BLACK BOX

September—November 2015

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The Black Box is a vibrant arts venue in the centre of Belfast's Cathedral Quarter, with a large main room and the Green Room. Events cover visual arts, music, comedy, cabaret, theatre and all points in between!

Where are we?We are just round the corner from the fabulous Duke of York pub in Belfast’s bustling Cathedral Quarter. There is on-street parking on Waring Street & Donegall Street or at the St Annes Square multi-storey.

Want tickets?Buy in person from the Green Room Thursday to Saturday 5pm to 11pm or from our website blackboxbelfast.com

Contact the Black BoxBlack Box, 18-22 Hill Street, Belfast, BT1 2LA02890244400 For booking enquiries please email admin@blackboxbelfast.comFor general enquiries office@blackboxbelfast.com

Black Box is supported by:

The 16th Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival30 April—10 May 2015

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GIG LIST

Phased Collective, every Friday in the Green Room. Free entry.

5 Sept ManukaHunney 8pm £10

12 Sept Ramones Tribute night 8.30pm £5

15 Sept Sam Amidon 8pm £14

17 Sept “Antibiotic” Concert as part of Polish Cultural Week

7.30pm £2

20 Sept Sleaford Mods 8pm £10+Booking Fee

25 Sept Stella Bass - A Tribute to the Music of Stephan Sondheim

8pm £12/10

26 Sept Celtic Soul 8pm £14

27 Sept Jam Jar Series 8pm £5

2 Oct Ports 8pm £7

5 Oct The Orla Murphy Jazz Band: Amusical tribute to Stevie Wonder

8.45pm £10

7 Oct Declan Sinnott 8pm £14+ Booking Fee

9 Oct Kathryn Williams and Michelle Stodart

8pm £12.50 + Booking Fee

15 Oct Andy Irvine 8.30pm £12/10

17 Oct Georgie Fame 7.30pm

22 Oct Stuart Leathem - Café for Lost Souls

9pm £5

23 Oct Scanner & Joel Cadbury 9pm

31 Oct Halloween Party - The Saberjets/ Stop Stop Start Again / 3d Shark / Los Bloody Racket

8.30pm £5

8 Nov JamJar finale

26 Nov Mary Couglin with support from Erik Visser

8pm £18 + Booking Fee

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REGULAR EVENTS

MIDWEEKMAGIC16 Sept, 14 Oct & 11 Nov | 7.30pm | £5Are you a fan of the flourish, a sucker for sleight of hand or dazzled by the discovery of the disappeared? Then you NEED the Midweek Magic Club in your life.

THE PHASED COLLECTIVE Every Friday | 7pm | FreeJourneys in music to jump-start the weekend. Back-to-back Selector Sessions feat: Jan Jaffer / Defcon / Kwame / Andy le Funk / Shamen Delly / Gretta Gunn. Hiphop, Dub, Afrobeat, Jazz, Cosmic, Funk, Electronic… Global sounds, no boundaries.

VARIOUS ARTISTS Every Saturday Night | 7-11pm | FreeSomething for the weekend? The Black Box have got you covered!! With great live, free, entertainment, freshly made pizza to order, a great selection of beers, spirits, wines, ales and ciders The Black Box have everything you need to carry you through the weekend.

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16 Sept, 21 Oct, 18 Nov| 7.30-9pm | FreeA storytelling night where 9 people have up to 10 minutes each to tell a real story from their lives. Each night has a theme.

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REGULAR EVENTS / COMEDY

BELFAST SCIENCE CAFE1st Wednesday of every month | 7.30pm | FreeThe Belfast Science Cafe brings scientific debate to the pub. It is based on ‘Cafe Scientifique’, held all over the UK. The Cafe is a place where, with a cup of coffee or a glass of wine, anyone can come to explore, debate and discuss the latest ideas in science and technology.

JAM JAR SERIES Every Friday | 7pm | FreeJoin a lively group of musicians, sound artists, and composers for five evenings of performance, dialogue, sonic experimentation, special cocktails and unexpected collaborations.

WONDERFROG LIVE IMPROV COMEDY 23 Sept, 21 Oct, 18 Nov, 16 Dec | 8pm | £5Belfast’s best improv comedy group serves up an hour of hot, fresh, off-the-cuff comedy. Using only audience suggestions, Wonder Frog come up with comic scenes that have never been seen before and will never be seen again - shouting “CRIBBAGE” has never been more socially acceptable.

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RED BASTARD1 Oct | 8.30pm | £10A storytelling night where 9 people have up to 10 minutes each to tell a real story from their lives. Each night has a theme.

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FESTIVALS

EUROPEAN HERITAGE OPEN DAYSAn audience with Catherine Geary 12 Sept | 12pm | FreeCatherine Geary, the Northern Irish location manager who has worked on the highly anticipated Star Wars Vii, The Force Awakens, Oscar Nominated, Philomena, Skyfall and the country’s largest feature film to date, Dracula Untold, will be giving a talk and answering the many questions we know you want to ask!

CULTURE NIGHT18 Sept | 4pm-close | Free4pm: Music & songs from Lily’s Driftwood Bay 4.30pm: Creating Connections5-6pm: WeDoS6-7pm : Open House Choir7-8pm: Gavin Ferris & David Browne Murray 11pm: Soup Du Jour & Die Hexen Movement til close.

WEIRD SCIENCE29 Oct | 8pm | £6As part of the BFI LOVE season. Join us for a night of weird love…with a lesson in the science of kissing and a screening of the classic film

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FESTIVALS

BELFAST BURLESQUE FESTIVAL27 - 29 November | 8pm | See website for ticketsBelfast Burlesque festival a weekend of entertainment and competitions celebrating burlesque in Belfast! Newcomer night, Belfast Crown, and Markets.

OUTBURST ARTS FESTIVAL13 - 21 Nov | See website for ticketsThe 9th Annual OUTBURST Queer Arts Festival brings you eight days of world class and new local theatre, performance, film, visual art and discussion, celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender creativity.

PIGEON AND PLUMS VICTORIAN CABARET & FESTIVE DINNER

10 - 12 Dec | 8pm | £6/3My illustrious lords ladies and gentle woman & men it is with the utmost periodical and predominant pleasure that we announce here first that “Pigeon & Plums Vaudeville Circus” Victorian Christmas Cabaret (+ Festive Dinner) at the Blaxk Box on Dec 10th-12th – tickets go onsale in July!

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YOUNG PEOPLE

BELFAST COMEDY FESTIVAL PRESENTS

PUNCH LION - KIDS COMEDY CLUB27 Sept | 2pm | £5/7/20A family friendly stand-up comedy show for kids! AND BIG KIDS! We bring top comedians from the comedy circuit with silly jokes to make you giggle and grin and laugh out loud.

WOOFLE AS PART OF BABYDAY

27 Sept | 11.30-12.30am | FreeA show about one Dan and his dog with lots of silly songs. From chasing bees and rabbits to warding off ghosts, this set of songs gives you an unusual view of the ups and downs of having a dog as your best friend.

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MANUKAHUNNEY5 Sept | 8pm | £10Soul Motown and funk return to The Black Box on Saturday 5th of September when hot soul band Manukahunney take to the stage for another great soul night out.

THE RAMONES TRIBUTE NIGHT12 Sept | 8.30pm | £5The Ramones cut rock & roll down to its bare essentials — four chords; a simple, catchy melody; and irresistibly inane lyrics — they were the perfect punk pop band!

STRANGE VICTORY & NORTHERN MUSE PRESENT

SAM AMIDON15 Sept | 8pm | £14Amidon is doing to folk what Arthur Russell did to disco and dance music: The components are taken context-free and mixed around. He can recognize the patterns of bluegrass or jazz or indie rock without being bound to them.

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SLEAFORD MODS20 Sept | 8pm | £10 + booking feePossessing an acute tongue, razor-sharp wit, and a political mind; Williamson delivers material with as much humour as bile.

STELLABASSA TRIBUTE TO THE MUSIC OF STEPHAN SONDHEIM

25 Sept | 8pm | £12/10Stella Bass celebrates Stephen Sondheim’s 85th year with a concert of his most popular songs – with a jazz twist! The concert celebrates the music of the Academy Award-winning Broadway composer and lyricist who got his first big break in 1957 when hired as lyricist for Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story.

CELTIC SOUL26 Sept | 8pm | £14Van Morrison has got to be the biggest name and most enduring musical icon on the world stage that Belfast has ever produced. This show by Celtic Soul celebrates one of the truly great singer/songwriters of all time.

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THE ORLA MURPHY JAZZ BANDTRIBUTE TO STEVIE WONDER

5 OctJazz Vocalist Orla Murphy presents material from her critically acclaimed second album ‘Wonderous Visions’ (2012). It is a jazz tribute to Stevie Wonder, which received rave reviews in Jazzwise, The Irish Times, LondonJazz, London’s Evening Standard and the Jazz Journal. A not to miss gig!

DECLAN SINNOTT7 Oct | 8pm | £14 + booking fee World renowned Irish Guitarist, Producer, Songwriter and Folk Legend Declan Sinnott, accompanied by Vicky Keating is touring Ireland and the UK promoting his new album. Declan was a founding member of Horslips and Moving Hearts.

CAFÉ FOR LOST SOULSALMOST LIVE

22 Oct | 9pm | £5What do Freddie Mercury, Kenny Everett and Stuart Leathem all have in common? You can hear them all as never before in the stunning interactive audio visual portal into modern composition that is ‘Café for Lost Souls Almost Live’.

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ANDY IRVINE15 Oct | 8pm | £12/10Andy Irvine has enjoyed a long and successful career as a traditional Irish musician. He has travelled the world as a solo artist and as a member of legendary Irish groups such as Planxty and Patrick Street and more recently Mozaik.

GEORGIE FAME17 Oct | 7.30pm | See websiteThe legendary keyboardist/vocalist with his much loved blend of jazz and rhythm & blues. ‘There’s no point in doing it when Georgie Fame could do it 10 times better’ (Bill Wyman).

HALLOWEENPARTY31 Oct| 8.30pm | £5The Sabrejets / Stop Stop Start again / 3d Shark / Los Bloody Rackets

MARY COUGHLAN & ERIK VISSER26 Nov | 8pm | £18 + booking feeReuniting with long-time collaborator and producer Erik Visser, ‘Scars on the Calendar’ is Coughlan’s first album of new material since 2008’s ‘The House of Ill Repute’. Beginning their working relationship over 30 years, this is the ninth album produced for her by Visser.

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Date Genre Event Time Price

1 Sept Black moon Black Moon 7pm £3/£1

2 Sept Science Café Belfast Science Café (first wed of every month)

6pm Free

5 Sept Music ManukaHunney 8pm £10

12 Sept Education European heritage open day - An Audience with Catherine Geary

12pm Free

15 Sept Music Sam Amidon 8pm £14

16 Sept Spoken Word Ten x 9 7:30pm Free

18 Sept Culture night All sorts - music, burlesque, film, drawing and you!

4pm Free

20 Sept Music Sleaford Mods 8pm £10 + Booking Fee

23 Sept Comedy Wonderfrog live improv Comedy 8pm £5

25 Sept Music Stella Bass - A Tribute to the Music of Stephan Sondheim

8pm £12/£10

26 Sept Music Celtic Soul 8pm £14

27 Sept Kids Comedy Punch Lion - Kids Comedy Club 2pm Various Prices

27 Sept Music Jam Jar Series 8pm £5

3 Oct Burlesque Tease-O-Rama BIRTHDAY 8.30pm £10

5 Oct Music The Orla Murphy Jazz Band: Amusical trib-ute to Stevie Wonder

8:45pm £10

6 Oct Black Moon Black Moon 8pm £3/£1

7 Oct Music Declan Sinnott 8pm £14 + Booking Fee

9 Oct Music Kathryn Williams and Michelle Stodart 8pm £12.50 + booking Fee

10 Oct Tea Dances CreatingConnections - Tea Dances 1pm Free

10 Oct Dance 8 To The Bar 8pm £10

15 Oct Music Andy irvine 8:30pm £12/£10

21 Oct Spoken Word Ten x 9 7:30pm Free

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21 Oct Comedy Wonderfrog live improv Comedy 8pm £5

21 Oct Spoken Word Misha Glenny: One Man and the battle for Rio

1pm £6

31 Oct Music Halloween Party - The Sabrejets/Stop Stop Start Again/3d Sharks/Los Bloody Rackets

8:30pm £5

3 Nov Black Moon Black Moon 7pm £3/£1

18 Nov Spoken Word Ten x 9 7:30pm Free

18 Nov Comedy Wonderfrog live improv Comedy 8pm £5

26 Nov Music Mary Couglin with support from Erik Visser 8pm £18 + Booking Fee

27 Nov Burlesque Belfast Burlesque Festival 8pm See website for tickets

10-12 Dec

Caberet Pigeons and Plums 7pm £30

The Green Room: Open Thu - Sat for music, pizza, beer and visual art exhibitionsEvents are added weekly, for up-to-date information please follow our Twitter feed @BlackBoxBelfast and keep an eye on the website :)

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