Departing Belfast Festival boss vents dismay at ‘disgraceful’ Northern Irish culture spend
The departing artistic director of Belfast International Arts Festival (BIAF) has expressed frustration at the lack of political w…
The departing artistic director of Belfast International Arts Festival (BIAF) has expressed frustration at the lack of political w…
Do we have a problem with engaging audiences? Or do we just think we do? Áine McCarron from the Northern Ireland research and eva…
Northern Irish estate Hillsborough Castle and Gardens is to welcome its new head from January, celebrating the incoming leader’s “…
MAGS BYRNE will step down as artistic director of Northern Ireland’s only dedicated dance development company next year, after l…
A drama festival meant to be marking its 40th year in existence has been forced to cancel, thanks to a water leak at its home venu…
CHRIS MCCREERY will take the helm at Belfast International Arts Festival as its new artistic director and chief executive, succeed…
Investment from Arts Council Northern Ireland (ACNI) generates almost double its value in economic activity, a new report commissi…
Communities minister GORDON LYONS has reappointed RAY HALL as a member of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland board from 1 Septem…
Londonderry/Derry-based performing arts theatre Greater Shantallow Community Arts Centre (GSCAC) has lost its appeal against a dec…
Members of National Youth Choir of Northern Ireland (NYCNI) have been told organisation will shut following the loss of its annual…
A Northern Irish dance company has lost its appeal against a decision to axe 100% of its funding from Arts Council of Northern Ire…
CEO of Arts & Business NI (A&BNI), MARY NAGELE, has announced that she will step down later this year to “pursue…
Northern Ireland’s Communities Minister Gordon Lyons has announced new funding worth £750,000 for individuals, bands and groups a…
WILLIAM MCMULLAN has been reappointed as a trustee to the board of National Museums NI, the body that looks after four separate mu…
In 2000, political leaders described the arts as essential to building a shared future. Why, then, is Northern Ireland’s arts se…
Art Council Northern Ireland (ACNI) has announced the grant recipients from its Annual Funding Programme (AFP) for 2025/2026, prov…
The performers’ union Equity has used its annual conference to campaign for a real-terms increase in funding for Arts Council Nort…
A Londonderry-based dance company has lost all its funding from Arts Council of Northern Ireland (ACNI). Echo Echo, which had prev…
A government-backed scheme supporting emerging musicians in overseas markets will be reviewed following outcry over comments attri…
A programme to increase arts engagement in rural Northern Ireland has been successful in reducing isolation, enhancing well-being…
Visitor numbers to the UK’s leading attractions reached 157.2 million in 2024, according to figures published by the Association…
Artists in Northern Ireland are living in “relative poverty” and having to take on several other jobs to pay the bills, the ch…
The Department for Communities has reappointed several members to the Arts Council of Northern Ireland (ACNI) board for an additio…
The current chair of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland will not be reappointed when his term ends next week, according to a rep…