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CELEBRATING CREATIVITY AND DIVERSITY AT EASTSIDE ARTS FESTIVAL 2019
From the 1st-11th August places and spaces across east Belfast will transform into hubs of creativity and diversity for the annual EastSide Arts Festival. Supported by Arts Council of Northern Ireland, this year’s exciting programme is filled with glorious new experiences, amazing and inspiring activities which are open for everyone to enjoy.
Join us on the 13th of this month at C.S Lewis Square to Celebrate East Belfast and the people who make it such a great place.
C.S. Lewis Square has a new feature – the Poetry Jukebox. Only 52 jukeboxes exist across global locations and this is Belfast’s second ( the other location is Crescent Arts Centre). The Poetry Jukebox is placed on street locations with the aim of making poetry accessible to all. For the C.S. Lewis Square Poetry Jukebox, the curators Maria McManus and Tade Ipadeola (Nigeria) put out a call for poetry based on the theme, ‘A Deeper Country’ which features in The Chronicles of Narnia by east Belfast-born author C.S. Lewis.
Northern Ireland is getting ready to host Project Dance, a first of its kind creative learning weekend of everything dance. The event will take place at Ashfield Girls’ High School from 2nd – 4th August during this year’s EastSide Arts Festival. Project Dance will feature a range of dance styles for all abilities and all ages across 40 + workshops and seminars. Top dance industry professionals will be on hand to help encourage all participants to try a new skill as well as help them to progress within their particular area of interest.
It was a once-in-a-lifetime event – a warm, early August evening, Ken Haddock and his top-flight band, in the beautiful acoustic setting of Willowfield Church in Belfast, with The Arco String Quartet. It turned out to be one of the most memorable and moving gigs of the year – and is now one of the finest albums of the year.
We are excited to begin the third annual Home Project which this year focuses on the theme of Small Worlds, asking the question, what does your world encompass? Is it your home, your family, your street, your community, your job or your friends? Is your world the city you live in or the place you were born?
From 3 - 7 November 2018 venues across Belfast City will be filled with magic, imagination and other worlds as EastSide Arts get ready to champion the famous Belfast-born author C.S. Lewis, at the 6th annual C.S. Lewis Festival. Curated by celebrated Northern Irish author, Jan Carson, the festival theme, ‘Of this and Other Worlds’, taken from the C.S.
The 11-day programme is packed with events throughout east Belfast for families and fans of live music, literature, laughs and more.
EastSide Arts Festival is an annual opportunity to recognise and celebrate part of Belfast that's alive with creative energy and this year organisers have reflected that energy in a huge programme of events.
A jammed wardrobe isn't anyone's idea of fun, but a Wardrobe Jam is something different altogether and - mercifully - doesn't require three trips to the nearest charity shop. On Monday 28th of May, street artists from near and far will gather on C.S Lewis Square to transform a carefully selected group of 'previously loved' wardrobes into brand, spanking new works of art.
The Oh Yeah Music Centre is launching an innovative new programme in partnership with EastSide Arts. More Volume is an exciting music industry and events mentoring scheme funded by the Paul Hamlyn Access and Participation Fund which aims to encourage the involvement of young people in the Arts.
