| Outburst Queer Arts Festival | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Arts festival |
| Dates | November/December |
| Location(s) | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Website | Outburst Queer Arts website |
The Outburst Queer Arts Festival is an annual queer arts festival in Northern Ireland. It involves ten days of film, music, debate, literature, visual art, theatre and other performances from local and international LGBT artists and performers. Festival events are held at several venues in Belfast. Started in 2007, the festival marked its 10th anniversary in 2016. The 17th edition of the festival was held in November 2023.
History
[edit]The Outburst Queer Arts Festival is an annual queer arts festival in Northern Ireland. It involves ten days of film, music, debate, literature, visual art, theatre and other performances from local and international LGBT artists and performers.[1] Festival events are held at several venues in Belfast.[2][3]
Started in 2007,[4][5] it marked its 10th anniversary in 2016.[6] The 17th edition of the festival was held in November 2023.[7] In 2024 the festival ran from November 15 to 23, and included more than thirty events. One event was a collaboration with Ulster Presents to host Mixtape #1, with Phil Collins, a graduate of Belfast School of Art.[8] It also included the premier of a play, Suspect Device, about the life of transgender bus driver Wilma Creith, who died in 1980 and is considered a 'pioneering figure in the Belfast trans scene'. Creith set up a helpline and support group for Belfast trans people in 1977. The play was staged on a vintage Ulster bus.[9]
The festival has previously received funding from the Department for Social Development,[10] Belfast City Council[11] and National Lottery sources.[12] The festival artistic director is Ruth McCarthy, and the chairperson is David Codling.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Linehan, Alice (11 October 2024). "Outburst Queer Arts Festival returns to Belfast with jam-packed 2024 programme". GCN. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
- ^ Outburst Queer Arts Festival. bbc.co.uk. November 2015.
- ^ "Members - Outburst Arts". filmhubni.org. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
- ^ "Outburst in the Americas". British Council. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
- ^ "Gay arts festival a first for Belfast". The Guardian. 28 November 2007.
- ^ "Outburst Queer Arts Festival to celebrate 10th birthday in Belfast". irishnews.com. 27 October 2016.
- ^ "17th Outburst Arts Festival". visitbelfast.com. 1 November 2023.
- ^ "Belfast International Arts Festival returns with city-wide spectacle of arts and culture". Belfast City Council. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
- ^ "Play tells story of pioneering transgender woman who drove Ulsterbus in 1970s". BreakingNews.ie. 11 November 2024. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
- ^ "DUP minister defends £3,500 grant to festival which showed play of Jesus as transgender". belfasttelegraph.co.uk. 23 November 2015.
- ^ "Grant recommendations and summary of proposed programmes" (PDF). belfastcity.gov.uk. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
- ^ "The Belfast Ensemble presents, The Headless Soldier, as part of the Outburst Queer Arts Festival, supported by The National Lottery". Arts Council NI. 25 October 2023.
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