Beat Carnival

Create Your Own Flower Mill

2 March 2010

Flower Mill Instructions: Download and print out this worksheet with instructions on making flower mills.

Fly Butterfly: Kate Lawrence - Vertical Dance Performance

19 October 2009

Belfast City Hall Re-Opening - 17 October 2009

Kate, one of the few vertical dance specialists in the UK, has been training and choreographing our new group of aerial dance performers.

Fly Butterfly and the Connections Programme

14 October 2009

The Beat Initiative are very excited about our involvement with the Connections programme of which Fly Butterfly! is just the beginning...

Fly Butterfly! is funded by Legacy Trust UK, an independent charity set up to help build a lasting cultural and sporting legacy from the 2012 Olympic Games, and is part of the Connections programme which is managed by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.

Fly Butterfly Event - October 2009 - Belfast City Hall Opening

9 September 2009

A Beat Initiative Outdoor Spectacle Event for Belfast City Hall Re-Opening

View photos on our Flickr Galleries - Fly Butterfly 1

View photos on our Flickr Galleries - Fly Butterfly 2

Aerial Performance Training - Kate Lawrence

10 July 2009

August 2009 Workshop

We are aiming to hold the two-day workshop most likely between 12 - 14 August. Please register your interest and preferred time of day now, as places are limited to 15. Cost will be £20 per day. For further information and to register your interest, please contact Flora on 07903 960997 or at circusboneidle@yahoo.co.uk

New Carnival Parade Route and Timetable

22 June 2009

The Carnival event will not be happening at City Hall on Saturday. Instead, the Parade will start at Writers' Square. There will be carnival music performances from 1.30pm. The Parade will set off at 2.00pm from Donegall Street to Royal Avenue.

Carnival 2009 - What THEY Say

22 June 2009

Comments include:

Eileen: "belfastcarnival dot com"

Katie: "It's fine. It's also rather mighty craic"

David: " It will be noisy"

The Lord Mayor, Cllr Naomi Long:

Carnival 2009 Music

22 June 2009

There has been lots of great musical development in this year's carnival with the enthusiastic involvement of local musicians... writing, recording, rehearsing, and dressing-up!