Welcome Where does the time go? It seems like only a year since we last had to write the foreword to the Culture Night Programme. A lot has happened in the intervening time. For one thing, we’ve hit ten years old. Or to put it another way – 21 September 2018 will be our TENTH Culture Night. Hard to believe that when we started way back in 2009 our modest ambitions were to attract a few thousand people to Writers’ Square and the surrounding area for a few hours of shared cultural celebration.
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What happened that night ten years ago may have been small, but it was perfectly formed, and bursting with potential. Year on year, those seeds we planted on the fertile ground of the Cathedral Quarter have grown. And how! 2017 didn’t just see us break the six-figure mark – with over 100,000 of you lovely people descending upon the city centre to “Culture Night” with us (we’re determined to have it adopted by the Oxford English Dictionary as a verb). It also made us realise, perhaps for the first time, that Culture Night might just be the definitive event in our amazing city’s cultural calendar. Holding this fine-looking programme in your hand, as you are now, it can’t have escaped your notice that we’ve landed some of our best artwork yet for Culture Night Belfast, courtesy of artist Holly Pereira. One glance at Holly’s lovely upgraded amend to ‘60s psychedelic vision for us, and it won’t take a genius to work out that this year’s Culture Night theme is “Love”. Love in ALL its forms. Love of our city, love of Culture Night and love and respect for each other. Love is all you need… By remarkable chance - or is it fate? - 21 September is also UN World Peace Day. So expect the tenth Culture Night Belfast to be the loveliest, kindest and huggiest yet. Oh yeah, and the best! In keeping with the spirit of the moment, we hugely look forward to bringing a lot of cultural love into your life for one glorious enchanted evening. With hundreds of amazing spaces, places, organisations, businesses and performers in the loving mix, we promise we’ll have you laughing, dancing, singing, thrilling, double-taking and becoming best friends with complete strangers by the end of the night. Culture Night has always been about sharing the love and the cultural wealth that our city possesses, and for one night, imagining what it would be like to live like this all of the time! So welcome friends, strangers, cultural adventurers all. Because, as the song almost says: We’ve got the love to see you through!
Culture Night is presented by the Cathedral Quarter Trust
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What’s New
Free Love!
Every year Culture Night just keeps growing, getting bigger and better. This year we have lots of our old favourites returning – it wouldn’t be Culture Night without Street Countdown or a bit of PWU Wrestling but we also have lots of new stuff for you to enjoy. There’ll be music on every street corner from some of the best emerging local bands and performers. There’ll be dancing and urban sports over at the Big Fish. There’s also a chance to wander along Belfast’s newest waterfront promenade and enjoy some fabulous circus performances. At City Hall there’ll be a celebration of culture on one of our two World Stages as well as the Big Birthday Party. If food is your thing we’ll have a whole host of amazing street food along North Street. There’ll be all the usual fun and games in and around the Cathedral Quarter and we’ve also got a very special treat in store for you at Writers Square. This is gonna be the best 10th Birthday Party Ever!
All Culture Night events are free. Most events will take place between 1pm – 10pm. Culture Night is a family friendly event with a range of activities that people of all ages can enjoy. However all events aimed specifically at children will stop at around 9pm and please remember that it’s illegal to have children on licensed premises after 8pm. All children must be supervised and accompanied by an adult.
Culture Night Hubs
Visit our new enhanced website for all the listings, news and visitor information you’ll need to enjoy Culture Night.
The Culture Night Hubs are the main points of contact for information, first aid, lost property and lost people. Culture Night will have six Hubs located at:
Thank you to everyone who voted for us in the National Lottery Awards! We’ll hear the result on Culture Night so hopefully we’ll have something else to celebrate!
Belfast City Hall Rosemary Street/Lombard Street The Big Fish St Anne’s Cathedral Royal Avenue (Outside Culture Night Office) Edwards Car Park (Outside the Black Box).
www.culturenightbelfast.com
Download our new Culture Night Belfast App
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Please note that all events are subject to change. Due to the size and nature of Culture Night Belfast, times and venues may change with events occasionally being cancelled or added to the programme after print. Download our new Culture Night App or visit our website for the most up to date information
The new Culture Night Belfast App has lots of great features to help you get the most out of Culture Night. You can use it to access the entire Culture Night programme, maps, a planner, up to date news and goodies like free tracks and skins. The Culture Night Belfast App is available for both Android and IOS.
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Transport and Parking Our advice is to leave your car at home, if at all possible. We have worked hard with Translink and statutory agencies to make travel by bus, train, bike or foot as easy as possible. If you do need to bring your car, parking around the site is limited as there will be no on-street car parking spaces available within the Cathedral Quarter including Donegall Street, North Street, Union Street, Kent Street, Academy Street, Exchange Street, Hill Street, Waring Street, Skipper Street, Talbot Street and Royal Avenue. However there are ample parking facilities located around the city centre. Please see our website for more details.
Food and Drink
Arts Council of Northern Ireland The Arts Council of Northern Ireland is proud to be a principal funder of Culture Night Belfast 2018 through our National Lottery funds. The popularity of this irresistible creative showcase has grown beyond all original expectations to become one of the undisputed annual highlights of the city’s life. It underscores the power of the arts to entertain, to enrich people’s lives, and to transform places into genuinely shared spaces to be enjoyed by everyone. We hope your experience of CNB 2018 will be a memorable one that will inspire you to go on to explore the amazing creativity that is happening all around us, day-in, dayout, at our arts centres, galleries, theatres and venues.
To complement the excellent restaurants and cafes throughout the City, our Culture Bites strand will feature some of the best local street food vendors offering fabulous flavours from around the world. Please remember that Culture Night is a family friendly event and intoxicated behaviour will not be tolerated. Culture Night is not a ‘bring your own’ event and usual street drinking legislation applies.
Roisin McDonough, Chief Executive, Arts Council NI
Disabled Access
Culture Night Manager: Kerry Rooney Programme Officer: Claire Leonard Project Officer: Ruby O’Rourke Communications: Joe Nawaz Events Assistant: Charlotte Strain Outreach Coordinators: Sinead Owens and Jane Butler Production: Lumiere Events Designers: UsFolk Illustrator: Holly Pereira
Information for disabled people and visitors who are not familiar with the venues is available through adaptni.org. While we endeavour to ensure full accessibility on Culture Night, the pop up nature of much of the activity will mean that some events may not be fully accessible.If you would like a large print version of this programme please contact hello@culturenightbelfast.com or call 028 9031 4011.
Late Night Metro!
Decide to Glide this Culture Night
Translink is providing Metro Nightmover services at 11.30pm, midnight, 12.30am and 1.00am on selected routes. Visit www.translink.co.uk /culturenight/ or call 028 90 66 66 30. Follow @Translink_NI for details.
New for Culture Night this year is Glider! Offering fast and reliable journeys linking West Belfast, East Belfast and Titanic Quarter via the city centre. Choose from a range of discount travel tickets like £3.50 all-day travel with a Translink DayLink card. Find out more at www.translink. co.uk/gliderbelfast/
Culture Night Belfast Team
Cathedral Quarter Trust Director: Susan Picken Admin Support: Stephanie Garner
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Contact 109 – 113 Royal Avenue, Belfast BT1 1FF 028 9031 4011 hello@culturenightbelfast.com
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1 City Hall The Grand Opera House
10am/11am/ 12am/2pm Little Lullabies Northern Ireland Opera Little Lullabies is an ideal first musical experience for you and your baby in a fun and relaxed environment. Get Involved
The Europa Hotel
6pm-7.30pm Tap World Record Attempt Culture Night and Bank of Ireland UK Come and help us break the Tap Dancing world record! Get Involved
AMPM
6pm-10pm One Love The Night Institute TNI invite fellow Djs & performers to collaborate & celebrate the diversity and unity of house music. Music
City Hall
9am – 5pm Wishing on a Star Community Arts Partnership International Peace Day exhibit Art 8 CNBX
2pm - 8pm World Stage Inter Cultural Community Development Foundation NI Showcasing cultural groups, dance groups, artists. Music / Dance / Performance 12pm – 8pm Do it for Dementia Alzheimer’s Society Balloons and Bubbles; Discover and Draw! Get Involved / Family Friendly 1pm – 2pm Yoga at the City Hall Flow Studio A free yoga practice on the lawn of City Hall Get Involved 1pm-8pm More than a Mushroom Grow Wild Join the most extensive network ever imagined the Wood Wide Web! Get Involved 3pm-7pm The Big Birthday Culture Night and Bank of Ireland CNB is 10! Come and join the birthday party Family Friendly
3pm – 6pm Talk to the Hand Rosy Ennis Hand puppet making workshop Get Involved / Family Friendly 6pm – 8pm Spanish for Kids Sí Sí Spanish Inspiring little minds! Fun, interactive activities Get Involved / Family Friendly 6pm – 8pm Tai Chi with Grandmaster Zhu Irish Wushu Association Chinese Taijiquan by Grandmaster Zhu Changhai Sport
Culture Bites
1pm – 8pm Dinky Donuts Hot, fresh mini donuts with tasty toppings! Food 1pm – 8pm The Crepe Makers Freshly made sweet & savoury crepes. Food 1pm – 8pm The Wild Hog Roast Hog roast baps Food
1pm – 8pm Hoppin’ Goblin Fresh, healthy & tasty food with GF and Veggie Options Food 1pm – 8pm Crispy Frites Authentic Belgian Fries cooked in beef dripping with sauce Food 1pm – 8pm Fin Mc Veg Home-cooked Vegan and Veggie Food Food 1pm – 8pm Glaze & Roll Event Catering Mouthwatering ciabatta steaks & local chicken breast Food
Fountain Street
6.30pm – 7pm Irish Dance Performance & Dance Drama McElhinney School of Dance -Holywood Rhythms Festival Irish Dance & Drama - The Yard Dance
7.30pm – 8.30pm Street Ceili! South Belfast Irish Dancing for Adults Join us for a street ceili! We call, you dance Dance 8.30pm- 9.30pm Music Unites! Hounds of Ulster Uniting communities through song and dance Music / Dance
Waterstone’s
2pm – 5pm Storytelling Extravaganza! Waterstones Booksellers Storytelling Crafts Colouring Get Involved / Family Friendly
Learning SPACE
10am – 7pm Treasure Hunt Learning SPACE Pop in for a fun treasure hunt Get Involved / Family Friendly 1pm – 5pm Sensory Food Journey Learning SPACE Join us for a sensory food journey like no other Get Involved / Family Friendly
Voodoo
9pm to late Girls Names & Hiva Oa Voodoo Belfast Late Night Sonic Gifts/No door Tax Music
6.30pm – 7.45pm Witch & Marlowe’s Reckoning Fourth Wall Productions Witch & extract Marlowe’s Reckoning Performance
Café Nero/Fountain Street 1pm – 5pm Board Games and Banter British Heart Foundation Fun and Games that’ll do your heart good Get Involved
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2 Bank Square Sink the Ink
7pm – 10pm Poets, DJ, hip hop and rap Sink the Ink Local Dj, poets, hip hop and rap artists Performance / Music
Folk Town
6pm – 7pm Time to start Groovin’! Grooveline Classic Funk; Aretha to Stevie Wonder Music 7pm – 8pm Live music from Charlotte and company - The Lotties The Lotties 4 piece band Music 8pm – 9pm Dare to Dream Daydreamnation The next big thing in the NI music scene Music 9pm – 10pm An Evening With the Octopus Electric Octopus Taking your mind on a weird and wonderful adventure Music
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Belfast Centre Church
7pm – 10pm Acoustic Café Centre Church Belfast Hot beverages & acoustic performances Music
Berry Street/Royal Avenue 3pm – 11pm Roots & Culture Night Explosion Soundsystem Sounds from Jamaica to the streets of Belfast Music
3 Rosemary Street Castle Place
7pm – 9pm TITANIA poetry contest Studio NI Open Mic poetry; entries uploaded for online vote Performance
Lombard Street
5.30pm – 7pm Time 4 Tea Inspire/Addiction NI A family friendly tea party on Lombard St Get Involved / Family Friendly
Monico Bars
6pm Brotherly Love Monico Bars Adam & Alan playing mod rock and indie folk punk Music
5pm – 10pm Groove Music Stage The Beehive Network Groove Music for those who love to dance Music
White’s Tavern
Costa Coffee/Castle Place
5pm-7pm Belfast Traditional Music Trail An Droichead Faigh blaiseadh de cheol thraidisiúnta agus an Ghaeilge agus foghlaim fan saol cheoil i mBéal Feirste Music
4pm – 9pm Ethnic exchange: coffee, chat & culture DARE to Lead Change (Bryson Intercultural) A brief encounter with your neighbour over coffee. Dare to Lead Change Project is funded by the EU PEACE IV Programme Get Involved
5pm Whites Jamboree Whites Tavern Live Music Music
8pm – 9pm Music Quiz The Vinyl Straw Locally Themed Music Quiz hosted by Ashley Wragg Performance
Café Nero/Lombard Street 3pm – 10.30pm Café Chess Ulster Chess Union Enjoy a fun game of chess in a cafe Get Involved
Rosemary Street Church
6pm – 7pm Creating world peace - a public talk and meditation Potala Kadampa Buddhist Centre World peace through finding personal peace Talk 7.30pm – 8.30pm Chopin Forever Classical Piano Recital Santa Ignace Celebration of the most romantic music by Chopin Music 8.30pm-9.30pm Belfast Health Trust – Staff Choir and Orchestra Belfast Health & Social Care Trust Singing & making music is good for your health! Music
Clements/Rosemary St
6pm – 8.20pm My Body, My Voice Belfast Feminist Network Fashion statement or political statement? Talk
Artcetera Studios
1pm – 10pm Pop Art in Popular Culture Pop Art Collective & ArtCetera Studios Pop art exhibition by John Kerr & Glenn Matthews Art
Deli Lites
7pm – 8pm Love Letters Women Aloud NI Letters of love by Women Aloud NI Performance
Fresh Garbage
6pm – 6.30pm Thrash metal Scimitar Live metal with plastic swords Music 7pm – 9pm Decomposing in Paris Decomposing in Paris For fans of Regina Spektor, Lana Del Rey, & Björk. Music 9pm – 10pm Ex-Isles ‘Luxury Mass’ Ex-Isles Ex-Isles perform their album Luxury Mass. Music
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7pm – 9.30pm Clay Play PS² Get your hands slimy and slippy with clay Get Involved / Family Friendly
4 Victoria Square Lush 12pm – 5pm Scented Poetry Lush Local poets pair poems with lush perfumes. Performance
Bradbury Art 5pm – 7pm Rhythm and Hues BradburyART Contemporary Art Exhibition and Live Music Event Art / Music
Cornmarket Stage 6pm – 7pm Come Alive! Alive Community Choir Come Alive with songs from The Greatest Showman! Music 7pm – 7.30pm Grand Opera House Summer Youth Spectacular Grand Opera House A celebration of 8 years of youth musicals Music
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7.30pm – 8.15pm Broadway to Belfast Fortwilliam Musical Society Favourite Broadway songs Music 8.15-9pm Belfast LGBT singers perform their unique pop ups Quire Belfast LGBT Singers Quire to perform a variety of songs in city centre Music 9pm – 10pm Boom Strut Brass Band Boom Strut Brass Band Edgy horns & dirty funky drums; New Orleans Style Music
Costa Coffee/Victoria Square
3pm – 10.30pm Café Chess Ulster Chess Union Enjoy a fun game of chess in a Cafe Get Involved / Family Friendly
Oxfam Book Shop/Ann Street
5pm – 9.30pm Where Do You Stand? Oxfam Ireland Drama exploring poverty, hunger and displacement. Performance 12 CNBX
Henrys & The Jailhouse
3pm to late Dúnta I ngrá on Joy’s Entry (Madly in love on Joy’s Entry) Henrys & The Jailhouse Local food, music & dance on Joy’s Entry Music
Fish City
7pm – 9pm Fish N’Gig Night Fish City Belfast Fish N’Gig - Traditional Music Night Music
Café Nero/Anne Street 2pm – 7pm Monster Madness Belfast Stitch and Bitch Create your own Yarn Monster Get Involved
Bootleggers
8pm Bootleggers Street Party Bootleggers Live music, beer, cocktails and burgers! Music
Bullitt Hotel
6pm-7pm Whose Culture is it Anyway? MCE Public Relations A quick fire political and cultural discussion. Get Involved 6pm Bullitt’s Chapel of Love Bullitt Hotel Tie the knot at Bullitt’s Chapel of Love! Music
Malmaison
5pm – 10pm Fiesta como si no hubiera mañana Malmaison Let us Guac your world with tacos & tequilla! Music
St. Georges
6.15 pm/ 7.30pm/ 8.30 pm Choral Music St.George’s Parish Three choral performances by St George’s Parish and Chamber Choirs Music
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11am – 9pm ONLY ONE YOU The Fine and Dandy Market ONLY ONE YOU – art installation Art 3pm – 9pm Love our Seas Ulster Wildlife Come learn why you should love our seas. Family Friendly 3pm – 6pm Popping Good Chemistry The Royal Society of Chemistry Popping Good Chemistry Get Involved / Family Friendly 6pm – 6.30pm Under the Sea East Broadway Theatre Company A family Friendly Musical Performance 3pm-7pm Circus Promenade Culture Night and Belfast Harbour Take a whacky walk along the Belfast’s newest waterfront promenade Performance
3pm – 9pm Parkour and street acrobatics JumpNI Ireland’s Top Parkour Athletes performing live Sport 6pm – 9pm Belfast Knights Live American Football Belfast Knights American Football Live American Football & Quarterback Challenge Sport
Culture Bites
3pm – 10pm Dinky Donuts Hot, fresh mini donuts with tasty toppings! Food 3pm – 10pm Fionnbobs Tasty Mexican Street Food Food 3pm – 10pm Sizzle n BBQ Steak burgers cooked over a charcoal bbq Food
The Big Fish/Dance Stage 4.30pm – 5.30pm Chinese dance performance and workshop TingDance6681 Faded flower: Chinese dance workshop & performance Dance
5.30pm – 6pm Traditional Irish Dance Bentra School of Irish Dancing Irish dance performed in both light and heavy shoes Dance 6pm – 6.30pm Everyone Can Dance Picco Dance Anyone can dance, just let us show you how! Dance 6.30pm – 7pm Street Busk Ceroc Northern Ireland Ceroc NI brings Modern Jive to the streets Dance 7pm – 7.30pm Argentine Tango Dancing Belfast Argentine Tango Society Argentine dance performance and taster class Dance 7.30pm – 8pm Shim Sham Shenanigans Swing Belfast Vintage Dance demos to the beat of another era Dance 8pm – 8.30pm Reels and Jigs Tir Na n-Og Irish Dancers Festival of Reels and Jigs Dance CNBX 13
8.30pm – 9pm Live flamenco dance, music and song! Flamenco Fino Enjoy the rhythms & spectacle of live flamenco! Dance 9pm – 10pm French Dance with Bal Feirste! Bal Feirste Join our French Bal with Bal Feirste! Dance
The Lagan Boat Company
7pm – 9pm Songs on the Water The Victory Rollers Take to the water with the Victory Rollers Music
AC Hotel by Marriott Belfast 12pm, 1.30pm, 3pm, 4.30pm Lagan Loves Tour Donal Kelly Five Tales of Love around the Lagan Tour
4pm-8pm Pop Up Theatre AC Hotel Pop-up alfresco theatre on the terrace at AC Hotel Belfast. Performance 7.30pm – 9.30pm Kizz-Bachata-Salsa open-air social Practice Kizz/Bachata in Belfast Open air dancing to AfroLatin beats. Dance/Performance 14 CNBX
The Belfast Barge
4pm – 9pm An evening of art and music on the Belfast Barge The Belfast Barge An evening of Art and music Art / Music
Riddel’s Warehouse
6.30pm – 8pm Games Night Irish Video Game Orchestra Experience video game music with a live orchestra! Music 1pm ‘Adult’ Whitenoise Are you Adult? Art
Albert Clock
3pm/ 3.30pm/ 4pm/ 4.30pm Four faces of Albert Clock - A history of film in Belfast Belfast Hidden Tours Albert Clock - A history of film & tv in Belfast Tours/Talks
The Underpass
7pm – 7.45pm Bending Wrongs Colin Montgommery Computer controlled music by Colin Montgomery Music
6 Hill Street The National
5pm – late The National Latin Fiesta The National Grande Cafe The National Grande Cafe Latin Fiesta! Music 6pm – 7pm Ballroom, Latin, Salsa, Swing and Argentine Tango Performance Latin Quarter Latin, Ballroom, Salsa, Swing and Argentine Tango Dance
River House
12pm – 7pm PhD Art Showcase Ulster University PhD Art & Design exhibition Art
Skipper Street
4.30pm Skipper Street Ceilidh & Craic! The Cloth Ear/The Spaniard Ceilidh & craic - don’t forget your dancing shoes! Get Involved
Cotton Court
3pm – 7pm Love to PRINT Belfast Print Workshop Come in, meet our artists & PRINT for yourself! Get Involved / Art
3pm – 5pm Kids Love To Disrupt The Black Box Trust Love to Disrupt protest banner making workshop Family Friendly / Get Involved / Art
2pm /4pm /6pm 8pm Cathedral Quarter Culture Tour Belfast Tour Guides Cultural Walking Tour Tour
5pm – 6pm Postcards from the Edge of Europe Black Box & European Voluntary Service Write your love letter to Europe Get Involved
5pm – 9pm Medieval Swordsmanship Medieval Combat Group Medieval martial heritage in action Sport
5pm – 6pm Create with Claude Sixteen South Ltd & Black Box Draw and watch screening of new Claude series Get Involved / Family Friendly
The Dirty Onion
6pm – 7pm Mark Evison Poetry Black Box & Mark Evison Mark Evison poetry influenced by Bukowski Performance
5pm – 12am FECK! The Dirty Onion The Dirty Onion Father Ted extravaganza! Get Involved
Black Box
10am – 1pm Marcus Patton Exhibition The Black Box Trust Exhibition by local artist/ architect Marcus Patton Art
6pm – 10pm Jamie Does Protest Black Box Jamie does live drawing on the theme of protest Art
6.15pm – 7.15pm Black Star Beat Conductors Bounce Culture & Black Box Interactive workshop full of West African vibes Get Involved 7.30pm – 8pm Dance Off The Black Box Trust Join Emily McDonough for a dance off! Dance 8pm Dimebag Sessions Black Box Dimebag Sessions - funk and beats Music 8pm Big Wild Collective Showcase The Black Box Trust Big Wild Collective showcase new music Music 12am – 1am Culture Night Late Bounce DJ Set Black Box Bounce Culture exists for nights like this. Music
Warehouse Lane
4pm – 6pm The Death Bed Emily Feist Interactive comedy. Come get into Granny’s will! Performance
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8pm – 10pm Story Wall Chroma Lighting Shadows become alive #storywall Art
Beanbag Cinema
6pm – 9pm The Recycled Cinema Belfast Film Festival A collection of short films which appropriate, remix and collage together bits of popular media and cinema Performance/ Screening
The Barracks
6pm – 6.45pm Epiphany For Goodness Sake! Productions A hilarious and deeply moving one woman show! Performance 8pm – 9pm The Comedy Hour with John Sheehan The Comedy Hour Stand up Comedy from John Sheehan. Performance
Oh Yeah Music Centre
4:30pm – 1am Oh Yeah and The Thin Air present Culture Night 2018 Oh Yeah Music Centre Music from Oh Yeah, Thin Air, Ulster Youth Orchestra and AVA Music
Belfast Circus School
6pm – 10pm Circus Bites Cabaret Belfast Circus School Circus Cabaret from for all the Family! Performance
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Gordon Street Stage
6pm to late Live @ 39 39 Gordon Street The best in local live music across 2 stages Music
Worthingtons Solicitors
8pm – 10pm Djing - Nudisco, Funk, Italo Neon Fiji Neon Fiji DJing an eclectic mix of Funk, Nudisco & Italo Music
Discover Ulster Scots Centre
10am – 9pm Discover your history at the Discover UlsterScots Centre The Ulster-Scots Agency Be inspired by Ulster-Scots Music, Dance & History Performance
7 The Cathedral BILL HARRIS HAIRDRESSING
7pm to late The Dreads + Friends Bill Harris Hairdressing An evening of Psychedelia with The Dreads. Music
BLICK STUDIOS
7pm - 9pm Belfast Design Week Programme Launch Blick Studios Belfast Design Week Programme Launch Performance
HILL STREET CARPARK
5pm – 7pm Under the Hawthorn Tree Pop-Up Performances Cahoots NI Musical sneak peak of the upcoming family show Performance / Family Friendly
4pm to late Urban Threads Redheadthread Yarn bombing is back! Art
9pm The MAC After Party The MAC DJ Emma-Rose Hollywood Music
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5pm - 10pm Belfast in Love The Open University The OU presents Belfast in love through creativity Performance
7pm – 9pm BPF Project(or) Belfast Photo Factory Projection of photographic work Art
St. anne’s square
6.30pm – 10pm PWU Live! Pro Wrestling Ulster Live Pro Wrestling on the Streets of Belfast Sport
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10am - 9pm Phil Collins: This Is The Day The Mac A major exhibition of recent works by Phil Collins Art
ST ANNE’S CATHEDRAL
5.30pm – 6pm Choral Evensong Belfast Cathedral Quiet Evening Service sung by the Cathedral choir Music 6.30pm – 7pm Harp Playing and Singing Amy McAllister An exciting new talent on the traditional scene Music
7pm – 8pm Experience the Magic Ulster Orchestra A night to remember for music lovers of all ages Music
6pm – 7.30pm FREE YOUR FEET Ecstatic Dance NI No Shoes, No Talking, No Barriers: Freedom Rules! Dance
8pm – 9pm Songs from the Cathedral Matty Rea Songwritter Matty Rea in concert Music
ST ANNE’S CATHEDRAL Car Park
9pm – 9.15pm Sung Compline Belfast Cathedral Ancient late night monastic chanted choir service Music 9.15pm – 10pm A little night Music Owen McKavanagh Music Live Music from Belfast Music Singer / Songwriter Music
ST ANNE’S CATHEDRAL CHOIR ROOM
1pm – 6pm Toddler Sense Toddler Sense Banbridge, Craigavon and Lisburn Award winning Multisensory activity sessions Family Friendly
3pm – 10pm AfriCaribe One Love Fete ACSONI ACSONI and the Caribbean and African Communities bring love and diversity to Culture Night Music
Talbot Street
4pm – 9pm Spread Your Wings and Fly White Ink Architects Spread your wings. Take flight and take a selfie. Art
Talbot Street car Park 5.15pm-6pm STRANGE JackO Belfast rapper, JackO, performing his tracks. Music 6pm – 7pm Music with Eilís Eilís Cool FM / Forestside singer / songwriter of the year Music CNBX 17
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7pm – 8pm Michael James Michael James Singer/songwriter playing to the crowds Music 8pm-9pm Emma Horan Live BNL Productions Emma Horan Live Music
Culture Bites
3pm - 10pm Belfalafel Fresh, homemade, vegetarian street food. Food 3pm - 10pm Pizza Cone Eat Ah Pizza in a cone - the new & exciting way to eat pizza! Food 3pm - 10am Crumbs Vegan Bakery Local Handmade baked goods - all vegan Food 3pm – 10pm The Hatch Artisan Street Food Food
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The Northern Ireland War Memorial Museum 2pm – 4pm Dig for Victory Northern Ireland War Memorial Museum Activities and crafts for little evacuees Get Involved 7pm - 10pm We’ll Meet Again Northern Ireland War Memorial Museum Wartime entertainment Music / Dance
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4pm – 6pm CQ Day of the Dead Feast! Centra Cathedral Quarter Centra Cathedral Quarter Day of the Dead feast! Get Involved / Family Friendly 5pm – 10pm Jump Show Thunder Action Sports Putting some BMX in CNB Sport 5pm – 10pm Street Countdown Marty Lish It’s like the Channel 4 program but with idiots. Get Involved
7pm – 8pm Pole in the Park Polercise Performances by Polercise Sport
3pm – 10pm Mini Dutch Pancakes Scrumptious, small and fluffy pancakes Food
Culture Bites
3pm – 10pm Town & Country Catering Gourmet burgers, hotdogs & freshly cut chips Food
3pm - 10pm Parkgate Farm Country Catering Prime Beef, Dorset Lamb & Succulent Pork Food 3pm - 10pm PERCY’S Delicious coffee and homemade bakery goods. Food 3pm - 10am Tapitas Paella, sweet potato fries and tapas. Food 3pm – 10pm Baker Street Mini Kitchen Restaurant dishes with a street food twist! Food 3pm – 10pm Bellas Pizza Pod Fresh, stone baked pizzas from a wood fired oven. Food 3pm - 10am The Mobile Coffee Bar Artisan coffee, hot chocolate and teas! Food
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6pm – 7pm GRSNI Bandoke! Girls Rock School NI Time for Karaoke like no other! Music 7pm – 8pm BEATnDRUM Beat Carnival BEATnDRUM and musicians bang out the hits! Music 8pm - 9pm O.M.G Orlaith & Mollie ...and guitars Pop / Rock duo from Belfast. Music 9pm – 10pm Caught in the Crossfire The Crossfire Hurricanes Howl at the wind Music
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12pm – 5pm NCT Bumps and Babies pop-up NCT Belfast Space to play, chat and feed or change your baby Family Friendly
7pm - 10pm Feel the love on Metro! Culture Night and Translink Step on board Translink’s big pink ‘Luv Bus’ and chillout with live love songs Performance
1pm – 6pm Indroducing... The ONE Campaign The ONE Campaign Virtual reality and craftivism fighting poverty Get Involved
7pm – 8pm Du Fast Crawland Clown Co. Professional competitve walking with clowns Performance
Ulster University
4pm – 8pm Fancy Dress Life Drawing MELT x Thread & Ink Come to our unique life drawing experience! Art 3.30pm – 10pm My Lasting Impression Portrait Exhibition Launch Leukaemia & Lymphoma NI UU FineArt Graduates’ Cancer Portraits Exhibition Art 1.30pm /2.30pm /3.30pm Space Adventure Baby Sensory Belfast A fun space themed sensory class (up to 13 months) Family Friendly / Get Involved
5pm – 5.12pm Sumud: Everyday Resistance Trócaire Life under Israeli occupation in the West Bank Talk 6pm – 10pm Bursting at the Scenes The Skyway Club An event for movie lovers, come make a scene on the green screen! Get Involved 10am – 10pm Let’s Have a Show Let’s Have a Show Let’s Have a Show presents The Marcus Room Art
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8 Writers Square Donegal street stage
5.30pm – 6.30pm CBSM Drum and Brass Education Authority City of Belfast School of Music CBSM Symphonic Brass with Drum Ensemble Music 7pm – 8pm Ulster Youth Jazz Orchestra Ulster Youth Jazz Orchestra Ulster Youth Jazz Orchestra don’t miss them Music 8pm – 9pm BrassAttack! Downshire Brass Downshire Brass does pop, jazz, funk & fusion Music 9pm – 10pm Sing along with the Belfast Ukulele Jam Belfast Ukulele Jam Your favourite songs played on the ukulele Music
Belfast Exposed
10am – 5pm Imagine Peace exhibition Beyond Skin The stories of Colombian Women Art
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The John Hewitt
7pm – 9pm Heartbreak Hotel Kate Gilbertson Night of folk hits, reversing the muse. Music
Community Arts Partnership at the arc 1pm – 8pm Hit the North CAP Talk the Talk, Walk the Walk. Art
4pm – 7pm Love the Arts CAP Family Friendly Creative workshop. Get Involved / Family Friendly
Cathedral Studios
6pm – 8.30pm NEU Cathedral Studios Exhibition of new art by studio members Art
writers square
3pm – 8pm Prints Charming’s Garden Kaizen Print In the garden of love Get Involved / Family Friendly
10am – 10pm Crochet Anatomical Hearts Picture of Grace Crochet hearts and crochet anatomical hearts Art 4pm – 8pm The Big Human Rights Birthday Party Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission Join us to celebrate the 70th birthday of the UDHR Get Involved 4pm – 6pm BCV Presents... Belfast City Vineyard BCV’s singer-songwriters performing live Music 5pm – 10pm Extinguishers at the ready! Logy on fire World class street performers Performance
6pm – 9pm Get Your Skates On! Belfast Roller Derby Belfast Roller Derby fun and games! Sport 6pm – 8pm Collaborate and Create Second Collective Collaborate and Create with Second Collective! Art / Get Involved 7pm – 10pm Illuminating Chemistry The Royal Society of Chemistry Free Glo-sticks for all; so please find us Get Involved / Family Friendly 8pm – 10pm Lighting up a Generation Culture Night and Power NI A spectacle of light and magic! Performance
Culture Bites
3pm - 10pm Phesants Hill Farm Kitchen Selection of delicious, handmade gourmet burgers Food 3pm - 10pm Salt and Chillie Salt & chilli chicken and honey-chilli chicken with noodles Food
3pm - 10am Fish and Chip co Freshly battered fish and chips Food 3pm – 10pm Duck, Rocket & Roll Crispy aromatic duck in flatbread or brioche with sauce Food 3pm – 10pm Belfast Woodfired Pizza Company Local artisan pizzas cooked in a woodfired oven Food 3pm - 10am Yahi Café Lovingly handmade sausage rolls and tray bakes Food 3pm – 10pm Chowder Up! Seafood Hot Irish seafood chowder & dishes using local produce Food 3pm – 10pm CREPES 2 GO Sweet & savoury crepes with gluten free & vegetarian options Food
Writers Square Stage 6pm – 6.30pm Féile Woman’s Singing Group Féile Woman’s Singing Group An eclectic mix of acapella songs. Music
6.30pm – 7.15pm Peace, Justice, Inspiration in Harmony Change the world in Song & VocaLoca Vocal Harmonies for Peace and Freedom. Music 7.15pm – 7.45pm Pop-Up Choir! Big Belfast Choir Pop-Up Choir - Come sing with us! Music 8pm – 9pm Joy in the City! Belfast Community Gospel Choir Come and celebrate CNBX Music 9pm – 10pm Broadway to the Silver Screen Belfast Operatic Company Excerpts from your favourite movies and musicals Music
Start360
3pm – 6pm Family Fun at Start360 Start360 Family fun, crafts and ballons at Start360! Get Involved / Family Fun
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9 Royal Avenue NORTH STREET
4pm – 10pm Reading Rooms Verbal Arts Centre Climb aboard the Reading Rooms bus for a story. Get Involved / Family Friendly 5pm – 8pm Reality Bites WheelWorks Enjoy Augmented & VR Interactive Fun - All Ages Get Involved / Family Friendly 7pm – 9pm Camper Van of Dreams Camper Van of Dreams A creative space for people to speak their dreams. Get Involved
Culture Bites
3pm – 10pm Street Dogs Street Food Armagh-made hot dogs, steak sandwiches & chicken wings Food
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3pm – 10pm The Fancy Fox Hot & Cold drinks and gluten free tray bakes (GF). Food 3pm - 10am Wood Fired Pizza Truck Fresh wood fired pizza Food 3pm – 10pm Maegden The ultimate gourmet grilled cheese Food
The Berliner
1pm – 2pm Lunch time comedy show Lunch time comedy Comedy show while you have your lunch. Performance 7pm – 10pm Miscast Night Miscast Belfast Can’t cast in it? We want to hear it! Performance / Music
3pm – 10pm Wolf & Devour Signature Wolf Burgers & sweet potato fries Food
6.30pm – 8.30pm Little Blind Little Blind Listen and Chill Music
3pm – 10pm Linen Hill Street Kitchen Porchetta, Scampi, Lamb burger & beef dripping chips. Food
9pm – 10pm MMODE MMODE An Alt-Rock/Dream-Pop sibling duo from Belfast Music
Fenderesky Gallery / cafe 31
Lower Garfield street
5pm – 10pm Martin Wedge retrospective exhibition of paintings and drawings Fendersky Gallery / Cafe 31 Selected Works 1994 to 2018. Art
10am – 8pm Love to Disrupt! Moon Base & Black Box in collaboration with PLACE and The Berliner Music, Poetry and Art performances from Moon Base! Performance / Music / Art
Castle Court / Royal Avenue
Clements/Royal Avenue
Debenhams
Belfast tea & coffee co
6pm – 8pm Samba Beats Chidambaram Samba Band Come dance to the samba grooves Music
5pm – 6pm Mrs. Estee Lauder Beauty Industry Legend since 1946 Debenhams Learn about the history and legacy of Mrs Estee Lauder a beauty industry legend. Talk 6pm – 7pm Aliza Regar - Designer at Debenhams Meets Belfast Fashion Week’s Cathy Martin Debenhams Designer Aliza Reger discusses her fashion house with Belfast Fashion Week’s Cathy Martin. Talk 7pm – 8pm Christian Dior Couturier - Perfume since 1947 Debenhams Parfums Dior - journey of craftsmanship, inspiration and know-how since 1947. Talk
3pm – 10pm The Unknown Painter / Poet Ken Riddles The Unknown Painter / Poet Performance
7.30pm – 9pm Live Music - Smokin’ Hot Rockabilly Cat Kallen and the Doggone Rockin 4 piece rockabilly band Music
Cafe nero / Royal Avenue 8pm – 8.30pm Poetraiture (poetry for living) Bill McKnight The Myth of Mental Health Performance
Belfast Central Library 1pm – 2pm I love you Baby Libraries NI Magical music and movement for tiny tots Family Friendly
2.30pm – 3.30pm Yours Truely Libraries NI and Women Aloud NI Love Letters in the Library - with Women Aloud NI Performance 4.15pm – 5pm Musical Stairs Libraries NI Vocal group HIVE create new music on the staircase. Music
Dawsons Stage
6pm – 10pm Dawsons Presents: Groovy Smoochy Pluckin’ Funkin’ Luv Stage Dawsons Music Funkin’ly fabulous music and ginger beardy disco Music
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10 Union Street Sunflower Public House
8pm – 10pm For the Love of Words! Articulate Art NI Original Works of Articulate Art from NI Performance / Music
3pm – 6pm Young & Menace Dance and Theatre Bites Sunflower Public House 2 events: Dance and Theatre Performance / Dance
Blaklist & The Bear and The Doll
3pm – 5pm An introduction to Pintsized Productions Pintsized Productions Past, present & future productions from Pintsized Performance
Maverick/Boombox
4pm – 10pm Live Music Blaklist & The Bear and The Doll Live music from some of NI’s hottest bands. Music
3pm – 10pm HOMORAMA: Culture Night Block Party The Maverick A celebration & showcase of Belfast Queer Culture. Music / Performance
Polercise
12pm – 2pm Pole Play at Polercise Polercise One of world’s hottest fitness trends Get Involved
The Clarke School of Dance 7.30pm – 9pm That First Dance The Clarke school of dancing Workshop for wedding first dance couples. Limited spaces so booking essential. Dance
St Patricks Old School
7pm – 7.30pm Turbulent Priest Spring Lane Productions The beauty of art amid the horror of war Performance
Pop-Up EVENTS 4pm – 10pm The Psychedelic Cyclotaxi Victory Chimp Free rides powered guitar fuzz bananas. Get Involved 4pm – 7pm Support the Arts, Stop the Art Aches ArtsMatterNI Arts Matter NI Pop Ups - Love the Arts Art 6pm – 6.30pm Pop-up Scottish Dancing RSCDS Belfast Pop-up Scottish Country Dancing Dance 6pm – 8pm Artache Kids in Control A pop-up love story told through physical theatre Performance
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Street Art Festival Cathedral Quarter wide 20-21 September The annual two day street art Festival whose climax has become one of the most iconic sights on Culture Night returns for it’s sixth year.
OUT OF TOWN The American Bar
9pm to late Nick Drake - A Celebration The Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival & The American Bar 5 artists, 2 awe-inspiring songs each. Music
1pm – 2pm James Joyce on the Ormeau Road Fourth wall Theatre group Joyce in the Ormeau Performance
9pm – 12am Pub singalong with Mahogany Gaspipe The American Bar A proper pub singing session. Music
3pm – 5pm Where the history of Belfast begins Clifton House Tour of Belfast’s Poor House & Clifton St Cemetery Tour
Golden Thread Gallery
5pm – 8pm Activist Art Attack! Golden Thread Gallery Support the arts with Slogan T shirt making! Art / Get Involved
The Hallows Gallery
6.30pm – 9.30pm Culture Night at The Hallows Gallery The Hallows Gallery An artistic urban affair on the Ormeau Road Art
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Boden Park Coffee Company
Clifton House
Culturlann
1pm – 1.45pm Ceiliúradh teanga: Language celebration Altram Information/music event for naíscoil parents Get Involved/ Family Friendly
Malone Lodge Hotel
9.30pm – late Hot Latin Night Latin-Salsa Latin Night with class for all and Party until 1am Dance / Get Involved
Hit the North is this year in association with Heverlee and will be heavily focused in the Kent Street and Union Street area. Come see our artists on the 20th before returning to see the finished masterpieces at CNB18. Painting will be each day between 4-8pm. On Thursday join us for an after party in the Sunflower and on Friday between 2-4 join us in the Green Room at the Black Box to hear talks from some of our featured artists. Everything is free. Featuring: Tape That, Annatomix, Rogue One, Alice Pasquini, Dzia, Sonic Oner, Conzo Throb, Ciaran Globel, Aches, KVLR, Shane O’Malley, Friz, KinMX, Rask, ESTR, Marc One SZO, Solus, Ominös Omin, Vents, Mack, Novice, Signs of Power, JMK, DMC, Emic, Verz, FGB, E O’K, Rob Hilken, Journeymen Printers, Holly Pereira, Wee Nuls, Real1, Caoilfhionn Hanton, Danni Simpson and more to be confirmed.
The National Lottery A major funder of the arts
Proud to support Culture Night Belfast Arts Council of Northern Ireland www.artscouncil-ni.org ArtsCouncilNI @ArtsCouncilNI
ACSONI and the Caribbean and African Communities bring Love and a diversity of Culture and Sounds to the 10th Anniversary of Culture Night this year. The One Love Fete at St. Anne’s Cathedral will bring everyone together to break barriers and celebrate together freely. Live Music African and Caribbean Street Food African Masquerades The One Love Mix 3pm-10pm St. Anne’s Cathedral Carpark
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