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  THURSDAY APRIL 29    
  Festival of Fools Castlecourt 7.30pm  
  The Art of Bob Dylan
The John Hewitt 8.00pm  
  Protestants
OMAC 8.00pm  
  Berlin Irish Night Open Window Gallery 7.00pm  
  Stick it On
The Duke of York 8.00pm  
  Attack Of The Cream faced Loons McHugh’s 8.00pm  
  Lost and Found
Whites Tavern 9.00pm  

  FRIDAY APRIL 30    
  Dylan Moran The Conor Hall 8.00pm  
  Jacqui Dankworth Whites Tavern 8.00pm  
  Panama Jazz Band The John Hewitt 8.30pm  
  Protestants OMAC 8.00pm  
  Levi Tafari The Duke of York 8.00pm  
  Afterplay Bewley’s Café 8.00pm  
  Festival of Fools    

  SATURDAY MAY 1    
  Sonic Academy CQAF 11.00am  
  The Black Eagles St George’s Market 3.00pm  
  4 Men & A Dog Conor Hall 9.00pm  
  Theatrenvol Castlecourt 7.30pm  
  Protestants OMAC 8.00pm  
  Afterplay Bewley’s Café 8.00pm  
  Hero's Heroes Duke of York 9.00pm  
  Circo Rumbaba Lagan Weir  
  Festival of Fools    

  SUNDAY MAY 2    
  Speed Chess Tournament Waterfront Hall 1.00pm  
  Americana Day The John Hewitt 2.00pm  
  Gay Politics Debate Union St. 3.00pm  
  Wine, Women, Words Custom House 5.00pm  
  Scott Capurro The Northern Whig 8.00pm  
  Strawberry Sundays White’s Tavern 8.00pm  
  Americana Night The John Hewitt 8.00pm  
  The Liars The Front Page 8.00pm  
  Circo Rumbaba Lagan Weir  
  Festival of Fools    
  Game Over Waterfront Hall May 2  

  MONDAY MAY 3    
  Terrafolk The John Hewitt 8.00pm  
  Shem the Penman Waterfront Studio 8.00pm  
  Protestants Northern Whig 8.00pm  
  Andrew Loog Oldham Northern Whig 8.00pm  
  A White & G Patterson Whites Tavern 8.00pm  
  Circo Rumbaba Lagan Weir  
  Festival of Fools    

  TUESDAY MAY 4    
  Arts Debate Waterfront Hall 4.30pm  
  Auto Ban? The John Hewitt 7.00pm  
  Protestants OMAC 8.00pm  
 

Cheap Date 1

Conor Hall 8.00pm  
  Paragraph 175 Exchange Place 8.00pm  
  Colin Murphy Waterfront Studio 8.00pm  
  God Night Whites Tavern 8.00pm  
  Pippi and Nancy Duke of York 7.00pm  

  WEDNESDAY MAY 5    
  John Ryan Waterfront Hall 4.00pm  
  Eugene Kelly/V. Peculiar The John Hewitt 8.00pm  
  Protestants OMAC 8.00pm  
  Metropolis/Cheap Date 2 Conor Hall 7.30pm  
  Jason Byrne Waterfront Studio 8.00pm  
  Tom Crean– Antarctic Explorer Whites Tavern 8.00pm  
  Brimstone and Treacle Milk 8.00pm  
  Pippi and Nancy Duke of York 7.00pm  

  THURSDAY MAY 6    
  Leontia Flynn Whites Tavern 7.00pm  
  Don Baker The John Hewitt 8.00pm  
  Protestants OMAC 8.00pm  
  Arthur Scargill Transport House 8.00pm  
  Alistair Campbell Waterfront Hall 8.00pm  
  Elliott Smith Night Waterfront Studio 8.00pm  
  Caitlin BURC 8.00pm  
  Cheap Date 3 Festival Marquee 8.00pm  
  Brimstone and Treacle Milk 8.00pm  
  New Irish Writing Duke of York 9.00pm  

  FRIDAY MAY 7    
  Kevin McAleer/Owen O’Neill Conor Hall 8.00pm  
  Damien Dempsey Festival Marquee 8.00pm  
  The Living Tradition The John Hewitt 8.00pm  
  Protestants OMAC 8.00pm  
  Ulster Scots Poetry Challenge Duke of York 8.00pm  
  Urban Circus Waterfront Studio 7.30pm  
  Brian Irvine Conor Hall 9.00pm  
  Brimstone and Treacle Milk 8.00pm  
  Swallow BURC 7.00pm  
  All-Star Charity Show Belfast Circus School 8.00pm  
  Japanese Performance Artists Catalyst Arts 8.30pm/9.30pm  

  SATURDAY MAY 8    
  Utter Nonsense Central Library 11.00pm  
  Soundings Clanmil 11.00am  
  Sarah Maguire/Saadi Yousef Exchange Place 1.00pm  
 

The Big Event

Rosemary St. Hall 1.30pm  
  Crossroads Ceilidh Commercial Court 2.00pm  
  Urban Circus Waterfront Studio 3.00pm, 7.30pm  
  Folk on a Boat Donegall Quay 3.00pm  
  Blowing It Whites Tavern 7.00pm  
  The Skatalites Festival Marquee 8.00pm  
  Protestants OMAC 8.00pm  
  Ria Lina/Shappi Khorsandi Duke of York 8.00pm  
  Buck 65 The Front Page 9.00pm  
  Fiddlin Women The John Hewitt 9.00pm  
  David Holmes/Psychonauts Conor Hall 9.00pm  
  Para Literary Raids Saturday May 8  
  Hero's Heroes Duke of York 9.00pm  

  SUNDAY MAY 9    
  Folk on Film The John Hewitt 2.00pm  
  Urban Circus Waterfront Studio 3.00pm  
  Singing Session The John Hewitt 3.30pm  
  Jerry Sadowitz Whites Tavern 8.00pm  
  Henry McCullough The John Hewitt 9.00pm  
  Closing Party: Havana Che & Special Guests Festival Marquee 9.00pm  

 

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