Review: The Sunflower Public House
In Northern Ireland we have what is known as the 'surrender system', where there have been no new licences granted for bars in many, many moons. That's why publicans need to ...
The Woodworkers
It’s hard to believe that less than ten years ago Lavery’s was struggling. And when a small bar struggles it’s bad enough, but somewhere three stories high, on prime city centre rates struggles...
AVA Put Belfast At The Centre Of The World's Electronic Music Map
Five week countdown to AVA Festival and Conference with Larry Heard (Live), BICEP, DVS1, KiNK (Live), Rødhåd, Helena Hauff, Denis Sulta, Mall Grab, Saoirse, Or:la, Boiler Room and more ...
The Network Reunion meets Lush! Classics
Two of Ireland's most iconic clubs past and present join together for one huge night of House Classics over 2 rooms. Belfast's iconic Network Club opened its doors in August 1994 ...
REVIEW: Joshua Burnside
Bathed in blue light and supremely air-conditioned to directly counter the relative sauna of a very hot and humid Belfast summer, the Empire Music Hall is perfectly set up ...
REVIEW: Mary Coughlan
Unlike Elvis, Mary Coughlan hasn't left the building when the time comes for her Millennium Forum show at Derry-Londonderry's annual jazz and big band festival. Instead, she’s causing havoc upstairs ...
REVIEW: Kitch
A night at the theatre is always something to get excited about and especially if it’s the first date night in months. I decided to take my wife to the Ulster Hall to see ...
REVIEW: The Stillhouse of Moira
A couple of weeks ago I heard that Stuart and Barbara Hughes of Hughes Craft Distillery had taken over the Four Trees in Moira. I also heard that they were doing something special ...
Review: Kissing Candice
One of the highlights of last month's Belfast Film Festival was Kissing Candice, from Omagh-born film-maker Aoife McArdle. It was McArdle's feature debut but she's a director and screenwriter with plenty of experience ...
Review: Rampage
Even in stupidity there can be poetry. In the Midway Games' Rampage series, released across arcades and consoles since 1986, the player controls a giant rat, ape or alligator ...
REVIEW: Cyprus Avenue
While the power of Stephen Rea's screen presence is undeniable, the Belfast-born actor's ability to command a stage is peerless. His frequently forceful and at times astonishingly subtle …
Review: Lovers: Winners & Losers
Exceptionally crafted and poignantly acted, Brian Friel's Lovers: Winners & Losers, brought to life on the Lyric Theatre stage by director Emma Jordan and her talented cast and crew …
Ground-breaking 'augmented reality' exhibition, which marks a centenary since the end of the first World War opens on 02 August. Titanic Belfast marks a new experiential milestone ...
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Described as 'the most important event in the traditional music calendar', Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann comes to Drogheda from 12 – 19 August, 2018. For many, it is the culmination of ...
County Down town of Castlewellan prepares to host this year's Ulster Fleadh, with some 25,000 visitors expected to enjoy the best musical talents that the province has to offer ...
A brilliantly crafted noir for children and adults, Paul Bosco McEneaney's The Assistant's Revenge is an adventure and a warning at once, a magical, musical murder mystery and a cautionary tale ...
A starry roof. Paper animal heads. A tiny lantern shaped like a rabbit. A tree in the middle. And circus music being pumped out almost everywhere. Sounds a little crazy, but more than a little interesting ...
In 2016 entrepreneurs Gillian Lowe and Jennie Wallace teamed up to restore a vacant building in Belfast City Centre creating a centre of excellence for medical & cosmetic aesthetic treatments ...
