It’s May Day weekend and you’re off on Monday (hopefully) so you’re looking for something to do right? Luckily the NI Tourist Board have compiled a handy wee list of fun things to do in NI this week.

6th Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival

30 April – 10 May

Various Venues

With a fantastic programme of music, comedy, theatre and dance, the Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival returns on 30 April. Highlights include Tease-O-Rama, The Charlatans, comedian David O’Doherty, crime writer Val McDermid and former Supergrass frontman Gaz Coombes.

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Festival of Fools

1- 4 May

Various Venues

There will be belly laughs galore in Belfast City Centre over the May Day Bank Holiday weekend! The annual international street theatre festival, Festival of Fools, promises a weekend packed with daredevil feats, fast-paced acrobatics, mesmerising object manipulation and out of this world comedy.

Festival of Fools

The Filthy Series – Chapter One

Sat 2 & Sun 3 May

Filthy McNasty’s

Moth and The Filthy Quarter are delighted to bring you The Filthy Series – Chapter One. A two-day, 10 hours per day music festival featuring Katy B, Jungle (DJ set), Reeps One, Too Many T’s, 2MANYDJs, Hercules and Love Affair, Rayko and Skymas. Tickets are available from the Visit Belfast Welcome Centre (opposite Belfast City Hall).

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The National Grande Café Craft Beer & Food Festival

Sunday 3 May, 3pm

National Grande Café

Enjoy great local craft beers and delicious food from the barbecue in the National Grande Café garden.

MCM Belfast Comic Con

Sat 2 & Sun 3 May

King’s Hall

A great weekend of comic con goodness. Special guests, games, movies, anime, cosplay competitions and a host of brilliant comic book artists and writers will all be waiting for you.

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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.