Explosion Sound System feat. Ras Tenda

Explosion Sound System feat. Ras Tenda

Explosion Sound System feat. Ras Tenda

Ulster Sports Club

Friday 6 May, 11.00pm - 3.00am

£10.00

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Celebrating 20 years of action, Explosion Sound System, Belfast’s greatest purveyors of all things Reggae and Dub are having a night of bass-heavy sounds in the Ulster Sports Club.

Joining them for the night will be the legendary Ras Tenda, (Roots Tradition Round Beat Sound System).

Tickets also available from: Visit Belfast | 028 90 246 609
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Thursday 28 April

Winnie Ama – Artist in Residence

Winnie Ama – Artist in Residence

Various

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Penguin Cafe + special guest Peter Broderick

Penguin Cafe + special guest Peter Broderick

Festival Marquee (Custom House Square)

Thursday 28 April, 8.00pm

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Jesse Dayton + special guest The Sabrejets

In association with the Real Music Club

Jesse Dayton + special guest The Sabrejets

Deer’s Head Music Hall

Thursday 28 April, 8.00pm

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Myles McCormack

Myles McCormack

Saint Joseph's Church, Sailortown

Thursday 28 April, 8.00pm

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Shit Show Shambles – A Gameshow Extravaganza

Shit Show Shambles – A Gameshow Extravaganza

The Sunflower Public House

Thursday 28 April, 8.00pm

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Mustard

The Black Box

Thursday 28th April, 8.00pm

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Claire Barclay: Thrum

Claire Barclay: Thrum

The MAC

Thursday 28 April - Sunday 3 July, 11am - 5pm (Wed - Sun)

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Skull Drawings

2 Royal Avenue

28th April to 14th May. 10-5. Monday to Sunday

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SWADDLE Dominic McKeown

SWADDLE Dominic McKeown

109 - 113 Royal Avenue

Thursday 28 April - Friday 13 May

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Flax Project Space presents ‘Becoming’

Flax Project Space presents ‘Becoming’

Flax Project Space, 7 North Street

28th April – 5th May, 1pm – 6pm

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Dress Up Drink And Draw

Dress Up Drink And Draw

Catalyst Arts, 6 Joys Entry

Thursday 28 April, 5pm - 8pm

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Friday 29 April

The Swing Gals

The Black Box

Friday 29 April, 1.00pm

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Mary Ann McCracken’s Belfast Walking Tour

Mary Ann McCracken’s Belfast Walking Tour

Starts at Clifton House

Friday 29 April , 2.00pm

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The Heart Desires (Dil Chahta Hai )

The Heart Desires (Dil Chahta Hai )

Indian Community Centre

Friday 29 April, 7.00pm

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GoGo Penguin ’22

GoGo Penguin ’22

Festival Marquee (Custom House Square)

Friday 29 April 2022, 8.00pm

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Arborist (Full Band) + Guests

Arborist (Full Band) + Guests

Rosemary Street First Presbyterian Church

Friday 29 April, 8.00pm

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Lily Konigsberg

Lily Konigsberg

The Deer’s Head Music Hall

Friday 29 April, 8.00pm

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Dani Larkin

Saint Joseph's Church, Sailortown

Friday 29 April, 8.00pm

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BC Camplight (SOLO)

BC Camplight (SOLO)

The Black Box

Friday 29 April, 8.00pm

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Rachel Sermanni

Rachel Sermanni

McHugh's

Friday 29 April, 8.00pm

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Inni-K / Éanna Ó Cróinín – Double Album Launch

Inni-K / Éanna Ó Cróinín – Double Album Launch

Áras Mhic Reachtain

Friday 29 April, 8:30pm

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Saturday 30 April

Belfast Whiskey Tour

Belfast Whiskey Tour

Leaves from Friend at Hand Whiskey Shop, 35-43 Hill St

Saturday 30 April, 12.00pm and 3.00pm

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The Dodge Brothers

The Dodge Brothers

The Black Box

Saturday 30 April, 2022. 2.00pm and 8.00pm

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Echo and The Bunnymen – 40 Years of Magical Songs

Echo and The Bunnymen – 40 Years of Magical Songs

Festival Marquee (Custom House Square)

Saturday 30 April, 8.00pm

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Stephen James Smith

Stephen James Smith

The MAC

Saturday 30 April, 8.00pm

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Ciara O’Neill EP Launch

Ciara O’Neill EP Launch

The Sunflower Public House

Saturday 30 April, 8.00pm

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The Delines

Ulster Sports Club

Saturday 30 April, 2022 8.00pm

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All Points presents: Ai Messiah & Friends

All Points presents: Ai Messiah & Friends

Saint Joseph's Church, Sailortown

Saturday 30 April, 8.00pm

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Superfly Funk and Soul/CQAF proudly present

Corduroy

Oh Yeah Music Centre

Saturday 30th April, 8.30pm

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Ghouls On Film Presents: Beyond The Black Rainbow at the Freemasons Hall

Ghouls On Film Presents: Beyond The Black Rainbow at the Freemasons Hall

Freemasons' Hall, Arthur Square

Saturday 30th April, 8.30pm

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We Are Here

Golden Thread Gallery

Saturday 30th April

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Sunday May 1

Hit the North

Union St./ Kent St.

Sunday 1 May, 2.00pm – 6.00pm

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Black Is The Color Of My Voice

Black Is The Color Of My Voice

The Black Box

Sunday 1 May, 2.00pm

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The Nowhere Inn – St Vincent

The Nowhere Inn – St Vincent

The Black Box (Green Room)

Sunday 1 May, 2.00pm

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Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr

Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr

The Black Box (Green Room)

Sunday 1 May, 4.00pm

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The Beatles Bungalow – Michael Donald Exhibition

The Beatles Bungalow – Michael Donald Exhibition

The John Hewitt

Sunday 1 May, 6.00pm

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Declan O’Rourke + guest Niall McNamee

Declan O’Rourke + guest Niall McNamee

Festival Marquee

Sunday 1 May 2022, 8.00pm

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The Michael Janisch Band

The Michael Janisch Band

The Deer’s Head Music Hall

Sunday 1 May, 8.00pm

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Rory Nellis – ‘Written & Underlined’ Album Launch

Rory Nellis – ‘Written & Underlined’ Album Launch

McHugh's

Sunday 1 May, 8.00pm

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Grace Petrie

The Black Box

Sunday May 1, 8.00pm

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Monday 2nd May

CQ Bazaar

The Common Market

Monday 2 May, 1pm- 5pm

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Bell X1 with Dowry Strings

Bell X1 with Dowry Strings

Festival Marquee (Custom House Square)

Monday 2nd May, 8.00pm

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Margo Cilker

Ulster Sports Club

Monday 2 May, 8.00pm

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Keyboard Fantasies (Screening)

Keyboard Fantasies (Screening)

The Black Box (Green Room)

Monday 2 May, 8.00pm

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Joep Beving

Rosemary Street First Presbyterian Church

Monday 2 May, 8.00pm

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Katherine Priddy

Katherine Priddy

The Deer’s Head Music Hall

Monday 2 May, 8.00pm

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John Shuttleworth – John Shuttleworth’s Back

John Shuttleworth – John Shuttleworth’s Back

The Black Box

Monday 2 May 2022, 8.00pm

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Harmony Saves the World

Harmony Saves the World

The Sunflower Public House

Monday 2 May & Tuesday 3 May, 8.00pm

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Tuesday 3 May

Roadrunner: A Film about Anthony Bourdain

Roadrunner: A Film about Anthony Bourdain

Whites Tavern

Tuesday 3 May, 7.30pm

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Kae Tempest

Festival Marquee (Custom House Square)

Tuesday 3 May, 8.00pm

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Harmony Saves the World

Harmony Saves the World

The Sunflower Public House

Monday 2 May & Tuesday 3 May, 8.00pm

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Monty Python & The FOLEY Grail

Monty Python & The FOLEY Grail

Saint Joseph's Church, Sailortown

Tuesday 3 May, 9.00pm

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The Night With presents … Juice Vocal Ensemble

The Night With presents … Juice Vocal Ensemble

The Black Box (Green Room)

Tuesday 3 May, 8.00pm

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John Francis Flynn

In association with Moving on Music and Strange Victory

John Francis Flynn

The Black Box

Tuesday 3 May, 8.00pm

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Wednesday 4 May

London African Gospel Choir Presents The Bob Marley Songbook

London African Gospel Choir Presents The Bob Marley Songbook

Festival Marquee

Wednesday 4 May, 8.00pm

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Presented in association with Belfast International Arts Festival 2022: 60th Season

Simon Armitage

The Black Box

Wednesday 4 May, 7.00pm

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In association with Strange Victory

Kathryn Joseph

The Deer’s Head Music Hall

Wednesday 4 May, 8.00pm

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Jake Xerxes Fussell

Jake Xerxes Fussell

McHugh's

Wednesday 4 May, 8.00pm

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Love in Bright Landscapes – The Story of David McComb and The Triffids

Love in Bright Landscapes – The Story of David McComb and The Triffids

Sunflower Bar

Wednesday 4 May, 8.00pm

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Tadhg Hickey – In One Eye, Out The Other

Tadhg Hickey – In One Eye, Out The Other

Saint Joseph's Church, Sailortown

Wednesday 4 May, 8.00pm, Thursday 5 May, 1pm & 8.00pm

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Thursday 5 May

I remember how it made me feel…. Jane Butler

I remember how it made me feel…. Jane Butler

Ps2 Paragon Studios Project Space

5th May - 21st May

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Paul Currie – Work in Progress: The Chorus of Ghosts in my Skull Keep Telling Me to Take a Shit in the Fruit Salad

Paul Currie – Work in Progress: The Chorus of Ghosts in my Skull Keep Telling Me to Take a Shit in the Fruit Salad

The Black Box

Thursday 5 May, 1pm

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Tadhg Hickey – In One Eye, Out The Other

Tadhg Hickey – In One Eye, Out The Other

Saint Joseph's Church, Sailortown

Wednesday 4 May, 8.00pm, Thursday 5 May, 1pm & 8.00pm

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Jonathan Barnbrook in conversation

In association with Ulster Presents at Ulster University

Jonathan Barnbrook in conversation

University of Ulster- Art College

Thursday 5 May, 7.00pm

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Mogwai

Festival Marquee

Thursday 5 May, 8.00pm

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Shaparak Khorsandi – IT WAS THE 90s!

Shaparak Khorsandi – IT WAS THE 90s!

The Black Box

Thursday 5 May, 8.00pm

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Sarah McQuaid

McHugh's

Thursday 5 May, 8.00pm

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Bear

2 Royal Avenue

Thursday 5 May & Friday 6 May, 8.00pm

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Bbeyond – New Commission Artists 2021/22

Bbeyond – New Commission Artists 2021/22

City Centre

Thursday 5 May

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Friday 6 May

Between Tiny Cities រវាងទីក្រុងតូច

Between Tiny Cities រវាងទីក្រុងតូច

The MAC

6 May - 7 May, 7.45pm

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Ruth McGinley

The Black Box

Friday 6 May, 1.00pm

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Bear

2 Royal Avenue

Thursday 5 May & Friday 6 May, 8.00pm

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Richard Hawley

Festival Marquee (Custom House Square)

Friday 6 May, 2022, 8.00pm

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Ayanna Witter-Johnson

Ayanna Witter-Johnson

McHugh's

Friday 6 May, 8.00pm

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Gwenifer Raymond

Gwenifer Raymond

The Sunflower Public House

Friday 6th May, 8.00pm

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This Ship Argo : Live Film Soundtrack

This Ship Argo : Live Film Soundtrack

Saint Joseph's Church, Sailortown

Friday 6 May, 9.00pm

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Explosion Sound System feat. Ras Tenda

Explosion Sound System feat. Ras Tenda

Ulster Sports Club

Friday 6 May, 11.00pm - 3.00am

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Teddy Thompson – Heartbreaker Please Tour

Teddy Thompson – Heartbreaker Please Tour

The Black Box - Friday 6th May, 8.00pm

Rosemary Street First Presbyterian - Saturday 7th May, 2.00pm

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Saturday 7 May

Between Tiny Cities រវាងទីក្រុងតូច

Between Tiny Cities រវាងទីក្រុងតូច

The MAC

6 May - 7 May, 7.45pm

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The Incredible Journey (Dog Friendly Screening)

The Incredible Journey (Dog Friendly Screening)

The Sunflower Public House

Saturday 7 May, 11.00am

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Traditional Bread Baking Workshop

Traditional Bread Baking Workshop

The Northern Whig

Saturday 7 May, 11am & 2pm

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Ashley Campbell

Ashley Campbell

The Black Box

Saturday 7 May, 2.00pm

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Teddy Thompson – Heartbreaker Please Tour

Teddy Thompson – Heartbreaker Please Tour

The Black Box - Friday 6th May, 8.00pm

Rosemary Street First Presbyterian - Saturday 7th May, 2.00pm

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Malojian: Journey Through the Past – An Afternoon of Neil Young Songs

Malojian: Journey Through the Past – An Afternoon of Neil Young Songs

Saint Joseph's Church, Sailortown

Saturday 7 May, 2.00pm

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Brigid O’Neill – ‘Intangible Heritage’ EP Launch

Brigid O’Neill – ‘Intangible Heritage’ EP Launch

The Sunflower Public House

Saturday 7 May, 2.00pm

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Comfort and Joy

Comfort and Joy

The Black Box (Green Room)

Saturday 7 May, 3.00pm

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Seacht Líne

The Duncairn

Saturday 7 May, 7:30pm

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Bróna McVittie

The Sunflower Public House

Saturday 7 May, 8.00pm

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Soul II Soul – Club Classics

Soul II Soul – Club Classics

Festival Marquee (Custom House Square)

Saturday 7 May, 8.00pm

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Lucy Porter: Be Prepared

Lucy Porter: Be Prepared

Saint Joseph's Church, Sailortown

Saturday 7 May, 8.00pm

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Altered Images

The Black Box

Saturday 7 May, 2022, 8.00pm

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Nosferatu – Live Soundtracked by Jozef Van Wissem (Only Lovers Left Alive)

Nosferatu – Live Soundtracked by Jozef Van Wissem (Only Lovers Left Alive)

Saint Patricks Church, Donegall Street

Saturday 7th May, 8.00pm

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The Tangerine Readings

The Tangerine Readings

2 Royal Avenue

Saturday 7 May, 8.00pm

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Sunday 8 May

Aja – The Music of Steely Dan

Aja – The Music of Steely Dan

The Black Box

Sunday 8 May, 2.00pm

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Hollie McNish: Slug Tour

Hollie McNish: Slug Tour

Festival Marquee (Custom House Square)

Sunday 8 May, 2.00pm

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Wattstax (Screening)

Wattstax (Screening)

The Black Box (Green Room)

Sunday 8 May, 3.00pm

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Tré Burt

The Deer’s Head Music Hall

Sunday 8 May, 3.00pm

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Bonnie Greer In Conversation

Bonnie Greer In Conversation

2 Royal Avenue

Sunday 8 May, 7.30pm

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Roy Walker with Phil Walker – Say What You See

Roy Walker with Phil Walker – Say What You See

Saint Joseph's Church, Sailortown

Sunday 8 May, 8.00pm

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Roddy Woomble

The Black Box

Sunday 8 May, 8.00pm

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Dr John Cooper Clarke – The I Wanna Be Yours Tour

Dr John Cooper Clarke – The I Wanna Be Yours Tour

Festival Marquee (Custom House Square)

Sunday 8 May, 2022, 8.00pm

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Charlie Parr

The Deer’s Head Music Hall

Sunday 8 May, 8.00pm

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The Lifeboat Press and Bad Betty Press

The Lifeboat Press and Bad Betty Press

The Sunflower Public House

Sun 8 May, 7.30pm

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Rolling Programme

Norman Jay MBE

Ulster Sports Club

Saturday October 8, 10.30pm

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Richard Hawley (Solo)

Richard Hawley (Solo)

The Ulster Hall

Monday 10 October, 8.00pm

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