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Shows sell out as 30,000 tickets are snapped up for Belfast Festival
Friday, 16 October 2009
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Over 30,000 tickets have been sold for this year’s Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s, with many shows already sold out.
Among the performances and events already proving popular with ticket-buyers are the spectacular outdoor version of Macbeth, Who is That Bloodied Man?, which has sold out several performances of its 10 night run.
Other acts which have filled their seats ahead of the festival opening tonight are Noam Chomsky, Michael Mansfield, Colm Tóibín, Tim Minchin, Josh Ritter, Ian Rankin and the Seamus Heaney and Michael Longley words and music celebration.
Festival organisers say there are a handful of tickets left for the Black Dyke Band and Ludovico Einaudi, as well as the fabulous line-up in A Feast of Trad.
“There has been a great response to the programme and I truly believe this is the most exciting festival line-up for years,” said Festival Director Graeme Farrow.
“The best thing about the Festival, though, is that it always holds the prospect of discovery. The real gems are often hidden. Since the programme was released, we’ve also added a pumping concert by Cornershop.”
The Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s runs until October 31. Tickets can be booked at www.belfastfestival.com or by calling the box office on 028 9097 1197.
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I resent the fact that on the first day of Box Office opening, no Tickets were available on the web for the Chomsky lecture. The Tax Payer subsidised 'lovies' appear to have kept all the tickets for themselves.
Posted by Malachy McAnespie | 16.10.09, 10:28 GMT
On the positive side its good to see some celebrated writers included in the line -up but otherwise its fairly mediocre fare. Is Cornershop really the only 'big name' musically the organisers could book.
I note that some of the acts at the waterfront were already scheduled but claimed as part of the festival.
I guess its a sign of the economic times that this festival is going backwards in quality and has been for some time.
Posted by Ron | 16.10.09, 08:37 GMT