This year, the 13th Belfast Children’s Festival is all about how you look at things. Through ten days of citywide events, we will be giving new perspectives on theatre, a focus on the visual arts, music and dance from international artists, from some of Northern Ireland’s most innovative talents and celebrating the creativity of children, taking the festival into new venues and offering its largest programme and largest selection of FREE events to date.

 

Antrim V Tyrone fight it out at Casement Park.

 

Conductor: Christopher Bell Ulster Orchestra Narrator: Noel Thompson The première of the newly orchestrated Saga of the Seven Days cantata which tells the origin of the names of the seven days.

 

Dan Sartain is an American Rock and Roll musician from Birmingham, Alabama. His music encompasses a variety of genres including rockabilly and blues. After releasing two self-produced albums through independent record labels, his first commercially-available studio album Dan Sartain vs. the Serpientes was released in 2005 through San Diego, California-based Swami Records. This was followed by Join Dan Sartain in 2006, also on the Swami label. In 2007 Sartain toured as an opening act for The White Stripes and in 2009 released a single on Jack White's Third Man Records (also produced by White) entitled, "Bohemian Grove".

 

Frankie Boyle, star of BBC2`s Mock the Week and one of the hottest and most controversial comedians of the moment, brings his all new live show to the Waterfront! `You can forgive Frankie Boyle`s confidence and his apparent belief that he is really that good. That is simply, because he is.` (Edinburgh Evening News)

 

Chill out on a Sunday night with the lights turned down, candles on the tables, and soulful songs from Mr. Dunlop.

 

 

"Playing storming roots of country, bluegrass and old-time tunes with the pure essence of early rockabilly, The Wilders deliver a blistering fiddle/banjo/dobro/slap bass hoedown, full of whizz-bang music that is as infectious and fun loving as you will ever hear. Led by the inimitable Ike Sheldon on vocals and guitar, The Wilders is made up of multi-award winning fiddler Betse Ellis, string virtuoso Phil Wade on dobro, mandolin and banjo and dazzling bassist Nate Gawron. The energetic quartet’s high-octane live performances have won them many accolades, including a Herald Angel — the Edinburgh Fringe Festival equivalent of an Oscar."

 

Dance, music and theatre combine to tell the energetic and surprisingly funny love story of Caterina and Ivo. The story begins as winter ends: Ivo impresses Caterina with some original and imaginative dance moves, but can it last until next spring? Will they ever tango again?

 

Dance, music and theatre combine to tell the energetic and surprisingly funny love story of Caterina and Ivo. The story begins as winter ends: Ivo impresses Caterina with some original and imaginative dance moves, but can it last until next spring? Will they ever tango again?