As part of this year's digital Out to Lunch Festival (8th-30th January), the Office of the Northern Ireland Executive in Brussels will showcase a selection of artists from Northern Ireland online on Tues 19th January at 1pm. 

The pre-recorded programme features musicians, Anthony Toner, Ursula Burns, Ciara O'Neill and writer, Stephen Connolly, performing in the beautiful and historic Rosemary Street Church.

Watch the short video.

The Arts Council has rounded up just some of the fantastic creative activities and performances you can enjoy online, most of which are funded by the Arts Council, the Dept for Communities and the National Lottery. Highlights this week include: 

The annual Out To Lunch festival returns from 8th-30th January 2021 with a wealth of online shows already announced, including Joshua Burnside, Malojian, Jordan Adetunji, and Dea Matrona among many others.

EastSide Arts presents 'Prophets, Makers and Risk Takers', a free live stream showcase of writing from Northern Ireland on 14th January 2021, bringing together leading voices in writing from NI to discuss how our writers are approaching global issues and themes.

Keep up to date with the latest Coronavirus updates from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, including a list of potential funding sources which might be helpful to artists and arts organisations at this time. We will update this list as we go along. 

If you know of any other sources, please contact us at and we will share with the sector.