The Black Box

Green Room exhibition titled Outburst at The Black Box, running for just over two weeks at various times.

Black Moon present Transient Visitors at The Black Box.

TC.KYLIE plays The Black Box in Belfast on the RE:conciliation album release tour.

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.

Cora Harkin plays The Budvar Music Trail at The Black Box in Belfast as part of Sound of Belfast Festival.

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.

Launch of Belfast from Space: New and Selected Poems by award-winning Irish poet Martin Mooney

Mon 16 Nov, 7–9pm · The Black Box, Belfast · Free

Launch of Belfast from Space: New and Selected Poems by poet Martin Mooney at The Black Box.

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.

Open mic night at The Black Box.

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.

Kill Your Darlings at the Black Box

Sat 21 Nov, 3–5pm · The Black Box, Belfast · £6.13

Comedy club night hosted by Alan Irwin and Ronan Linskey, with comedians trying brand-new material at The Black Box.

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

Tenx9 storytelling night on the theme Disaster at The Black Box.

Chuck Prophet performs at The Black Box in Belfast.

Michael Akadiri performs his show Don't Call Me Uncle! at The Black Box.

Christmas with The Motown Sensations

Sun 6 Dec, 7.30–10.30pm · The Black Box, Belfast · £22

A Christmas night of Motown music from The Motown Sensations at The Black Box, Belfast.

Christmas with Frank and Dean - Ratpack Revisited

Sat 12 Dec, 7.30–11pm · The Black Box, Belfast · £20

Ratpack Revisited perform festive classics as Frank and Dean at The Black Box.

The Ulster Orchestra plays chamber music by Mozart, Beethoven, Martinů and Villa-Lobos at The Black Box.

Carlo Gebler appears at The Black Box with No One Tells You.

Elaha Soroor and Kefaya perform at The Black Box.

A lunchtime show by The Causeway Shantymen at The Black Box in Belfast.

The Belfast Jazz Swing Orchestra performs at The Black Box in Belfast.

Lucy Porter performs her show Let Yourself Go at The Black Box in Belfast.

Tales from Dubliners is on at The Black Box in Belfast.

Special Consensus play a bluegrass lunchtime show at The Black Box in Belfast.

A poetry performance by Daragh Fleming at The Black Box.

A show called Peggy Lee – That Lady is a Tramp at The Black Box in Belfast.

Deer Tick play The Black Box, presented by Out to Lunch and Crosstown.

Scottish Fish is listed at The Black Box in Belfast.

Mel Giedroyc appears in conversation at The Black Box in Belfast.

Olga Koch performs her show Fat Tom Cruise at The Black Box in Belfast.

Opera for Lunch (and Tea) is on at The Black Box in Belfast, with a lunchtime and an evening performance.

The Stray Gaiters play an afternoon of Neil Young songs at The Black Box.

Marty Gleeson performs his show 'Dog Ear' at The Black Box in Belfast.

A night with Optimo at The Black Box, Belfast.

A club show by The Sabres of Paradise at The Black Box in Belfast.

Ray O'Leary : I Can See O'Leary Now the Ray Has Gone

Tue 2 Feb 2027, 8–10pm · The Black Box, Belfast · Price: check with the host

New Zealand comedian Ray O'Leary performs his show I Can See O'Leary Now the Ray Has Gone at The Black Box.