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CREATING ST PATRICK'S DAY PARADE
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Beat Carnival at work in Belfast: a look behind the scenes at Beat Carnival Centre, community workshops and some of the past Parade events.

BEALFAST CARNIVAL VILLAGE 2016
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We created Belfast Carnival Village in Ormeau Park, 25th June 2016.

 

INTRODUCTION TO BEAT CARNIVAL
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Beat Carnival in 2.5 minutes.

FESTIVE IN NORTH BELFAST - Christmas 2020
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Beat Carnival with Denmark St Community Centre, Lower Oldpark Community Association and Christmas Spirit in Lower Shankill Estate and Lower Oldpark, Belfast, 18 & 19 December 2020.

THE MAGICAL UNICORN - Shankill Lantern Parade 2018
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Light Up the Road – Lantern Parade, Music Stage and Christmas Tree Lights Switch-on. 

LIGHT UP THE ROAD – Shankill Lantern Parade 2017
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Light Up The Road – 2017. The second Shankill Lantern Parade, created by Beat Carnival.

TEH ARTS EDUCATION PLATFORM - BELFAST SEMINAR 2019
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Imagine, Create and Critique, the 2nd annual seminar of Trans Europe Halles Arts Education Platform, organised by Beat Carnival in Belfast, 28-30 March 2019.

BEAT CARNIVAL - Children in Need Project 2017/18
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Working with children & young people living in the Greater Shankill Neighbourhood.

BEAT CARNIVAL SCHOOL - Greater Shankill 2017-18
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Beat Carnival School Documentary

BELFAST ST PATRICK'S DAY PARADE 2019
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Highlight video of March 2019’s Belfast St.Patrick’s Day Parade created by Beat Carnival.

ST PATRICK'S DAY PARADE BELFAST 2018
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Belfast St Patrick’s Day Parade 2018 Great turnout of participants & audience and a warm atmosphere despite ice-cold, wintry wind on 17 March 2018.

BELFAST ST PATRICK'S DAY CARNIVAL PARADE 2014
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The 2014 Belfast St Patrick’s Day Carnival Parade. We developed a theme of ‘St Patrick – To The Future!’ for our colourful spectacle, creating our very own DeLorean and TARDIS to take pride of place in the parade.

BEATnDRUM&BRASS WEEKENDER 2019
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We invited Marcus Britton of Oi! Musica to help us develop a new ‘brassy’ direction for BEATnDRUM in 2019.

COMMUNITY BIG BAND 2019
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In March 2019 Beat Carnival brought together members of Ormeau Community Choir, Queens Staff Choir, Belfast Guitar Orchestra, Beat Jazz and BEATnDRUM samba band to rehearse music we were collaborating on for St Patrick’s Day.

CITY SAMBA 2017
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On Saturday 30th September 2017, Beat Carnival, brought together Northern Ireland’s vibrant samba band scene to perform in one place on one day.