assets/uploads/Viviane-283x270.jpg)
Viviane Chassot & David Pia
![Kim Vaughan](https://belfastinternationalartsfestival.com/assets/uploads/KimVaughan-480x270.jpg)
Quercus Ensemble
![Cavaleri String Quartet](https://belfastinternationalartsfestival.com/assets/uploads/Cavaleri-String-Quartet-480x270.jpg)
Cavaleri String Quartet
![Ave Maris](https://belfastinternationalartsfestival.com/assets/uploads/Ave-Maris-480x270.jpg)