The 20th OUTBURST QUEER ARTS FESTIVAL 12 - 21 November 2026

Exhibition: 20 Years of Outburst at the Black Box

Thursday 5 November - Sunday 21 November
Various times
Black Box Green Room

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Festival Commission: Lyónn Wolf DARKROOMS

Thursday 12 November 2026 - Sunday 14 February 2027
The MAC

Unruly Ordinances

Thursday 12 November 2026 - Sunday 14 February 2027
11:00 - 17:30
The MAC

Festival Commission: Reuben Brown

Thursday 12 November 2026 - Sunday 14 February 2027
The MAC

Tenderly Queer: Connections of queer artists in Northern Ireland and Myanmar

Thursday 12 - Saturday 21 November 2026
09:30 - 17:30
Ulster Presents Gallery UU

Salon des Refusées: The First Century of Feminist Cinema, as Seen by Céline Sciamma

13 November 2026
19:00
Ulster University Lecture Theatre 1

We’re In Trouble Again

Friday 13 November
15:00
Sonic Arts Research Centre (SARC)

Selkie – The Wet and Wild Show!

Friday 13 November
21:00
Black Box

Portrait of a Lady on Fire + introduction by Céline Sciamma

Saturday 14 November 2026
17:30
Queen's Film Theatre

Fringe Clinics for Artists

Saturday 14 November 2026
11:00 - 13:00

Artists to the Front: Caring About Queer Creative Futures

Saturday 14 November 2026
13:15
The Ledger Studio

Gulliver in Love

Saturday 14 November
20:00
The MAC

Tomboy + introduction by Céline Sciamma

Saturday 14 November 2026
15:00
Queen's Film Theatre

The Audacity: Workshops

Saturday 14 November & Saturday 21 November
12:00; 14:00
PS2

The Audacity: Sacha Coward – Queer As Folklore

Saturday 14 November
12:00
Paperxclips Bookshop

Lesbian Lines

Sunday 15 November
14:30
QFT

Anecdote As Evidence

Sunday 15 November
12:00
The MAC

Céline Sciamma in conversation with So Mayer + shorts

Sunday 15 November 2026
17:00
Queen's Film Theatre

Catflap #6 LIVE

Sunday 15 November 2026
19:30
Black Box

Sex in Public

Monday 16 November
18:30
The MAC

PUBLIC DOMAIN – IAF Podcast Live

Tuesday 17 November
19:00
Black Box

The House of Atreus

Wednesday 18 November
20:00- 00:00
Sunflower Bar

Edhi Alice: Take

Wednesday 18 November 2026
15:15
QFT

Dry Ground Burning

Thursday 19 November 2026
14:30
QFT

Why Am I Like This?

Thursday 19 November
19:00
Black Box

The Problem With Counting: LGBTQ Lives, Data and the Film & TV Industry

Friday 20 November 2026
14:00
Seamus Heaney Centre (QUB)

Exhibition Tour: David Hoyle on Queer Art

Friday 20 November 2026
18:30
The MAC

No Apologies

Friday 20 November 2026
20:00
Black Box

Amazônia EcoQueer: Cuir Ecologies & Artist Moving Image in the Brazilian Amazon

Saturday 21 November 2026
12:00
The Ledger Studio

Nat Reeve

Saturday 21 November
13:45
Paperxclips Bookshop

Big Talk

Saturday 21 November 2026
15:30
The Ledger Studio

PETITE MAMAN

Saturday 21 November
12:45
QFT

Workshops: Transgressive Sound

Saturday 21 November 2026
11:30 - 15:00
Accidental Theatre

Artistic Interference – Array Collective X David Hoyle Queereoke

Saturday 21 November 2026
20:30
Black Box

The Audacity: Parful Powerpoint Party – Queer Magic, Myth & Monsters

Saturday 21 November
18:00
PS2