2 Royal Avenue

07/10/2025

🎄✨ Applications Now Open! ✨🎄

We’re thrilled to announce that applications for the Belfast Potter’s Christmas Market are now open! 🏺🎁

Are you a ceramic artist or potter looking to showcase your work in the heart of Belfast this festive season? Join us for a celebration of craftsmanship, creativity, and community — the perfect opportunity to share your handmade pieces with pottery lovers and holiday shoppers alike.

📅 Event Date: Saturday 6th December
📍 Location: 2 Royal Avenue, Belfast
🕯️ Deadline to apply: Tuesday 21st October
👉 Apply now via https://forms.gle/tFjtmqSYB3PR4rSL8

Let’s make this year’s market the most magical one yet! ❤️

19/09/2025

Quick snap before we hit the trenches!
HAPPY CULTURE NIGHT BELFAST Y'ALL!

30/08/2025

Toxic Park launch event today, 30th August, in Belfast city centre at the aptly named No. 2, Royal Avenue. Sign up for your tickets, sink a glass (or two) of fizzy salmonella, and leave with a dead fish in a bag.

Friends of the Earth Northern IrelandSurfers Against SewageFridays For Future - Northern Ireland Extinction Rebellion Ireland The Conservation Volunteers Northern Ireland Ulster Wildlife RSPB Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Marine Task Force Northern Ireland Environment Link Ballinderry Rivers Trustt Northern Ireland Rural Women's Network Sustainable NI Ulster Angling Federation Northern Ireland Federation of Sea Anglers Save Our Sperrins No Gas Caverns Save Our Lagan Friends of the Earth Ireland Progressive Politics NI People Before Profit Circle Line Belfast Captain Paul Watson Foundation UK Flossie And The Beach Cleaners Gweebarra Conservation Group Love Leitrim The Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Ethical Farming Ireland Social Change Initiative Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission Jake O'Kane Oxfam, Ireland

26/05/2025

25/05/2025

24/05/2025

We are very honoured to have been chosen to lead musical theatre workshops today at the Lord Mayors day. It was great to see so many little faces join us. And then our main academy took to the stage to perform. These children make us so proud. What a performance by everyone.

To join the Alfie Boe James Huish Academy of Theatre Arts please email us at [email protected]

Thank you Belfast city council. We were honoured.

22/11/2024

20/11/2024

It's time to meet our wonderful potters!

We have almost 40 potters attending our Christmas market at 2 Royal Avenue Belfast on Friday 6 December 5 - 9 pm and Saturday 7 December 10 - 5 pm bringing a wealth of wonderful ceramic creations to the heart of the city centre. FOLLOW US to meet the returning and new makers over the next few weeks and make a list of all your favourites, then come and meet them at the 2 day market! Shopping local this Christmas couldn't be easier!

We'll be giving away vouchers to spend at the market, inviting you to vote for your favourite pots and potters and offering you the chance to have a play with clay too. You won't want to miss out!

09/11/2024

If you’re a fan of music, film, art or crafts - or want to get into the Christmas spirit - check out some of our event picks in the city this weekend. 👇

🎄Victoria Square’s Christmas launch weekend – Saturday and Sunday, 12pm-4pm – Santa will be in town for Victoria Square’s Christmas light switch-on at 12pm on Saturday and there’ll be festive performers, free face painting and reindeer visits throughout the day! On Sunday, Santa’s Grotto opens, and visitors can also explore the Christmas Fayre.

🎸Sound Of Belfast Festival – with 82 events in 43 venues across the city from 7-17 November, the festival will showcase Belfast’s music talents and its status as a UNESCO City of Music.

📽️Belfast Film Festival – this weekend includes Flow, Hard Truths, King Baby, Housewife of the Year and The Other Way Around at Queen's Film Theatre, Belfast, Ritz Day (a live podcast with Brian Henry Martin) at Black Box, plus The Wise Guy at Cineworld and A Tale of Two Houses by Marta Dyczkowska at Vault Artist Studios.

🎵 2 Royal Avenue - there’ll be a Rock Choir performance (Saturday, 12pm-1pm), Sunday Chess (2pm-5pm), exhibitions including Sense of Self by Frans Gertenbach and Coming Point Exercises by Irmina Rusicka and Kasper Lecnim, plus food and beverages available from Yallaa Café.

🌟CRAFT NI Gallery – this year’s Christmas exhibition ‘Brilliant Generations’ has opened, showcasing the impressive creations of our local designer-makers.

🌸‘I see his blood upon the rose’ exhibition - a major new exhibition opens this weekend at The MAC across all three galleries tracing the history of the flower in art.