Festival Events - At a Glance Guide

Below is the At a Glance guide to all the events of the festival. Click the title of the event to read more about it and book online. You can use the menu below to filter the list to only show events that suit your requirements.






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Friday 23 May
10am The Snail and the Whale The Drama and Film Centre 4 yrs +
10:15am Parachutists or on the art of falling Old Museum Arts Centre 3 - 8 yrs
12pm Parachutists or on the art of falling Old Museum Arts Centre 3 - 8 yrs
12pm The Snail and the Whale The Drama and Film Centre 4 yrs +
7pm The Queen of Colours Belfast Waterfront 4 yrs +
7:30pm The Snail and the Whale The Drama and Film Centre 4 yrs +
Saturday 24 May - Festival in a Weekend
10 - 5pm Urban Arts Akidemy Belfast Waterfront 8 - 14 yrs
10:30am The Bedmaker Community Arts Forum 3 - 6 yrs
10:30am Tales from an Egyptian Oasis Belfast Waterfront 6 - 160 yrs
11 - 5pm Festival in a Weekend Belfast Waterfront All ages
11 - 4pm Facepainting Belfast Waterfront All ages
11 - 4pm Free Art Workshops Belfast Waterfront All ages
11 - 4pm Tea and Tales Belfast Waterfront All ages
11am Windshapers Belfast Waterfront 5 - 11 yrs
11am Parachutists or on the art of falling Old Museum Arts Centre 3 - 8 yrs
11:45am The Bedmaker Community Arts Forum 3 - 6 yrs
12:15pm The Queen of Colours Belfast Waterfront 4 yrs +
12:30pm Baby Rave - Baby Afro Belfast Waterfront 0 - 4 yrs
12:30pm Windshapers Belfast Waterfront 5 - 11 yrs
2pm The Bedmaker Community Arts Forum 3 - 6 yrs
2pm Windshapers Belfast Waterfront 5 - 11 yrs
2pm Baby Rave - Baby Afro Belfast Waterfront 0 - 4 yrs
2pm Parachutists or on the art of falling Old Museum Arts Centre 3 - 8 yrs
2pm The Snail and the Whale The Drama and Film Centre 4 yrs +
2:30pm The Queen of Colours Belfast Waterfront 4 yrs +
3:15pm The Bedmaker Community Arts Forum 3 - 6 yrs
3:30pm Baby Rave - Baby Afro Belfast Waterfront 0 - 4 yrs
3:30pm Windshapers Belfast Waterfront 5 - 11 yrs
4pm The Snail and the Whale The Drama and Film Centre 4 yrs +
4:30pm The Bedmaker Community Arts Forum 3 - 6 yrs
4:30pm Tales from an Egyptian Oasis Belfast Waterfront 6 - 160 yrs
7:30pm The Snail and the Whale The Drama and Film Centre 4 yrs +
Sunday 25 May - Festival in a Weekend
10 - 5pm Urban Arts Akidemy Belfast Waterfront 8 - 14 yrs
10:30am The Bedmaker Community Arts Forum 3 - 6 yrs
10:30am Tales from an Egyptian Oasis Belfast Waterfront 6 - 160 yrs
11 - 5pm Festival in a Weekend Belfast Waterfront All ages
11 - 4pm Facepainting Belfast Waterfront All ages
11 - 4pm Free Art Workshops Belfast Waterfront All ages
11 - 4pm Tea and Tales Belfast Waterfront All ages
11am Windshapers Belfast Waterfront 5 - 11 yrs
11am Parachutists or on the art of falling Old Museum Arts Centre 3 - 8 yrs
11:45am The Bedmaker Community Arts Forum 3 - 6 yrs
12:15pm The Queen of Colours Belfast Waterfront 4 yrs +
12:30pm Baby Rave - Baby Afro Belfast Waterfront 0 - 4 yrs
12:30pm Windshapers Belfast Waterfront 5 - 11 yrs
2pm The Bedmaker Community Arts Forum 3 - 6 yrs
2pm Windshapers Belfast Waterfront 5 - 11 yrs
2pm Baby Rave - Baby Afro Belfast Waterfront 0 - 4 yrs
2:30pm The Queen of Colours Belfast Waterfront 4 yrs +
3:15pm The Bedmaker Community Arts Forum 3 - 6 yrs
3:30pm Baby Rave - Baby Afro Belfast Waterfront 0 - 4 yrs
3:30pm Windshapers Belfast Waterfront 5 - 11 yrs
4pm The Most Beautiful Letter No Alibis Bookstore 6 - 9 yrs
4:30pm The Bedmaker Community Arts Forum 3 - 6 yrs
4:30pm Tales from an Egyptian Oasis Belfast Waterfront 6 - 160 yrs
Monday 26 May
10:30am The Bedmaker Community Arts Forum 3 - 6 yrs
11am The Baby Jazz Experiment Old Museum Arts Centre 2 - 4 yrs
11 - 4pm Tea and Tales Old Museum Arts Centre All ages
11:45am The Bedmaker Community Arts Forum 3 - 6 yrs
12:30pm The Baby Jazz Experiment Old Museum Arts Centre 2 - 4 yrs
2pm The Bedmaker Community Arts Forum 3 - 6 yrs
2pm The Baby Jazz Experiment Old Museum Arts Centre 2 - 4 yrs
2pm Beowulf Belfast Waterfront 8 yrs +
3:15pm The Bedmaker Community Arts Forum 3 - 6 yrs
4:30pm Beowulf Belfast Waterfront 8 yrs +
4:30pm The Bedmaker Community Arts Forum 3 - 6 yrs
Tuesday 27 May
10am The Baby Jazz Experiment Old Museum Arts Centre 2 - 4 yrs
10am Beowulf Belfast Waterfront 8 yrs +
11am The Baby Jazz Experiment Old Museum Arts Centre 2 - 4 yrs
12pm Beowulf Belfast Waterfront 8 yrs +
12:30pm The Baby Jazz Experiment Old Museum Arts Centre 2 - 4 yrs
7:30pm Sinbad Lagan Valley Leisureplex 5 yrs +
Wednesday 28 May
10am Beowulf Belfast Waterfront 8 yrs +
10am The Baby Jazz Experiment Old Museum Arts Centre 2 - 4 yrs
10am Sinbad Lagan Valley Leisureplex 5 yrs +
11am The Baby Jazz Experiment Old Museum Arts Centre 2 - 4 yrs
12pm Sinbad Lagan Valley Leisureplex 5 yrs +
12:30pm The Baby Jazz Experiment Old Museum Arts Centre 2 - 4 yrs
Thursday 29 May
10am Sinbad Lagan Valley Leisureplex 5 yrs +
7:30pm Sinbad Lagan Valley Leisureplex 5 yrs +
Friday 30 May
10am Sinbad Lagan Valley Leisureplex 5 yrs +
12pm Sinbad Lagan Valley Leisureplex 5 yrs +
6:30pm Animales Old Museum Arts Centre 3 - 6 yrs
7pm Dazzle & Twinkle Black Box 4 - 8 yrs
Saturday 31 May
11am Windshapers Waterworks Park, Antrim Road 5 - 11 yrs
11 - 4pm Tea and Tales Old Museum Arts Centre All ages
11 - 8pm Free Art Workshops Waterworks Park, Antrim Road All ages
11 - 9pm Outdoor Cinema Waterworks Park, Antrim Road All ages
11 - 9pm The Children's Market Waterworks Park, Antrim Road All ages
11 - 9pm Festival goes to the Waterworks Waterworks Park, Antrim Road All ages
11:15am The Storyboat Waterworks Park, Antrim Road 4 - 11 yrs
11:30am Animales Old Museum Arts Centre 3 - 6 yrs
11:30am Victorian Waterworks Waterworks Park, Antrim Road 7 - 11 yrs
12:30pm Windshapers Waterworks Park, Antrim Road 5 - 11 yrs
12:45pm The Storyboat Waterworks Park, Antrim Road 4 - 11 yrs
1pm Victorian Waterworks Waterworks Park, Antrim Road 7 - 11 yrs
1:30pm The Storyboat Waterworks Park, Antrim Road 4 - 11 yrs
2pm Windshapers Waterworks Park, Antrim Road 5 - 11 yrs
2pm Sinbad Lagan Valley Leisureplex 5 yrs +
2:30pm Animales Old Museum Arts Centre 3 - 6 yrs
3pm Dazzle & Twinkle Black Box 4 - 8 yrs
3pm Victorian Waterworks Waterworks Park, Antrim Road 7 - 11 yrs
3:15pm The Storyboat Waterworks Park, Antrim Road 4 - 11 yrs
3:30pm Windshapers Waterworks Park, Antrim Road 5 - 11 yrs
3:30pm Water Workshops Lagan Valley Leisureplex 8 yrs +
4:30pm The Storyboat Waterworks Park, Antrim Road 4 - 11 yrs
4:30pm Victorian Waterworks Waterworks Park, Antrim Road 7 - 11 yrs
4:30pm Water Workshops Lagan Valley Leisureplex 8 yrs +
5pm Windshapers Waterworks Park, Antrim Road 5 - 11 yrs
5:45pm The Storyboat Waterworks Park, Antrim Road 4 - 11 yrs
6:30pm Victorian Waterworks Waterworks Park, Antrim Road 7 - 11 yrs
6:30pm Windshapers Waterworks Park, Antrim Road 5 - 11 yrs
7pm The Storyboat Waterworks Park, Antrim Road 4 - 11 yrs
7pm Dazzle & Twinkle Black Box 4 - 8 yrs
7:30pm Sinbad Lagan Valley Leisureplex 5 yrs +
Sunday 1 June
10am Water Workshops Lagan Valley Leisureplex 8 yrs +
11am Windshapers Waterworks Park, Antrim Road 5 - 11 yrs
11am Water Workshops Lagan Valley Leisureplex 8 yrs +
11 - 4pm Tea and Tales Old Museum Arts Centre All ages
11 - 4pm Free Art Workshops Waterworks Park, Antrim Road All ages
11 - 4pm Outdoor Cinema Waterworks Park, Antrim Road All ages
11 - 4pm The Children's Market Waterworks Park, Antrim Road All ages
11 - 4pm Festival goes to the Waterworks Waterworks Park, Antrim Road All ages
11:15am The Storyboat Waterworks Park, Antrim Road 4 - 11 yrs
11:30am Victorian Waterworks Waterworks Park, Antrim Road 7 - 11 yrs
11:30am Animales Old Museum Arts Centre 3 - 6 yrs
12:30pm Windshapers Waterworks Park, Antrim Road 5 - 11 yrs
12:45pm The Storyboat Waterworks Park, Antrim Road 4 - 11 yrs
1pm Sinbad Lagan Valley Leisureplex 5 yrs +
1pm Victorian Waterworks Waterworks Park, Antrim Road 7 - 11 yrs
1:30pm The Storyboat Waterworks Park, Antrim Road 4 - 11 yrs
2pm Windshapers Waterworks Park, Antrim Road 5 - 11 yrs
2:30pm What's the Story? No Alibis Bookstore 7 - 11 yrs
2:30pm Animales Old Museum Arts Centre 3 - 6 yrs
3pm Victorian Waterworks Waterworks Park, Antrim Road 7 - 11 yrs
3pm Dazzle & Twinkle Black Box 4 - 8 yrs
3:15pm The Storyboat Waterworks Park, Antrim Road 4 - 11 yrs
3:30pm Windshapers Waterworks Park, Antrim Road 5 - 11 yrs
4:30pm What's the Story? No Alibis Bookstore 7 - 11 yrs

Don't forget the Continental Market at the City Hall from Friday 23th May to Monday 26th May.

More of it than we think 2, an exhibition of children's artwork, will run throughout the festival at all venues.