Rachel is a contemporary artist living and working near Belfast, Northern Ireland. She is currently in her final year at the Ulster University, Belfast studying fine art, painting. Rachel focuses on both the human form... Read more »

DADDY LONG LEGS with Special Guests The Sabrejets The Black box, Thursday 27th Feb 2020 Doors 8pm Support TBA Brooklyn, NY-based trio DADDY LONG LEGS are —Brian Hurd (vocals, harmonica, guitar), Murat Akturk (slide guitar), Josh Styles (drums, maracas) When... Read more »

13 for 13: Kwa Daniels Edition The Green Room, Friday 28th Feb // from 7.30pm. Free with suggestion donation to the Black Box 13 for 13 campaign. For the final guest Green Room takeover evening... Read more »

FRIDAY 28 FEB DINOSAUR BLACK BOX 8PM, £14 / £10 conc HERE £50 FESTIVAL TICKET (12 gigs) AVAILABLE HERE booking fee included Led by trumpet player and composer Laura Jurd, Dinosaur is one of the... Read more »

SATURDAY 29 FEBRUARY THE ULSTER YOUTH JAZZ ORCHESTRA BLACK BOX 2.30PM, £7 HERE £50 FESTIVAL TICKET AVAILABLE HERE booking fee included The multi award-winning Ulster Youth Jazz Orchestra was formed in 1993 after a series... Read more »

Saturday Comedy: The Frazer Robb Vanity Project 3.00pm-5.30pm Adm: £5 After 10 years of comedy, Frazer Robb (BBC Soft Border Patrol, Belfast Blues, Wonder Frog) has finally decided it’s time he had his own show.... Read more »

SATURDAY 29 FEBRUARY WOOD RIVER BLACK BOX 8PM, £12 / £8 conc £50 FESTIVAL TICKET AVAILABLE HERE booking fee included Berlin-born, New York based saxophonist, composer and vocalist, Charlotte Greve leads Wood River into territories... Read more »

Belfast Street Art Walking Tour   STARTS FROM: OUTSIDE THE DUKE OF YORK, COMMERCIAL COURT, BELFAST START TIME: 12 NOON, (2HR), FINISHING AT BLACK BOX Belfast is a weird, passionate, messed up place. The legacy... Read more »

Diving into the blues-drenched, clarinet-driven sounds of 1920s New Orleans, The Dime Notes deliver an irresistibly fresh take on a timeless style. Unearthing a repertoire of stomps, blues and forgotten gems from musicians such as... Read more »

SUNDAY 1 MARCH PARKER / NIBLOCK / SANDERS BLACK BOX 8PM, £14 (£10 conc) HERE £50 FESTIVAL TICKET AVAILABLE HERE booking fee included Evan Parker is a free jazz saxophone revolutionary who transformed the language... Read more »

Women Carers Music Project The Black Box has been invited as a partner organisation by the Oh Yeah Music Centre to deliver a relaxed and interactive music-based project for women and female-identifying carers. The project... Read more »

TUESDAY 3 MARCH KENOSHA KID BLACK BOX 7PM, £12 (£8 conc) HERE £50 FESTIVAL TICKET AVAILABLE HERE booking fee included Based in the humid indie-rock haven of Athens, Georgia, Kenosha Kid has supplied the world... Read more »

CQ BID’s Lunchtime Learning workshops are hour long sessions providing practical and easy to implement digital marketing tips. About this Event In this session you’ll learn why (despite being everyone’s least favourite online marketing channel)... Read more »

LINLEY HAMILTON QUINTET BLACK BOX 8PM, £14 (£10 conc) HERE £50 FESTIVAL TICKET AVAILABLE HERE booking fee included This concert celebrates the return of two of the great forces in American jazz music, bassist Mark... Read more »

Nathalie Caleyron Donnelly is originally from France but has lived in North Belfast for most of her life. She discovered printmaking through a workshop in Seacourt Print Workshop (Bangor) 5 years ago. It was a... Read more »

THURSDAY 5 MARCH FUZZY LOGIC support WHEN THE DUST SETTLES BLACK BOX 7PM, £12 / £8 conc HERE £50 FESTIVAL TICKET AVAILABLE HERE booking fee included A type of music unlike anything that has preceded... Read more »

Since November 2012 Seedhead Arts has been running and developing Real Sketchy, a open live sketching event taking place in a bar environment. Over the years it’s developed from something that was largely populated by... Read more »

FRIDAY 6 MARCH HEJIRA BLACK BOX 8PM, £12 (£8 conc) HERE £50 FESTIVAL TICKET AVAILABLE HERE booking fee included A band consisting of Amy Winehouse, Nitin Sawhney and Floating Points collaborators, is always going to... Read more »

SATURDAY 7 MARCH JOSEPH LEIGHTON QUARTET BLACK BOX 2.30PM, £12 / £8 conc HERE £50 FESTIVAL TICKET AVAILABLE HERE booking fee included Joseph Leighton is one of the finest young guitarists on the Irish jazz... Read more »

SATURDAY 7 MARCH BINKER GOLDING’S BAND BLACK BOX 8PM, £14 / £10 conc HERE £50 FESTIVAL TICKET AVAILABLE HERE booking fee included Binker Golding truly is the saxophonist of the moment. A key proponent of... Read more »

Belfast Street Art Walking Tour   STARTS FROM: OUTSIDE THE DUKE OF YORK, COMMERCIAL COURT, BELFAST START TIME: 12 NOON, (2HR), FINISHING AT BLACK BOX Belfast is a weird, passionate, messed up place. The legacy... Read more »

‘Stone Soup’ is a folk tale in which hungry strangers convince people of the town to each share a small amount of their food in order to make a meal that nourishes everyone. And that’s... Read more »

  All the fun and craic of Black Moon but this time for the wee ones! If you have a young child with any kind of disability why not join us for an afternoon boogie?... Read more »

Women Carers Music Project The Black Box has been invited as a partner organisation by the Oh Yeah Music Centre to deliver a relaxed and interactive music-based project for women and female-identifying carers. The project... Read more »

FA M I LY COMEDY CLUB With Paul Currie (Northern Ireland) The creator of the extremely popular Pigeon and Plum’s Family Vaudeville Cabaret returns with his pioneering family comedy club. Paul Currie will unleash his... Read more »

CQ BID’s Lunchtime Learning workshops are hour long sessions providing practical and easy to implement digital marketing tips. About this Event This session will provide an introduction to Google Analytics for those business owners or... Read more »

The ‘grown up’ version has been packing out the Black Box Green Room for years, so Seedhead Arts have put together this special family version for BCF20. They’ll wheel out some of the best magicians... Read more »

Midweek Magic Club All magic is not the same. Midweek Magic Club is the magic equivalent of a garage band playing in a sweaty basement bar. It’s rough, it’s intimate, it’s full of raw energy... Read more »

Black Moon is a night for and by adults with learning disabilities – giving people a chance to socialise in a cool, modern environment, meet new people and learn new skills.   The club is... Read more »

ABANDONED Film Screening premiere and panel discussion BlackBox (Green Room) Thursday 12th March 7.15pm Free Event Abandoned is the first-ever film to tell the poignant and moving stories of women who have died or suffered... Read more »