Belfast International Festival of Performance Art 2025

The Belfast International Festival of Performance Art is an annual festival, which was established by Brian Connolly in 2013. It evolved out of a series of previous performance art events within the Belfast School of Art. It was established as an independent festival program within the University in 2016.

BIFPA generates new performance artworks by international, national & local artists, along with work created by students and recent graduates of the Fine Art Course.

Thursday 20 February - Live performances
3.30 pm - 7.45 pm - Francis Fay - SHALL WE DANCE - Ledger Studio, Royal Avenue
8.10 pm - 8.15 pm - Shauna Violet - Gravity - Ledger Studio - video premiere screening - 8:10 pm start - link to Video Premiere
8.30 pm - 9.30 pm - Aísling O’Beirn - Look Up (Never Punch Down) - Cathedral Quarter Night Time Walk - meet at the Ledger Studio from 8.20 pm

The festival would not happen without a voluntary organising committee that are dedicated to performance art: Dr Sandra Johnston, Sinéad O'Donnell, Brian Connolly, Thomas Wells, Brain Patterson and Zara Lyness, with administrative support from Bbeyond.

The annual festival has been funded via Arts & Culture Development within the Ulster University.

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