Welcome to the Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast!
What we do: The Crescent is an Arts Centre, a registered charity, and a company limited by guarantee. Our Mission is to be a vibrant and welcoming hub where everyone can experience the power of the arts and develop their creativity. Our vision is a society which actively values and promotes creativity and the arts for everyone.
The Crescent is open 6-days a week, 9.00am - 9.00pm. Times vary depending on time of year. Click here to plan your visit.
Thank you to our major funders Arts Council of Northern Ireland and Belfast City Council.
Our Activity Strands:
- Courses & Workshops: Explore a hobby, earn a qualification, discover your creative talents or try something new. We offer Courses and Workshops across four Terms. Try Burlesque Barre, take an introduction to British Sign Language; practice your creative writing skills; start life drawing.
- Crescent Live: This is our Events platform, held mainly in our beautiful space ‘The Cube’. We’re a hub for Festivals, and a platform for showcasing talent, ideas and conversations.
- Belfast Book Festival: Our annual June festival celebrates today’s bestselling authors, award-winning poetry and spoken word.
- Partner Schools: We partner in multi-annual, in-depth ways, with Neighbourhood Schools (Primary and Secondary).
- Creative Hub (Professional): We are a home to professional arts companies(8 - 10 offices at any one time) and seek to be an affordable place for creative activity – professional dance space, time to write, development activity & rehearsals.
- Creative Hub (General Public): The Crescent is a Grade B listed heritage building, known for being accessible and welcoming. There’s a Café, a Shop and a Free Little Library on the Ground Floor and we host regular Free/Drop-in/Pay What You Decide activities.
Use the boxes to discover more about The Crescent.
