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Inspirational adventures in drumming, dance, youth performance and all carnival arts. To book performers or plan an event, call 028 9043 4767.

Beat Carnival is a safe space for fantastic ideas, arts activities and the carnival community. Beat produces spectacular, participative Carnival Arts in ways that leave a legacy of creative skills, collaboration and celebration in our communities. Projects beneficially engage the imagination of a broad range of audience from all sections of the community. Beat produces events that underline carnival’s place on the creative landscape.

04/06/2026

Beatndrum Samba Band are heading to Limavegas this July for the first time 🙌

If you have been to Stendhal Festival before you will know what an inclusive, fun festival it is; right up our street!

Stendhal is NI's longest running independent outdoor music and arts festival, and this will be its 16th year. There are weekend camping and day tickets available and its family-friendly.

Find out more here: https://www.stendhalfestival.com/

02/06/2026

It's that time of year again - registration for our annual Arts Summer Scheme is now open 🔅

Taking place from 10th–14th August, we’re inviting young people to step into their imaginations and build a world of their own. Through creative workshops, games, music, designing and storytelling, participants will dream up new places, characters, creatures and ideas, bringing them to life through carnival arts.

This is a great opportunity for young people to get creative, try new things and make new friends in a relaxed and fun environment.

Activities are FREE thanks to funding from The National Lottery Community Fund Northern Ireland but we do require a £20 cash, refundable deposit per family.

Register by completing this form: https://bit.ly/summerscheme2026

For more info:
📩 [email protected]
📞 028 9043 4767

29/05/2026

We love welcoming visitors to Beat Carnival Centre 💙

This week we hosted Councillor Carl Whyte & Sabine Kalke from Belfast City Council. Following a visit to our friends at Circusful they, along with Circusful CEO Paddy Anderson, joined us for a tour around the centre and we got the opportunity to tell them about our work and future plans.

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28/05/2026

Belfast Pride Workshops 🌈

There is still time to register for our free Belfast Pride Workshops taking place next week.

For this year's parade we will create a colourful float based on the theme of 'Love in Every Colour'. We're looking for people from all backgrounds aged 18+ who would like to take part in the parade with us.

Join our relaxed, free workshops where you can share stories, have a bit of craic, and help bring our carnival float to life through writing, costume, design, walking or performance.

📍Beat Carnival Centre, 11-47 Boyd Street, Belfast
📆 Monday 1st & Wednesday 3rd June, 6pm-8pm (attend one or both)
✏️ Sign-up here: https://bit.ly/prideworkshops

[Image description: Love in Every Colour logo and the Belfast Pride Festival logo feature on a pink background. In the centre 'Pride Workshops' is written in purple. In the bottom right corner is a graphic of a rainbow float on wheels]

26/05/2026

One Week To Go - Coastal Carnival Band Workshops 🌊🥁

Starting next Tuesday we will be delivering FREE Coastal Carnival Band Workshops over 5 weeks at Portaferry Market House. It's open to all ages and no experience is required.

If YOU fancy trying something new, meeting new people and having the craic, come join us!

Book your space here: https://bit.ly/coastalcarnivalband

With thanks to Culture - Ards and North Down

[Image description: Six performers wearing black and red striped t-shirts are playing music outdoors using various percussion instruments

19/05/2026

One of our fabulous young people, Charlie Yates, is producing a play 🙌🏻

‘Borrowed Time’, an original play, is a q***r romantic comedy centred around a thief, a princess, a prince and a betrothing, and will be performed for two nights only in June at by a group of talented young people.

We are incredibly proud of Charlie and are delighted to be able to support this as part of our Future Leaders programme.

Check out on Instagram and Tiktok to find out more.

Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/borrowed-time-tickets-1988636288672

18/05/2026

New Board Members 👋

We are excited to have Emma Ewing and Keith Millar join the Beat Carnival board, bringing with them a wealth of experience and expertise.

Emma is a Belfast-based solicitor working for Millar McCall Wylie. She works in the firm’s corporate team where she assists with mergers and acquisitions, commercial contracts, and supports clients on a range of corporate transactions. Emma has joined us from the Arts & Business Board Match programme.

Keith is a music industry & engagement professional with experience across artist support, live events and stakeholder development. After ten years with Help Musicians, he is currently Relationship Director at Exile Productions and has a long-standing role with Stendhal Festival. He brings a collaborative, artist-focused approach to community arts development.

Pictured l-R: Stef Savage-Campbell (Chairperson), Keith Millar, Emma Ewing and Andrew Loretto (Artistic Director-Chief Executive)

[Image description: Four people smile for a photograph standing in front of a large drum decorated with celtic symbols and the words 'Beat']

17/05/2026

It’s been a whole year since we held the finale event for Beach of Dreams~ Our Siren Song, the community arts programme we delivered across the Ards Peninsula 🌊

12/05/2026

Would you like to be part of this year's Belfast Pride parade? 🌈

We are working with Belfast Pride to create a colourful float to head up this year's parade on Saturday 25th July. The float will reflect Belfast Pride's 35th birthday theme of 'Love in Every Colour'.

We're looking for people from all backgrounds aged 18+ who would like to take part in the parade with us. Join our relaxed, free workshops where you can share stories, have a bit of craic, and help bring our carnival float to life through writing, costume, design, walking or performance.

📍Beat Carnival Centre, 11-47 Boyd Street, Belfast
📆 Monday 1st & Wednesday 3rd June, 6pm-8pm (attend one or both)
✏️ Sign-up here: https://bit.ly/prideworkshops

[Image description: Love in Every Colour logo and the Belfast Pride Festival logo feature on a pink background. In the centre 'Pride Workshops' is written in purple. In the bottom right corner is a graphic of a rainbow float on wheels]

11/05/2026

Meet Amy, Beat's new Youth and Community Arts Co-ordinator 👋

Amy is a maker, puppeteer and facilitator in the outdoor arts world. She has a degree in costume design and training in clown, street performance and puppeteering. From Donegal, she has recently moved to Belfast and is very excited about it!

Amy’s work is playful and collaborative and she particularly enjoys the buzz of performing and creating art that communities can actively participate in.

Welcome to the team Amy 💙

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11-47 Boyd Street
Belfast
BT132GU

Website

http://www.beatcarnival.com/

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