Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival takes place across Belfast from May 1st to 11th and some of the names lined up include:
De La Soul, Fuck Buttons, Wild Beasts, Shonen Knife, Rubberbandits, The Selecter, Tinariwen, Marc Mulcahy, Jimi Goodwin (Doves), The Third Policeman and the True Detective-theme song artists The Handsome Family.
Those are the early bird shows and there’s more to be announced so keep an eye out.
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