FRIDAY 8th MAY 2026
Create and Be Mindful
8th May 2026, 11:00am - 15:00pm
Spectrum Centre, 331-333 Shankill Road Belfast BT13 3AA
Feel free to drop in anytime between 11 and 3pm to our relaxed sociable art session…our facilitators will guide you through a creative art activity whilst enjoying a cuppa and a sweet treat! Our exhibition of work created by Spectrum art class participants entitled “Keeping my Head Right” will be on display for inspiration. No previous experience needed, just book your place in advance and let us know the approximate time you’ll arrive so we can have space at our table, the kettle on and enough buns for everyone.
ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION: The venue is accessible with lift to the floor of the event space and an accessible toilet. Please make us aware of any dietary needs when you book a place.
TICKETS: Free entry, just book your place by emailing sally.young@spectrumcentre.com or ring 02890 504555
Mindful Making
8th May 2026, 11:30am - 13:00pm
Golden Thread Gallery, 23-29 Queen St, Belfast BT1 6EA
Explore community and belonging through art in the Golden Thread Gallery Hub. Join Engagement Assistant Isabel Duffy from 11:30-1pm on Friday 8th and Friday 15th May for some mindful artmaking inspired by the exhibitions on display.
Golden Thread Gallery is a leading Belfast contemporary art gallery, creating opportunities for people to include art in their daily lives as a tool for making life better. They believe that art is for everybody and engage traditionally hard-to-reach audiences through free workshops, educational activities and collaborative community projects. In their new city-centre venue they strive to be a welcoming, accessible destination. Entry to the gallery and all events and activities is free.
ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION: There is level access into the venue and an accessible toilet. Motorised scooters welcome in public parts of the venue. Portable loop hearing assistance system available at the front desk. Ear defenders also available.
TICKETS: Free
Accidental Comedy Club
8th May 2026,
Doors: 19:30 pm, Show 20:00pm
Accidental Theatre, 12-13 Shaftesbury Square, Belfast, BT2 7DB
Welcome to Accidental’s Comedy Club — the monthly meltdown of madness, where the misfits own the mic, the weirdos rule the room, and no topic is too taboo. It’s comedy turned up to eleven, where awkward is a compliment and WTF is part of the charm.
Legends. Lunatics. First-Timers with a Death Wish. Each month, we tear the stage wide open for an unpredictable mix of seasoned comedy assassins, unhinged geniuses, and brave newcomers flinging jokes like Molotov cocktails. You’ll laugh. You’ll wince. You’ll Google things on the way home. And yes — there will be mentions of vaginas, space aliens, relationship trauma, and that one guy who’s always just too into chess.
ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION: There may be loud noises. We over free companion tickets and we have a lift from the ground floor to the Club space that has accessible bathrooms.
TICKETS: £7, £10, £12