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Wednesday 9am - 6pm Thursday 10am - 6pm Friday 10am - 6pm Saturday 10am - 6pm Sunday 12pm - 6pm

Banana Block

Banana Block is a living museum and event space set within a historic linen mill in East Belfast.

30/10/2026

One of our leftover spooky gardens planters our shop in Banana Block 💀👻

If you're popping up to Belfast this weekend, come and visit us in the kiosk Banana Block, then chill out with a matcha or a bagel and spice bag tater tots from Bodega Bagels, and browse soundadvicebelfast for some vinyl or gifts.

22/10/2026

Craft your own vibrant, textured bird mask using templates, colourful card and glue in this fun hands-on workshop with Sarah, Thursday 29th October 2pm -4pm🐦 🎭

Ages 10+

All you need to bring is a pair of scissors ✂️

Trace & Cut
Use pre-made templates to trace and cut out feather-shaped pieces.

Design & Assemble
Arrange and layer your feathers and secure them with glue. Decorate and add elastic or a stick to bring your majestic bird creation to life!

This workshop is free though booking is required to secure your spot!

Link can be found in our bio ✨

With Sarah Flynn

21/10/2026

Join local art witch Lavender for a green witchcraft workshop for Samhain, with an introduction to the modern pagan wheel of the year!

Celebrate the Witches’ New Year by crafting protection spell jars and learn how to create your own sigils

This workshop is beginner friendly and open to all, all you need is to bring your own jar and come on down🫙🌿

This workshop is free however booking is required to secure your spot

Booking link can be found on our website or through our bio! 🌟

With 🐁 𝔏𝔞𝔳𝔢𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔯 𝔐𝔦𝔯𝔞𝔤𝔢 🐁

Date: 28 oct • 13:00 - 15:00

20/10/2026

We are excited to announce a last minute seasonal workshop during the Halloween week 🎃 🎃

Join local art witch, Lavender for a beginner friendly green witchcraft workshop for Samhain, with an introduction to the modern pagan wheel of the year! Celebrate the Witches’ New Year by crafting protection spell jars and learn how to create your own sigils!

Please bring your spell own jar 🫙🌿

This workshop is free to attend ✨

🐁 𝔏𝔞𝔳𝔢𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔯 𝔐𝔦𝔯𝔞𝔤𝔢 🐁 💜

05/10/2026

After the dust settling, we would love to congratulate the winner and runner up of the first Banana Block Film Festival!! 👇🏽

Well done to Rachel Dixon for winning the first prize of £250 and a recorded podcast interview with the The Spinners Mill Podcast Studio for her stunning animation, Stan By Me!
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And our runner up Robert Ripley who won vouchers and merch from soundadvicebelfast and free tickets from Base Arcade Belfast 🕹️ for his thought provoking film, Environmental Factors 👏🏽👏🏽

Thanks again to our very generous sponsors, also including our Niall Rí Rá Irish L***r who very soundly provided free pints of their new delicious stout, our event and bar being the very first to debut it 🔥

Big thank you to Keiron Hallatt for being the absolute host with the most 🌟🩷

And the rest of the Banana Block team for all their hard work and support - big shout out to the main woman Terri Boyd for making this dream possible 🪄💗

Well done to all our filmmakers who were brave enough to make these films, nevermind sharing them! It's not an easy thing to do 🤟🏽

Our Spring submissions will be opening soon enough so keep your eyes peeled and keep filming 👀🌱

Shout out to S***t for taking these gorgeous photos for us 📸 🌟

30/09/2026

October at Banana Block 🍌 🎃
We’re as confused as everyone on whether it’s full coat, sort of cardigan or light jacket season….either way, come down and see us 👻

We have a mix and match of our monthly regular favourites, including Base Arcade Belfast 🕹️ , Gogi Belfast | Korean BBQ Restaurant and eastblockbazaar

-Our first ever Film Festival will take place Thursday 1st! Tickets for this FLEW out and is now sold out, so big thanks for the support to everyone! 🍿

belfast kpop society will be here over the weekend too , a wonderful exhibition showing on Tuesday 20th with Paes directed by

And Ralphs Recyclables will be holding a Haunted Tails evening for all the dogs, pups and their humans 🐶

And as always, our lovely tenant heroes the.greeneast | Plant design , Bodega Bagels , The Spinners Mill Podcast Studio and soundadvicebelfast

We have a few more halloween trick or treats to be announced shortly too….stay tuned

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(Ticketed events can be found via the link in our bio or our website!)

30/09/2026

***INFORMATION FOR TOMORROW EVENING'S EVENT***

We are now at full capacity so no more tickets are available

The doors are opening at 6.30pm

Intro speech at 6.50pm and screenings kicking off at 7pm sharp 🌟

We have local filmmaking legends Stephen Mullan and Cheryl Gault as our judges ✨

There is a first prize and a runner up!

BIG THANK YOU to Base Arcade Belfast 🕹️ The Spinners Mill Podcast Studio and soundadvicebelfast for donating some amazing gifts to give to our winners 🏆

Also, a HUGE thanks to our other amazing sponsors Rí Rá Irish L***r for providing a free pint of stout/lager to the first lot of attendees who arrive! There will also be some free popcorn 🍿🍻

See you all tomorrow night for an exciting evening showcasing some stellar work from our indie filmmakers 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽

29/09/2026

The last installment of our finalists for Thursday nights Film Festival!!

1. Whispers on the prairie - Jonny Gray

2. Go home Girl - Gavin Keenan

3. The Betrayal of Deirdre - Aoife Neeson

4. Environmental Factors - Robert Ripley

5. The Painter - Julia Hadlo

6. The Static Mind - Che McCaughey

7. The Case - Josh McConkey

8. Writing to Death - Damon Corbett

9. Fight Like A Girl - Yasmin Janahi

There are officially no tickets left for this event, thank you so much to the filmmakers for sharing this beautiful range of work from documentary, thrilling fiction and poetic experimental films!! EXCITED ✨🎬

See you all Thursday 📽️📽️ 📽️

28/09/2026

Announcing the first half of the shortlisted filmmakers who shall be screening their work this Thursday 1st October 🌟

Congratulations to these guys for making these outstanding films and sharing them 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Big thank you to the folks grabbing their tickets, you're all in for a treat 📽️

***tickets are running very low so please grab your free ones from our website asap***

From left to right:

1. Vandal by Michael Morrissey

2. Cedar & I - John C. Chambers

3. Home, Sweet Home - Scarlett Morrow

4. The Oath - Andrew Barnes

5. Bootlickers - Stacey Burns

6. Stan By Me - Rachel Dixon

7. Keep An Eye On That One - Omar Gunno

8. Measure of A Man - Conor Kelly

9. Feud - Craig Gibson

The rest of our finalists will be announced tomorrow 🎬

27/05/2026

JUNE at Banana Block 🍌 ✨
Barber battles, East Broadway, live music from the Rock Choir, wedding fairs, Korean BBQ and social nights, retro gaming and a pile of brilliant local businesses all under one roof, plus the usual good stuff from all our amazing folk based here at the mill every day

Whether you’re popping in for an event, a feed, a wander about or just escaping the house for a while to get some of that good sun, there’s always something here for ya 🧡

As always, ticket links and more details can be found via our website and linktree in our bio

Hope to see you soon!

Address

Banana Block, Portview Trade Centre, 310 Newtownards Road
Belfast
BT41HP

Opening Hours

Wednesday	9am - 6pm
Thursday	10am - 6pm
Friday	10am - 6pm
Saturday	10am - 6pm
Sunday	12pm - 6pm

Website

http://bananablock.org/

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