LIÚ LÚNASA | 'Are You On The Bus?'

Essay Reading with DHÓNAL MAC GIOLLA CHÓILL

Ledger Studio, University of Atypical, 109-113 Royal Avenue BT1 1FF

"ARE YOU ON THE BUS? is a ground-breaking collaboration between some of Belfast’s most inventive arts companies and artists, culminating at the 18^th Outburst Queer Arts Festival in November 2024 to bring us the city’s most ambitious and daring queer arts project to date.

Outburst is excited to partner with the Irish language festival Liú Lúnasa to kick off our first event in Are You On the Bus?, our Belfast 2024 project in partnership with Kabosh and Paperxclips

TAILS OF THE CITY is a series of essays by queer writers and thinkers based in Belfast and beyond, that explores queer experiences of The City and urban life from different perspectives. We’ll be releasing four of these specially commissioned booklets between now and the festival in November.

Our first booklet is Faiteach – Aiteach (Shy – Queer) and will be launched at this special Outburst Salon event looking at the connections between queer experience and Irish language.

Are You on The Bus? is more than an art project. As the journey unfolds, it invites participants to consider not only where we've been but, more importantly, where we’re heading collectively. It will be a profound exploration of who we are and what is needed to truly make Belfast a city of promise and possibility for all.

This project is supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, thanks to National Lottery players and is part of Our Future Heritage portfolio of projects which help us all enjoy and understand Belfast's heritage."