
Contemporary cultural centre hosting talks, workshops and performing arts, from comedy to dance.

Intimate, stripped-back tribute concert in which Jesca Hoop and Lail Arad, with special guest Wallis Bird, cover their favourite Joni Mitchell songs.

Free drop-in Halloween session led by artist Ronan Smyth with face painting by Fran Gordon and Sunita Shaw at The MAC.

Author Eoin McNamee reads from his short story collection 'The Comets' at The MAC, as part of the Belfast International Arts Festival.

Talk by The Independent's chief international correspondent Bel Trew about her work and her new book on war reporting, part of the Belfast International Arts Festival.

Talk by artist Bette A. and musician Brian Eno, via videolink, about their book 'What Art Does' at The MAC during the Belfast International Arts Festival.

Author Sebastian Barry, joined by Alex Clark, discusses his new novel 'The Newer World' in a live-captioned talk at The MAC, part of the Belfast International Arts Festival.

Triple-bill dance show by Luail with works by Akram Khan, Oona Doherty and Liz Roche, part of the Belfast International Arts Festival.

Closing performance of the 64th Belfast International Arts Festival, with Rory Friers' live ensemble, as the 2026 Artist-in-Residence.

Free panel discussion on the role of artists in reconciliation, tolerance and dialogue, chaired by Dr Katy Radford.

Contemporary dance double bill by Shaymaa Shoukry and Michael McEvoy, part of the 64th Belfast International Arts Festival.

Keith Singleton's comedy play about a man who contemplates moving up a mountain to escape the island of Ireland, with a BSL interpreted performance.

Tinderbox Theatre Company's reimagining of Tennessee Williams' 'The Glass Menagerie' inside a faded cinema, marking the play's first professional Northern Irish staging in twenty years.

Panel discussion chaired by Professor Aoife McGrath on Lucy Jones's book 'Matrescence', part of the Belfast International Arts Festival.

Weekly free jazz showcase and jam session of Jazz Juniors, the youth programme of drummer David Lyttle, in The MAC's Crush cafe space.

Hybrid staged reading and live theatrical mood-board of Stef Smith's play about heartbreak, identity and the connections that help us survive.

Exhibition by fiddle player and artist Susan Hughes with video, sculpture and installation, and a stage for ad-hoc Fleadh performances, on traditional Irish music, song and dance.

Belfast artists Mary McIntyre and Robert Anderson reconstruct Mike Kelley's wooden props and studio spaces from old photographs, then photograph them as new works.

Halloween illustration and storytelling workshop with Paul Howard, the illustrator of 'The Owl Who Was Afraid Of The Dark', inspired by the MAC's exhibitions.