The Weekly on the 4th of November 2025: The arts in your area

[Community Arts Partnership]

The Weekly offers links to events and offerings from arts organisations and community groups in Northern Ireland.

NOT SEEING THE FULL WEEKLY? CLICK HERE TO VIEW IN YOUR BROWSER Tuesday, 4th of November 2025 The Weekly offers links to offerings, in person, virtual and online, from arts organisations, community groups and artists. *If you have an item to submit for inclusion, submit it here or just email us at: in...@capartscentre.com SECTOR NEWS ANTRIM AND NEWTOWNABBEY ARDS AND NORTH DOWN ARMAGH, BANBRIDGE AND CRAIGAVON BELFAST CAUSEWAY COAST AND GLENS DERRY AND STRABANE FERMANAGH AND OMAGH LISBURN AND CASTLEREAGH MID AND EAST ANTRIM MID ULSTER NEWRY, MOURNE AND DOWN FUNDING DEADLINES MORE OPPORTUNITIES Submit an event to the Weekly (Deadline: 3pm sharp each Tuesday) CAP NEWS CAPtain’s Blog – Creating a Change – Part One: Access Congratulations to Jason Lovell, the Winner of The Seamus Heaney Award for New Writing 2025! Community Arts Partnership seeks YOUR input about our information services (5-min Survey - Google form)  CAP’s Arts Resource Centre – Rooms available for hire in the centre of Belfast Community Arts Partnership – Breathe Project and Online Resource Have you been published by the Poetry in Motion project? Find copies of our publications on our 'eBay for Change' store SECTOR NEWS Arts Council of Northern Ireland – Self-Care Workshops for Individual Artists – various dates in November Belfast Harbour – Community Tickets – Belfast International Arts Festival – to 9 Nov DU Dance (NI) – Artistic Director – closing 10 Nov Cultural Bridge Programme 2026-2027 – to 12 Nov Individual Artists Digital Evolution Awards – closing 27 Nov National Lottery Organisations Digital Evolution Awards – closing 27 Nov Arts Council of Northern Ireland – Annual Funding Programme 2026/27 – closing 8 Dec Central Good Relations Fund – Small Grants now open – closing 31 Jan 2026 University of Warwick – The State of the Arts – Report Open PEACEPLUS Funding Call: Investment Area 1.2 Strand One: Empowering Communities to Embed Peace Arts organisations report 30% decline in performances, as running costs increase Arts Council: Rural Engagement Arts Programme Evaluation Arts Council Annual Review of the Arts, 2023-24 National Lottery Awards for All – Ongoing SECTOR NEWS Arts Council NI – £400,000 of funding announced for mental health and arts projects   Channel 4 Joins BBC and Northern Ireland Screen as Headline Sponsor of Belfast Media Festival    Congratulations to Jason Lovell, the Winner of The Seamus Heaney Award for New Writing 2025!   Winners of the 2025 Making Music Awards announced   Arts Council Client Satisfaction Survey results   Northern Ireland Screen – Creative Industries New Entrants programme (CINE)   Building Capacity for Cultural Industries: Towards a Shared-Island Approach for Dance and Theatre    Local Artist – Matt Owns This   Open Arts – Freelance Musicians Wanted! – closing 6 Nov   The Sound of Belfast Festival – 6 to 16 Nov   Imagine! Festival of Ideas and Politics – Call for Events – closing 7 Nov   XR Innovate Training Programme – 7 Nov to 5 Dec   Celebrating 25 years of Belfast Film Festival – to 8 Nov   Belfast International Arts Festival – to 9 Nov   Artist Development Session at ISLAND Arts Centre – Arts Council NI Funding Talk – 10 Nov   Belfast Media Festival announces theme ‘Future in Frame’ and an extra day – 11 to 13 Nov   Governance Health Check Wednesdays – 12 Nov   NI Mental Health Arts Festival 2026 – Open Call! – closing 13 Nov   Bbeyond’s Anniversary Symposium – 13 to 15 Nov   Pandemic Superheroes – applications open till 14 Nov   The 19th Outburst Queer Arts Festival – 14 to 22 Nov   The Nature Photography Contest 2025 – closing 15 Nov   Belfast Design Week – Islands of Design – Pop Up Design Museum and Talks – 17 to 21 Nov   Creative Lives is looking for a new Chief Executive – closing 24 Nov   NEW! Fluxus Art Projects – Exhibition Projects and Curatorial Research Trips – Open Call – closing 24 Nov   Golden Fleece Award – applications now open – closing 28 Nov   Send in your proposals for Bounce 2026 – closing 6 Dec   NEW! The Vault Christmas Market – 7 and 8 Dec   Into Film’s – Games Review Competition (for 5-19 year olds) – to 20 Dec   144th Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition – to 4 Jan 2026   Craft NI showcase at RUA’s 144th Annual Exhibition celebrating the strength of Northern Ireland’s craft designer-makers – to 4 Jan 2026   NEW! Community Foundation NI – Micro Community Investment Fund – rolling fund   NEW! The Rest of the Story – Ground breaking anthology of mental health activist and survivors voices launched in Belfast    Volunteer Now – Safeguarding Children, Young People and Adults in the Arts and Culture Sectors     PS² – Let’s Talk – Last Friday of Every Month   Bangor’s Seacourt Print Workshop launches exhibition of work by Pop Art Pioneer   The MAC – sustainability survey   Open PEACEPLUS Funding Call: Investment Area 1.2 Strand One: Empowering Communities to Embed Peace   Article on Arts and Afghan Women – by Bronagh Lawson – Belfast Media.Com   CIISA launches standards to keep Creative Industries safe    Visual Artists Ireland publishes The Visual Artists' Bill of Rights   Volunteer Now is evaluating its Safeguarding In the Arts Sector Project   RTE Lyric FM – Together We Sing – Forget Me Nots Choir   The Arts Council of Ireland joins ‘All In’ Access Scheme   Arts Council of Northern Ireland launches 10-year Strategic Plan, 2024-34   Evaluation for Arts, Culture and Heritage: Principles and Practice   Creative Tours Belfast – Belfast Walking Music Tour   RNIB NI Community Connection – updated bimonthly ONLINE COMMUNITY ARTS & EVENTS Small Thing Creative Projects – Online Permaculture, Small Things Creative Projects Northern Visions Television Northern Visions TV Please note: the following items are listed in chronological order. ANTRIM AND NEWTOWNABBEY menu / next NEWS, EVENTS & ONLINE Crochet – starts 6 Nov Mossley Mill, Textiles Ink & Watercolour – starts 7 Nov Mossley Mill, Visual Arts ARDS AND NORTH DOWN menu / prev / next NEWS, EVENTS & ONLINE Ards and North Down’s Autumn Arts and Heritage Programme Available Now Ards and North Down Borough Council ‘Leid AND Lairn’ Returns to Celebrate Ulster-Scots Language and Heritage – Nov (mainly) to Jan Ards Arts Centre NEW! Ards Arts Centre Opens New Solo Exhibitions by Patrick Hickey and Bernie McAdam – 13 Nov to 3 Dec Ards Arts Centre ‘Leid AND Lairn’ Festival – Five Fables – to 14 Nov Ulster Folk Museum, Film, Leid AND Lairn Festival The Bjorn Identity – 15 Nov Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music Catrin Finch – Harp Recital – 16 Nov Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music The Illegals – 22 Nov Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music The History Detectives: New Exhibition at North Down Museum – to 16 Nov North Down Museum, Ards and North Down Borough Council, Exhibition NEW! Exhibition of Botanical Watercolour Paintings – to 28 Nov Comber Library, Maurice Shannon Art, Visual Art Neil Delamere – Reinventing The Neil – 28 and 29 Nov (date added) Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Verbal Arts The Christmassy Christmas Show of Christmassy Christmasness! – 30 Nov Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Verbal Arts Two Virtuosos, Four Hands – Pavel Kolesnikov and Samson Tsoy – 14 Dec Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music Ryan McMullan – Friday Night Added – 19 dec Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music The Whistlin’ Donkeys – 16 Jan 2026 Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music An Iarthar | Barbara Rae at Seacourt Print Workshop – to 23 Jan 2026 Seacourt Print Workshop, Late Night Art Bangor Trú – 30 Jan 2026 Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music Ruth McGinley: Glass and Beyond – 14 Feb 2026 Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music Anthony Toner – 21 Feb 2026 Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music The Fureys – a Final Farewell – 1 Mar 2026 Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music Emer Maguire: Notions – 6 Mar 2026 Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Verbal Arts Terry McHugh: Bricking It – 13 Mar 2026 Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Verbal Arts Peter Corry: One Singer Some Songs – 21 Mar 2026 Portico, Music NEW! Legends of The 60s – 10 Apr 2026 Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music Legend of Luke Kelly – 25 Apr 2026 Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music Tim McGarry: The Height of Nonsense – 16 May 2026 Portico, Verbal Arts NEW! Legends of American Country – 19 June 2026 Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music OPPORTUNITIES Call for Artists! – Join the AND Arts Network Ards and North Down Borough Council OPEN CALL: ForM Sculpture Exhibition 2026 – closing 2 Mar 2026 Ards and North Down Borough Council, ForM Sculpture Exhibition WORKSHOPS & TRAINING Craft Workshops: Stained Glass Painting – 15 Nov Ulster Folk Museum, Leid AND Lairn Festival ARMAGH, BANBRIDGE AND CRAIGAVON menu / prev / next NEWS, EVENTS & ONLINE Made @ Millennium Court, Representing Local Artisan Talent Millennium Court “We Are Still Here”: The Unspoken truth of Long Covid Kids Millennium Court, Exhibition, NI Stars NEW! Book Launch – “The Unknown Poet” – Malachi Kelly and Tim Hanna – 6 Nov Malachi Kelly, Tim Hanna NEW! Healing’ An artistic journey through the experience of Breast Cancer – 15 Nov (opening) to 12 Dec Millennium Court, Visual Art NEW! A Day with Bruiser – closing 30 Nov Bruiser Theatre Company The Market Place Theatre & Arts Centre’s New Season brochure – to Dec Market Place Theatre & Arts Centre John Hewitt International Summer School – 29 June to 4 July 2026 The Market Place Theatre Armagh, John Hewitt International Summer School, Literature Jethro Creative Dialogue – Thursday mornings The Jethro Centre Millennium Court – Monthly Queer Art Club Millennium Court FUNDING NEW! ABC Funding Opportunities – to 28 Nov Armagh City Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING NEW! Mindful Makers classes – starts 12 Nov Millennium Court NEW! Rural Community Network – Peacebuilder’s Toolkit – workshops begin – 18 Nov The Jethro Centre NEW! Six Week Sewing Workshop – starts 21 Nov Millennium Court, Textiles BELFAST #SaveCQ menu / prev / next NEWS, EVENTS & ONLINE Expression of Interest for the Development of 23 Donegall Street/Exchange Place – Rear Area at Belfast Exposed Ground Floor Gallery Belfast Exposed Gallery, Belfast Film Festival, Northern Visions "The Unholylands” – In Cinemas now UnHolylands OBSIDIAN – Aoife Dunne (Artist Talk) – 5 Nov Digital Art Studios, Riddel's Warehouse Homeward – An Exhibition by Barbara Allen RUA – 5 Nov (launch) to 13 Dec ArtisAnn Gallery, Visual Art non-stick frying pan – to 6 Nov Catalyst Arts Marjorie’s Dead – 6 to 8 Nov Grand Opera House, Dark Forest Theatre, Theatre NEW! 'All Welcome' - Group Exhibition at Vault Artist Studios – 6 to 12 Nov The Vault Artist Studios NEW! Even Primroses Feel The Rain | Emma Berkery at La Roche House – 6 (opening) to 12 Nov La Roche House, Visual Art The Sound of Belfast Festival – 6 to 16 Nov Sound of Belfast, Oh Yeah Music Centre NEW! Gyres | Gary Shaw at Threshold Gallery – 6 to 19 Nov Threshold Gallery Celebrating 25 years of Belfast Film Festival – to 8 Nov Belfast Film Festival, Film PS² Project Space – The Regeneration Game – to 8 Nov PS² Gallery, PS² Project Space OBSIDIAN – Aoife Dunne – to 8 Nov Digital Art Studios, Riddel's Warehouse Golden Thread Gallery – Radical Hope – to 8 Nov Golden Thread Gallery Belfast Harbour – Community Tickets – Belfast International Arts Festival – to 9 Nov Belfast International Arts Festival Belfast International Arts Festival – to 9 Nov Belfast International Arts Festival Belfast International Arts Festival – to 9 Nov Belfast International Arts Festival Culture and Climate Connections – 11 Nov Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Queen's University Belfast Media Festival announces theme ‘Future in Frame’ and an extra day – 11 to 13 Nov The MAC, Belfast Media Festival Raw Chicken | Group Exhibition at The Arches Centre – to 13 Nov The Arches Centre, Queen Street Studios Underpin | QSS Studios Group Exhibition at The Arches Centre – to 13 Nov The Arches Centre, Queen Street Studios NEW! DANSTOPIA! | Reuben Brown at PS² – to 13 Nov PS² Bbeyond’s Anniversary Symposium – 13 to 15 Nov Bbeyond NEW! Half Light – Charys Wilson – 13 Nov to 17 Dec University of Atypical for Arts and Disability Belfast Ensemble – ‘Dublin Jack’ a scandalous new opera – 14 Nov Black Box Belfast, Outburst Queer Arts Festival, The Belfast Ensemble, Theatre Grand Opera House – On Stage Tonight! – 14 Nov Grand Opera House, Theatre The 19th Outburst Queer Arts Festival – 14 to 22 Nov Outburst Queer Arts Festival Bbeyond’s Unity Walk – celebrating the 50th anniversary of performance art in Northern Ireland – 15 Nov Bbeyond Clash – DU Dance (NI), 5th Element NI and Conor (Doke) O’Kane of Bad Taste Crew – 15 and 16 Nov 5th Element NI, Bad Taste Crew, Carlisle Memorial Church, DU Dance (NI) New Belfast Stories tour dates – 15 Nov and 13 Dec Belfast Stories Islands of Design – Pop Up Design Museum and Talks – 17 to 21 Nov Belfast Design Week NEW! C.S. Lewis Festival 2025 – 21 and 22 Nov C.S Lewis Festival, Eastside Arts NEW! Serenity – Exhibition Extended – to 22 Nov Belfast Exposed Belfast Playwrights’ 10-Minute Play Festival – 24 Nov Belfast Playwrights, Black Box Belfast, Theatre NEW! Creative Networking Event – Disability Arts on the International Stage – 25 Nov University of Atypical for Arts and Disability NEW! Ulster-Scots Writing Competition Award Ceremony – 26 Nov Linen Hall Library, Ulster-Scots Writing Competition EXHIBITION | Taobh le Taobh by Maria Atanackovic –  to 27 Nov An Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich, Visual Art EXHIBITION | Crann Leagtha by Sharon Kelly & Paddy McCann – to 27 Nov An Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich, Visual Art NEW! A Day with Bruiser – closing 30 Nov Bruiser Theatre Company The Strand presents: Too Much: Melodrama on Film – to Dec The Strand Cinema, Film Drámaí Gaeilge 10 mBomaite le Belfast Playwrights’ – 3 Dec An Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich, Belfast Playwrights, Theatre Send in your proposals for Bounce 2026 – closing 6 Dec Bounce Arts Festival, University of Atypical for Arts and Disability NEW! The Vault Christmas Market – 7 and 8 Dec The Vault Artist Studios Mandela Hall – Hollie McNish with Michael Pedersen: Brand New Book Tour – 16 Dec Mandela Hall, Out to Lunch Festival, The Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival In Her Own Image / Gathering Time / Fotodziennik – Anna Beata Bohdziewicz, Aneta Grzeszykowska, Teresa Gierzynska & Zofia Rydet – to 20 Dec Belfast Exposed Gallery The MAC – LAST ACT | Marie Hanlon & Rhona Clarke –  to 4 Jan 2026 The MAC, Exhibition, Film, Visual Art The MAC – William McKeown – to 4 Jan 2026 The MAC, Exhibition,  Visual Art The MAC – Sea Skin by Niamh Seana Meehan – to 4 Jan 2026 The MAC, Exhibition, Textiles, Visual Art 144th Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition – to 4 Jan 2026 Ulster Museum, Royal Ulster Academy of Arts Craft NI showcase at RUA’s 144th Annual Exhibition celebrating the strength of Northern Ireland’s craft designer-makers – to 4 Jan 2026 Craft NI, Royal Ulster Academy of Arts, Ulster Museum Laura Nelson – to 4 Jan 2026 The Vault Artist Studios The Black Box – Hiraeth: Yearning for Home? With Michael Smiley and Miranda Sawyer – 11 Jan 2026 The Black Box, Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival, Out to Lunch Festival The Black Box – Work is the Curse of the Drinking Classes – 13 Jan 2026 The Black Box The Black Box – The Hans Zimmer Experience – 16 Jan 2026 The Black Box The Black Box – Rosie Wilby: The Breakup Monologues – 18 Jan 2026 The Black Box Uster Sports Club – Don Letts DJ Set + Explosion Sound System – 24 Jan 2026 Ulster Sports Club The Black Box – Connor Burns: Gallus – 28 Jan 2026 The Black Box Write Club – group-writing session – every Thursday Paperxclips Books, Write Club Queer Yarn – every other Sat Paperxclips Books, Designed To A Tee Translating Age: Celebrating the resilience and creativity of older migrant women in NI Queen's University Belfast Falls Road Mural for Mental Health support Suicide Awareness Support Group Belfast Art Gallery Walking Tour – every first Thursday of the Month Belfast Art Gallery Walking Tour ASCERT Recovery choir – every Thursday Ascert, Music Sing Happy Choir – Thursday mornings Sing Happy Choir Scribe Writing Group – meeting monthly Belfast Playwrights, Literature, Voicing the Void JOBS & PAID OPPORTUNITIES DU Dance (NI) – Artistic Director – closing 10 Nov DU Dance (NI) Harmonic Sounds – Musical Director – closing 10 Nov Harmonic Sounds QFT Operations and Business Manager – closing 17 Nov Queen's Film Theatre Golden Thread Gallery: Engagement Assistant – 18 Nov Golden Thread Gallery NEW! Thrive – Head of Sector Development – closing 24 Nov Thrive WOMEN’STEC – Call-Out for Freelance Tutors WOMEN'STEC OPPORTUNITIES Expression of Interest for the Development of 23 Donegall Street/Exchange Place – Rear Area at Belfast Exposed Ground Floor Gallery Belfast Exposed Gallery, Belfast Film Festival, Northern Visions Volunteer with the Golden Thread Gallery The Golden Thread Gallery Seeking proposals for PS³ PS² Gallery Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann (2-9 Aug 2026)  – Volunteering Opportunity Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Volunteer Now Open Arts – Freelance Musicians Wanted! – closing 6 Nov Open Arts, Music Imagine! Festival of Ideas and Politics – Call for Events – closing 7 Nov Imagine! The Belfast Festival of Ideas & Politics Digital Arts Studios – Home Residency – closing 16 Nov Digital Arts Studios (DAS) Dumbworld seeks New Board Members – closing 21 Nov Dumbworld Ltd NEW! Summer Youth Production Audition – Registration Open – 10 to 18-Yrs – closing 23 Jan 2026 Grand Opera House, Kids Vault Artists Studios – Space for Hire The Vault Artist Studios Creative Influencer – iWill Volunteer Programme WheelWorks Arts University of Atypical’s Ledger Studio on Royal Avenue is available for bookings Ledger Studio, University of Atypical for Arts and Disability FUNDING Helen Lewis Bursaries – closing 25 Nov Crescent Arts Centre, Dance NEW! CQAF Music Bursary 2026 – closing 2 Jan 2026 Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival, Belfast City Council, Music WORKSHOPS & TRAINING Belfast Exposed Photography Courses – to Nov Belfast Exposed Governance Health Check Wednesdays – through to Nov NICVA Arts Council of Northern Ireland – Self-Care Workshops for Individual Artists – various dates in November Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Baring Foundation Funding Resilience: The Fundamentals of Arts Fundraising – 6 Nov Arts & Business NI Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning ScreenWorks work experience programme (for 14-19 yr olds) – 11 to 13 Nov – apply now Into Film Creative Training Bitesized – 18 Nov – 2 Dec Arts and Business NI Comedia of Errors – Creative Reset – 29 Nov Commedia of Errors NEW! Art and your environment – Cyanotype Workshop – 3 Dec University of Atypical for Arts and Disability WOMEN’STEC – Connecting Communities (Every Friday) – to Mar 2026 WOMEN'STEC Arts for ALL – Men’s Art Workshop – Every Thursday (20 Weeks) Arts for ALL Arts for ALL – Artscape – Age 7-11 yrs – Art Workshop – Saturdays 2-4pm Arts for ALL Arts for ALL – Picasso – 0-4 yrs – Arts Workshop – Mondays 10.30 to 11.30am Arts for ALL Flamenco Belfast – Flamenco Dance Classes Flamenco Belfast, Dance New Lodge Arts – Guitar Lessons – Wednesdays Ashton Centre, New Lodge Arts New Lodge Arts – Arty Kids – Wednesdays Ashton Centre, New Lodge Arts New Lodge Arts – Ballet Classes – Thursdays North Queen Street Community Centre, New Lodge Arts CAUSEWAY COAST AND GLENS menu / prev / next NEWS, EVENTS & ONLINE Limavady Art Group Exhibition – 7 Nov (launch) to 19 Dec Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre, Visual Art Pavestones Collective – 7 Nov (launch) to 19 Dec Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre, Visual Arts NEW! INTO Film Festival – The Wild Robot – 11 Nov Film, Flowerfield Arts Centre NEW! David Lyttle featuring Terell Stafford and Spoecial Guests – 14 Nov Flowerfield Arts Centre NEW! Christmas Craft Market Launch – 15 Nov (launch) to 23 Dec Flowerfield Arts Centre NEW! Atlantic Sessions Sunday Brunch – 16 Nov Atlantic Sessions, Flowerfield Arts Centre The Daintifyt Years Exhibition – to 28 Feb 2026 Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING NEW! Clay Santa Cookie Plate for 8-12 years – 15 Nov Flowerfield Arts Centre NEW! Vintage Blanket Christmas Stocking For 18 Years – 2 weeks – starts 15 Nov Flowerfield Arts Centre DERRY AND STRABANE menu / prev / next NEWS, EVENTS & ONLINE NEW! Mundus Nunc: A Reflection on the World at Present – 7 (opening) to 23 Nov UV Arts - Contemporary Urban Art Gallery Diwali – Festival of Lights –  Event – 8 Nov Strabane Ethnic Community Association NEW! Ómós – A Tribute to Manchán Magan – 14 Nov The Playhouse, Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin NEW! Gender Affirming Care – What Is It? – 14 Nov Void Art Centre Dementia Friendly Tea Dances – 27 Nov Millennium Forum Island Voices 2025 – The Chronicles of Identity – C.S. Lewis – An Irish and Ulster-Scots Writer – and 27 Nov Derry City and Strabane District Council, Literature Beauty and the Beast – Audio Described Performance on 21 Dec – Other Shows – 28 Nov to 31 Dec Millennium Forum Connection | Veronica Buchanan at Strule Arts Centre – to 29 Nov Strule Arts Centre NEW! A Day with Bruiser – closing 30 Nov Bruiser Theatre Company Sensory Musical Theatre Group – 11 to 18 years – to Dec Millennium Forum Act Your Age Drama Group – to 11 Dec Millennium Forum Dura, solo exhibition from Ciarraí MacCormac – to 20 Dec Centre for Contemporary Art Derry~Londonderry, Visual Art Waterside Neighbourhood Partnership – Creative Youth Meetups – First Thursday of Every Month Fuse Arts NI Miss Saigon – Audio Described Performance – 28 May – Other performances – 26 to 30 May 2026 Millennium Forum JOBS & PAID OPPORTUNITIES Walled City Music – General Manager – closing 7 Nov Walled City Music Leap Lessons – Teacher of Singing, Guitar, Bass, Piano Drums Leap Lessons, Music OPPORTUNITIES OPEN CALL: Artist Information Area Centre for Contemporary Art Derry~Londonderry WORKSHOPS & TRAINING XR Innovate Training Programme – 7 Nov to 5 Dec The Nerve Centre Find Your Voice Through Song – 11, 18 and 25 Nov The Playhouse Theatre & Peacebuilding Academy, Music Energy Train DJ Workshop – to Dec Millennium Forum FERMANAGH AND OMAGH menu / prev / next NEWS, EVENTS & ONLINE The Sperrin Arts Society Exhibition – 4 Dec (launch) to 17 Jan 2026 Strule Arts Centre, Sperrin Arts Society, Visual Arts WORKSHOPS & TRAINING Festive Pottery with Anna McGurn – Adults – 28 Nov The Ardhowen, Ceramics Festive Pottery with Anna McGurn – 8-12 yrs – 29 Nov The Ardhowen, Ceramics, Kids Christmas Natural Wreath Workshop – 28 Nov Strule Arts Centre Christmas Artificial Wreath Workshop – 5 Dec Strule Arts Centre Folk Dancing with Marie Phelan – Weekly (Wed) – to 17 Dec The Ardhowen, Dance LISBURN AND CASTLEREAGH menu / prev / next NEWS, EVENTS & ONLINE Silver Screen Socials: 42nd Street (1933) – 10 Nov ISLAND Arts Centre (Studio Theatre), Film Artist Development Session – Arts Council NI Funding Talk – 10 Nov ISLAND Arts Centre, Arts Council of Northern Ireland Island Arts Centre – Gallery 545 – ‘Contemporary Art of Northern Ireland #6’ – to 22 Nov ISLAND Arts Centre, Gallery 545 NEW! MMM#14 – ‘Materials, Messages and Meaning #14: Experimental Dialogues’ – Group Exhibition at R-Space Gallery – to 28 Nov R-Space Gallery Silver Screen Socials: Miracle on 34th Street (1947) – 8 Dec ISLAND Arts Centre (Studio Theatre), Film Christmas Cracker Tea Dance – 17 Dec Dance, ISLAND Arts Centre FUNDING NEW! Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council Launches £483k Community Grants Programme – closing 28 Nov ISLAND Arts Centre, Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council WORKSHOPS & TRAINING Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council to Demystify Arts Funding with Free “Funding Clinic” Workshop – 10 Nov ISLAND Arts Centre MID AND EAST ANTRIM menu / prev / next NEWS, EVENTS & ONLINE Rites of Passage exhibition – travelling to 25 Mar 2026 The Braid Museum and Arts Centre, Larne Museum & Arts Centre, Carrickfergus Museum & Civic Centre WORKSHOPS & TRAINING Lace Collage and Embroidery Workshop – 15 Nov Larne Museum & Arts Centre, Textiles, Visual Arts MID ULSTER menu / prev / next NEWS, EVENTS & ONLINE An Coire Film Club – An Cailín Ciúin – 7 Nov An Carn, An Coire Arts Centre Witness With Richard Moore. Written by Damian Gorman – 14 Nov Seamus Heaney HomePlace, Literature Stephen Walker In Conversation – 16 Nov Seamus Heaney HomePlace, Literature Film screening: Thomas Moore: Bard na hÉireann – 20 Nov Seamus Heaney HomePlace, Film An Coire Film Club – CHRISTY – 21 Nov An Coire, An Carn, Film FizzWizzPop Magic Show – 22 Nov An Carn, An Coire, Kids An Coire Film Club – Róise & Frank – 5 Dec An Coire, An Carn, Film Poetry Book Club With Niamh McNally – 6 Dec Seamus Heaney HomePlace, Literature, Poetry New Autumn Events Programme at Seamus Heaney HomePlace Seamus Heaney HomePlace WORKSHOPS & TRAINING Make Your Own Literary Luck Workshop – 8 Nov Seamus Heaney HomePlace, Literature Willow Christmas Crafts – 15 Nov An Carn, Visual Arts Fused Glass Hanging Christmas Decorations – Kids & Adults classes – 15 Nov An Coire Arts Centre, An Carn, Kids, Visual Arts Lino Printing Christmas Cards – 19 Nov An Coire Arts Centre, An Carn, Visual Arts FizzWizzPop’s ‘I can do magic too’ Workshop – 29 Nov An Coire Arts Centre, An Carn,  Kids, Visual Arts Silver Necklace or Earrings Workshop – 29 Nov Seamus Heaney HomePlace Christmas Wreath Workshop – 2 Sessions – 3 Dec An Carn, Visual Arts Mini Makers: Christmas Card Printing – for 5-8 yrs & 9-12 yrs – 13 Dec An Coire Arts Centre, An Carn, Kids, Visual Arts Christmas Wreath-Making Workshop – 13 Dec Seamus Heaney HomePlace, Welig Crafts NEWRY, MOURNE AND DOWN menu / prev / next NEWS, EVENTS & ONLINE Down Arts Collective – 1st Thursday of every month Down Arts Collective WORKSHOPS & TRAINING Down Community Arts – Linocut Workshops – starts 10 Nov Down Community Arts FUNDING DEADLINES Helen Lewis Bursaries – closing 25 Nov Crescent Arts Centre, Dance The Fore – Spring 2026 Funding Round – Registration – 26 Nov to 3 Dec The Fore Individual Artists Digital Evolution Awards – closing 27 Nov Arts Council of Northern Ireland National Lottery Organisations Digital Evolution Awards – closing 27 Nov National Lottery Individual Artists Digital Evolution Awards – closing 27 Nov Arts Council of Northern Ireland NEW! Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council Launches £483k Community Grants Programme – closing 28 Nov ISLAND Arts Centre, Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council NEW! ABC Funding Opportunities – to 28 Nov Armagh City Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council Arts Council of Northern Ireland – Annual Funding Programme 2026/27 – closing 8 Dec Arts Council of Northern Ireland Central Good Relations Fund – Small Grants now open – closing 31 Jan 2026 The Executive Office New Fund to Combat Hate launched by CFNI Community Foundation for Northern Ireland NEW! Community Foundation NI – Micro Community Investment Fund – rolling fund Community Foundation for Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Committee Chair Paul Sweeney launches Strengthening Communities programme – ongoing The National Lottery Community Fund Travel Award for Bands – rolling programme Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Music National Lottery Awards for All – Open Now The National Lottery Community Fund Grants for physical activity providers – applications open Parkinsons UK Power NI - Brighter Communities Fund - ongoing Power NI MORE JOBS, NEWS, EVENTS & OPPORTUNITIES menu / prev Parallel Lands | Group Exhibition at Letterkenny’s Regional Cultural Centre – to 9 Nov Letterkenny Regional Conference Centre Creative Lives is looking for a new Chief Executive – closing 24 Nov Creative Lives NEW! Fluxus Art Projects – Exhibition Projects and Curatorial Research Trips – Open Call – closing 24 Nov Fluxus Art Projects Kilbaha Gallery – Introducing Jonathan Knuttal - Available for purchase now Kilbaha Gallery Kilbaha Gallery – Dorothy Ledwith – Exhibition – Available for purchase now Kilbaha Gallery Dance Connects – Call for Surveys for dance facilitators, artists, and dance venues in Monaghan, Cavan, Fermanagh and Omagh – ongoing Dance Connects Damien B Donnelly’s “Eat the Storms” Poetry Podcast – Season 8 – Episode 10 Eat the Storms Poetry Podcast ‘All In’ UK-wide creativity and culture access scheme All in Anita Young Bursaries for Mid Career Painters The Tyrone Guthrie Centre Bursary Share on facebook Tweet forward by email Disclaimer: Community Arts Partnership cannot be held responsible for the content of externally linked sites. 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