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Beat Carnival Video Documentary 2021
CREATING ST PATRICK'S DAY PARADE in Belfast
Look behind the scenes at Beat Carnival Centre, community workshops and some of the past Parade events.
We operate from Beat Carnival Centre where we deliver many hundreds of free workshops and training programmes with thousands of individuals each year. Activities range from drumming to costume design, dance to puppetry, neighbourhood celebrations to large-scale outdoor events. In this way, we help develop creative skills, for all abilities, with participants as young as four and as old as – well, we wouldn’t like to say! We are committed to supporting artists and improving quality of life in our communities and the carnival sector as a whole.
To hire us… to design and stage an event for you, coordinate an arts outreach programme, or provide entertainers: see the HIRE US page. Want to take part in our training courses? See what’s on offer at JOIN US.
Look behind the scenes at Beat Carnival Centre, community workshops and some of the past Parade events.
A collection of short stories written and illustrated by young people living in North Belfast.
Created with the support of Beat Carnival and The Executive Office.
• VOICES OF BELFAST • 2023 Beat Carnival’s Belfast music culture themed St Patrick’s Day Carnival Parade with 870 participants. Commissioned in Belfast City Council’s St Patrick’s Day Creative Development Programme, it’s one element of the extended 2023 Belfast St Patrick’s Festival 10 – 19 March. ‘Voices Of Belfast’ was the first new SPD Parade production following from the 2022 Pilot Programme and Beat’s ‘We Are All Patrick’ pilot SPD Pageant.
We have expertise in engaging all ages and abilities; individuals, groups, neighbourhoods, the town or city; promoting creativity and good relations through arts:
We design and produce arts items for parades, stage, event sites:
Our performers create truly memorable entertainment for events:
We have expertise in all aspects of events creation, delivery and management:
We work in partnership with communities and organisations on short or long term arts programmes and projects:
Beat Carnival Centre
11-47 Boyd Street
Belfast BT13 2GU
Beat Carnival is a company limited by guarantee (NI27789)
registered in Northern Ireland and is a registered charity (NIC103347)
Beat Trading Ltd is a social enterprise (NI064328)
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