Muireann Bradley
The Black Box
Saturday 4 January, 2.00pm & 8.00pm
Out To Lunch 2025 Earlybird Shows
Historic Pubs of the Cathedral Quarter
Leaves Kellys Cellars
Sunday 5 January and Sunday 12 January, 2.00pm
Stuart Murdoch – Nobody’s Empire: A Novel
The Black Box
Sunday 5 January, 2.00pm
Andrew Maxwell
The Black Box
Sunday 5 January, 8.00pm
Lies Where it Falls
The Black Box
Thursday 9 January, 1.00pm & 8.00pm
Celebrating 40 Years of Raindogs
The Oh Yeah Music Centre
Friday 10 January, 7.30pm
The White Horse Guitar Club
The Black Box
Saturday 11 January, 2.00pm
Celebrating 40 Years of Raindogs
The Oh Yeah Music Centre
Saturday 11 January, 7.30pm
In association with Belfast City Blues Festival
The Zac Schulze Gang
The Deer's Head
Saturday 11 January, 2.00pm & 8.00pm
The Ennio Morricone Experience
The Black Box
Saturday 11 January, 8.00pm
Lucy Porter – No Regrets
The Black Box
Sunday 12 January, 8.00pm
Ulster Orchestra at Out to Lunch
The Black Box
Tuesday 14 January, 1.00pm
Martina Devlin: Charlotte
The Black Box
Wednesday 15 January, 1.00pm
Ursula Burns: The Secret Melodies of Trees Album Launch
The Black Box
Thursday 16 January, 1.00pm
Josie Long: A Work in Progress About Giant Extinct Animals
The Black Box
Thursday 16 January, 8.00pm
Katharine Timoney – Extra show added
The Black Box
Friday 17 January, 1.00pm and 8.00pm
808 State
Mandela Hall
Friday 17 January, 8.00pm
Brìghde Chaimbeul
The Black Box
Saturday 18 January, 2.00pm
Ron Pope
The Black Box
Saturday 18 January, 8.00pm
Lights, Camera, Belfast!
Meet at the Leonardo Hotel, Great Victoria St, Belfast BT1 6DY
Sunday 19 and 26 January, 11.30am - 1.30pm (approx)
Natalie Haynes
The Black Box
Sunday 19 January, 2.00pm
Catherine Bohart: Again, With Feelings
The Black Box
Sunday 19 January, 8.00pm
John Craigie
The Deer’s Head
Monday 20 January, 8.00pm
Opera for Lunch
The Black Box
Tuesday 21 January, 1.00pm
Opera for Tea
The Black Box
Tuesday 21 January, 7.30pm
The Special Consensus: 50th Anniversary Tour
The Black Box
Wednesday 22 January, 1.00pm & 8.00pm
In association with Old Flat Top
Tim O’Brien & Jan Fabricius with Dermot Byrne and Seamie O’Dowd
The Black Box
Thursday 23 January, 8.00pm
Emily Barker
The Deer’s Head
Thursday 23 January, 8.00pm
Out to Lunch Festival and Ulster Presents…
Craig Oldham: The Tools of Protest – A Talk on Visual Dissent
Ulster University, Belfast Campus, Block BC, Lecture Theatre 2
Friday 24 January, 6.30pm
Joel Harkin and Band play ‘I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning’
Oh Yeah Centre
Friday 24 January, 8.00pm
Lindisfarne
Mandela Hall
Friday 24 January, 8.00pm
In association with Superfly Funk and Soul Belfast
New Street Adventure/Carmy Love/The Gold Tips/Aaron Craig
The Oh Yeah Centre
Saturday 25 January, 7.00pm - 1.00am
Shaparak Khorsandi: Scatterbrain
The Black Box
Sunday 26 January, 8.00pm
Rolling Programme
Ania Magliano : ‘Forgive Me, Father’
The Black Box
Thursday 20 February 2025, 7.30pm
CQAF 2025 Earlybird Shows
Steve Wynn + guests Our Man in the Field
The Deer’s Head
Friday 2 May, 8.00pm
Jerron Paxton
The Black Box
Saturday 3 May, 8.00pm
Hayden Thorpe & Propellor Ensemble perform NESS
The Deer's Head
Wednesday 7 May, 8.00pm
David Hull Promotions & CQAF proudly present
The Anthony Toner Songbook
St. George's Church
Friday 9 May, 7.30pm
The Bluebells Acoustic Trio
The Black Box
Saturday 10 May, 8.00pm
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Northern Whig House
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