Look North - North Belfast Festival

Look North - North Belfast Festival Look North is a three-day arts festival that celebrates the rich cultural past, present and future of North Belfast!

This year's festival runs from 27 February - 1 March 2026. See full programme details at northbelfastfestival.com

Now that the dust has settled a little, we'd love to hear your thoughts on your experience of ! Our AUDIENCE SURVEY wi...
13/03/2026

Now that the dust has settled a little, we'd love to hear your thoughts on your experience of !
Our AUDIENCE SURVEY will only take five minutes of your time and will really help us shape our plans for next year's festival!

Click here for the survey: forms.gle/cgmL87u9gnBdnFqM8

Also, every submssion will be entered into a draw for a pair of FULL WEEK tickets to this year's John Hewitt International Summer School! x

Memories!Day Two - Drawing on Nature at Peas Park, a rare opportunity to tour Wave Trauma Centre, Writing Workshops wi...
10/03/2026

Memories!

Day Two - Drawing on Nature at Peas Park, a rare opportunity to tour Wave Trauma Centre, Writing Workshops with Jan Carson and Stephen Sexton, Judith Greene's Mindfulness and Poetry Workshop and Liz McManus talking about May Morton, North Belfast's "Phantom Poet" - both at the Frederick Street Quaker Meeting House, North Belfast Blitz talk and tour at 101 Redeemer Church, Tour of the historic Oldpark Carnegie Library (and its transformation into a weaving centre of excellence), a celebration of the great Padraic Fiacc at Belfast Jesuit Centre and Look North Laughs returned to The North Club!

Memories Part 2!Day One - Nursing to Writing with Carol Ann Creagh at Central Library, Takura Makoni in Conversation a...
06/03/2026

Memories Part 2!

Day One - Nursing to Writing with Carol Ann Creagh at Central Library, Takura Makoni in Conversation at Frederick St Quaker Meeting House, an evening with poetry legend Medbh McGuckian at Clifton House, Evensong at St Anne's Cathedral, trad session at The Criterion and Belfast Meets Brazil at Crumlin Road Gaol!

First instalment of "DID THAT REALLY JUST HAPPEN??" - our photographic series! Day One - Tours Of Belfast Central Libr...
05/03/2026

First instalment of "DID THAT REALLY JUST HAPPEN??" - our photographic series!

Day One - Tours Of Belfast Central Library and Clifton Street Orange Hall, The "Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History" Walking Tour", Print-Making Workshop at New Lodge Arts and an Afternoon of Poetry and Music down the American Bar.

Happy memories! x

04/03/2026

Well...now the dust has settled a little, we'd just like to say a huge thank you to everyonde who made the fifth LOOK NORTH - NORTH BELFAST FESTIVAL the most successful yet!

Look North 2026 turned out to be our biggest box office, with our biggest audience, our widest geographical reach, and our largest diversity in venues. But we're not going to rest on our laurels - we're already planning for an even bigger and more inclusive Look North 2027!

For now though, we'd just like to pay tribute to our funders, partners, stakeholders, supporters and - most importantly - all of you! Thank you for making Look North 26 so special and participating in this celebration of the cultural riches of our favourite part of our favourite city! See you same time next year... ☺️

Love from the Look North Team. x

02/03/2026

Here's what we got up to yesterday - our third and final day of .
And what an amazing day it was! Flew by FAR too quickly... ☺️

Poetry & Bossa Nova at the finale at Seatons of Sailortown!
01/03/2026

Poetry & Bossa Nova at the finale at Seatons of Sailortown!

A delightful Sunday tour of the Indian Community Centre...
01/03/2026

A delightful Sunday tour of the Indian Community Centre...

WONDERFUL, rapt audience for Will Haire's excellent talk "From Stewardship to Public Service - The Journey of Belfast Qu...
01/03/2026

WONDERFUL, rapt audience for Will Haire's excellent talk "From Stewardship to Public Service - The Journey of Belfast Quakers"

FAB turn-out for the launch of NEW ISLES PRESS ISSUE 5 - the ever burgeoning periodical celebrating new writing, critica...
01/03/2026

FAB turn-out for the launch of NEW ISLES PRESS ISSUE 5 - the ever burgeoning periodical celebrating new writing, critical voices, and the evolving cultural landscape of these islands! Some really amazing guests lined up for this one!

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