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Thursday 19 November in Belfast

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Thursday 19 November 38 listings

17:00

Children's Games

Holywood Library · Holywood · Games & social
Come and play some family friendly games. Suitable for children aged 4-9 years; children must be accompanied by an adult. Every Thursday from 5:00pm - 6:00pm. Every Saturday from 11:00am - 1:00pm. Everyone welcome.
for children aged 4-9 years; Children require an accompanying adultVenue listing
17:45

Fjord

Queen's Film Theatre · South Belfast · Film
This searching, Palme d’Or-winning moral dilemma pits preaching conservative Christian parents against a holier-than-thou liberal system. An evangelical family move to a small Norwegian town. Their seemingly placid adjustment is shattered when suspicions around their children’s wellbeing place the parents under severe scrutiny. Cristian Mungiu ( 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days ) masterfully crafts an ambivalent social drama that raises fundamental questions and avoids easy answers, asking us to ponder how unbiased our own sense of empathy is.
15; English subtitlesTickets & info
18:00

GIANT - The Play

Queen's Film Theatre · South Belfast · Film
GIANT , the 5-star critically acclaimed play starring John Lithgow ( The Crown ) as Roald Dahl, comes to the big screen. Winner of 3 Olivier Awards including Best Play and a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play (John Lithgow), the production was filmed live in London’s West End ahead of its sold-out Broadway run. The stellar cast includes Aya Cash ( The Boys ), Elliot Levey ( Cold War ) and Rachael Stirling ( The Divine Mrs S ). A world-famous children’s author under threat. A battle of wills in the wake of scandal. And one chance to make amends... It’s the summer of 1983, The Witches is about to hit the shelves and Roald Dahl is making last-minute edits. But the outcry at his recent, explicitly antisemitic article won’t die down. Across a single afternoon at his family home, and rocked by an unexpectedly explosive confrontation, Dahl is forced to choose: make a public apology or risk his name and reputation. Inspired by real events, GIANT explores with dark humour the difference between considered opinion and dangerous rhetoric offering a complicated portrait of a fiendishly charismatic icon. GIANT - The Play contains sequences of flashing lights which might affect customers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
15Tickets & info
19:00

Motown Christmas Party Night

Cabaret Supper Club · Theatre & dance · Food & drink
Get ready to trade silent nights for soul-filled nights. This is Christmas turned all the way up. Step into a high-energy Motown Christmas Party Night where timeless soul, funk and Motown anthems meet festive celebration. From the first note to the final encore, SoulTown Collective delivers a powerhouse live show packed with the songs everyone knows and nobody can sit still to. Perfect for office parties, friends’ nights out, and festive get-togethers – this is not a background-music dinner. It’s a full Christmas night out experience. Expect: • A live Motown & Soul show that fills the dancefloor • A festive main course included in your ticket • Big vocals, big band energy, and wall-to-wall classics • A party atmosphere from arrival to last orders • A room full of people who came to celebrate — not sit quietly You’ll hear the hits that defined generations — the songs that get every table singing and every seat empty once the beat drops. Why this night sells out every year: Because it’s not just a meal and a show — it’s a Christmas party with a soundtrack everyone loves. No awkward silences. No flat moments. Just pure feel-good energy. Ideal for: • Staff Christmas parties • Client entertainment • Friends’ festive nights out • Anyone who wants their Christmas night out to actually feel like a party Tickets are limited and prime Christmas dates always go first. Once tables are gone, they’re gone. £49.50 per person – Main Course Dinner + Live Motown Show Book early. Bring your best people. Expect a standing ovation kind of night.
£49.50Tickets & info
19:00

The Rugby Pod Live

Waterfront Hall · Sport
The world’s biggest rugby podcast The Rugby Pod Live is coming to Waterfront Hall on 19 November 2026! The Rugby Pod brings its hugely popular live show to the stage, delivering everything fans love from the podcast, unfiltered opinions, big-name guests, behind-the-scenes stories and proper rugby chat. Hosts and former internationals Jim Hamilton, Andy Goode will be joined by special guests John Smit, former Springbok and World Cup winning Captain, Ireland and Ulster legends Stephen Ferris and Ian Madigan. The show will blend elite-level insight with humour, storytelling and crowd. Expect analysis, untold dressing room stories, audience Q&A and special guest appearances, all delivered in a format that feels more like a packed pub than a traditional stage show. With a global audience of more than 20 million monthly listeners and fans across more than 50 countries, The Rugby Pod has become a defining voice in the sport, known for its honesty, humour and access to some of the biggest names in rugby. This Belfast show will bring that same energy to a live audience, louder, rawer and completely unscripted. The Rugby Pod is widely regarded as the #1 rugby podcast in the world , combining expert analysis with irreverent humour and top-tier guests from across the game. Each week, the hosts break down the biggest stories in rugby, from Six Nations drama to Premiership battles and global talking points, alongside interviews with current and former internationals. The live show takes this format and amplifies it - giving fans direct access to the personalities, opinions and stories that have built one of the most engaged audiences in sport. The most listened to rugby podcast in the world… with humour, opinions and the best interviews from the game. Sports Podcast of the Year – Beat Rugby Podcast Ranked #1 rugby podcast globally across major platforms More than 20 million monthly audience reach across audio and video
£30Tickets & info
19:00

Why Am I Like This?

The Black Box · City centre · Theatre & dance · LGBTQ+ · Outburst Festival
The gays are absolutely everywhere. Through millenia of evolution, homosexuality has prevailed and gay babies continue to be born. But why? And even more importantly: how? Hester Ectomy is NOT a scientist. He’s a comedian with a Wikipedia account. And he wants answers. Developed through Outburst’s Brewing programme in 2025, this new full version of Why am I like this? unpacks the abundance of niche and outlandish theories around the science of what makes us queer. Born of boredom, self-indulgent curiosity and questionable research methodologies, Hester invites you on a journey of gay twins, gender identity clinics and horny elephants, in an interactive TED Talk that will probably leave you with far more questions than you came in with. Make sure your phone is charged and log on to the Black Box wifi to join in Hester’s audience opinion polls, as we ask: does your biology decide who you are, or do you? 18+ 18+
£12–15Tickets & info
19:30

ARBORIST Presented By Moving On Music

The Belfast Empire Music Hall · South Belfast · Music
Love ( or its absence ) dominates the intimate songs on the new album from ARBORIST – the musical outlet of Belfast’s Mark McCambridge. With ‘Looking For Love’, we find protagonists scouring the dark corners of his home city, wiling-away afternoons in seedy clubs, wandering the streets in all weather, and reflecting on the harsh reality of the modern world, all in search of an elusive love. We need for it now more than ever. It is ARBORIST’s 4th LP and the first self-produced by McCambridge, largely from his home studio in Belfast. That level of involvement doesn’t go unnoticed, and at times it feels like we are right there in the room with him. These quiet hours are clearly where McCambridge feels most at ease – after all, this is a singer Bill Drummond described as writing songs “riven with more loss than any record since Leonard Cohen quit this world”, who Kim Deal chose to sing in beautiful, intertwined harmony with on debut single Twisted Arrow, and who Matthew E White and his Spacebomb band collaborated with to such astonishing effect on the previous Arborist LP ‘An Endless Sequence of Dead Zeros’. Spacebomb’s resident bassist Cameron Ralston (Bonnie Light Horseman, Hiss Golden Messenger) again features throughout ‘Looking For Love’, alongside Eamon Ferris (The Waterboys) on drums and Ben McAuley (Van Morrison) engineering. It calls to mind albums such as Songs Ohia’s Magnolia Electric Co., The Divine Comedy’s Regeneration, The Blue Nile’s Hats and Wilco’s Ode to Joy, as well as early-70s records from John Cale, John Lennon and Bill Fay. In an increasingly noisy world, full of revision, bumph, and sham, it’s important to recognise greatness in the moment – why wait? Mark McCambridge is one of our very best, and each release cements that reputation further. We are delighted to welcome Arborist back to The Empire Music Hall for the Belfast launch of ‘Looking For Love’. Chances are, you’ll find it here.
£17.50Tickets & info
19:30

DYLAN LEBLANC

The Deer's Head · City centre · Music
Single Lock Records marks the 10th anniversary of Dylan LeBlanc’s critically acclaimed third album, Cautionary Tale, with a limited pressing of yellow vinyl. After suffering the ups and downs of his young music career, LeBlanc had begun to spiral, slipping into a blur of booze and self-doubt. He returned home to Muscle Shoals lick his wounds and crafted his third album,with producers Ben Tanner (Alabama Shakes) and John Paul White (the Civil Wars) at the helm. “This record is about me getting honest with myself,” says Dylan. “I had to let the guilt about the past go and find a new truth within myself. This time, I felt like I really had something to say”. Upon its initial release in 2016, the album garnered critical acclaim: “The third album from the Muscle Shoals singer-songwriter unfolds with the wariness of a social and spiritual outsider who broods his way to graceful defiance.” – NPR **** in MOJO “Shocks with unexpected new ground” **** in Q “ a great stride forward, a real sense of splendour and ambition” 8/10 in UNCUT “A finely crafted exercise in country-soul classicism”
£20Tickets & info
19:30

The Music Of Fleetwood Mac By Candlelight

Ulster Hall · Music
The Music of Fleetwood Mac by Candlelight returns to Ulster Hall on 19 November 2026, for a night of classic hits in a beautiful setting. Direct from London's West End and featuring a spectacular cast of West End Singers and epic live band, join us for a landslide concert, jam packed with Fleetwood Mac hits as you have never heard them before! This incredible show will feature best loved songs including Little Lies, The Chain, Rhiannon, Don’t Stop and many more, performed at the beautiful Ulster Hall, by candlelight. So, Go Your Own Way , release your inner Gypsy and book your tickets now as this really is the concert of Dreams!
£40Tickets & info
20:00

BIG AUL POINTS QUIZ: The Hunger Games

The Points ( Upstairs ) · Quizzes
The Hunger Games Big Aul Quiz 🏹🔥 Calling all Hunger Games super-fans! Get ready for the ultimate night of trivia, iconic moments, districts, tributes, characters, alliances and everything in between. Join us at The Points for a quiz dedicated to the world of Panem, Katniss, Peeta, Haymitch and the rest of the gang. Whether you're Team District 12, know your way around the Capitol or reckon you could survive the arena, it's time to put your knowledge to the test. 🏹 📍 The Points, Belfast 📅 Thursday 19th November 🧠 The Hunger Games + General Knowledge 🏆 Prizes to be won Gather your district, pick your tributes and get ready to enter the arena. May the odds be ever in your favour! 🔥
£518+Tickets & info
20:45

Primetime

Queen's Film Theatre · South Belfast · Film
Robert Pattinson continues his run of astonishing 2026 performances as he portrays the To Catch a Predator presenter Chris Hansen in this vivid and propulsive drama. It’s 2006 and despite its unconventional methods, To Catch a Predator is a US TV hit. When executives decide to move the show to a primetime slot, Hansen and his production team must up the ante to keep their audience, no matter the cost. Merritt Wever and Skyler Gisondo also impress in this absorbing narrative feature debut from documentary filmmaker Lance Oppenheim ( You Can See Everything ).
15Tickets & info
21:00

Ken Russell's The Devils

Queen's Film Theatre · South Belfast · Film
Censored for more than half a century, Ken Russell’s visionary masterpiece returns to the big screen fully restored in 4K and cut to Russell’s direction - the first publicly released version of the film as intended by the filmmaker. An enduring masterpiece of cinema starring Oliver Reed and Vanessa Redgrave, Ken Russell’s The Devils is a prescient epic of obsession and corruption, and a defining work of art from a seminal filmmaker. Inspired by the true story of 17th-century priest Urbain Grandier, accused of bewitching a convent of nuns, the film lays bare the collusion of church and state through a searing vision of religious persecution, collective hysteria and institutional corruption. Unveiled at the 79th Cannes Film Festival, the definitive version arrives 55 years after the film’s original release. In addition to powerhouse performances from Reed and Redgrave, Ken Russell’s The Devils showcases the stunning work of artists at the peak of their craft. Warning: The linked trailer contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
18Tickets & info