Outburst Queer Arts Festival

Tenderly Queer: Connections of queer artists in Northern Ireland and Myanmar

Thu 12 Nov to Sat 21 Nov · 9.30am–5.30pm · Ulster University Art Gallery / Ulster Presents, Belfast · Price: check with the host

An exhibition at Ulster University Art Gallery on connections between queer artists in Northern Ireland and Myanmar.

A festival commission by Lyónn Wolf titled DARKROOMS, shown at The MAC in Belfast.

A festival commission by Reuben Brown, shown at The MAC in Belfast.

A major group exhibition of queer artists from the last two decades at The MAC, Belfast.

Salon des Refusées: The First Century of Feminist Cinema, as Seen by Céline Sciamma

Fri 13 Nov, 7pm · Ulster University Lecture Theatre 1, Belfast · Price: check with the host

An event on the first century of feminist cinema as seen by Céline Sciamma, at Ulster University Lecture Theatre 1.

Selkie – The Wet and Wild Show, a performance at The Black Box as part of Outburst Festival 2027.

Sacha Coward presents Queer As Folklore at Paperxclips Books in Belfast, part of The Audacity.

A session on caring about queer creative futures at The Ledger Studio, Belfast.

Workshops under the title The Audacity at PS2, held at two times on two Saturdays.

Tomboy + introduction by Céline Sciamma

Sat 14 Nov, 3pm · Queen's Film Theatre (QFT), Belfast · Price: check with the host

A screening of Tomboy at Queen's Film Theatre with an introduction by Céline Sciamma.

Portrait of a Lady on Fire + introduction by Céline Sciamma

Sat 14 Nov, 5.30pm · Queen's Film Theatre (QFT), Belfast · Price: check with the host

A screening of Portrait of a Lady on Fire with an introduction by Céline Sciamma at Queen's Film Theatre, as part of Outburst.

Gulliver in Love

Sat 14 Nov, 8–8.45pm · The MAC, Belfast · Price: check with the host

Galway-based theatre artist Raphaël Adams presents an interactive show placing Gulliver in modern-day queer dating.

Anecdote As Evidence

Sun 15 Nov, 12–12.50pm · The MAC, Belfast · Price: check with the host

A storytelling tour of the DARKROOMS exhibition of Emma Wolf-Haugh's work and archives, led by Lyónn Wolf.

Screening of Lesbian Lines at Queen's Film Theatre in Belfast.

Céline Sciamma in conversation with So Mayer + shorts

Sun 15 Nov, 5pm · Queen's Film Theatre (QFT), Belfast · Price: check with the host

Céline Sciamma in conversation with So Mayer, followed by shorts, at Queen's Film Theatre.

Catflap #6 live at The Black Box as part of Outburst Arts Festival.

Sex in Public

Mon 16 Nov, 6.30–7.30pm · The MAC, Belfast · Price: check with the host

Sex in Public is a generative exercise at The MAC, Belfast, about queer reclamation of space and networks of care.

A live recording of the IAF Podcast, Public Domain, at The Black Box in Belfast as part of Outburst Festival 2026.

Edhi Alice: Take

Wed 18 Nov, 3.15pm · Queen's Film Theatre (QFT), Belfast · Price: check with the host

Edhi Alice: Take at Queen's Film Theatre in Belfast.

Dry Ground Burning

Thu 19 Nov, 2.30pm · Queen's Film Theatre (QFT), Belfast · Price: check with the host

A screening of Dry Ground Burning at Queen's Film Theatre.

A talk at the Seamus Heaney Centre, QUB, on LGBTQ lives, data and the film and TV industry.

Exhibition Tour: David Hoyle on Queer Art

Fri 20 Nov, 6.30–7.45pm · The MAC, Belfast · Price: check with the host

Exhibition tour at The MAC with David Hoyle, who has worked across live art, performance, theatre, cabaret, film and TV.

A workshop titled Transgressive Sound at the Accidental Theatre in Belfast.

Event on queer ecologies and artist moving image in the Brazilian Amazon at The Ledger Studio.

PETITE MAMAN

Sat 21 Nov, 12.45pm · Queen's Film Theatre (QFT), Belfast · Price: check with the host

Screening of Petite Maman at Queen's Film Theatre in Belfast.

Appearance by Nat Reeve at Paperxclips Books in Belfast.

Queereoke night with Array Collective and David Hoyle at The Black Box in Belfast.