A series of free pop-up gigs are being held in Belfast to showcase the depth of talent in the area. The eleven free showcases will take place in venues around the centre of Belfast.
Eleven free showcases will take place in venues throughout the city centre and Cathedral Quarter, following Northern Ireland’s largest ever one day music conference, being hosted by Belfast City Council on Thursday October 16th.
During the day, ‘Creative Belfast presents Output’ – which takes place in the MAC and the Oh Yeah Centre – will be attended by around 350 artists, businesses and creative students, and will address the challenges and opportunities that the music industry presents.
At night, the emphasis will switch to live music, with free pop-up gigs at 11 venues across the city centre, with emphasis on the Cathedral Quarter. These include:
• David C.Clements (solo), ViolaDust, The Clameens and Go Wolf at Aether and Echo (presented by Third Bar and Generator NI);
• The Altered Hours, Autumns and Ship and Contour at the Black Box (presented by The Thin Air and Nialler 9);
• Ryan Vail, Slow Place Like Home, Ciaran Lavery and Ports at the Black Box Green Room (presented by Electric Mainline and Smalltown America);
• In An Instant, Callum Stewart, Hurdles and More Than Conquerors at the Duke Of York (presented by Old Fang and Sentric);
• Amanda St John, Bernadette Morris, Owen McGarry and Triona Carville at the Harp Bar (presented by IMRO and Real Music Club);
• Jess Edlin, Katherine Philippa, Robocobra Quartet and Silences at McHugh’s (presented by Big Space Studio and SARC);
• Oh Volcano, Go Swim, Goldie Fawn and Travis Is A Tourist at the Oh Yeah Centre (presented by Friday Night Mashup and PRS);
• Best Boy Grip, Jessica Doherty, Janet Devlin and Rosie Carney at The Spaniard (presented by Nerve Centre and Honeycomb);
• Farriers, Meb Jon Sol, Robyn G Shiels and Arborist at the Sunflower (presented by Folk And Tumble and Start Together Studios);
• Exit Pursued By A Bear, Joshua Burnside, Michael Mormecha and Emerald Armada at Voodoo (presented by FourAcre and Forfey); and
• Lipstik Lizards, White Male Actors and Team RKT at White’s Tavern (presented by the Further Education Colleges and Broken Melody Records).