Belfast City Hall reopening events

OK folks we are delighted to announce that we have again teamed up with the Beat Carnival crew, this time for the Saturday 17th Oct reopening celebrations at Belfast City Hall.

From 12 noon - 3pm LMHR and Homely Planet Radio will be running the music stage in the grounds of City Hall.

Joining us will be scouse pop (all the way from Omagh!) indie band Colenso Parade, country rockers Ten Gallon Hat And The Big Salute, and BBC DJ Joe Lindsay.

Make a point of coming into town next Saturday because it's going to be amazing, particularly the aerial performers and giant roof top butterfly.

Fly Butterfly

An outdoor spectacle event for the reopening of Belfast City Hall, Caterpillars transform to butterflies on the City Hall wall – a giant butterfly opens its wings for flight Saturday 17th.

Programme 12.00 – 2.30pm Family Workshops in City Hall. Make butterflies to welcome the caterpillar and to use at final spectacle performance. Phone Beat to pre-book a 30 minute workshop session.

12.00pm Music Stage in City Hall grounds from noon. Love Music Hate Racism & Homely Planet Radio. Featured bands: Colenso Parade, Ten Gallon Hat and the Big Salute and DJ Joe Lindsay.

2.30 – 3.00pm. Caterpillar Parade Caterpillar dancers, street performers, drummers, puppets and community participants.
City Centre: Bank Square > Castle Junction > City Hall. 3.10pm Fly Butterfly – an aerial spectacle performance on the City Hall façade and roof and in City Hall grounds with: a giant butterfly on the roof; aerial performers on the front wall; dancers and acrobatic ground performers; and Ruby Colley playing an original music soundtrack.

3.30pm Music and Dance performance. Beat’n’Drum with carnival dance followed by the Carnival Beat Band with the Ireland Drummers.