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We caught up with the team at Wild Belfast to learn more about their citizen science project 'Safari in the City' and also hear about their role in the recent discovery of a new species of weevil.
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‘The Walk’, a world-renowned creative project featuring Little Amal, a giant puppet of a 10-year-old Syrian refugee, will arrive in Belfast from 16-19 May - the latest event to be confirmed as part of Belfast City Council’s Belfast 2024 programme.
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Belfast is buzzing after the brilliant launch of #Belfast2024!
A massive thank you to everyone who came along, explored and joined in the fun – your energy, enthusiasm and excitement made it an unforgettable day!
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Say hello to Becky and Connor, the masterminds behind the magic of Another World Belfast CIC!
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We caught up with Valentina from Wild Belfast to talk about ‘Safari in the City’ and their wonderful biodiversity of Belfast.
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Free tickets are now available for a series of free family events in Belfast from 16-19 May to welcome world-renowned creative project ‘Little Amal’ – a signature event in Belfast City Council's Belfast 2024 programme.
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Belfast Film Festival is delighted to be initiating a new film project in the city. ‘The Hearth’ project will co-create a film made by the people of Belfast for the people of Belfast. The project will capture hundreds of stores and create a self portrait of our city during the coming year.
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The ‘Bank of Ideas’ is offering up to £2,000 to individuals, schools and community groups keen to do something special in their neighbourhoods during the city’s biggest ever creative and cultural celebration.
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One of the most significant dates in ancient Ireland was the Festival Of Bealtaine. Bealtaine means “Bright Fire”, thus celebrated as the Fire Festival with bonfires to honour the sun. Occurring at the beginning of May, the cross quarter day marking the midway point between the spring equinox and the summer solstice.
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One of our Belfast 2024 projects – Water Works - will see 10,000 boats setting sail down the River Lagan on Saturday 3 August, most of which will be created by residents and school pupils through workshops and events led by arts organisation PS2.
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Belfast will host four days of free family entertainment this weekend, 16-19 May, as it becomes the latest stop on Little Amal’s journey.
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The Lyric Theatre Belfast has revealed exciting plans for their forthcoming Midsummer at the Lyric Festival as part of Belfast City Council’s Belfast 2024.
From Thurs 4 July - Sun 7 July 2024, the banks of the River Lagan will be transformed into a magical place with faeries, comedy and mischief including a first time outdoor theatre space for the festival's centrepiece, an adaptation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Plus a range of inclusive, accessible community-led artistic collaborations including a community celebration on Sun 30 June.
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Great ideas means happy faces! Here are some of the fantastic people who were behind the fantastic ideas at our Bank of Ideas Voting Day at the weekend. We were blown away by the creativity people put into their stalls and by the turn-out of all the voters, over 1000 of you, who came down to have your say.
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This summer fall under the spell of Shakespeare’s most joyful and popular comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream presented by Lyric Theatre Belfast, in collaboration with Belfast City Council’s Belfast 2024 programme.
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Almost 30 local creative projects will take place across Belfast this summer, thanks to funding from Belfast City Council’s Belfast 2024 programme.
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Meet Lyric Belfast's incredible collaborators for their #AMidsummerNightsDream performances which includes ArtsEkta, Chinese Welfare Association NI, Kids in Control with live music provided by Beyond Skin.
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We caught up with Adam Turkington from Seedhead Arts to chat about why street art is so important for bringing creativity to any city.
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