Visit Belfast have put together the top 10 things to do this weekend, so have a perusal and get out and enjoy yourself!

1. Rose Week

21 – 27 July

Sir Thomas and Lady Dixon Park

A week of family fun, live music and entertainment, floral art demonstrations and summer rose/flower show exhibitions. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the City of Belfast International Rose Gardens in Sir Thomas and Lady Dixon Park and the founding of the Rose Society of Northern Ireland.

2. Festival of Fools Sunday Treats

Every Sunday in July & August 2pm

Cotton Court & Saint Anne’s Square

Festival of Fools is back with a summer season to delight and entertain you. Each Sunday in July and August you can enjoy some of the finest and funniest street theatre around, all on your doorstep.

3. Richard Gorman: Kin

9 May – 27 July

The MAC

Richard Gorman has spent the past twenty years refining his vision of, and his fluency, in paint. He has chiseled out a compositional language and tonal spectrum that are his own. He insists that his paintings mean no more or no less than what they are.

Nautalus

4. Nautilus Live

11 June – 8 September

Sunday & Wednesday Afternoons

Titanic Belfast

Live interactions with the explorers on Dr. Ballard’s Exploration Vessel, Nautilus, will happen on Wednesday and Sunday afternoons in the Ocean Exploration Centre, as part of the Titanic experience.

5. Macbeth

23- 26 July

Lyric Theatre

This thrilling new piece of music theatre from Stuart Harvey and Belfast-born Garth McConaghie combines fierce electronic music with contemporary choreography: this is Shakespeare as you’ve never seen it before.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xhEeT37A9U

Chris Caldwell

Author: Chris Caldwell

Chris Caldwell at your service! My favourite things are eating and Theatre, I have 2 small sons called Alex and Max who are more mustard than Hellmann's. I spend my days trying to wrangle them and exploring my favourite city - BELFAST! My favourite films are horror, my fav music is metal and my favourite Beatle is Ringo, mainly his work on Thomas the Tank.

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