Women’s Work Festival is set to return for its sixth edition with a selection of events throughout Belfast this June Bank Holiday Weekend. This year’s festival features performances from Sprints, Cherym, Problem Patterns, Girl For Sale, Winnie Ama, Don Chi, Susi Pagel, Aoife Wolf and Clara Tracey and a DJ set from UK podcast and promoters Get In Her Ears. While Plec Picks 2022 act Bobbi Arlo and friends will perform at The Black Box.

Women in The Shadows explores the idea that behind every great man is a great woman and features performances and stories from Duke Special, Ferna, Alice LA, Dark Tropics and Rachel McCarthy.

The festival will also celebrate the 30th anniversary of one of Ireland’s best selling albums of all time, ‘A Woman’s Heart’ which will be performed by Brigid O’Neill, Bernadette Morris, Rose Connolly, Ria Maguire, Ciara O’Neill and Edel Ní Churraoin.

There will also be a series of talks and discussions and podcast recording throughout the festival including Shukria Rezaei a Hazara from Afghanistan in conversation with Judith Hill of UTV. The Created Life Podcast with Amanda St John. Safe in Sound and Three’s Theatre Company present ‘I believe her’ – a night of audio experience, discussion and music, while Hannah Peel and the NI Electronic workshop launch at Sound Advice.

Women’s Work Festival  takes place June 2-5. For a full list of events visit www.womensworkni.co.uk