13 October 2023
Join us at events across Northern Ireland as we celebrate Halloween with special performances and cultural activities to mark the Mexican Day of the Dead and Indian Diwali celebrations. Check out where we will be this year.
Féile an Phobail parade in Belfast on Friday 27 October from 6pm at Spórtlann na hÉireann, followed by fireworks in Falls Park from 7pm. Halloween Spooktacular with Newry, Mourne and Down District Council on Friday 27 October from 5pm at the Newry Variety Market Spooked Out at V36 with Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough on Saturday 28 October from 6-8.30pm Purple Turnip Festival with Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council at Market Square on Saturday 28 October from 12.30pm
ArtsEkta, Northern Ireland’s award-winning intercultural arts organisation, is proud to announce the launch of the Belfast PEACEPLUS Shared Roots programme, a transformative new initiative celebrating Belfast’s diverse communities through storytelling, shared heritage, and cultural innovation. This project is supported by PEACEPLUS, a programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) Co-designed under Belfast City […]
04 Jun 2025
Northern Ireland’s leading cultural diversity arts charity ArtsEkta celebrated the launch of its impressive new home Olive Tree House tonight (Thursday 29 May) with the official opening performed by the Lord Mayor of Belfast, Councillor Micky Murray, First Minister Michelle O’Neill and deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly. ArtsEkta has re-designed Olive Tree House to bring together creatives, community […]
30 May 2025
A groundbreaking new community arts initiative, Intergenerational Dialogue Engaging Arts (IDEA), has been launched, bringing people together through the universal language of music and dance. Led by ArtsEkta, Northern Ireland’s leading intercultural arts organisation and delivered through Derry City and Strabane District Council’s PEACEPLUS Local Co-Designed Action Plan under the Thriving and Peaceful Communities Theme, […]
21 Mar 2025
