62nd Belfast International Arts Festival

Date: 16 October to 2 November 2024

Venue: Various locations across Belfast

Category: Arts and culture

The 62nd Belfast International Arts Festival returns 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.

Some of this year’s highlights include (all links open in a new window):

• 28 October -  Les Amazones d'Afrique, Mandela Hall
• 29 October - Blues & Ballads, Grand Opera House
• 31 October to 2 November - The Vanishing Elephant, Grand Opera House
• 21 June 2024 to Sunday 27 April 2025 - Threads of Empowerment: Conflict Textiles’ International Journey, Ulster Museum
• 31 October to 4 November - Touch, Hear, Feel - Belfast city centre
• 24 to Friday 25 October - North Star by So Lab, Belfast Telegraph Building

Belfast International Arts Festival is the city’s longest-running international arts event. Originally established in 1962, it was hosted by Queen’s University until 2015, after which a new independent organisation (a company limited by guarantee and registered as a charity) was formed with the support of all stakeholders to deliver a new artistic vision for the event.

For more information, go to Belfast International Arts Festival (link opens in a new window).