Sean Kelly and the team behind one of Northern Ireland’s leading arts festivals have once again surpassed all expectations and launched a programme of events to suit all ages, cultures, races, religions and maybe even convert a few Belfast naysayers along the way.
Now in its fourteenth year, the festival is definitely coming of age, growing up but yet with just enough growing old disgracefully to keep it cool. The full festival programme is available over on www.cqaf.com and right here we’ve hand-picked our festival highlights. We know you like your music on the edge of folk so here’s our night by night guide of what you simply can’t miss this year.
John Grant
Thursday 2nd May
Custom House Square
8.00pm
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Chuck Prophet
Friday 3rd May
The Black Box
9.00pm
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Valerie June
Saturday 4th May
The Black Box
2.00pm
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Rachel Sermanni
Sunday 5th May
The Black Box
2.00pm
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Angel Olsen
Monday 6th May
The Black Box
8.00pm
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Hiss Golden Messenger
Tuesday 7th May
The Black Box
8.00pm
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Ha Ha Tonka
Wednesday 8th May
McHugh’s Basement
8.00pm
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Lucy Rose
Thursday 9th May
Oh Yeah Music Centre
7.00pm
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Katy Carr
Friday 10th May
The Sunflower Public House
7.30pm
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The Gramophone Disco
Saturday 11th May
The Black Box
9.00pm
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Bronagh Gallagher
Sunday 12th May
The Black Box
3.00pm
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