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.. THURSDAY APRIL 28
 


DJ MINICAB | Leaves Northern Whig | 7.30pm / 9.30pm


HAIKU & ZEN WITH GABRIEL ROSENSTOCK | THE ROOSTER CALENDAR – READING & VIEWING Printers Café | 7.30pm

 
OPENING NIGHT CONCERT featuring SABOR CUBANO | Little Big Top | 8.00pm

 
ROBERT NEWMAN READING & TALK
|
The John Hewitt | 8.00pm

 
MELTING POT
| Waterfront Studio | 8.00pm


 
FINDING MICK JAGGER |
Old Museum Arts Centre | 8.00pm

 


BUN FIGHT AT THE OK CORRAL |
The Duke of York | 8.00pm

 
COMBO NIGHT
| The Front Page | 8.00pm

 
CHRIS BROKAW
| White’s Tavern | 9.00pm

 


FESTIVAL OF FOOLS
|
Various times and locations

 

.. FRIDAY APRIL 29
 


DJ MINICAB | Leaves Northern Whig | 7.30pm / 9.30pm


FINDING MICK JAGGER | Old Museum Arts Centre | 8.00pm

 
BUN FIGHT AT THE OK CORRAL |
The Duke of York | 8.00pm

 
ROB NEWMAN
| Little Big Top | Doors 8.00pm, perf. 9.00pm


 
THE PANAMA JAZZ BAND The John Hewitt | 8.30pm

 
RURAL ELECTRIC |
Waterfront Studio | 8.00pm


 


PAT McCABE
| Exchange Place | 8.00pm


 
FESTIVAL OF FOOLS
|
Various times and locations

 
SONIC CATHEDRALS
| Various locations and times

 
COMIC BOOKART
| Various locations and times

 

.. SATURDAY APRIL 30
 


HARRY POTTER AGUS AN ORLACH
| Lagan Lookout | 12.00am


STEWART PARKER DAY |
White’s Tavern | 2.00pm

 
DICK GAUGHAN | Little Big Top | 8.00pm

 
RURAL ELECTRIC |
Waterfront Studio | 8.00pm


 
FINDING MICK JAGGER | April 28 - 30 | Old Museum Arts Centre | 8.00pm

 
DJ MINICAB
| April 28 – April 30 | Leaves Northern Whig | 7.30pm / 9.30pm

 


HERO'S HEROES
|
April 30/ May 7 |The Duke of York | 9.00pm

 
DJ MINICAB
| | Leaves Northern Whig | 7.30pm / 9.30pm

 
COMIC BOOKART
| Various locations and times

 
FESTIVAL OF FOOLS
|
Various times and locations

 

.. SUNDAY MAY 01
 


THE POETS BOAT
| May 1 | The Joyce | 1.00pm & 3.00pm


CHARLES BUKOWSKI - BORN INTO THIS
|
May 1 | The John Hewitt | 3.00pm


 
HEATHER MACLEOD |
May 1 | The Northern Whig | 3.00pm

 
THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA | May 1 | The Waterfront Hall | 8.00pm


 
SWANSONG | May 1 | Waterfront Studio | 8.00pm

 
TINA C & CRAIG HILL
| May 1 | Northern Whig | 8.00pm

 


JOHN PRINE NIGHT |
May 1 | John Hewitt | 8.00pm

 
THE GLITTER & SPARKLE GRAND FESTIVAL BALL Featuring THE SWINGIN LOVERS | May 1 | The Little Big Top | 8.00pm

 
THE VACUUM launches ‘FUNNY
| May 1 | Whites Tavern | 9.00pm

 
FESTIVAL OF FOOLS
|
Various times and locations

 
 
..MONDAY MAY 02
 


URBAN CULTURE TASTER DAY
|
Waterfront Hall | 2.00pm - 5.00pm


CAT POWER |
Little Big Top | 8.00pm


 
MOISHES BAGEL | The John Hewitt | 8.00pm

 
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE |
The Potthouse | 7.45pm


 
ERNIE PAYNE | McHugh’s | 8.00pm

 
HERE WE GO ROUND THE MULBERRY BUSH
| The Duke of York | 6.00pm

 


MOD NIGHT featuring THE KEEPERS
| The Northern Whig | 8.00pm


 
BILL HICKS: SLIGHT RETURN
| Whites Tavern | 8.00pm

 
FESTIVAL OF FOOLS
|
Various times and locations

 
..TUESDAY MAY 03
 


THE CARNIVAL SALOON | The John Hewitt | 9.00pm


A CLOCKWORK ORANGE |
The Potthouse | 7.45pm


 
PITCH IDOL
| Basement Bar, McHughs | 8.00pm

 
GEOFF BERNER, CAROLYN MARK & PRIYA THOMAS | Northern Whig | 8.00pm

 
DARK SIDE OF THE RAINBOW / TURKISH STAR WARS
|
White’s Tavern | 9.30pm

 
BILL HICKS: SLIGHT RETURN
| Waterfront Studio | 8.00pm

 
..WEDNESDAY MAY 04
 


SILENT SHAKESPEARE | St. George’s Church | 2.00pm, 7.30pm


FARMER JASON | Lagan Lookout | 3.00pm

 
DENIS TUOHY | A BROADCASTERS JOURNEY |
Printers | 6.30pm

 
JASON RINGENBERG with support from DELAWARE | The John Hewitt | 8.00pm

 
THE LINE UP |
The Marquee | 8.00pm

 
THE POETRY CUP | White’s Tavern | 8.00pm

 


STEVE DAY – DEAF IN THE AFTERNOON |
Duke of York | 8.00pm

 
IN A MONTH OF FALLEN SUNDAYS |
Waterfront Studio | 8.00pm

 
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE |
The Potthouse | 7.45pm


 
THE SECRET DIARY OF RABBIE BURNS
|
McHugh’s Bar | 8.00pm

 
I, GREGORY |
Community Arts Forum | 6.30pm,8.00pm

 
MAKE.ie FILM SCREENINGS/CLUB NIGHT
|
7.00pm | BFF Mini Cinema (Donegall St.) / McCracken’s Café Bar | 9.00pm.

 
 
..THURSDAY MAY 05
 


A CLOCKWORK ORANGE |
The Potthouse | 7.45pm


FROM PAGE TO STAGE | Unemployed Resource Centre | 10.00am-5.00pm


 
INSIDE JOB – SCREENING AND Q&A | Studio Cinema | 6.00pm

 
THE TEARS | Festival Marquee | 9.00pm

 
SEAPARK
|
Waterfront Studio | 8.00pm

 
JOHNNY ROGAN |VAN MORRISON - NO SURRENDER
| Duke of York | 8.00pm

 


THE DICK SMITH – MIKE O’REILLY BAND | McHughs Bar | 9.00pm

 
KID CARPET & JINX LENNON | White’s Tavern | 8.00pm

 
COLD COMFORT | Omac | 8.00 pm

 
I, GREGORY | Community Arts Forum | 6.30pm, 8.00pm

 
KEN CAMPBELL’S MEANING OF LIFE |
Belfast Circus School | 8.00pm

 
THE DONAL O’CONNOR OPENING NIGHT SESSION | Duke of York |8.00pm

 
 
REGGAE INNA BELFAST |
The John Hewitt | 9.00pm

 

..FRIDAY MAY 06

 


FOLK ON A BOAT | Donegall Quay | 2.00pm


HARD HATS AND LATTE
| The Little Big Top | 7.30pm | Matinee May 8 3.00pm

 
PRINCE BUSTER
| The Marquee | 8.00pm

 
COLD COMFORT
|
Omac | 8.00 pm

 
THE MOLE WHO KNEW IT WAS NONE OF HIS BUSINESS | Waterfront Studio | 10.30am and 7pm

 
THE MAIDS | Exchange Place | 8.00pm

 


SHAZIA MIRZA
| Duke of York | 8.00pm


 
ELECTRIC EEL SHOCK |
The Front Page | 8.00pm

 
FINE FRIDAY AND FRIENDS
|
McHugh’s Bar | 9.00pm

 

..SATURDAY MAY 07

 


THE MOLE WHO KNEW IT WAS NONE OF HIS BUSINESS | Waterfront Studio | 11.00am


ARE WE NEARLY THERE YET
|
Central Library | 11.00am


 
CROSSROADS CEILI | Commercial Court (Duke of York) | 2.00pm

 
FOLK ON A BOAT | Donegall Quay | 2.00pm

 
THE RECRUITING OFFICE | BURC | 2.00pm

 
HARD HATS AND LATTE
| The Little Big Top | 3.00pm

 


PARALLEL PARKING |
Donegall Quay Car Park | 4.00pm


 
HERO'S HEROES
|
The Duke of York | 9.00pm

 
COLIN POWELL | Belfast Circus School | 6.00pm

 
COLD COMFORT
|
Omac | 8.00 pm

 
THE MAIDS | Exchange Place | 8.00pm

 
ARDAL O’HANLON |
Festival Marquee | 8.00pm

 
JOHN SPILLANE
| McHugh’s | 9.00pm

 
UNREAL SCARLET’S WELL |
The Front Page | 8.00pm


..SUNDAY MAY 08

 


COLD COMFORT
|
May 5 - 14 | Omac | 8.00 pm


FESTIVAL CLOSING NIGHT WITH THE 4 OF US
| May 8 | Festival Marquee | 8.00pm

 

BJ COLE
| May 8 | The John Hewitt | 9.00pm

 
FOLK ON FILM/SINGING SESSION
|
May 8 | The John Hewitt | 2.30pm