Members of a Belfast based interfaith festival met Pope Leo XIV in Rome last week during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. The 4 Corners Festival committee, board and wider community travelled to Italy ahead of the opening of their 2026 series of events later this week. Each year the International Week of Prayer […]
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By Steve Stockman Big congratulations to Nuala McKeever for her big success at this year’s IMRO Radio Awards. Nuala won GOLD in the Best Drama for her play Truth, Love or Promise. She performed the play at this year’s 4 Corner’s Festival. We are chuffed. I am chuffed. I am sure Nuala is chuffed too.
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Belfast’s literary power, legacy and eloquence will be celebrated by the 4 Corners Festival at an event showcasing how all corners of the city fights well above its population’s weight in the arts in general and literature in particular. On The Literary Streets Of Home will be presented at the Cathy Short Theatre, Jennymount Business
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The annual 4 Corners Festival is back for another packed lineup of events this year. The festival, which will feature a range of art, music, discussion, sport and faith-inspired events, runs from January 31 to February 9, 2025 in venues across the city. Now in its 13th year, the festival was conceived as a way
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The 4 Corners Festival is back for its 13th year, bringing an eclectic programme of events to Belfast from 31 January to 9 February 2025. With this year’s theme of Home?, the festival promises to inspire thought, connection, and community through a diverse range of art, music, discussion, and faith-based events. Among the highlights of
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The 4 Corners Festival is returning in 2025 for its 13th year, and is jampacked with a range of exciting practical workshops, talks, discussions and sport activities across Belfast. The thought-provoking theme of this year’s festival is HOME?. Steve Stockman, the festival’s co-founder, describes home as “a powerful metaphor, used by poets, preachers, politicians and
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The annual 4 Corners Festival is back for another packed lineup of events next year. The organising committee has announced its dates for 2025 and a new thought provoking theme HOME? The festival, which will feature a range of art, music, discussion, sport and faith-inspired events, runs from January 31 to February 9, 2025 in
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My name is Aoibh and I’m 18 years old; but as I like to remind people, I’ll be 20 next year. I’m here because we have to say goodbye, before he leaves me alone here, still stuck in school, while he goes out to begin his life. Begin his career. It’s evening. Early. He has
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“My name is.” I repeated over and over, preparing for the trial to come. The job interview leaning over me like my impending doom. I am how many years old now? 25? 26? 27? I can’t recall. I am here because it’s all I have left. Empty body, empty cart, filled seat. As my metal
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My name’s Alexis. I’m 17 years old, and I am here because one day, a group of inanely mundane people got together, collectively ignored basic logic, created a paid prison for young people and called it a school. It’s almost twenty to nine- that means there’s twenty odd more minutes to cherish before the mind-numbing
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Reverend Dr Inderjit Bhogal OBE to share his dream of a better world This year’s 4 Corners Festival will conclude with a talk hosted by Rev Dr Inderjit Bhogal OBE entitled The City Where Dreams Become Reality. The festival that includes a eight day long programme of music, art, sport and religious-based discussions until February
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David Goodwin Joins Mark Simpson in conversation 4 Corners Festival is currently running its 9-day event, complete with a spectacular line-up of events, from discussions to activities held across Belfast. Featuring a range of music, talks, sporting events and religious sermons, the festival promises to have something for everyone. Exclusive to 2023’s schedule, Belfast Giants
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A major immersive installation and exhibition showcasing the aspirations of children and young people from Protestant, Unionist and Loyalist (PUL) communities will take place at the iconic Telegraph Building from January 30 to February 2, as part of the range of events in the 4 Corners Festival. Organised by Northern Ireland Alternatives and Wonder Arts
Sixth form students from across Belfast gathered at the Ulster University Belfast campus on Friday 27th January 2023 to explore dreams for themselves and the city. Award-winning photographer Mal McCann (Irish News) led a workshop in smartphone photography before the students worked in groups to capture images that represent their collective vision for Belfast. Here
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4 Corners Festival returns for its 11th annual instalment on January 27 for a 9-day event running until February 5, covering a variety of music, art, talks, sporting and religious-based events. This year’s theme, Dreams…Visions For Belfast is hoping to inspire individuals from all areas within the city to create a peaceful home for all
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The annual 4 Corners Festival programme has been unveiled featuring a range of art, music, discussion, sport and faith-based events from January 29 to February 5 in venues across the city and streamed online across various platforms. The Festival, which announced its dates for 2023 earlier this month alongside this year’s theme, Dreams…Visions for Belfast
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Dreams…Visions for Belfast theme for annual celebration The annual 4 Corners Festival has announced its dates for 2023 and this year’s theme which will be Dreams…Visions for Belfast. The festival will feature a range of art, music, discussion, sport, debates and faith-based events from January 27 to February 5 in venues across the city. Now
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Following on from our tenth anniversary festival in 2022, this year we are seeking exceptional support to manage the planning and delivery of digital events as part of the 2023 Festival. We are looking for the right person or team to work with us to coordinate the 2023 Festival with particular responsibility for the management,
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Following on from our tenth anniversary festival in 2022, this year we are seeking exceptional support to build on the 4 Corners brand and increase reach and engagement across a variety of media platforms for 2023. We are seeking a Media and Marketing Contractor, to assume full accountability across the communications and marketing plan and
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Much has happened in the world in the month since we celebrated what Pope Francis referred to as the ‘fiesta’ of 4 Corners 2022. As we reflect on the joy we experienced in gathering together in person again, we are conscious of the fear and distress now experienced by many who have been separated from
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Fr Martin Magill presented our directors’ annual report at the 4 Corners’ recent AGM. Expressing gratitude to our funders, supporters and all who contributed to the 2021 festival, the directors were delighted to report on a successful festival reaching over 3800 people through a programme of online events. While acknowledging the challenges of delivering a
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