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: 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: Camille O'Sullivan

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 ...

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: The Assistant's Revenge

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 ...

NEWS: Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story

Chicago, 1924. A shocking true story of two aspiring who kidnapped and murdered a 14-year-old boy in their desire to commit the perfect crime. An obsessive relationship which exploded ...