Date: January 30, 2024
Category: Culture and Art
Belfast City Council is inviting people to attend information events throughout February to find out how they can get involved in the Belfast 2024 programme.
Residents can attend drop-in information events from February 5th to 15th to hear how they can participate in the largest celebration of culture and creativity in the city’s history.
- Monday, February 5th, 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. – Aleksander’s Bakery, 20 University Avenue
- Friday, February 9th, 10am-11:30am – Seven Coffee, 7 Glen Road.
- Monday 12th February, 10am – 11.30am – 2 Royal Avenue, Belfast City Center
- Wednesday, February 14th, 10am – 11:30am – Templemore Bath Cafe, 96 Templemore Avenue
- Thursday, February 15th, 10am – 11:30am – Cafe at the Duncairn Arts Center
The Belfast 2024 Open Day will also take place on Thursday 29th February from 10am to 5pm at 2 Royal Avenue in Belfast city centre.
Residents can sign up to the Belfast 2024 mailing list on our new website – belfast2024.co.uk – Or follow our Belfast 2024 social media channels. Facebook (@belfast2024) and Instagram (@belfast2024) Check out the latest information on projects and initiatives.
The £5.9 million Belfast 2024 program builds on the city council’s existing support for culture and the arts, and will support the city’s creativity through an exciting mix of new cultural commissions and people-led programs from March to November. , reflect diversity, attractiveness and enhance citizen creativity. Lively.
The Mayor of Belfast, Councilor Ryan Murphy, said the Belfast of 2024 will be shaped by the city’s people and will mark the beginning of a whole new chapter in how people view and experience the city’s culture and arts. He said that.
“Belfast City Council already has a strong track record of supporting the arts sector for over 30 years. We are focusing on three themes: people, place and planet, combining must-see activities with grassroots, community-led programmes. “It’s time to step up a gear by creating something absolutely unique to Belfast,” he explained.
“Belfast 2024 is not an event-led program in the traditional sense. We already have an impressive calendar of monthly cultural festivals, exhibitions and events, many of which are supported by the council. Instead, Belfast 2024 will provide an additional layer of support to the sector following the pandemic by commissioning bespoke projects that will only be realized once participants begin working on them.
“This is what our arts community has told us we need: to support jobs, to retain and attract talent, to bring foot traffic to Belfast and make the arts a real lever for the local economy. and to show the possibilities of culture.
“As the year progresses, new events will take shape and entirely new places will open up for creativity as people begin to get involved and experience their communities and neighborhoods in new and interesting ways different than what we typically think of. You will see it used ‘Culture’. In addition, we have an incredibly exciting and almost iconic experience to be unveiled later this spring that will bring people into the city center and create an emotional and memorable experience. Something to share and firmly anchor Belfast in its cultural standing. map.
“We encourage everyone to attend one of our upcoming information sessions or stop by our drop-in open day on February 29th at 2 Royal Avenue. Get creative this year. This is the year to get involved in the arts and think about them in new ways. Come to an event, go to a workshop or take part in something different and exciting.”
At the heart of the Belfast 2024 program is a series of ambitious projects developed by Belfast creatives in collaboration with the city’s citizens, selected following an open call to action with the city’s culture department in 2023. Ta.
These include working with communities on biodiversity (Wild Belfast), a textile-based hub for all ages championing mental health (Show Some Love Green House) and the Townsend Street Interface with the Ulster Orchestra. Includes area music festivals and collaborative growth initiatives with artists. Some gardeners are based at the Black Mountain Common Space (Guerrilla Wall) in west Belfast.
Each project is shaped by participants’ input, resulting in a rich and diverse range of creative work throughout the year, including film, poetry, public art, dance, nature, games, music, and theater.
Creative Citizen, a large-scale community-led engagement program, will also launch this spring to forge new connections with communities and organizations across the city and encourage them to take part in Belfast 2024. This builds on existing partnerships with organizations like Northern Ireland Alternative. , Atypical University and the Conway Education Center will support residents in co-designing new events, workshops, and initiatives throughout the year.
Residents will also be able to submit their own ideas for projects in their area through a participatory budgeting model, community handovers will be planned at council venues such as recycling centers and parks, and visitors will be able to meet artists and You will have the opportunity to work together to design the materials to be used in your building. More Belfast 2024 activities.
The council said that by the end of 2024, around 200 events and activities will take place, on top of those already planned by festival organizers and arts organizations across the city, and more than 400,000 people will be visiting Belfast. It is estimated that people will visit, explore and enjoy the art and culture. The culture here.
For more information about Belfast 2024, please visit: belfast2024.co.uk