CQAF 2023 Hoodies & T-shirts
THE 23RD
CATHEDRAL QUARTER
ARTS FESTIVAL
27 APRIL – 7 MAY 2023
CATHEDRAL QUARTER
ARTS FESTIVAL
27 APRIL – 7 MAY 2023
Dani Larkin – ‘Walking With Natives’ Tour
Duncairn Arts Centre
Thursday 27 April, 7:30pm
WASTELAND
Downstairs at The MAC
Thursday 27 & Friday 28 April, 7.45pm
Christine Bovill – From Piaf to Pop
The Black Box
Thursday 27 April, 8.00pm
Spencer Cullum’s Coin Collection
McHugh's Basement
Thursday 27 April, 8.00pm
Presented by Starr Records and CQAF
Pye Corner Audio – Live set
Ulster Sports Club (Downstairs)
Thursday 27th April, 8.00pm
Matthew and the Atlas (Solo)
The Deer’s Head Music Hall
Thursday 27 April, 8.00pm
Donovan Wylie
Bank Gallery (High Street)
27th April – 24th June, 2023
Clifton House Tour: Experience The Belfast Poor House
Clifton House
Friday 28 April, 2.00pm & Saturday 29 April, 10.00am
WASTELAND
Downstairs at The MAC
Thursday 27 & Friday 28 April, 7.45pm
Kate Nicholson: Heart Sells Poison Single Launch
St Joseph's Church, Sailortown
Friday 28 April, 8.00pm
Paul Brady ‘Crazy Dreams’ Book Launch
Rosemary Street Church
Friday 28 April, 8.00pm
James Yorkston & Nina Persson
The Black Box
Friday 28 April, 8.00pm
Terry McHugh – The World on a String
The MAC Upstairs
Friday 28 April, Saturday 29 April, 8.00pm
Sister Sledge + Full Live Band
Festival Marquee
Friday 28 April, 8.00pm
Clifton House Tour: Experience The Belfast Poor House
Clifton House
Friday 28 April, 2.00pm & Saturday 29 April, 10.00am
Belfast Before Flood – Guided Tour- CANCELLED
Meeting Point - Ulster University, York St (new building)
Saturday 29th, 12.00 - 1.00pm
Niamh O’Malley’s Gather
The Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast
29 April - 24 June 2023
The 4 of Us – Album Launch
The Black Box
Saturday 29 April, 2.00pm
At The Hellmouth
Rosemary St. Church
Saturday 29th April, 3.00pm
The 4 of Us – Album Launch
The Black Box
Saturday 29 April, 8.00pm
David Kitt
The Duncairn
Saturday April 29, 7.30pm
Neville Staple – From the Specials
Festival Marquee
Saturday 29 April, 8.00pm
Carson McHone
The Sunflower Public House
Saturday 29 April, 8.00pm
Dark Tropics
St Joseph's Church, Sailortown
Saturday 29 April, 8.00pm
Presented by Strange Victory & Back Track
Beirut Groove Collective
The Deer’s Head Music Hall
Saturday 29 April, 8.30pm
Johnny Aux
Ulster Sports Club
Saturday 29 April, 10.00pm
Dan Shipsides
ha ha - syzygetically speaking
Throughout the Cathedral Quarter area
Hit the North
Union St. / Kent St.
Sunday 30 April, 2.00pm – 6.00pm
Wild Mountain Thyme
The Black Box
Sunday 30 April, 2.00pm
David Browne Murray – Square One Album Launch
American Bar
Sunday 30 April, 3.00pm
Bad Bridget
St Joseph's Church, Sailortown
Sunday 30th April. 7.00 pm
Róisín O
The Black Box
Sunday 30 April, 8.00pm
Presented by Moving on Music
Fly Magic
The Deer’s Head Music Hall
Sunday 30 April, 8.00pm
ARXX
Ulster Sports Club (Downstairs)
Sunday 30 April, 8.00pm
Aja- The Music of Steely Dan
Festival Marquee
Sunday 30 April, 8.00pm
CQ Bazaar
The Common Market
Monday 1 May, 1pm - 5pm
Studio Electrophonique (Film)
The Black Box (Green Room)
Monday 1 May, 2.00pm
Ryuichi Sakamoto Coda
The Black Box (Green Room)
Monday 1 May, 5.00pm
Ghouls On Film presents…Rosemary’s Baby
The Black Box (Green Room)
Monday 1 May, 8.00pm
In association with Strange Victory
John Robb in Conversation – The Art of Darkness: A History of Goth
The Black Box (Green Room)
Monday 1 May, 5.00pm
Taylor Lally – CQAF 2023 Artist in Residence
The Sunflower Public House
Monday 1 May, 8.00pm
Joshua Burnside
Festival Marquee
Monday 1 May, 8.00pm
Catherine Bohart: Work in Progress
St Joseph's Church, Sailortown
Monday 1 May, 8.00pm
Anne Gildea – How to Get the Menopause and Enjoy It
The Black Box
Monday 1 May, 8.00pm
Jeffrey Lewis and the Voltage
Ulster Sports Club
Monday 1 May, 8.00pm
A SkelpieLimmer Productions presentation
Scaredy Fat
Ulster Sports Club
Monday 1 May, 8.00pm
MEMENTO – AGREEMENT by Amanda Dunsmore
Ulster University Art Gallery
12th April to 22nd May 2023
In partnership with the University of Ulster and Ulster presents
Zandra Rhodes in Conversation
Ulster University, Belfast College of Art. Lecture Theatre.
Tuesday 2nd May, 7.00pm
Janey Godley – The ‘Not Dead Yet’ Tour
Festival Marquee (Custom House Square)
Tuesday 2 May, 8.00pm
Courtney Barnett – Anonymous Club (NI Film Premiere)
The Black Box (Green Room)
Tuesday 2 May, 8.00pm
They Live!
The Deer’s Head
Tuesday 2nd May, 8.00pm
The Body & Blood
The Sunflower Public House
Tuesday 2 May, 8.00pm
Beautiful Evil Things
The Black Box
Tuesday 2 May, 8.00pm
Nuala Kennedy with Tony Byrne and Tara Breen
St Joseph's Church, Sailortown
Tuesday 2 May, 8.00pm
Gift to the City, Micah Purnell & Rachel Ho
The streets of Cathedral Quarter
Bricolage – Circusful (Gordon St.)
Circusful (Gordon St)
Wednesday 3 May & Thursday 4 May, 8.00pm. Preview Tuesday 2 May, 8.00pm
Jon Snow in Conversation
Rosemary St. Church
Wednesday 3 May, 8.00pm
Steve Harley Acoustic Band: 50 Years A Rebel – Live on Stage
Festival Marquee
Wednesday 3 May, 8.00pm
Sarah Firby: Don’t Threaten Me with a Good Time
McHugh's Basement
Wednesday 3rd May. 8.00pm
Linley Hamilton: ‘Ginger’s Hollow’ Album Launch
The Black Box
Wednesday 3 May, 8.00pm
Piglet
Ulster Sports Club
Wednesday 3rd May, 8.00pm
Diana Jones
The Sunflower Public House
Wednesday 3 May, 8.00pm
Yippee Ki Yay
Mandela Hall
Wednesday 3 May, 8.00pm
Kane Stonestreet
Flax Art Project Space , 7 North Street
Thursday 4th May 6-8pm
Bricolage – Circusful (Gordon St.)
Circusful (Gordon St)
Wednesday 3 May & Thursday 4 May, 8.00pm. Preview Tuesday 2 May, 8.00pm
Rob Auton: The Crowd Show
McHugh’s Basement
Thursday 4 May, 8.00pm
Saphwat Simab + Junaid Ali + guests
The Duncairn
Thursday 4 May, 7.30pm
Fern Brady: Strong Female Character (Book Launch)
St Joseph's Church, Sailortown
Thursday 4 May, 8.00pm
Strange Victory in assoc with CQAF Presents
Boris
The Black Box
Thursday 4 May, 8.00pm
Benefits
The Deer’s Head Music Hall
Thursday 4 May, 8.00pm
Ferna
The Empire Music Hall
Thursday 4 May, 8.00pm
Kate Rusby
Festival Marquee
Thursday 4 May, 8.00pm
LoneLady
Ulster Sports Club
Thursday 4 May, 9.00pm
Presented by CQAF and The MAC
Not Now
The MAC
Thursday 4th May, Friday 5th May, 7.45pm
Hero of Belfast: Mary Ann McCracken Walking Tour
Meeting Point: Clifton House
Friday 5 May, 14.00-16.30 & Saturday 6 May, 10.00-12.30
Quasi
Ulster Sports Club
Friday, 5th May, 7.00pm
Kayam
The Sunflower Public House
Friday 5 May, 8.00pm
Presented by CQAF and The MAC
Not Now
The MAC
Thursday 4th May, Friday 5th May, 7.45pm
Miyagee
The Deer’s Head Music Hall
Friday 5 May, 8.00pm
Jolie Holland
St Joseph’s Church, Sailortown
Friday 5 May, 8.00pm
Presented by Moving on Music
Blind Stitch
Duncairn Arts Centre
Friday 5 May, 8.00pm
Glasshouse performs Aphex Twin
The Black Box
Friday 5 May, 9.00pm
Badly Drawn Boy: 25 years of Badly Drawn Boy
Festival Marquee
Friday 5 May, 8.00pm
Deirdre Mc Kenna: Mundane again, again… A retrospective
Ps2 : 11 Rosemary St, Belfast BT1 1QA
12pm -5pm
Congregation by Ray Lee
Sat 6th May, 11am & 3pm / Sunday 7th May, 1pm & 4pm
Hero of Belfast: Mary Ann McCracken Walking Tour
Meeting Point: Clifton House
Friday 5 May, 14.00-16.30 & Saturday 6 May, 10.00-12.30
Sleeping Beauty
Upstairs at The Mac
Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 May, 11.00am
Getting it Back: The Story of Cymande (NI Film Premiere)
The Black Box (Green Room)
Saturday 6 May, 1.00pm
Jimi Hendrix (Film)
The Black Box (Green Room)
Saturday 6 May, 3.00pm
Lara Ricote : GRL/LATNX/DEF
Saint Josephs Church, Sailortown.
Saturday 6th May, 2.00pm
Susan O’Neill
The Black Box
Saturday 6 May, 2.00pm
Jude Rogers: The Sound of Being Human
The Sunflower Public House
Saturday 6 May, 3.00pm
Tim Key: Mulberry
Downstairs at The MAC
Saturday 6 May, 7.45pm
Warmduscher
Festival Marquee
Saturday 6 May, 8.00pm
Joby Fox
The Sunflower Public House
Saturday 6 May, 8.00pm
Bernadette Morris: To The Well For Water Album Launch
St Joseph’s Church, Sailortown
Saturday 6 May, 8.00pm
Expecting by Charis McRoberts
The MAC Upstairs
Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 May, 8.00pm
Bone Machine play the music of Tom Waits
The Black Box
Saturday 6 May, 8.00pm
Children of Zeus
Oh Yeah Centre
Saturday 6 May, 8.00pm
CQAF in association with Live Free Tourbooking presents
Tom Hingley (Solo, Acoustic)
The Deer’s Head Music Hall
Saturday 6 May, 8.00pm
Congregation by Ray Lee
Sat 6th May, 11am & 3pm / Sunday 7th May, 1pm & 4pm
Sleeping Beauty
Upstairs at The Mac
Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 May, 11.00am
Expecting by Charis McRoberts
The MAC Upstairs
Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 May, 8.00pm
Brian Bilston
The Black Box
Sunday 7 May, 2.00pm
Paddy Godfrey & Matt McCrum
The American Bar
Sunday 7 May, 2.00pm
Niamh Dunne
The Deer’s Head Music Hall
Sunday 7 May, 3.00pm
Tim Key: Mulberry
Downstairs at The MAC
Sunday 7 May, 7.45pm
Waiting For Guffman (Film)
The Black Box (Green Room)
Sunday 7th May, 6.00pm
An Evening with Ron Sexsmith
Festival Marquee
Sunday 7 May, 8.00pm
Otoboke Beaver + Drinking Boys and Girls Choir (Support)
The Empire Music Hall
Sunday 7 May, 8.00pm
Ichiko Aoba
The Black Box
Sunday 7 May, 8.00pm
Sticky City
The Sunflower Public House
Sunday 7 May, 7.30pm
CQAF 2023 Rolling Programme
Duke Special and The Fews Ensemble perform The Juliet Letters
The Avenue Arts Centre (1 Derryvolgie Avenue)
Thursday 17 October, 7.30pm
Susan O’Neill
Oh Yeah Centre
Saturday 19 October, 8.00pm
Ania Magliano : ‘Forgive Me, Father’
The Black Box
Thursday 20 February 2025, 7.30pm
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