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Belfast 22.09.17 Belfast 22.09.17 BELFAST 22.09.17 BELFAST 22.09.17 Culture Night is presented by the Cathedral Quarter Trust. WELCOME It’s that time of the year again! of this place we call home. We can bring a little bit of The summer is coming to an Our big message this year is culture into our life by trying end and it’s time to enjoy the ‘We can be more’ #weCNBmore something new, whether it’s rich cultural bounty our great (see what we did there?). It’s a doing a bit of yoga, clowning city has to offer. The theme reflection of how Culture Night around, painting a picture for this year’s Culture Night and the city has grown and is or taking up a spot of sword is urban ecology. We want to growing. This year we are taking fighting, it’s about injecting celebrate the interconnectivity on a big challenge with a huge a little bit of happiness and of all things urban and creative. expansion of the Culture Night something different into our For such a small place, Belfast site. The event will stretch from lives. That way, Culture Night has a thriving eco-system of the doors of City Hall to the doesn’t have to just be one talent, creativity and ingenuity. doors of the Belfast Harbour day a year! We want to put all that culture Commissioners – spanning the under the microscope and entire city centre. We are also Finally we want to say a huge celebrate the interconnectivity thinking of it as a challenge to thank you to all the hundreds and diversity of our city. We everyone - we can all be more; of organisations and thousands want to showcase how we as be more caring, more creative, of hard working individuals individuals and organisations more adventurous, more open who have earned our eternal depend upon and complement and more in touch. gratitude for making this each other, and contribute to incredible event happen! the unique ‘cultural biodiversity’ NEW FOR 2017 This year with the support of 1pm – 8pm including yoga, yarn welcome back the dance stage our funders and sponsors we’re bombing, creative workshops at Writer’s Square, a musical thrilled to be embarking on our and more. We’ve also hooked feast at Bank Square, and an ninth Culture Night. Last year a the Big Fish from 2pm – 10pm amazing line up in Buoys Park record 85,000 people attended with circus, music, dance, with some of the freshest new the event and this year we’re American football and parkour. live music in existence. Aren’t spreading the fun further We’ll be clowning around we good to you? On top of that across the city to make it more down at Belfast Harbour from we have lots of new venues and accessible and more ambitious 4 – 8pm with a mini Festival of organisations this year in new than ever before. We’ll have a Fools and the Thunder Action and unexpected locations, so whole range of family activities Sports bike show. If that’s you’re in for an absolute treat! taking place at City Hall from not enough, we’re pleased to LOOK OUT FOR... Art Kid Friendly Food Music Dance Performance Sport Get Involved Tour/Talks WHAT NEXT... All Culture Night events Culture Night will have six hubs Food and Drink are free! located at: To complement the excellent restaurants and cafes throughout Most events will take place • Belfast City Hall the City, our Culture Bites strand between 1pm – 10pm. Culture • Rosemary Street/ will feature some of the best Night is a family friendly event Lombard Street local street food vendors offering with a range of activities that • The Big Fish fabulous flavours from around people of all ages can enjoy. • St Anne’s Cathedral the world. However all events aimed • Royal Avenue (Outside Please remember that Culture specifically at children will stop Culture Night Office) Night is a family friendly event promptly at 9pm and please • Edwards Car Park and intoxicated behaviour will remember that it’s illegal to have (Outside the Black Box). not be tolerated. Culture Night is children on licensed premises not a ‘bring your own’ event and after 8pm. All children must be Transport and Parking usual street drinking legislation supervised and accompanied by Our advice is to leave your car at applies. Culture Night is a an adult. home, if at all possible. We have breastfeeding-friendly event. worked hard with Translink and Please note that all events are statutory agencies to make travel Disabled Access subject to change. Due to the by bus, train, bike or foot as easy Information for disabled people size and nature of Culture Night as possible. and visitors who are not familiar Belfast, times and venues may If you do need to bring your car, with the venues is available change with events occasionally parking around the site is limited through adaptni.org. While being cancelled or added to the as there will be no on-street we endeavour to ensure full programme after print. car parking spaces available accessibility on Culture Night, Be sure to check online for the within the Cathedral Quarter the pop up nature of much most up to date information. including Donegall Street, North of the activity will mean that Street, Union Street, Kent Street, some events may not be fully Culture Night Hubs Academy Street, Exchange accessible. The Culture Night hubs are Street, Hill Street, Waring Street, If you would like a large print the main point of contact Skipper Street, Talbot Street and version of this programme for information, first aid, lost Royal Avenue. However there are please contact hello@ property and ample parking facilities located culturenightbelfast.com or call lost people. around the city centre. Please see 028 9031 4011. our website for more details. Late Night Metro! Translink are putting on a late-night Metro service at Midnight and 1.00am on selected main routes. Go to www.translink.co.uk/culturenight/ call 028 90 66 66 30 or follow @Translink_NI on Twitter for details. 4 Culture Night Belfast Team Keep up to date Culture Night Manager: Keep up to date with the latest Kerry Rooney Culture Night Belfast events, Programme Officer: news, competitions and more: Roisin Daley Production Manager: culturenightbelfast.com Jillian Thompson culturenightbelfast Communications: culturenightbel Joe Nawaz culturenightbelfast Interns: #CNB17 Ruby O’Rourke & Clíodhna Quinn Design: Contact UsFolk 109 – 113 Royal Avenue, Ilustrator: Cathedral Quarter Managed Stephen Maurice Graham Workspace, Belfast BT1 1FF 028 9031 4011 [email protected] Cathedral Quarter Trust Director: Patricia Freedman Finance & Administration Officer: Anastasia Shevchenko-Markossian Admin Support: Stephanie Garner Special Thanks! On behalf of everyone at Culture Night Belfast and the Cathedral Quarter Trust we would like to say a very special thank you to Patricia Freedman who is leaving the organisation this year after nine years as Director. Patricia’s contribution to the setting up, growth and success of Culture Night has been immense and she will be missed by everyone involved. We wish her every success in the future. 5 The National Lottery A principal funder of the Arts Proudly supporting Culture Night Belfast Arts Council of Northern Ireland www.artscouncil-ni.org @ArtsCouncilNI ArtsCouncilNI Photography Neil Harrison - Photo ‘Bliss’ Company, Theatre Replay 6 4pm – 8pm 1pm – 8pm 01 CITY HALL Biodiversity in Belfast The Fancy Fox Sponsored by RSPB Hot & cold drinks and gluten The National Lottery Come & discover the wonderful free pastries (GF) swifts of Belfast! Food Get Involved 1pm – 2pm 1pm – 8pm A principal funder of the Arts Belfast Salutes the SUN 4pm – 8pm Antonio Made in Naples Flow Studio Belfast Carnival for a Cure Pizza from Naples Get involved Proudly supporting Culture Night Belfast Cancer Research UK Food Step Right Up and Knock 2pm – 4pm Cancer Down 1pm – 8pm Everybody dance now Get Involved Rossi’s Chimneys Aurora Studios Hungarian Ice Cream Dance for anybody, with 12pm – 6pm Food any body! Belfast City Council Tour Dance / Get Involved Belfast City Council 1pm – 8pm Take a tour of City Hall’s new, Safari Event Catering 5.30pm – 6.15pm interactive exhibition Gluten Free, Vegetarian & Vegan Come dance to the Tour / Talk Burgers from a charcoal BBQ Samba grooves (v) (GF) Chidambaram 7.30pm – 8pm Food Performance of samba music Little Shop of Terrors Music East Broadway 1pm – 8pm A mean green mother from Dinky Donuts 6.30pm – 8pm outer space! Hot fresh mini donuts Can’t we all just get along Performance Food CDPB Music Unite A collective performance of 3pm – 6pm indigenous musicians Yeehaw’s Giant Games Room Culture Night Hub Music YEHA Information, First Aid, Lost Like Honey I Shrunk the Kids in Property and Lost People 4pm – 8pm game form Going wild with Get Involved Ulster Wildlife Ulster Wildlife 2pm – 8pm 02 FOUNTAIN STREET Come meet our Arts Care @ City Hall local wildlife Arts Care Get Involved Join Arts Care Artists for a LINEN HALL LIBRARY Creative Workshop Performance 4pm – 8pm Get Involved 2.30pm – 4.30pm KidSpace Musical Threads Belfast Healthy Cities 3pm – 8pm Music and Weaving Come, join in and have fun! The Magical World of National The art of weaving and music of Kids Trust National Trust NI the golden eras 3pm – 7pm All of National Trust, squeezed Music The Gathering Place into one incredible space! ArtsEkta Get Involved 6pm – 8.30pm Arts Council of Northern Ireland Enjoy craft workshops exploring Guess the year: A Herstory common themes 1pm – 8pm www.artscouncil-ni.org Belfast Feminist Network Art/ Get Involved Street Dogs @ArtsCouncilNI Gourmet street food using Guess the year women local produce became equal ArtsCouncilNI Photography Neil Harrison - Photo ‘Bliss’ Company,
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