The end of January

Now at the end of January you would be forgiven for thinking that there is not much going on in Belfast ?? Just how wrong are you? The Out to Lunch Festival has just finished . Well done to Sean Kelly I think the festival itself is now a staple in the post Christmas blues buster element that keeps us all sane in January n Belfast.I got my mum tickets to see the Elvis impersonator and the place was rocking with civil servants out on their Friday afternoon lunch. I think Flexi time would have to have been taken by a few of them. Last night I went to see CW Stoneking singing the blues. Fantastic event
he looked very 1930's and the lyrics of those blues songs were priceless.........interesting one about squatting on a dildo farm. Say no more.
That boy is going to be a star.

So what about the rest of the week?? well all the Art pixies are out and about in Belfast busy with their new exhibition ready for late night Art on Thursday.Platform Arts,Catalyst, Belfast Print Workshop has a solo exhibition by Brian Magee. Golden Thread has Ben Coroethers curating Dry grass and Shadows. This weekend there is that much on that I would need to be triplets if I wanted to go to everything. It's the wild geese writers festival in Strangford. Beautiful setting lovely people. On the Saturday night there is a recital in the Church at Old Court. Cold but magical some tickets are still left at Kevin Og's in Strangford.

Sunday it's the Fashion Souk at it's new location in the Europa Hotel, Black Box black market is also on as well as the Vintage fair in The Holiday Inn. (Little bit of the vintage wars going on there I think). Some thing worth pointing out is forage. Forage are having an event on this Sunday evening at the black box......it's hard to explain what it is that they are but they are deeply concerned with the enviornment and passing on skills that will help us all survive as the earth resources become more depleted.Mary Hughes arnd her Husband run it and they have so much knowledge to pass on it makes your eyes weep.

I have also been rethinking all my social media and have been rationalising a bit. Can't say what I'm doing yet but there are going to be a few changes going on and hopefully it will make a number of things a bit easier to find out about and get to.................see you around.