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American music journalist Jessica Hopper previews her Women's Work keynote with thoughts on where inequality in the industry remains most rampant -
Transatlantic Sessions
The revolving folk ensemble leave little to be desired in a showcase proving them to be the crown jewel of the first Derry International Irish Music Festival -
Still Getting Their Kicks
Undertones founder John O’Neill ponders the Derry band's continued longevity as they gear up for a series of 40th anniversary celebrations -
Turandot
NI Opera's contemporary co-production of Puccini’s visceral last work leaves no one on the fence in fulfilling the composer's modern vision -
The Wheels of the World: 300 Years of Uilleann Pipers
From the Famine to the Fureys, Colin Harper leaves few stones unturned in his quest to trace the fortunes of Ireland's 'only' true indigenous instrument -
Aspects Festival Preview
The Irish literary feast's 24th edition reaches out to new corners of Bangor with boundary-pushing events celebrating the written word -
Dancing Across the Peace Wall
Masters of traditional global rhythms and west Belfast communities come together to strut their stuff and point towards changing times in Northern Ireland -
Happy Days Beckett Festival Preview
Provocative productions, world premieres and even a spot of cricket are all lined up as part of the fourth annual celebration of Enniskillen's Nobel Prize-winning son -
Sheer Joy for Foy
World tours with Ed Sheeran and a Rudimental feature spot are turning Foy Vance into a household name. But the Bangor-born songwriter is keeping his cool ahead of the biggest gig of his life -
NI Opera 2015-16 Season Preview
Director Oliver Mears on tackling a 'gargantuan work of art', venturing into uncharted territory and taking risks to challenge audiences with this year's programme -
Matthew Whiteside - Dichroic Light
Melding chamber aesthetics with electronic minimalism, the Lisburn-born composer's debut strikes a rewarding balance of abstract subtlety and melodic power -
The Methodist Modern Art Collection
Ballymena's Braid hosts the best denominational art collection outside of the Vatican after nine churches united to make it happen. 'Surprisingly, they weren't that nervous' -
Drummer David Lyttle Goes Off the Beaten Track
The acclaimed musician's new tour with guitar prodigy Joseph Leighton takes jazz to rural corners of the country in search of fresh ears -
Going Berserk for BASORK
The genre-defying ensemble is set to intoxicate Belfast this September with a cocktail of celebratory sounds gathered from across the continent -
Eastside Arts Festival 2017
Festival director Rachel Kennedy on the purpose and importance of the festival. From comedy bus tours, to circuses and performances, there is something to suit everyone -
It's Good to Talk: Mount Stewart Festival of Conversations
The sumptuous National Trust grounds will ignite the spirit of old with two days of debate, discussion and more from a packed programme of guests -
Hidden in the Harmonies
Vocal ensemble Sestina will transport audiences back to the Renaissance with performances uncovering centuries-old musical secrets -
The Wild Swan
Recorded in Nashville and rich in variety, the third album from Foy Vance isn't just his finest yet, it bears all the markings of a contemporary classic -
Neil Young
He's taken half a century to get here, but backed by Promise of the Real the Canadian is still the hurricane force of old, and shows no signs of quitting -
Happy Days Enniskillen International Beckett Festival
Transforming everyday places into magical worlds, the fourth annual celebration portrays the Nobel Prize-winning writer in all his colours -
Hudson Taylor Hit Belfast and Derry
Dublin-based busking brothers take their talents to the next level after signing with Polydor and raking up millions of YouTube hits. 'This is where all the hard work begins' -
Look Out Machines!
Duke Special goes electro on captivating new studio album, his most personal to date, propelled by synths and marked by a romantic, optimistic lyricism -
The Black Ball Final – Thirty Years On
It was 1985, television audiences were snooker loopy, and Northern Ireland's journeyman hero Dennis Taylor had the World Snooker Championship in his sights -
Belfast Exposed Archive Prompts Complementary Exhibitions
Works by Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin reveal how different artists interpret the photography archive in radically different ways -
13 Vices
Composers Brian Irvine and Jennifer Walshe find inspiration in Mihail Chemiakin's Russian sculptures of grotesque figures representing adult vices -
Axis Of, The Mid Brae Inn
'I love chatting to some random person in Germany about music you wrote in your bedroom in Portstewart.' Trio on touring, writing about home and releasing new album on Smalltown America -
Jim Fitzpatrick at The Wicker Man
Belfast craft shop exhibits original artwork and prints by Ireland's foremost Celtic art specialist and creator of that iconic two-tone Che Guevara portrait -
Quartet for Fifteen Chairs
The kids love Maiden Voyage Dance's Chaplin-esque piece, marked by slapstick humour, enchanting choreography and a joyous score by Brian Irvine -
Salome
Northern Ireland Opera bring Strauss's controversial psychosexual opera featuring Biblical characters to Belfast -
The Gloaming
Trad supergroup play out the 2014 Belfast Festival at Queen's with support from Hannah McPhillimy -
Neil Cowley Trio
Jazz meets classical at the City of Derry Choral Festival with suitable support from Codetta choir -
Beoga
Virtuoso trad group are supported by emerging act Cúig in Belfast -
Ulster Society of Women Artists
Lisburn's Island Arts Centre hosts annual mixed media exhibition -
Ó Raghallaigh & Trueman
Composers conjure hypnotic soundscapes in north Belfast -
Planted
New Trad quintet Moxie release an uplifting debut album on jazz drummer David Lyttle's Lyte Records -
Chatterbox Interpret Edward Lear in Little Jokes
The absurdist verse of the English author inspires a new family-friendly stage play coming to Belfast and Derry~Londonderry -
Lisa Dwan's Beckett at The MAC
The Irish actor performs three of the playwright's most challenging plays in Belfast from September 2 -
Lisburn Hosts Children's Arts Festival
Lisburn's Island Arts Centre hosts a month-long series of exciting, eclectic workshops themed around urban landscapes -
Sleepers: The Hidden Within
Banbridge hosts outdoor exhibition of stone heads by Belfast sculptress Helen Hanse -
Samuel Beckett's Catastrophe
Director Adrian Dunbar and actor Frank McCusker bring the short play to a secret location in Enniskillen
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