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QUARTER BEATNew in CQCoppi is the latest addition to Saint Anne’s Square’s growing collection of eateries (joining The 4th Wall, Canteen at The MAC, House of Zen, The Potted Hen, Salt Bistro and SQ at Ramada Encore). Named after Fausto Coppi, the restaurant serves up its own take on the cycling legend’s native cuisine: chichetti dishes, (small snacks served in traditional bars across Venice), a range of sharing dishes and pastas, made fresh daily in-house. For menus and reservations see coppi.co.uk

Coppi, St. Anne’s Square

Blick Studios has recently opened a shared workspace in Cathedral Quarter for creatives. A social enterprise offer-ing affordable offices and desk space to new creative businesses, Blick supports residents through networking events, mentoring and workshops. Sharing a building at 52 Hill Street with Flow Yoga Studio (flowstudiobelfast.org), the meeting and event space is also available for hire by non-residents. For more information visit blickstudios.org

Bringing further support to artists and creatives of the quarter, Digital Arts Studios (DAS) has recently relocated to Hill Street. DAS provides state-of-the-art facilities, equipment and training alongside a programme of national and international residencies, public talks, exhibitions and screenings. Visit 38-42 Hill Street or see digitalartsstudios.com

Hill Street is quickly becoming a home for the digital industry in Cathedral Quarter with the addition of ‘Web Software and Experience Design laboratory’, Rumble Labs. Starting out in CQ in 2009, the lab has created web applications for businesses and people all around the world before returning in the quarter in the new year. rumblelabs.com

Monthly News & Listings for Belfast’s Cultural Quarter ISSUE #1 FEB 2013

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Welcome to the first edition of Quarter Beat, the monthly newsletter about what’s on and what’s up-and-coming in Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter. The Cathedral Quarter is somewhere truly unique –it’s diverse, it’s friendly and welcoming, it’s the beating heart of the city! To give you a feel for it we’ve packed this issue with loads of listings, opinions and highlights.

Whatever the weather or other obstacles, the Cathedral Quarter is open for business and buzzing. A number of hashtag campaigns have been used in recent weeks to promote all that is great and good about our city at night. Come on down just because you love Belfast (#loveBelfast) and love Cathedral Quarter (#loveCQ) you can make the Cathedral Quarter your own(#BackinBelfast). There’s something for everyone and hidden treasure around pretty much any corner. You will be spoilt for choice from afternoon tea at The Merchant, plenty of options for fine dining, including newcomers Coppi, Salt Bistro, House of Zen and Mumbai 27, to perfor-mances, exhibitions and exceptional live music in The MAC, the Black Box, Oh Yeah and places like McHugh’s and the John Hewitt and many others.

Over the last number of years, we’ve seen the area go from strength to strength as Belfast’s cultural quarter, welcoming international artists, as well as rising local talent. The fabulous Out to Lunch festival is just winding up, and the Belfast Nashville Songwriters’ Festival (February 20 -24) is building up steam with some of the biggest names in country music.

Late Night Art in Belfast, held the first Thursday of each month, hits all of Cathedral Quarter’s cluster of galleries and art spaces and offers an opportunity to explore the depth of Northern Ireland’s artistic heritage in a new way. Thursday the 7th of February is a ‘must-do’ event.

We hope that you’ll find everything you need in this newsletter, but you can also check us out on the web at thecathedralquarter.com. If there’s something you’d like to see, or you’re just interested in finding out more, then drop us a line as we’d love to hear from you..

We’ve put this together because we’re passionate about this city and we treasure the social and cultural importance of one of Belfast’s truly shared spaces – we hope that you agree and that you’ll share in the fun and spread the word.

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Photos: Campbell Photography, campbellphotography.co.uk and Rowan Collins on Flickr

Quarter BeatFebruary 2013, Issue 1

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Bridging Post-War Architecture Gary Potter, PLACE

The gateway to Cathedral Quarter at Bridge Street is defined architecturally by two very distinct buildings. But these buildings have more in common than you might think.

Both buildings were constructed post World War II when the area of High Sreet and Bridge Street was substantially damaged in the 1941 Blitz.

Bridge House, 1 - 21 Bridge Street

Arnott’s Building, 12 - 16 Bridge Street

1 - 21 Bridge Street was rebuilt on a site once occupied by woollen and linen drapers, a haberdashery and a watch maker, between 1957 - 1959, in an unusual, vibrant ‘Festival of Britain’ style with geometric precast concrete and steel balcony railings.

12 - 16 Bridge Street was rebuilt on the site of Arnott’s 1860‘s department store, in 1955, as a neo-Georgian building with rustic brick and wrought iron balconies.

The two buildings stand in juxtaposi-tion with one another representing two unique styles of post-war architecture - traditionalist and modernist. But rather surprisingly they were both designed by the same Architects, Young and Mac-kenzie, for the same client, Arnott’s, only a few years apart.

The revised Georgian style of architec-ture emerged during the early 20th century until the 1950’s and attempted to re-create the style which initially came to prominence from 1720 - 1840.

Festival of Britain style architecture is inspired by the national exhibition of 1951 that attempted to promote a sense of recovery post-war. The Festival promoted better quality design when rebuilding British towns and cities and in the words of Deputy Labour Leader Herbert Morrison was like “a tonic for the nation”.

The Festival of Britain style Bridge House has been suggested as one of Belfast’s first ‘shopping centres’ and opened with tenants like Radio Rentals, the Ormeau Cafe and Stylo Shoes.

Two very unique buildings within the Cathedral Quarter with a hidden connection.

PLACE offer Architectural Walking Tours exploring the built environment. For more information visit placeni.org, phone 028 9023 2524 or email info@placeni.org.

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I first got the idea for an arts and cultural quarter in the Lower Donegall Street area in the early nineties when I was asked to work on a play involving unemployed people at the Neighbourhood Open Work-shop in Academy Street. Having been born and brought up in the York Street area, I knew the place well, and over a two-year period I spent a lot of time walking through the old familiar back streets and entries. Then one day it dawned on me: this area is the oldest part of Belfast and those same back streets and entries would lend them-selves perfectly to a cultural quarter, the type of which I experienced regularly on my travels. Indeed, I was enthused to see that a number of arts organisations had already gravitated to the area, such as Northern Visions and Community Arts Forum.

By 1994, I was director of the Commu-nity Arts Forum and I had the time and resources to set about bringing the idea to anybody who would listen. In the 1980’s there had been an urban renewal initiative in the area whereby Government had made grants available to the likes of Nick’s Warehouse, Todd’s Architects and the Belfast Unemployed Centre to move into what was then a pretty dead part of Belfast city centre, having suffered terribly during the Troubles. This had limited success and by the mid 90’s had come to a grinding halt.

I set about visiting the right people to float my idea. Everybody was enthusias-tic. I called a group together in 1995 that included architect Barry Todd, restauran-teur Nick Price, Brendan Mackin of the Belfast Unemployed Centre and Dave & Marilyn Hyndman of Northern Visions and later, importantly, Will Chamberlain of Belfast Community Circus. We drafted a vision for the area and distributed it widely. Strangely enough, our vision included an arts centre at the large DOE car park at Edward Street (the heart of the old Half Bap district where I ran about as a boy) and where Saint Anne’s Square and The MAC sit today. It also included Hill Street as an open air market similar to Portobello Road (still to happen), development of the old entries to house arts groups, art galleries

and other small businesses (some progress but more needs to happen,) development of the grassy area facing St. Anne’s Cathedral as public realm with public art, and a new arts festival – the Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival, (one of our great success stories).

I was amazed when I got a phone call six months later from Dick McKenzie, Deputy Permanent Secretary at the DOE. He said that his boss Ronnie Spence (Permanent Secretary) loved the idea and invited us to come and discuss the notion further. Brendan Mackin and I met him and were very encouraged by the DOE’s enthusi-asm for the project. Six months after that, Mr McKenzie contacted me again to tell me that they had extended the Laganside Corporation’s remit beyond developments at the River Lagan to include the Northside area,as Lower Donegall began to be called in government circles. Some time after that, our committee was summoned, along with other city stakeholders, to a meeting at the Laganside offices in the docks area to be presented with a Master Plan for the development of the area as an arts & cultural quarter. I was stunned to see the entire contents of our original paper projected on a large screen as the work of EDAW, the consultants for the Northside Regeneration Strategy. Nevertheless, we were delighted that things were on the move.

Our committee, by now extended to include other small businesses and arts organisations, formally constituted itself as the Lower Donegall Street Arts & Cultural Trust with support from the Belfast Unemployed Centre. Brendan Mackin. who deserves special praise for his constant support. seconded a member of his staff, Eamon Donnelly, to act as our administra-tive support. Barry Todd was elected Chair and I became Secretary. For the next three or four years we held regular meetings with the Laganside Corporation, jointly working to drive the development of the area. Laganside held a public competition for a name for the new concept and thus the Cathedral Quarter was born.

Despite some differences in approach, there were some exciting developments.

Laganside soon agreed to our proposal for an arts centre on the land of the DOE car park at Edward Street. Indeed, Laganside secured this car park and other important land in a deal with the DOE, something which encouraged us greatly and boosted our confidence to work towards the vision of an arts and cultural quarter. Following the launch of Cathedral Quarter as a brand around 1998/99, there began a groundswell of interest from arts and cultural groups and individual artists wanting to move into the area. I asked Mike Smith, Chief Execu-tive of Laganside, for a meeting to discuss this issue. He didn’t know I was turning up with representatives of 20 homeless arts or-ganisations. He asked for extra chairs and we all crammed into his small office.

“TODAY, IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO BE WITNESS TO THE QUITE ENORMOUS CHANGES THAT HAVE HAPPENED SINCE 1994...LONG MAY IT GROW AND CONTINUE.”In fairness to Mike Smith and Laganside, he immediately set about purchasing three significant buildings in the area to convert to managed workspaces: the old Bank on Royal Avenue, an old warehouse in Donegall Street and another in Waring Street facing what is now The Merchant Hotel. These buildings came to house what is now the cultural heart of the district including Northern Visions, Belfast Print Workshop, Belfast Exposed, Arts and Disability Forum, and many more. Belfast Community Circus worked with Laganside to purchase a site on Gordon Street and build a bespoke circus school in the heart of the city. Shortly after this, Claire Carty of the Clanmil Housing Association,which

A brief history of Cathedral Quarter

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The Vacuum“Stephen Hackett , Stuart Watson and a million others contribute to this genius local free publication. Wickedly funny and always highly amusing.”

Bill Harris Hairdressing52 Hill St.“Expect lashings of sixties psyche in this moddy boy hairdressers.. My mate Paul will give you a quality scalping while keeping you entertained with his sharp wit and shears.”

The MAC10 Exchange St. West“Amazing building designed by my friend Mark Hackett...the Mary McIntyre photo exhibition was so lush and atmospheric. Inspirational.”

Black Box18 - 22 Hill Street“It’s amazing what’s went down in this joint since it opened. We’ve seen F**k Buttons, King Khan , Geno Washington , John Cooper, Clark to name but a few.”

Oh Yeah / Start Together Recording Studios15 - 21 Gordon St.“A lovely recording space thanks to Ben and Rocky. Great gear including cool mics, keys, amps etc. with tons of vibe.”

Sunflower Public House65 Union St.“I think this could replace the lifeboat in terms of vibe. Very few bars like this left which is unfortunate.”

had just purchased the Northern Whig Buildings at the corner of Waring St/Bridge Street, contacted me and in a very public spirited fashion, said that following their redevelopment of that building (to include a hire out to Botanic Inns on the ground floorand the creation of their new head office,) they could still offer several offices to Cathedral Quarter. The Clanmil Arts & Business Centre now houses Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival, Prison Arts Founda-tion, and even includes my own office.

Working every day at the Community Arts Forum on Church Street, I began to believe the square in front of me could become a culturally significant location. I wrote to Laganside and proposed that the square should be developed and called The John Hewitt Writer’s Square. Laganside enthusiastically ran with this, revising the name to Writer’s Square. All the above were significant developments.

The Trust wound up around 2004, however, it wasn’t long before new life was breathed into the project. Around the same time that Laganside was winding up its own operation and handing its responsibili-ties, including Cathedral Quarter, over to the DOE (by now DSD), it was announced that a major new multi-million pound shopping development was to be built in the North Street/Donegall Street area. Those of us still interested, whose discus-sions were now more or less confined to the John Hewitt bar on a Friday night, at first welcomed the idea, but we quickly changed our minds when we saw the plans. Effectively, a brick wall the length of Lower Donegall Street was to separate the new complex and the gateway to Royal Avenue from the fledging Cathedral Quarter. They also had plans to rip up the streetscape in the North St area and build a 1,000 space multi story car park smack bang in the mid-dle. We moved back out of the John Hewitt

bar and immediately set up a new group: the Let’s Get It Right Campaign. By now we were able to call together a very large, di-verse group of new tenants in the area. Led by the likes of architect Declan Hill, Rita Harkin of Ulster Architectural Heritage Society, Heather Floyd of the Community Arts Forum, Sean Kelly of Cathedral Quar-ter Arts Festival, Will Chamberlain and myself, this group became very effective. LGIR submitted a thorough response to the proposed development and published our aspirations for any development in the area. Eventually the plans were changed to the Royal Exchange scheme it is now. This project is ongoing, but an off-shoot of this campaign was the stated need for a new organisation to drive Cathedral Quarter forward. With the support of Nigel Dodds, MP for the area, we met Minister David Hanson up at Stormont and lobbied him for funding to set up the new organisation and specifically, funding for a full-time post to oversee the project. This was duly achieved and a new group was formed, the Cathedral

Quarter Steering Group, recently constituted as the Cathedral Quarter Trust (which you see in front of you today). With the support of all Government and statutory agencies in the city and of course with the full involvement of the residents of the area, Patricia Freedman is the first Development Manager and the Trust is chaired by the indefatigable Paul McErlean. I have been consulted and am aware the Trust has developed an ambitious new Development Plan for the area which I’m sure will see even further advances.

Today, it gives me great pleasure to witness the quite enormous changes that have happened since 1994. I have recently had the great satisfaction of directing a new play Mr Red White & Blue at The MAC, the new Arts Centre we dreamt about almost 20 years ago. It is particularly gratifying and joyous to walk through the district on Culture Night along with 30,000 Belfast citizens enjoying the new quarter. Long may it grow and continue.

MY CQ:David Holmes In the first of a series of personal guides, the Belfast-born DJ, producer anc composer gives us a tour of his favourite parts of the Cathedral Quarter. David has recently produced and scored Good Vibrations, a chronicle of Terri Hooley’s life and the punk scene of 1970s Belfast, to be released in March of this year.

Before & After: Long Lane was redeveloped as public and performance space, Writer’s Square

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MONDAY 28 JANUARY

THEATRE 50 Shades of Red, White and BlueDownstairs at The MAC10 Exchange St. West BT1 2NJ£22/£22/£9.50, 7.45pm, themaclive.com

TUESDAY 29 JANUARY

FILMFilm Devour Short Film FestivalThe Black Box18-22 Hill Street BT1 2LA£4, 7pm, filmdevour.co.uk

WEDNESDAY 30 JANUARY

WORDS & IDEASTenx9The Green Room @ The Black Box18-22 Hill Street BT1 2LAFree, 12pm, filmdevour.co.uk

THURSDAY 31 JANUARY

WORDS & IDEAS Bookshop Talk: X Marks the Bokship Belfast Exposed23 Donegall Street BT1 2FF Free, 6pm, belfastexposed.org

MUSICMéabh O’Hare, Pauline Scanlon, Noriana Kennedy & Colm Ó CaoimhBlack Box, 18-22 Hill Street BT1 2LA £7.50 advance, 7.30pm, openhousefestival.com

WORDS & IDEAS David Meade: Mind ReaderDownstairs at The MAC10 Exchange St. West BT1 2NJ£20, 7.45pm, themaclive.com

MUSICChicks with PicksThe Green Room @ The Black Box18-22 Hill Street BT1 2LA Free, 8pm, blackboxbelfast.com

FRIDAY 1 FEBRUARY

MUSICThe Old Tire Swingers / Das Vibic Sexy TimeThe Green Room @ The Black Box18-22 Hill Street BT1 2LAFree, 7pm, openhousefestival.com

Celtic SoulThe Black Box18-22 Hill Street BT1 2LA£10, 8pm, celtic-soul.com

WORDS & IDEAS David Meade: Mind ReaderDownstairs at The MAC10 Exchange St. West BT1 2NJ£20, 7.45pm, themaclive.com

SATURDAY 2 FEBRUARY

WORDS & IDEAS David Meade: Mind ReaderDownstairs at The MAC10 Exchange St. West BT1 2NJ£20, 7.45pm, themaclive.com

MUSIC Mártin CáloThe Green Room @ The Black Box18-22 Hill Street BT1 2LAFree, 8pm, blackboxbelfast.com

Simon McBrideThe Black Box, 18-22 Hill Street BT1 2LA£12, 8pm, blackboxbelfast.com

Dimebag DJs Present DJ Kormac Oh Yeah Music Centre15-21 Gordon Street BT1 2LG£10, 9pm, ohyeahbelfast.com

SUNDAY 3 FEBRUARY

MUSIC We Banjo 3 + Emma SweeneyBlack Box, 18-22 Hill Street BT1 2LA£13.50 advance / £15, 2pm (All ages) openhousefestival.com

Sara WatkinsBlack Box, 18-22 Hill Street BT1 2LA £12 advance / £14.50, 7.30pm openhousefestival.com

THURSDAY 7 FEBRUARY

VISUAL ARTLate Night ArtVarious venues open until 9pmSee belfastgalleries.com for full details

MUSIC Getting to Know You... Oh Yeah Music Centre15-21 Gordon Street BT1 2LGFree, 7.30pm, ohyeahbelfast.com

Declan SinnottThe Black Box, 18-22 Hill Street BT1 2LA£15, 8pm, blackboxbelfast.com

DANCEManifestoDownstairs at The MAC10 Exchange St. West BT1 2NJ£22/£12/£9.50, 7.45pm, themaclive.com

FRIDAY 8 FEBRUARY

MUSICDas Vibic Sexy TimeThe Green Room @ The Black Box18-22 Hill Street BT1 2LAFree, 7pm, blackboxbelfast.com

Petunia & The VipersUpstairs at The MAC10 Exchange St. West BT1 2NJ£10, 8pm, themaclive.com

Joby Fox & FriendsThe Black Box, 18-22 Hill Street BT1 2LA£8.50, 8pm, blackboxbelfast.com

SATURDAY 9 FEBRUARY

MUSIC Illegals featuring Niamh KavanaghDownstairs at The MAC10 Exchange St. West BT1 2NJ£15, 7.45pm, themaclive.com

Big Beat from Badsvillle: Cramps Tribute NightThe Black Box, 18-22 Hill Street BT1 2LA£5, 8.30pm, blackboxbelfast.com

SUNDAY 10 FEBRUARY

MUSIC Dan DeaconThe Black Box, 18-22 Hill Street BT1 2LA£10, 8pm, blackboxbelfast.com

TUESDAY 12 FEBRUARY

MUSIC The Black BallThe Merchant Hotel16 Skipper Street, BT1 2DZ£20, 7pm, blackboxbelfast.com

I’m Big J and you are Little JThe Green Room @ The Black Box18-22 Hill Street BT1 2LA£10, 8pm, blackboxbelfast.com

WEDNESDAY 13 FEBRUARY

MAGICMid-Week Magic Club 1st BirthdayThe Green Room @ The Black Box18-22 Hill Street BT1 2LA£4, 7.30pm, blackboxbelfast.com

COMEDY Simon Munnery: Fylm-MakkerThe Black Box, 18-22 Hill Street BT1 2LA£11, 8pm, blackboxbelfast.com

THURSDAY 14 FEBRUARY

MUSIC Admiral Fallow + special guestsBlack Box, 18-22 Hill Street BT1 2LA£7.50 advance / £10, 7.30pmopenhousefestival.com

FRIDAY 15 FEBRUARY

MUSIC Andrew LawrenceBlack Box, 18-22 Hill Street BT1 2LA£12, 8pm, blackboxbelfast.com

Das Vibic Sexy TimeThe Green Room @ The Black Box18-22 Hill Street BT1 2LAFree, 8pm, blackboxbelfast.com

SATURDAY 16 FEBRUARY

MUSIC Jody Has A Hitlist Oh Yeah Music Centre15-21 Gordon Street BT1 2LG£11.50, 6pm, ohyeahbelfast.com

FILM, MUSIC13 Most Beautiful...Downstairs at The MAC10 Exchange St. West BT1 2NJ£22/12/9.50, 7.45pm, themaclive.com

TUESDAY 19 FEBRUARY

THEATREPlanet BelfastUpstairs at The MAC10 Exchange St. West BT1 2NJ£12, 8pm, themaclive.com

WEDNESDAY 20 FEBRUARY

THEATREPlanet BelfastUpstairs at The MAC10 Exchange St. West BT1 2NJ£12, 8pm, themaclive.com

MUSICWonder FrogThe Green Room @ The Black Box18-22 Hill Street BT1 2LA£5, 8pm, blackboxbelfast.com

THURSDAY 21 FEBRUARYMUSICHenry Priestman, Rae Morris, Jarrod DickensonThe Black Box, 18-22 Hill Street BT1 2LA£6, 6pm, belfastnashville.com

Karima FrancisThe Black Box, 18-22 Hill Street BT1 2LA£8, 9pm, belfastnashville.com

FRIDAY 22 FEBRUARY

MUSICBrett James, Chris Young, John FarryThe Black Box, 18-22 Hill Street BT1 2LA£12, 6pm, belfastnashville.com

Kristian Bush, Bob DiPiero, Gary QuinnThe Black Box, 18-22 Hill Street BT1 2LA£12, 9pm, belfastnashville.com

THEATREPlanet BelfastUpstairs at The MAC10 Exchange St. West BT1 2NJ£12, 8pm, themaclive.com

SATURDAY 23 FEBRUARY

MUSICJohn SpillaneThe Black Box, 18-22 Hill Street BT1 2LA£10, 6pm, belfastnashville.com

Otis GibbThe Black Box, 18-22 Hill Street BT1 2LA£10, 9.15pm, belfastnashville.com

THEATREPlanet BelfastUpstairs at The MAC10 Exchange St. West BT1 2NJ£12, 8pm, themaclive.com

WHAT’S ONCQ EVENTS GUIDE 28 JAN - 23 FEB 2013

EXHIBITIONS

Late Night Art: 7 FebGalleries open until 9pm

YGGDRASIL7 - 26 JanPS², 18 Donegall Street BT1 2GPpssquared.org

Taking Home with You10 Jan - 20 FebBelfast Print Workshop GalleryCotton Court, 30-42 Waring Street BT1 2EDbpw.org.uk

A Natural Order18 Jan - 8 MarBelfast Exposed23 Donegall Street BT1 2FF belfastexposed.org

Love Craft4 - 18 FebCraft NI GalleryCotton Court, 30-42 Waring Street BT1 2EDcraftni.org

Andy Warhol at the MAC8 Feb - 28 AprThe MAC, 10 Exchange St. West BT1 2NJthemaclive.com

WEEKLY EVENTS

MONDAYSLive Jazz @ Bert’s Jazz BarFree, 9pm, themerchanthotel.com

Open Mic at The John HewittFree, 9.30pm, thejohnhewitt.com

Monopollie @ Ollie’s Nightclub£3, 10pm, olliesclub.com

TUESDAYSBrogue at The John HewittFree, 8pm, thejohnhewitt.com

Live Jazz @ Bert’s Jazz BarFree, 9pm, themerchanthotel.com

WEDNESDAYSTraditional Session @ McHughsFree, 7pm, mchughsbar.com

Live Jazz @ Bert’s Jazz BarFree, 9pm, themerchanthotel.com

THURSDAYSOllie’s Rocks @ Ollie’s Nightclub£5, 9pm, olliesclub.com

Live Jazz @ Bert’s Jazz BarFree, 9pm, themerchanthotel.com

Sweet Trev & The Blue Notes The John HewittFree, 9.30pm, thejohnhewitt.com

FRIDAYSTraditional Session @ Whites TavernFree, 7pm, whitestavern.co.uk

The Panama Jazz Band at The John HewittFree, 8.30pm, thejohnhewitt.com

Live Jazz @ Bert’s Jazz BarFree, 9pm, themerchanthotel.com

The Golden Years @ The Duke of York£5, 9pm

Lipstick @ Ollie’s Nightclub£5, 10pm, olliesclub.com

SATURDAYSThe BIG John Hewitt Early Session Free, 5.30pm, thejohnhewitt.com

Traditional Session @ Whites TavernFree, 8pm, whitestavern.co.uk

Bert’s After Hours @ Bert’s Jazz BarFree, 9pm, themerchanthotel.com

Secret Society @ Ollie’s Nightclub£10, 9pm, olliesclub.com

Club Eclectic @ The Duke of York£5, 9pm

Radio K @ McHughs£5, 10pm, mchughsbar.com

SUNDAYSLive Jazz @ Bert’s Jazz BarFree, 12pm & 9pmthemerchanthotel.com

Traditional Session @ Whites TavernFree, 6pm, whitestavern.co.uk

FREE LISTINGS!Quarter Beat offers listings free of charge to all venues, arts organisations and businesses within the Cathedral Quarter. Please send your monthly events to news@cqtrust.org

NOW BOOKINGBelfast Children’s Festival8 - 15 Marchbelfastchildrensfestival.com

9th Belfast Nashville Songwriters Festival20 - 24 Februarybelfastnashville.com

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