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AS USUAL, the Duncairn Arts Centre has put together an extraordinary line-up of folk, trad and roots artists for a fabulous series of gigs over six weeks, starting tomorrow night.

BELFAST'S Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival is upon us once again, bringing with it another fine crop of old favourites and up and coming music acts for our consideration in this its 20th year of existence.

Today Dr Feelgood – The Black Box, Belfast Petty Youth, Bloody Apes, Horse Tablet – Bar Sub, QUBSU, Belfast Joshua Burnside – The Empire, Belfast Ferals, Valium – Oh Yeah, Belfast Rival Consoles, Ryan Vail, Elma Orkestra – Echo Echo Dance, Derry Saturday June 30 Eric Prydz etc – Belsonic, Ormeau Park, Belfast Interrogate, Ketos – The Limelight, Belfast, 5pm Bailer, Death of a Salesman, Donum Dei etc – Foundry, Belfast Strung – Duncairn Arts Centre, Belfast Pat McManus Band, Willie Byrne Band, Blackwood – 10th Annual Rory Gallagher Day, The Black Box, Belfast Aaron Keylock – Green Room, The Black Box, Belfast Legowelt etc – The Bunatee, QUBSU, Belfast Ulster Orchestra & Phil Kieran – The Glassworks, Derry Hunkpapa, Petty Youth, Beauty Sleep etc – Our Back Yard Festival, 67 Plantation Road, Craigavon Sunday July 1 Colm McIntyre & The Slipstream Band, Lonesome George, Dove etc – Foundry, Belfast Monday July 2 Tremonti – The Limelight, Belfast Tuesday July 3 Sons of Apollo – The Limelight, Belfast Alice Signal Fires, James Downey, Darren Doherty & The Heathen Choir – The Sunflower, Belfast Wednesday July 4 Myles Kennedy & Co, Dorian Sorriaux – The Limelight, Belfast Blumehaus, SX-70, The Virtual Earth Inverters etc – Voodoo, Belfast Thursday July 5 Maya Goldblum, Gemma Bradley, Blackcat etc – BarZu, Derry Friday July 6 The The – Mandela Hall, QUBSU, Belfast Strangle Wire, Senzar, No Great Loss etc – Voodoo, Belfast The Divils, The Vibes, The Skallions etc – Live Injection Ska Festival, Oh Yeah, Belfast Stu Daly (Chewing On Tinfoil), Guihelm, Fox Colony etc – The Sunflower, Belfast Leon Vynehall – The Black Box, Belfast Surf Green, Sit Tight, Hit The B Button etc – McHugh's, Belfast Thursday July 12 No Spill Blood, Slomatics, Wild Rocket etc – Curfew Festival, Voodoo, Belfast Thrash Hat, Junk Drawer, Catalan etc – Curfew Festival, The Black Box, Belfast Friday July 13 Doyle (ex-Misfits) – Voodoo, Belfast Tuesday July 17 Les Pantalons, Michael D Wynn, A Standard Model – The Sunflower, Belfast Thursday July 19 Ghost Office, Hot Cops (Carl solo), Shrug Life etc – A Litany Of Failures, Jaja Studios, Belfast .

Today Mandy Bingham & Graham Bingham – American Bar, Belfast Joshua Burnside – Strand Arts Centre, Belfast Little Hours – The Limelight 2, Belfast Lisa Canny, Larks, Reevah – The Empire, Belfast Hit The B Button, Romeo Indigo Romeo, Public House – The Pavilion, Belfast Anthony Toner – EastSide Visitor Centre, Belfast Myles Manley, Neptune M – Bennigan's, Derry Purple Disco Machine – Nerve Centre, Derry Malojian – Ranfurly House, Dungannon Brand New Friend – Kiwi's, Portrush Saturday April 28 The Alarm – The Limelight 2, Belfast Brand New Friend, Hunkpapa, Hot Cops – The Black Box, Belfast LemonCello – No Alibis, Belfast Bruno Major – The Empire, Belfast Saint Sister – Duncairn Arts Centre, Belfast Tethers, Mosa, Search Party etc – Foundry, Belfast Blackwater Conspiracy – The Atlantic, Portrush Martin Rafferty & The Northern City Lights – Northern Bar, Armagh Monday April 30 The Obsessed – Bar Sub, QUBSU, Belfast Of Mice & Men, Wage War, Sylar – Mandela Hall, QUBSU, Belfast Wednesday May 2 Alpha Male Tea Party, Bosco Ramos, Bicurious etc – The Empire, Belfast Dani, Hex Hue, Peter J McCauley – The Accidental Theatre Book Bar, Shaftsbury Square, Belfast Tom Harte, Martin Connon – The Sunflower, Belfast Rosborough – Sandino's, Derry Thursday May 3 The London African Gospel Choir perform Graceland – CQAF Marquee, Belfast Seamus Fogarty, Arborist – McHugh's, Belfast Barrence Whitfield & The Savages – The Black Box, Belfast Sarah McQuaid – The Sunflower, Belfast Mosmo Strange, Munky, Part Time Pilots – The Empire, Belfast Roseborough – Duke of York, Belfast Mares of Diomedes, Nomadic Rituals, Wardomized etc – Warzone Centre Belfast Snowpoet – Bennigans, Derry Friday May 4 Ryan McMullan – The Mandela Hall, QUBSU, Belfast Scooter – Telegraph Building, Belfast Asian Dub Foundation – La Haine live soundtrack, The Black Box, Belfast The Go! Team, The Correspondents – CQAF Marquee, Belfast Oh Pep! – The Sunflower, Belfast Kaz Hawkins & Sam York – The Playhouse, Derry Mary Gauthier – Flowerfield Arts Centre, Portstewart Albert Lee – Market Place Theatre, Armagh Saturday May 5 Peggy Seeger book talk – The Black Box, Belfast, 2pm Peter Perrett – The Black Box, Belfast, 8pm .

BELFAST'S annual Output festival returns on February 8 for a day of music-themed seminars, panels and keynote speeches at Belfast's MAC followed by a selection of free live local showcase gigs at various city centre venues.

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