Latest on Culture Northern Ireland
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New Derry youth festival to celebrate the city’s heritage
A group of young people from across Derry have come together to programme and run an innovative new three-day festival
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Programme launched for 2019 Aspects Irish Literature Festival
The long-running highlight of the arts calendar returns to Bangor next month celebrating the written word in over 40 events for families and literature lovers
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The North West is having its first ever youth arts festival this month
Rewire will be a 12 day celebration of youth culture in Derry and Strabane, with hundreds of creative events and opportunities ranging from fashion to hip-hop dancing
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New artists announced for Stendhal Festival this summer
The second instalment of the award-winning event's 2019 line-up features a wealth of Irish talent from Damien Dempsey to renowned folk act Kíla
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Bangor Castle's Walled Garden becomes a gallery with over 40 unique sculptures
Throughout June the ForM Sculpture Exhibition allows visitors to explore eclectic artworks around the peaceful grounds, vote for the best and even buy some to bring home
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NI actor stars in new play highlighting differences in women's rights north and south of the border
Cotton Fingers comes to Belfast and Derry~Londonderry as part of National Theatre Wales' first Irish tour and marking a year since the referendum to repeal the Eighth Amendment
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Glasgow Girls' Cora Bissett coming back to Belfast with new show for '90s music lovers
What Girls Are Made Of tells the true story of the performer's years as an indie musician with everything along the way, featuring a live band playing classic songs from Nirvana, Radiohead and more
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Bangor artist creates stained glass windows to mark ending of Game of Thrones
Following Tourism Ireland's Dark Hedges doors, six handcrafted panels depicting the show's iconic Houses will pop up in Belfast as the final season airs
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Music website samples Belfast sounds and invites users to 'Mix the City'
Already available in several major cities worldwide, the interactive platform features contributions from 95 local artists including Duke Special and the Ulster Orchestra
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Hidden female voices uncovered in exhibitions at PRONI and Linen Hall Library
Part of Women in the Archives, the project highlights local people overlooked by history and presents fascinating and innovative insights into past centuries
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Derry Jazz Festival announces Marc Almond as headliner
The enduring singer of Soft Cell whose career has spanned five decades will be helping to kick off the Bank Holiday Weekend in the city in May
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Satirical play that sparked riots in Paris is being reimagined in Belfast
Tinderbox Theatre Company will present the politically-charged parody Ubu the King at the MAC this month, based on the controversial classic from a century ago
