Westenders intergenerational Singing Group, that will take part in community events, participate in concerts for their members or as a supporting act in community concerts, events or festivals.
Event Category: Live Music Sets & Performing Arts
Stand-Up for Integrated Education Comedy Night
| The Integrated Education Fund (IEF) is proud to present Stand-Up for Integrated Education, the latest in a series of sold-out comedy nights at the Ulster Hall, Belfast, on 16 October 2025. All funds raised will go towards supporting the IEF’s mission of promoting and developing Integrated Education across Northern Ireland.
Colin Murphy returns to compère the evening. Colin has been a regular on radio and tv for the last twenty-five years, most famously on The Blame Game for the BBC and The Panel on RTE. He is an accomplished stand-up comedian and has recently finished his latest tour ‘Murphy Beaucoup’ playing to sell out audiences from Belfast to Cork. Emer Maguire is Northern Ireland’s brightest up-and-coming musical comedy star. She has sold out shows at the Mac Belfast, the Grand Opera House and the Edinburgh Fringe and continues her ascension with her new touring show ‘Notions’. Emer is a regular voice on BBC Radio and is host of the acclaimed podcast ‘Bimbo and Butch’. She has also just been commissioned to write a script for Channel 4 for a sitcom starring Emer, based on her life as an autistic adult. Emer is a fierce advocate for Integrated Education. The bearded Tim McGarry is best known for playing the role of Da in the iconic series Give My Head Peace, as well as for hosting panel show The Blame Game. Alongside Dr David Hume, he currently co-presents the acclaimed BBC Radio Ulster show and BBCNI TV series The Long and the Short of It, which explores Irish history from different perspectives. With 31 years in the comedy game, Tim’s acerbic take on all things local is unmistakable. Wendy Wason is a Scottish actress and comedian. Her TV shows include Coupling, The IT Crowd and Broken News. Wendy is also an established stand-up artist with five solo touring shows under her belt, including the winner of best show at the 2016 Guildford Fringe. With a Northern Irish husband, Wendy reflects: ‘There is a real joy with sticking it to the man in Belfast. That’s a shared feeling between Scots and NI folks.’ Tim McGarry said: ‘I’m delighted to be back in the Ulster Hall to help raise funds for the important work of the Integrated Education Fund. If you have already been to Stand-Up for Integrated Education, you’ll want to come back. And if you haven’t been before – even if you’ve no links to the cause – come along for a great night’s craic!’ The comedians will be joined on the night by a special guest. This event is generously supported by the McCall Foundation.
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North of Ireland Brass Band Championships
In association with the Fermanagh/Tyrone Brass Band Summer School supported the Community Relations fund, the North of Ireland Brass Band Championships brings together brass bands from all over Ireland to connect as a brass community together from all cultural backgrounds to work together to sustain and improve the ethos of their cultural. Following on the FTBBSS event in July 2025, this event reunites friendships created at this event in friendly competition but sustaining the strong cultural movement of the brass band for all ages.
Traditional music session- Lurgan Library
In celebration of Good Relations Week 2024 and its ‘OpportUNITY’ theme, Lurgan Library is hosting a Traditional Music Session that brings together Ulster-Scots and Comhaltas Clanbrassil musicians. This event offers a unique opportunity to experience shared musical traditions and explore the rich cultural tapestry of our region. By embracing these shared tunes, we reflect the week’s focus on unity and cultural diversity, celebrating how music can bridge divides and foster positive community relations.
Connection: An evening of Story, Poetry and Song in Cookstown Library
Join us for a cross-border collaboration of songwriters, poets and storytellers from the Burnavon Writers’ Group based in Cookstown and the Monaghan Poets and Songwriters Group from Monaghan. These two collectives are coming together to entertain the public with their original stories, poems and songs, performed in celebration of the theme of ‘Connection’ as part of our events for Good Relations Week 2024.
This event is free and open to everyone. So come along, relax, listen and enjoy. Refreshments will be provided. Booking advisable by contacting Cookstown Library on 02886763702 or by email at CookstownLibrary@librariesni.org.uk
Performance with Shania Twain
Cara, one of Beyond Skin’s (an intersectional arts collective, building peace & social cohesion in Northern Ireland and beyond) young musicians and #youth4peace ambassador who made the headlines for Good Relations Week 2021, this year will be performing with Shania Twain during Good Relations Week 2023.
Taiko TOGETHER!
An exciting morning of taiko drumming for the BUD Club. This workshops offers a unique opportunity for the young people of the BUD Club to experience vibrant traditions of Japan through the powerful beats of taiko drums.
Contact: ibukitaiko@gmail.com for more information.
UN International Day of Peace: Celebration of Difference
Corrymeela is curating an evening of music and conversation which will shine a spotlight on some of the voices and lives that make our society so rich and diverse.
St Anne’s Cathedral will provide the setting for a night to mark the UN International Day of Peace. Those who have come to these shores seeking asylum will join their creative sound with established musicians from different sectors of our community.
We will have panel conversations facilitated by Jude Hill as we look to the future, 25 years after the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement. This project is being put on by a collaboration of people and organisations including the NI Inter-Faith Forum.
Circus Together
In Your Space Circus will use the medium of circus to work with four schools/youth groups to explore how global issues can be influenced at
the local level and to see how young people from different parts of the North West can collaborate to find solutions to the issues that face all of us.
IYSC is based in Derry and is the Northwest’s leading Circus and Street Theatre Company. They are responsible for such amazement as; Carnival of Colours, the Wonder Windows in Derry/Londonderry (you might have seen at Christmas) and many of the crazy circus characters, shows and installations you see across N.I.
Samara’s Shop by Patricia Byrne – Saturday 25th September
Written and directed by Patricia Byrne, through development workshops, Samara’s Shop explores the fascinating links between Irish and Arabic culture.
The play explores links in language, culture and experience, allowing for a celebration and acknowledgement of two very similar, but different, human experiences.
Samara’s Shop is a play for the present, the past and the future and the vital link between us all. The play will be performed by Julie-Yara Atz, Karim Hadaya, Baraa Halabieh, Sean Donegan and Cara Park.
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