The highlights of this week’s programme for the annual West Belfast festival
Tuesday 3rd August
9am Hip Hop Dance Competition
Andersonstown Leisure Centre
11am Television Workshop for Young Irish
Speakers An Chulturlann
1pm Cemetery Tour
City Cemetery Gates
1.30pm Bus Tour
Falls Library
2pm Written Out of History? ‘Sean Mac
Diarmada - the Mind of the Revolution’
Sean Mac Diarmada GAC
5pm Health and the Travelling Community
St. Mary’s University College
7pm Sex Drugs and Rock and Roll
Conway Mill
7.30pm Voyage of No Return
Dubbeljoint Production BIFHE Whiterock
7.30pm Palestine - What Future?
St. Mary’s University College
8pm Donal Lunny and Andy Irvine’s MOZAIK
Music at the Giant’s Foot
Sponsored by Foras na Gaeilge
Wednesday 4th August
1pm Feile Challenge GAA Football
Tournament Casement Park
Sponsored by O’Neill’s Sportswear
1pm Cemetery Tour
City Cemetery Gates
1.30pm Bus Tour
Falls Library
2pm Living With Cancer
Glen Community Centre
5pm International Food Fayre
St. Mary’s University College
6.30pm Plastic Bullet Vigil
Andersonstown Barracks
7.30pm The Rare Oul’ Times
St. Mary’s University College
7.30pm Voyage of No Return
Dubbeljoint Production BIFHE Whiterock
7.30pm West Belfast Talks Back
St. Louise’s Comprehensive College
8pm International Music Night with Albert
Nyathi and Imbongi
Music at the Giant’s Foot
In association with Tennent’s
Thursday 5th August
1pm Cemetery Tour
City Cemetery Gates
1.30pm Bus Tour
Falls Library
2pm Turn it Around
St. Mary’s University College
2pm Big Brovaz and Guests
Music at the Giant’s Foot
Sponsored by Curley’s/Kennedy Centre
4pm Scribes at the Rock
The Rock Bar
7.30pm Voyage of No Return
Dubbeljoint Production BIFHE Whiterock
8pm Tribute Night with the Upbeat Beatles
and Stoned Again
Music at the Giant’s Foot
Sponsored by Westwood Centre
Friday 6th August
9am Battle of the Bands
Music at the Giant’s Foot
12noon Annual Prisoners Day
Cumann na Meirleach
1pm Cemetery Tour
City Cemetery Gates
1.30pm Bus Tour
Falls Library
2.30pm Michael Collins, Harry Boland
Heroes or Villains?
Whitefort Inn
7pm Bobby Sands’ Finals and Freedom
Awards
Poleglass Pitches
7.30pm Voyage of No Return
Dubbeljoint Production BIFHE Whiterock
7.30pm Songs in Her Suitcase
St. Mary’s University College
8pm Hip Hop and R&B Dance Night with
Tim Westwood
Music at the Giant’s Foot
10am Mairead Farrell Camogie Tournament
Corrigan Park
11am Cemetery Tour
City Cemetery Gates
1pm Street Parties
Throughout West Belfast
1.30pm Annual Poc Fada
Meet Rossa GAC
1pm P.J. Mc Grory Memorial Lecture
St. Mary’s University College
7.30pm Voyage of No Return
Dubbeljoint Production BIFHE Whiterock
8pm The Wailers
Music at the Giant’s Foot
Sponsored by Whitefort Inns
Sunday 8th August
1.30pm Cabbage Head King
7.30pm Imagining Belfast - My Kind of City
St. Oliver Plunkett Church
8pm Feile Finale Mambo meets Motown
Music at the Giant’s Foot
In association with Tennent’s