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  • Culture Night Belfast

    Jim Meredith plans a route through the myriad free arts events taking place in the Cathedral Quarter on September 19

  • Second Chance Cinema

    Cinephile cooperative screen three Northern Irish films for free at the South Bank Playhouse

  • Belfast Prepares for Eastside Arts Festival

    Jim Meredith picks out some choice highlights in music, theatre, literature and film as east Belfast prepares to party

  • Ciaran Lavery Goes Kosher With New EP

    The prolific singer-songwriter ups the tempo for his latest collection of songs, typified by the joyous 'Left For America'

  • The Delines

    A literate and uplifting performance at the Real Music Club from Willy Vlautin and Co

  • Poetry NI Online Resource Launched

    Founder Colin Dardis on providing a platform for new writers and launching Pen Points Press at Belfast Book Festival

  • Writers on Writers Festival

    Belfast's Linen Hall Library presents inaugural four-day festival featuring playwrights, novelists, poets and more until May 15

  • The Handsome Family

    Brett and Rennie Spark arrive in Belfast with the theme tune to HBO's True Detective

  • Donovan

    The folk legend gives a songwriting masterclass in Belfast

  • Belfast Nashville Songwriters Festival

    Legendary folk musician Donovan on finger-picking, his Irish ancestry and the enduring power of the arts

  • Brief Encounter

    Wireless Mystery Theatre's most ambitious production to date is the perfect Valentine's Day treat

  • And The BAFTA Goes To...

    Glenn Patterson on being nominated for Good Vibrations and writing his new novel The Rest Just Follows

  • Willy Vlautin

    Glenn Patterson talks with the American novelist and songwriter about Obama Care and The Free

  • The Beatelles

    The impossibly youthful County Cavan band The Whereabouts introduce Beatles aficionados, The Beatelles at the Out To Lunch festival

  • Deer Tick

    The Rhode Island alt-country rockers deliver a fine set at the Out to Lunch Festival

  • A Love Letter to Joni

    Brian Kennedy covers classics and obscure tracks by legendary singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell

  • Bedroom Tapes

    Aaron Shanley releases a collection of demos ahead of a proposed 2014 album

  • Draw It In Chalk

    Still on an indefinite hiatus, Captain Kennedy release an album's worth of archived material

  • Teenage Kicks - A Punk Musical

    Colin Bateman draws on his life-long love of punk in his first musical commissioned for UK City of Culture

  • Le Week-end

    Love and marriage endure the fading of the Parisian light in Hanif Kureishi's latest silver screen collaboration

  • My Noir: Belfast Film Season

    Queen's Film Theatre hosts a season of classic and modern film noir flicks as part of the Belfast Festival at Queen's

  • Ronnie Greer on A Lifetime With the Blues

    Aged 62, the guitarist and singer finally releases his debut album. 'I'm glad I did it'

  • John Cooper Clarke Live

    The foul-mouthed poet of the people is streamed live into Queen's Film Theatre

  • Sam Baker

    Still physically affected by a terrorist attack in Peru, the American songwriter nevertheless infuses his songs with humour

  • Writing Comedy for TV

    Vanessa Haynes prepares for her workshop at the Aspects Irish Literature Festival in Bangor with some choice advice

  • Other People Wrote These

    Ciaran Lavery gives us exclusive access to his latest release featuring covers of Talking Heads and more
  • David Bowie Is exhibition

    David Bowie Is

    A new exhibition and documentary focus on the Thin White Duke's career, but lack that personal touch

  • Real Music Club Celebrates 15 Years of Folk

    Now in its 15th year, Jim Heaney's roots and Americana club is spreading the gospel by venturing out of Belfast

  • Tuesdays With Morrie

    Mitch Albom's retelling of time spent with his favourite tutor illicits a standing ovation at the Lyric Theatre

  • Aurora Belfast Film Festival

    Film screenings in Templemore Baths and Bangor Castle Walled Garden? James Meredith browses the full August programme

  • Pull My Daisy, Shadows

    Two Beat Generation films screen at Queen's Film Theatre as part of the Belfast Book Festival

  • Malojian's Musical Masterclass

    Stevie Scullion maintains the momentum of a busy year with a songwriting seminar at the Belfast Book Festival

  • The Beats at QFT

    Kerouac, Ginsberg, Borroughs and others are the focus of a series of film screenings as part of the Belfast Book Festival

  • Underneath the Night of Stars

    Robyn G Shiels ventures into the blue with five new tales of loss and regret

  • Endless Life

    Michael MacBroom's understated second feature shows what can be done on a miniscule budget

  • Lucinda Williams

    Belfast's Real Music Club celebrates 15 years of roots music with performances from Malojian and Austin's finest

  • Dexys

    Kevin Rowland and co play through their latest album in full at Custom House Square Marquee

  • The Art of William Simpson

    The renowned comic book artist exhibits storyboards and conceptual art from the Game of Thrones series at W5

  • Otis Gibbs

    The bearded Nashvillian brings sad songs, honeyed vocals and a dash of authenticity to the Belfast Nashville Songwriters Festival

  • Jesus Rodriguez

    After being left out in the cold by an indifferent Western music industry, the anti-establishment hero returns thanks to his fans

  • Bystanders

    After a swift rise and fall in the 1980s, Belfast's original indie act St. Vitus Dance return with a third album worth listening to

  • The Deer's Cry

    Malojian justify the hype with an accomplished debut album that draws from their back catalogue and features classic alt-folk influences

  • The Light of Amsterdam

    David Park chronicles our shared journey toward a post-Troubles future 

  • Character

    Forget the past, photographer Jonny Roberts captures Northern Ireland's diverse present

  • Felice Brothers

    Americana with hip-hop beats and added synths – the brothers get the barmaids singing along

  • Broken Deer

    Malojian, sans Cat, packs emotional masochism, lost love and simple beauty into his solo EP

  • My Cultural Life: Nick Laird

    'A Cookstown skinnymalink mumbling for a bit' - Nick Laird warns his Aspects audience what to expect.

  • The Low Anthem

    The perfect gig to close the Open House Festival, despite the chattering classes

  • New Writing Showcase

    Poets and prose writers keep the Crescent Arts Centre audience entertained

  • Anti-Nuclear Film Shows at QFT

    Countdown to Zero producer Lawrence Bender believes the 'time has come' to campaign

  • Me, My Dad and Country Music

    With Father's Day around the corner, Jim Meredith writes about a shared love for Merle Haggard

  • Five Irish Novels Adapted for the Silver Screen

    Cinematic adaptations can be hit and miss, as James Meredith demonstrates

  • Kate Rusby

    The folk singer-songwriter leads from the front - but James Meredith misses the man with the trumpet
  • Michael Longley

    CQAF: Michael Longley

    The poet on his new collection, A Hundred Doors, keeping it fresh at readings and how he only cares about one critic - his wife

  • The Great Depression

    Robyn G Shiels finally releases some new material - James Meredith thinks it was well worth the wait

  • Suspense!

    Wireless Mystery Theatre perform classic CBS radio plays - including the ad breaks - in faultless period style

  • Barry Kerr/Alisdair Roberts

    Two folk musicians, poles apart, bring a taste of water and wine to the Black Box

  • Howl

    The illustrated sections are unnecessary, but Beat aficionado James Meredith is impressed nevertheless

  • Billy Bragg

    Would you like to swipe your 'loyalist card'? The leftie tunesmith brings the funny to the Empire Music Hall

  • New Archive Programme Recalls The Heady Days

    BBC NI show brings together archive footage and interviews to show Northern Ireland in a new light

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