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Belfast's Deputy Lord Mayor, Councillor Andrew McCormick has officially launched 'DRIFT', a new art installation on the River Lagan commissioned by Belfast 2024.
A collaboration between OGU Architects, MMAS and sound artist Matilde Meireles, DRIFT is a temporary floating pavilion where people can come to enjoy the multi-sensory experience of being on the water.
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‘The Walk’, a world-renowned creative project featuring Little Amal, a giant puppet of a 10-year-old Syrian refugee, will arrive in Belfast from 16-19 May - the latest event to be confirmed as part of Belfast City Council’s Belfast 2024 programme.
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Meadhbh from 9ft in Common examines three different alleyways across Belfast.
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Belfast is buzzing after the brilliant launch of #Belfast2024!
A massive thank you to everyone who came along, explored and joined in the fun – your energy, enthusiasm and excitement made it an unforgettable day!
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Say hello to Becky and Connor, the masterminds behind the magic of Another World Belfast CIC!
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We caught up with Valentina from Wild Belfast to talk about ‘Safari in the City’ and their wonderful biodiversity of Belfast.
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Free tickets are now available for a series of free family events in Belfast from 16-19 May to welcome world-renowned creative project ‘Little Amal’ – a signature event in Belfast City Council's Belfast 2024 programme.
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Belfast Film Festival is delighted to be initiating a new film project in the city. ‘The Hearth’ project will co-create a film made by the people of Belfast for the people of Belfast. The project will capture hundreds of stores and create a self portrait of our city during the coming year.
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The ‘Bank of Ideas’ is offering up to £2,000 to individuals, schools and community groups keen to do something special in their neighbourhoods during the city’s biggest ever creative and cultural celebration.
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One of the most significant dates in ancient Ireland was the Festival Of Bealtaine. Bealtaine means “Bright Fire”, thus celebrated as the Fire Festival with bonfires to honour the sun. Occurring at the beginning of May, the cross quarter day marking the midway point between the spring equinox and the summer solstice.
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One of our Belfast 2024 projects – Water Works - will see 10,000 boats setting sail down the River Lagan on Saturday 3 August, most of which will be created by residents and school pupils through workshops and events led by arts organisation PS2.
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Belfast will host four days of free family entertainment this weekend, 16-19 May, as it becomes the latest stop on Little Amal’s journey.
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The Lyric Theatre Belfast has revealed exciting plans for their forthcoming Midsummer at the Lyric Festival as part of Belfast City Council’s Belfast 2024.
From Thurs 4 July - Sun 7 July 2024, the banks of the River Lagan will be transformed into a magical place with faeries, comedy and mischief including a first time outdoor theatre space for the festival's centrepiece, an adaptation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Plus a range of inclusive, accessible community-led artistic collaborations including a community celebration on Sun 30 June.
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Great ideas means happy faces! Here are some of the fantastic people who were behind the fantastic ideas at our Bank of Ideas Voting Day at the weekend. We were blown away by the creativity people put into their stalls and by the turn-out of all the voters, over 1000 of you, who came down to have your say.
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We caught up with the team at Wild Belfast to learn more about their citizen science project 'Safari in the City' and also hear about their role in the recent discovery of a new species of weevil.
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This summer fall under the spell of Shakespeare’s most joyful and popular comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream presented by Lyric Theatre Belfast, in collaboration with Belfast City Council’s Belfast 2024 programme.
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Almost 30 local creative projects will take place across Belfast this summer, thanks to funding from Belfast City Council’s Belfast 2024 programme.
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Meet Lyric Belfast's incredible collaborators for their #AMidsummerNightsDream performances which includes ArtsEkta, Chinese Welfare Association NI, Kids in Control with live music provided by Beyond Skin.
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We caught up with Adam Turkington from Seedhead Arts to chat about why street art is so important for bringing creativity to any city.
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An ambitious and multi-dimensional large scale work, with Live Dance, Poetry, Storytelling & Active Participation in the newly designed and planted Community Garden.
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As part of Belfast 2024, Boom Clap Play is creating an interactive art space for children. A space that can be explored and interacted with, but also allowing space for free play activities, which means encouraging open-ended exploration with no set rules or objectives.
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We caught up with 9ft in Common as they helped local Belfast residents transform their alleyways in new and exciting ways with the aid of participatory budgeting!
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Amberlea Neely reflects on 9ft in Common's recent voting day on June 7th.
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Observed around August 1st, Lughnasadh marks the beginning of the harvest season – a time of abundance, gratitude and community. The name comes from the celtic sun god Lugh. Here are some suggestions for simple yet meaningful ways you can celebrate the season in your alley.
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We caught up with artist-plumber-inventor-explorer Paddy Bloomer as he constructed his incredible vessel The Lagan Lighter, which was commissioned for Belfast 2024.
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Thompson Dock, known as the birthplace of Titanic, is getting ready to become awash with light and sound as immersive outdoor theatre show “Shadowdock” puts the city’s maritime heritage in the spotlight.
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Paddy Bloomer’s incredible vessel had to make its way from Maritime Mile to Ravenhill Reach where it was launched into the Lagan to take part in the Waterworks celebrations.
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‘Under the Shelter of Each Other/Ar Scáth a Chéile’ is a collaboration between 9ft in Common, Royal Society of Ulster Architects (RSUA) and JP Corry Design Competition as part of a Belfast 2024 commission. With a first prize of £1,500, it challenges designers, makers, and anyone with a good idea, to propose creative ideas for a wall-mounted, collapsible shelter in a residential alleyway in Belfast.
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