The Weekly on the 7th of April 2026: 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, 7th of April 2026 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 – Fool me twice… expect the worse CAPtain’s Blog – Creating a Change – Part Four: Active Ownership Community Arts Partnership – ‘Sharing Songs, Unforgettable Voices’ Gala at Stormont Sharing Songs, Unforgettable Voices - Video Dolmens Interwoven subgroup embarks on an arts project to raise awareness of marine litter CAP and The ARC have Moved! Caroline Shimmons and Elaine McComb are working on the CEMENT project with the METIS Initiatives CIC in Castlewellan 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 SECTOR NEWS £60,000 Digital arts investment for Derry, Belfast and Causeway Coast & Glens £250,000 community and creative grant launched to help shape Belfast Stories Belfast City Council's Vacant to Vibrant Scheme has been extended - applications now open Arts Council of Northern Ireland Annual Review 2025 National Lottery: transforming the cultural landscape Arts Council: Rural Engagement Arts Programme Evaluation Buy copies of CAP's publications on our ebay store SECTOR NEWS Visual Arts Ireland – News Sheet – March April   John McCann Foundation – Survey – Artists and Ill Health or Injury   Replay Theatre Company announces international collaboration with swedish production houses Estrad Norr and Folkteatern for Rotviska   Arts Council England Cultural Tax Reliefs Impact Review   Cultural Policy Observatory Ireland (CPOI) – Resource for Arts Practitioner   Radha Sutra Across Borders – call-out for participants/collaborators   NEW! €2m Shared Island investment to support cross-border creative collaboration   Two Northern Ireland artists featured in 2026 KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards Shortlist        Northern Ireland Screen – Creative Industries New Entrants programme (CINE)    Creative Lives – Get involved in the National Year of Reading with the ‘Go All In’ campaign   The Irish Pages Press shortlisted for the 2026 British Book Awards   The NI Mental Health Arts Festival Announces the Recipients of their 2026 New Works Commission   Creative Arts & Music launches as a new charity in Northern Ireland to inspire the next generation   Experienced Writers for Panto – Call Out    The Arts Professional Awards – Open for Nominations – closing 13 Apr   Open call for applications for the 2026 RDS Craft Awards – open for applications – closing 13 Apr   Belfast Malaysian Night 2026 – ‘Telan’ – 14 Apr   NEW! Macha Press Poetry Submissions Open – closing 15 Apr   Tinderbox Theatre Company’s – Incubate Festival – 18 Apr   Women in Nature – Open Call – Artist’s Commission for Photographers – closing 20 Apr   NEW! City of Derry Jazz Festival 2026 – 29 Apr to 4 May   University of Atypical for Arts and Disability – Green Open Call Opportunity – closing 30 Apr   Pub Poetry Poetry Competition – closing 30 Apr   Call to Adventure – The Life & Travels of Francis Maginn – Northern Ireland Tour April/May   Belfast Design Week is back – 1 to 7 May   NEW! Festival of Fools – 2 to 4 May   Journeys – A Festival of Land, Story and Song – to 13 May   NEW! VISUAL and Carlow Arts Office announce a new Open Call for exhibition proposals – closing 22 May   Outburst Queer Arts Festival – Open Call – closing 29 May   Introducing The Hogarth Prize: A New Open Call for UK-Based Artists – closing 2 June   Magnetic 5 call for applications – closing 2 June   Stendhal Festival 2026 – 2 to 4 July   The 145th Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition Call for Entries is Now Open – closing 14 July   RNIB NI Community Connection – updated bimonthly ONLINE COMMUNITY ARTS & EVENTS Fundamentals of an Arts Board Membership – 28 May (online) and 23 Sept (in-person) Arts & Business NI Talk to the Professionals – to 7 June Accidental Theatre Mary Beckett: A Belfast Woman – Panel Video The Linen Hall, Look North! Northern Visions Television Northern Visions TV Please note: the following items are listed in chronological order. ANTRIM AND NEWTOWNABBEY menu / next NEWS, EVENTS & ONLINE Inspiration & Observation – to 10 Apr Flax Gallery, Theatre at the Mill, Visual Art Journeys – A Festival of Land, Story and Song – to 13 May Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council, Music NEW! Little Mill Fest at Theatre at The Mill – 23 May Theatre at the Mill, Kids, Music NEW! Spinning Yarns Festival 2026 – 29 Aug Theatre at the Mill, Spinning Yarns Festival FUNDING Community Facilities, Programmes and Activities Grant – closing 10 Apr Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council WORKSHOPS & TRAINING Penning Poetry: An Introduction to Writing Poetry with Stephanie Conn– 6-week course – starts 14 Apr Mossley Mill, Literature ARDS AND NORTH DOWN menu / prev / next NEWS, EVENTS & ONLINE Ards and North Down Borough Council – Spring Arts and Heritage Programme Ards and North Down Borough Council Legends of The 60s – 10 Apr Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music Morning Melodies at Holywood Old School – 15 Apr Holywood Old School, Music, Northern Ireland Opera Ards International Guitar Festival 2026 – 15 to 19 Apr Ards International Guitar Festival, Music Aquarelle Guitar Quartet – 19 Apr Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music Veridian Collective’s ‘Between Worlds’ Exhibition – to 19 Apr North Down Museum Paddy McDonnell: Gout’s Out – 24 Apr Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Verbal Arts Legend of Luke Kelly – 25 Apr Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music A Fig for a Kiss | Naomi Litvack at Ards Art Centre – to 25 Apr Ards Arts Centre The Luthier’s Tale – to 25 Apr Ards Arts Centre Tim McGarry: The Height of Nonsense – 16 May Portico, Verbal Arts The Kilkennys – 23 May Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music Bangor Castle to Welcome Antiques Roadshow – 26 July Bangor Castle Aspects Festival announces participation in the Southbank Centre’s A Poet In Every Port project with ambassador Roger McGough – 29 May to 26 Sept Aspects Festival Cash Returns – 30 May Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music Legends of American Country – 19 June Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music SPRINGSTEEN – A Tribute – 27 June Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music OPPORTUNITIES Call for Artists! – Join the AND Arts Network Ards and North Down Borough Council ARMAGH, BANBRIDGE AND CRAIGAVON menu / prev / next NEWS, EVENTS & ONLINE NEW! ‘Rags to Runway’ presents an eco-style showdown Marketplace Theatre, Fashion Scarva Band Stand – 12 Apr to 27 Sept Scarva Band Stand, Music The Market Place Theatre & Arts Centre’s New Season brochure – to May Market Place Theatre & Arts Centre Constellations: Selected Work from Crawford Art Gallery | Group Exhibition at F.E. McWilliam Gallery – to 2 May F.E. McWilliam Gallery, Crawford Art Gallery SHIFT – Reflections of Unknowing | Patrick Conyngham at Market Place Theatre and Arts Centre – to 9 May Market Place Theatre NEW! Registrations are Now Open for Buskfest 2026 – 20 June Banbridge Old Town Hall, Buskfest, Music John Hewitt International Summer School – 27 July to 1 Aug John Hewitt International Summer School, Literature, The Market Place Theatre Armagh Support Clinics – 5 Aug Millennium Court, Arts & Business NI WORKSHOPS & TRAINING Crafty Bug Hotels – 8 Apr F.E McWilliam Gallery, Kids NEW! Children’s Spring Plant Pots workshop – 9 Apr F.E McWilliam Gallery, Kids, Visual Arts Teens Creative Writing Workshop, ‘Genre Mash Up’ – 15 Apr Millennium Court, Literature NEW! Hanging Glass Landscapes workshop – 18 Apr F.E McWilliam Gallery, Visual Arts NEW! Lego Animation Workshop – 25 Apr F.E McWilliam Gallery, Animation, Can Do Academy, Kids NEW! Silk Painting with Hand Embroidery workshop – 9 May F.E McWilliam Gallery, Textiles, Visual Arts NEW! Slow Stitch Fabric Collage workshop – 30 May F.E McWilliam Gallery, Textiles, Visual Arts BELFAST #SaveCQ menu / prev / next NEWS, EVENTS & ONLINE New Perinatal Arts Programme to Support Maternal Mental Health Comedia of Errors Belfast City Council are developing a free Business Accelerator Programme for the Music Industry – survey Belfast City Council, Music Belfast City Council’s Vacant to Vibrant Scheme has been extended – applications now open Belfast City Council Mary Beckett: A Belfast Woman – Panel Video Look North!, The Linen Hall No Alibis Book Shop – Events in April No Alibis Bookshop The Lyric Theatre – Lisa Richards Agency – Vittorio Angelone: “You Can’t Say Nothing Anymore” – 8 to 12 Apr The Lyric Theatre Minority Ethnic Artists Showcase – 9 Apr The MAC A Wide Spectrum – to 10 Apr The Spectrum Centre, Visual Art NEW! Talks | Recording History Seminar – IMMA at Ulster Museum – 10 and 11 Apr Ulster Museum, IMMA Cuckoo Land – 11 to 26 Apr The MAC, Kabosh Theatre Company, Theatre NEW! This Week at the Sunflower – to 12 Apr Sunflower Public House Belfast Malaysian Night 2026 – ‘Telan’ – 14 Apr Whitla Hall, Belfast Malaysian Night, Theatre Anything Goes – 14 to 18 Apr Grand Opera House, St Agnes’ Choral Society, Theatre NEW! Black Metal Studies – Part of Sonorities Festival Belfast – PS³ – Michael Speers and Luciano Maggiore – 15 to 18 Apr PS³ Sonorities Festival Belfast 2026 – 15 to 18 Apr Sonorities Festival Belfast, Music Watching a sunset, Andy Parsons at Queens Street Studios – to 16 Apr Queen Street Studios Studio 35 | Group Exhibition at Queen Street Studios – to 16 Apr Queen Street Studios The Lyric Theatre – Druid Theatre – Macbeth – 16 to 18 Apr The Lyric Theatre Insight into the Other | Group Exhibition at Golden Thread Gallery –  to 18 Apr Golden Thread Gallery Tinderbox Theatre Company’s – Incubate Festival – 18 Apr The MAC, Tinderbox Theatre Company, Incubate Festival NI Bruiser Open Auditions – 18 Apr The MAC, Bruiser Theatre Company Belfast Playwrights’ 10-Minute Play Festival – 21 Apr Black Box Belfast, Belfast Playwrights, 10-Minute Plays The Lyric Theatre – A Lyric Drama Studio Production – Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein – 21 Apr to 2 May The Lyric Theatre Dérive | Mia Stewart at Belfast Print Workshop – to 22 Apr Belfast Print Workshop Ealaín ón Dúlra/ Art from Nature by Farhad O'Neill – to 23 Apr An Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich Exhibition: In Ainm an Athar by Maryann Curran – to 23 Apr An Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich, Visual Art NEW! Ulster University – Hannah Casey-Brogan: Iarmhaireacht – opens 23 Apr and through to 29 May Ulster University Art Gallery BLINK – DAS Annual Review – to 25 Apr PS² Gallery, Digital Arts Studios Intangible Bodies | Paul Moore at Atypical Gallery – to 28 Apr University of Atypical for Arts and Disability Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival – 29 Apr to 10 May Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival The Blitz in East Belfast – 85 years on – 30 Apr and 7 May Strand Arts Centre Celtic Heart shows at Waterfront Hall – Apr to Sept Waterfront Hall, The Music Yard, Music A Feeling in the Blood – Call Out for Trad Ephemera – closing 1 May The MAC Belfast Design Week is back – 1 to 7 May Belfast Design Week The Engine Room – The Irish Palette – Curiosity, Courage and Collaboration – to 2 May The Engine Room, Visual Arts The Colour of Water – An Exhibition by Tracie Corry and Rosalind McConaghy – to 2 May ArtisAnn Gallery, Visual Art NEW! Festival of Fools – 2 to 4 May Festival of Fools The Lyric Theatre – Tea In A China Cup – 2 to 30 May The Lyric Theatre NEW! La Roche House – Simon Carter – Water and Mud – 7 to 21 May La Roche House Jubilate! – Youth Choirs 20th Anniversary Concert – 9 May Belfast Philharmonic Choir, Kids, Music Morning Melodies – 13 and 15 May Carlisle Memorial Church, Holywood Old School, Northern Ireland Opera, Music Costume and Wigs Creative Skills Talk – 15 May Carlisle Memorial Church, Northern Ireland Opera, Costume Design, Talk La Bohème – 16 May Carlisle Memorial Church, Northern Ireland Opera, Music DU Dance – Save the Date – Primary School Dance Festival 2026 – 20 and 21 May DU Dance NI, Kids NEW! Archive Gallery – Abandoned N.I. – Rebecca Brownlie – to 23 May Belfast Exposed NEW! Belfast Exposed – Gallery 2 – Tarraingíonn Scéal Scéal Eile (One Story Leads to Another) – Iollun Ó Murchú – to 23 May Belfast Exposed Gallery NEW! Belfast Exposed – Gallery 1- In their own image – to 23 May Belfast Exposed Gallery The Lyric Theatre – Tim McGarry: The Height of Nonsense – 24 May The Lyric Theatre A History of Glentoran Football Club – 28 May Strand Arts Centre Outburst Queer Arts Festival – Open Call – closing 29 May Outburst Queer Arts Festival Belfast Learning Festival – 8 to 14 June Belfast City Council, Belfast Learning Festival  The Lyric Theatre – Steel Magnolias – 13 June to 10 July The Lyric Theatre, Concord Theatricals Ltd East Belfast Streets 2: Origin and Evolution – 25 June Strand Arts Centre Belfast City Council will host Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann for the first time - 2 to 9 Aug Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann Belfast Parks Photography Competition 2025-2026 is open to entries – closing 30 Oct Belfast Parks, Belfast City Council, Photography House of Play | Exhibition & Events at The Lyric Theatre – to 8 Nov The Lyric Theatre 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 JOBS & PAID OPPORTUNITES The MAC – Facilities Manager – closing 13 Apr The MAC Creative Learning Intern – closing 14 Apr Grand Opera House NEW! EastSide Tourism Manager – closing 22 Apr Eastside Partnership Musicians’ Union – HR Manager – closing 23 Apr Musicians' Union OPPORTUNITIES Experienced Writers for Panto – Call Out GBL Productions, Martin Lynch Belvoir Players Auditions – No Hope Here – 13 and 19 Apr Belvoir Studio Theatre, Belvoir Players Bruiser Open Auditions – 18 Apr The MAC, Bruiser Theatre Company University of Atypical for Arts and Disability – Green Open Call Opportunity – closing 30 Apr University of Atypical for Arts and Disability Belfast Zine Fair 2026 – 6 June – Applications Open – closing 30 Apr Belfast Zine Fair NEW! Spaces Available at Craft Fayre at Templemore Baths – 2 May Templemore Baths, Eastside Partnership Auditions Open for 13-25 yrs – Wonderland – 3 to 4 May Ravara Productions, Theatre ART EXHIBITION and SALE: 18-20 June – apply by 15 May Newtownbreda Presbyterian Church, Visual Art Thrive: Free Hire of iPads & iPad Stands Thrive Audience Development We Are A River Of Many Voices Kathryn Mary Crowley Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann (2-9 Aug 2026)  – Volunteering Opportunity Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Volunteer Now FUNDING Belfast Stories Community Grants are open – closing 14 Apr Belfast City Council, Belfast Stories WORKSHOPS & TRAINING NEW! New Lodge Arts – Spring Classes New Lodge Arts Fundraising Bootcamp – Apr through Sept Crescent Arts Centre, Arts & Business NI Effective Conflict Management for Artists, Leaders & Board Members – 14 Apr room2 Belfast, Arts & Business NI Arts for All – DramaLab Junior – on Saturdays – 25 Apr to 27 June Arts for ALL Fundamentals of an Arts Board Membership – 28 May (online) and 23 Sept (in-person) Arts & Business NI Talk to the Professionals – to 7 June Accidental Theatre Fundraising Connections – 25 June and 24 Sept Black Box Belfast, Arts & Business NI Belfast TradFest Summer School – 27 to 31 July Belfast TradFest, Music Foundation Degree in Journalism and Documentary Production – starting sept Belfast Metropolitan College Arts for ALL – Artscape – Age 7-11 yrs – Art Workshop – Saturdays 2-4pm Arts for ALL 5th Element NI – Youth Theatre workshops (each Saturday) 5th Element NI, Theatre New Skills for life and Work programme “Launch Pad” based on Creative and Digital industries for 16 to 24 years – Open Now Ashton Centre Arts for All – Baby Picasso – every Monday Arts for ALL Arts for All – Thread with Care – Adult Sewing Class – Every Friday Arts for ALL Arts for All – Inspire – Tues – Wed – Fri Arts for ALL Arts for All – Connected Canvas – Adult Painting Class – Every Thursday Arts for ALL Thrive: Free Advice Sessions – ongoing Crescent Arts Centre, Thrive Audience Development CAUSEWAY COAST AND GLENS menu / prev / next NEWS, EVENTS & ONLINE Lir Sessions Festival – 21 to 25 May Ballycastle, Lir Sessions, Music Exhibition: Wayward – to 29 May Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre, Visual Arts Stendhal Festival 2026 – 2 to 4 July Stendhal Festival Ballycastle Rock & Blues Festival 2026 – 17 to 19 July Ballycastle Rock & Blues festival, Music OPPORTUNITIES Pub Poetry Poetry Competition – closing 30 Apr Kiwi's Brew Bar, Poetry, Pub Poetry WORKSHOPS & TRAINING Mums Meet and Make | Beginners Landscape Painting – 8 Apr Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre, Visual Arts DERRY AND STRABANE menu / prev / next NEWS, EVENTS & ONLINE NEW! Moves and Melodies – 23 Apr Millennium Forum NEW! JAQ-in-the-Box Theatre presents The Bench – 24 Apr The Playhouse, JAQ-in-the-Box Theatre NEW! Energy of Light Disco – 24 Apr Millennium Forum NEW! City of Derry Jazz Festival 2026 – 29 Apr to 4 May City of Derry Jazz Festival, Music NEW! Dementia Friendly Tea Dances – Next Dance – 30 Apr Millennium Forum Support Clinics – 7 May Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin, Arts & Business NI NEW! The High End Dead – 9 May Millennium Forum NEW! The Fisherman and the Mermaid – 9 May New Gate Arts & Culture Centre, Banyan Theatre Company NEW! Life is not a dress rehearsal – everyone deserves to enjoy the show! – 28 May Millennium Forum Miss Saigon – Audio Described Performance – 28 May – Other performances – 26 to 30 May Millennium Forum Glimmers – to 6 Jun Centre for Contemporary Art Derry~Londonderry, Visual Art NEW! Act Your Age Drama Group presents ‘Last Orders’ – 24 June Millennium Forum WORKSHOPS & TRAINING Eden Place Arts Centre – Courses – to April Eden Place Arts Centre NEW! Sensory Musical Theatre Group – Next Class – 25 Apr Millennium Forum Millennium Forum – Energy Train Course – Learn how to DJ – Applications Open Now – to May Millennium Forum NEW! Life is not a dress rehearsal – everyone deserves to enjoy the show! – 28 May Millennium Forum FERMANAGH AND OMAGH menu / prev / next NEWS, EVENTS & ONLINE Creative Cafés – Fermanagh and Omagh Daisy Chain Inc NEW! The All-Ireland Confined Amateur Drama Finals 2026 – 9 to 18 Apr The Patrician, All Ireland Confined Drama Festival, Drama NEW! Easter Studio Art Exhibition – to 25 Apr Strule Arts Centre, Easter Studio Painters, Visual Art NEW! Pareidolia by Rachael Johnson – 1 to 30 May Strule Arts Centre, Visual Art WORKSHOPS & TRAINING NEW! Play with Clay : Father’s Day Mug and Pencil Pot Workshop – 11 Apr Strule Arts Centre, Ceramics NEW! Active Seniors Contemporary Dance – 16, 23, 30 April and 7 May Dance, Strule Arts Centre NEW! The Memory Circle of Song – Dementia Friendly Sessions – 8, 15, 22 May and 5 June Strule Arts Centre, Dementia Friendly, Music NEW! Make Your Own sculpture with Anna McGurn – 9 May Strule Arts Centre, Ceramics, Visual Arts Environmental Art Club (Monthly) – to 27 June Strule Arts Centre, Kids, Visual Arts LISBURN AND CASTLEREAGH menu / prev / next NEWS, EVENTS & ONLINE Matthew Whiteside – ‘Re:New Wallace #9: Ornament and Omission’ – 11 Apr to 8 May R-Space Gallery SILVER SCREEN SOCIAL – The Band Wagon 1953 – 13 Apr ISLAND Arts Centre, Silver Screen Social, Film Maurice Shannon Art Botanical Watercolour Paintings at Lisburn Library – to 30 Apr Lisburn Library, Maurice Shannon Art, Visual Art The Downtown Choir – every Thursday First Lisburn Presbyterian church, Lisburn Downtown Centre, Music OPPORTUNITIES Silver Skies: ISLAND Arts Centre Marks 25 Years with an Open Call Inviting Photographers to Reach for the Sky – closing 17 Apr ISLAND Arts Centre, Photography MID AND EAST ANTRIM menu / prev / next NEWS, EVENTS & ONLINE Lots of lovely letter boxes (and tales of the early Irish Post Office) – A talk by Ian Enlander – 9 Apr Larne Museum & Arts Centre Thin Place | Bob Speers at Larne Museum & Arts Centre – to 25 Apr Larne Museum and Arts Centre Maurice Shannon Art Botanical Watercolour Paintings at Whitehead Library – to 30 Apr Whitehead Library, Maurice Shannon Art, Visual Art MID ULSTER menu / prev / next NEWS, EVENTS & ONLINE Spring 2026 Events Programme at Seamus Heaney HomePlace Seamus Heaney HomePlace ‘Art Forms Colliding’ with Duke Special – 10 Apr Seamus Heaney HomePlace, Music Open Ground Guided Experience –  11 Apr Seamus Heaney HomePlace Sinéad Morrissey In Conversation with Jan Carson – 17 Apr Seamus Heaney HomePlace, Literature The Bench – 18 Apr An Coire Arts Centre, Theatre, An Carn Conor Mallon Band In Concert – 24 Apr Seamus Heaney HomePlace, Music Jan Carson in Conversation – 25 Apr Seamus Heaney HomePlace, Literature Beo/Live: AOIBHA & Eve Belle – 25 Apr An Coire Arts Centre, Music International Dawn chorus day walk – 3 May Drumnaph Nature Reserve, An Carn Beo//Live: Chunky Business & Jack Warnock – 16 May An Coire Arts Centre, Music Family Bug Hunt – 31 May Drumnaph Nature Reserve, An Carn An Afternoon With Maggie O’Farrell – 16 June Seamus Heaney HomePlace, Literature Pam Ayres – Doggedly Onward: A Life in Poems – 21 and 22 Aug Literature, Seamus Heaney HomePlace Brian Kennedy In Concert – 17 Oct Seamus Heaney HomePlace, Music Edge Street Live presents Brian Bilston – 6 Nov Seamus Heaney HomePlace, Literature WORKSHOPS & TRAINING Lego Animation Workshop – 18 Apr Seamus Heaney HomePlace, Can Do Academy, Film, Kids Ceramics: Wonky Dunty Pots – 18 Apr An Coire Arts Centre, An Carn Workshop: Lino Printing and Carving with Ruth Osbourne – 25 Apr Seamus Heaney HomePlace, Crafts, Visual Arts Spring Foraging – 25 Apr Drumnaph Nature Reserve, An Carn Sew your own Tea Cosy – 2 May An Coire Arts Centre, Textiles Mixed-Media painting – 9 May An Coire Arts Centre, Visual Arts Peony & Rose Flower Arranging – 16 May An Coire Arts Centre, Visual Arts NEWRY, MOURNE AND DOWN menu / prev / next NEWS, EVENTS & ONLINE Down Arts Collective – 1st Thursday of every month Down Arts Collective FUNDING DEADLINES Community Facilities, Programmes and Activities Grant – closing 10 Apr Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council Belfast Stories Community Grants are open – closing 14 Apr Belfast City Council, Belfast Stories Change Maker Funding Programme - ongoing to 2027 Change Maker Funding Programme, PEACEPLUS Grand Plan – £1,000 grants for UK artists of colour Grand Plan New Fund to Combat Hate launched by CFNI Community Foundation Northern Ireland Community Foundation NI – Micro Community Investment Fund – rolling fund Community Foundation Northern Ireland Community Foundation NI – The Inspiring Growth Fund – ongoing Community Foundation Northern Ireland 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 Parkinson's UK Power NI - Brighter Communities Fund - ongoing Power NI MORE JOBS, NEWS, EVENTS & OPPORTUNITIES menu / prev NEW! Macha Press Poetry Submissions Open – closing 15 Apr Macha Press, Poetry Creative Places Shannon – closing 17 Apr Creative Places Shannon Women in Nature – Open Call – Artist’s Commision for Photographers – closing 20 Apr Photo Museum Ireland, Photography NEW! VISUAL and Carlow Arts Office announce a new Open Call for exhibition proposals – closing 22 May Carlow Arts Office, VISUAL Carlow Introducing The Hogarth Prize: A New Open Call for UK-Based Artists – closing 2 June The Hogarth Prize Cultural Policy Observatory Ireland (CPOI) – Resource for Arts Practitioners Cultural Policy Observatory Ireland (CPOI) 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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