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Out to Lunch to Serve Up Perfect January Cure
Belfast's bespoke winter festival is back this New Year with another helping of music, comedy, spoken word and literature -
Paper Dogs Score Sunflowerfest Slot
Belfast four-piece confirmed to play the Hillsborough weekender after emerging as winners of the inaugural Grass Roots band competition -
Derry Singer Goes Outside the 'Box' with New Festival
Sarah McGuinness will open the doors to her Moville home next month to host an intimate day of live performances, literature, food and more -
Open House Bangor Returns
Newly launched festival programme celebrates the seaside town as a creative destination with a month of handpicked events in imaginative places -
Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival Comes of Age
Belfast's best-loved arts festival marks its 17th year with an eclectic as ever line-up – see what's in store now -
Applications Open for Derry Choral Festival
Derry International Choral Festival due to return from 19 – 23 October 2016 -
Start Making Sense with Imagine! Belfast
The Festival of Ideas and Politics returns to stimulate discussion on the big issues of today with high profile talks, theatre and more -
AVA Festival Confirms Return
Belfast's Titanic Quarter will welcome back the pulsating showcase of electronic music and tech culture this June. Register free for its day conference now -
Belfast Festival Announced for 2016
The first acts and dates have been revealed for this year's edition of the city's autumn arts mainstay -
Out to Lunch Sets the Menu for 2016
The bespoke Belfast arts festival is back to lift spirits in the New Year with three weeks of cultural nourishment -
Enchanting Features Come to Light at Mount Stewart Festival
Unique new art installations and bespoke soundscapes will add a new level of ambience to this year's National Trust showcase -
Derry International Music Festival Announced
Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin unveil details of the inaugural folk and roots-infused programme, welcoming over 250 musicians from across the world to the city in 2016 -
Halloween Festivities to be Streamed Live from Derry
City's world famous carnival can be watched from anywhere online this weekend -
Derry Gets Vocal for Third Choral Festival
With over two thousand singers lined up across five days, the 'City of Song' will be in full voice for the international festival's third installment -
Top Ten Things Still to See at the Belfast Festival
One week into the new-look Ulster Bank Belfast International Arts Festival we run down the best of what's left -
Belfast Festival Launches 2015 Programme
Former Ulster Bank Festival at Queen's rebrands with rich line-up of music, theatre, dance and arts from across the world set for October -
Belly Laughs Line-up is No Joke
Belfast Comedy Festival returns with more variety than ever in addition to usual programme of stellar stand-up from September 23 to October 4 -
Open House Festival Opens For Business This Weekend
The annual festival returns for a third year with a packed programme of music, food, film, literature and much more -
Playwright Brian Friel Celebrated in Inaugural Cross-Border Festival
Organisers behind Enniskillen's Wilde Weekend and Happy Days Beckett Festival honour Ireland's greatest living dramatist with events across Belfast and Co. Donegal this August -
Maiden City Festival Brings History to Life
Hundreds of performers prepare for the 18th annual programme reenacting Derry's illustrious past with theatre, dance and unique special events -
Sunflowerfest Unveils 2015 Line-Up
Tubby's Farm welcomes biggest bill yet to sixth annual weekend of live entertainment, interactive arts and family fun -
Seamus Heaney's Belfast Festival Memories
Following news that Queen's University has withdrawn funding for the Belfast Festival, watch a video interview from 2012 in which the late poet recalls transformative Festival experiences -
New Names Added to Moira Calling
Second stage will introduce the Armagh festival's audience to some of Northern Ireland's most promising musicians in addition to seasoned acts -
Past Becomes Present at Maiden City Festival
Thousands expected to descend on Derry~Londonderry for eight-day celebration of history-shaping events from August 6 - 13 -
Stendhal Set for a Course of Therapy?
They've made their mark on the world's biggest stages, but Ireland's Best Small Festival will present an all new challenge for Andy Cairns and co. -
Russian Masterpieces to Mark Clandeboye Milestone
The classical music festival's 15th edition will celebrate 30 years since director Barry Douglas's Tchaikovsky prize triumph -
EastSide Arts Launch Eleven-Day 2016 Festival
'Inspiring' programme features 100 events including anniversaries of Shakespeare, the Somme and Belfast's own Creative Exchange Artists’ Studios -
Stendhal Announce Full Music Line-Up
Second wave of artists unveiled to join headliners Badly Drawn Boy, Therapy? and DJ Yoda at the award-winning Roe Valley festival this August -
Get to Grips with Graffiti
The Playhouse hosts a weekend of urban art workshops and demonstrations to mark the launch of the second Release the Pressure festival -
Culture Night 2015: Everything You Need to Know
Your guide to the hundreds of free arts and cultural events occupying regions across Northern Ireland today -
Things to Do at Culture Night Derry/Strabane
Handpicked highlights from the North West district's joint programme of free cultural escapades -
Open House Festival Launch 2015 Programme
Twice as many carefully curated events than ever before packed into Bangor's third annual August arts takeover -
Arts Sector Supports #SaveCultureNI
Arts organisations, venues and festivals respond to Arts Council's 100% funding cut – read a selection of comments and discover how Culture NI is valued as a frontline cultural marketing tool -
Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival 2015
Programme for Belfast's most eclectic arts festival launches, featuring The Stranglers, poet Paul Muldoon, comedian David O'Doherty and more – book your tickets now -
Creativity Month Video Highlights
The best action from Belfast Fashion Week, 'Icons: Batman' at the Nerve Centre, Eoin McNamee crime writing workshop in Bangor Carnegie Library and David Best's 'Temple' -
Derry to Host Pan Celtic Festival
Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin and Derry City Council collaborate to bring celebration of Celtic culture back to Derry, with Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Brittany, Cornwall and the Isle of Man represented -
Watch Video from Invasion Belfast
Star Wars convention at W5 attracts costumed fans from across Northern Ireland – watch video featuring Darth Vader actor David Prowse as Creativity Month gains momentum -
Why Do We Kiss?
Queen's University student Emer Maguire wins FameLab science communication competition with intriguing talk exploring humans' urge to kiss - watch her hilarious presentation in full -
International Women's Day 2015
In the wake of the global celebration we list ten of Ulster's most illustrious artists and leaders, from Dana to Mary McAleese -
Creativity Month 2015 Starts Here!
Nationwide celebration of creativity and the creative industries kicks off this week – get inspired to take part with our playlist of videos from last year's events
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