Cathedral Quarter North
Also in St. Anne's Square the Skyway Club returned with another fantastic interactive photography exhibition It's Just Art, For Funs Sake!
Cathedral Quarter South
Also as you made your way to other Culture Night venues you could pass through Donegal Street to see Star Wars Uncut - a screening of a special fan remake by over 473 different film makers. And on Waring Street was the ever popular Pigeon and Plum's Pop-Up Penny Panopticon - unfortunately Pastie Bap turned up too late for this event and the venue was full to bursting, but from what we've seen of Pigeon and Plum before this was sure to be a highlight of CNB12.
Garfield Street was buzzing with people as they waited outside the Tivoli Barber Shop to hear NI Opera perform exerpts from 'Sweeney Todd'.
As we learnt on Friday, Culture Night isn't all about what you can see, but also what you can hear and this was particularly prevalent when we saw and heard one of our personal favourites: Wireless Theatre with their on-air radio show: Weird City Radio - which took listeners on a journey through the weird and macabre of Belfast's history.
Also on Rosemary Street was Pro Wrestling Ulster performing a showcase of their best talent in a massive wrestling ring just outside of Fresh Garbage. This showcase featured everything you'd want from Pro Wrestling Ulster, with heels, faces and all of the theatre that you come to expect from a professional wrestling match. This had a great turnout throughout the night!
City Centre
There was also Tony Kaluarachchi playing jazz guitar at The Hudson Bar and free sailing lessons at the Odyssey Pavilion. Another good opportunity for people looking to try something new was at Townhouse Studio Photography where visitors had the opportunity to photograph a model in a professional studio.
West & East Belfast and No Fixed Abode
Many of the events of CNB12 didn't have a set location or actually travelled around the streets of Belfast, such as The Belly Laughs Alternative Bus Tour which took visitors on a tour around the city hosted by some of Belfast's finest stand-up comedians. MilliezRehab also hosted a tea party in their mobile disco in the Cathedral area throughout the night. Nuff Inc. were also on hand to draw caricatures of the night's visitors.
It's safe to say that Culture Night Belfast 2012 was a massive success, and hopefully as the years pass, the events will only get bigger and better and we look forward to seeing what the future brings.
Who wrote this...?
I'm 20 years old, studying Journalism with Photo-Imaging at the University of Ulster Coleraine Campus. I have an undying love for Belfast and all that it has to offer, an undying love for sleeping, trashy tv shows, foreign snack-foods and being irresponsible with money. I also quite like reading, hip-hop, dub step, anything acoustic and Food Network TV.