BBC House Party Live from the Brink!
Join us to celebrate the start of the summer with local food, stories from growers & climate champions, live broadcast of local DJs on BBC, and a selection of food & climate films, to provoke & inspire.
This is the public launch of the Brink! site, bringing people together to discuss what should this city do, to have some fun, eat some nice food, and learn from each other.
18.00-23.00: BBC Summer Solstice Live Broadcast from the Brink!
From 6-11pm the BBC’s House Party show will braodcast Summer Solstice Live from the Brink! with a selection of sets from some of Belfast’s finest DJs to celebrate the start of the summer playing chilled vibes & summer tunes: Timmy Stewart, Kwame, Warriors of the Dystotheque & Marion Hawkes
5.30pm: Doors open
6-8pm: Houseparty live on BBC Radio Ulster with Timmy Stewart
8-9pm: Kwame Daniels – Inna Rhythm set
9-10pm: Warriors of the Dystotheque DJ set
10-11pm: Marion Hawkes DJ set
Where:
This is the site location on Union Street, directly across the road from the Sunflower Bar, which is 65 Union St, Belfast BT1 2JG.
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This over 18 event is FREE, and access to the site will be limited for safety, and on a 1st come 1st served basis.
Bar will be provided by the Sunflower Bar.
Other solstice events:
Click here to review the weekend program of talks, food and films.
The Brink! site in the heart of the city
Brink! are working with Grow NI, quarto & SourceGrow to bring together the Food Stories, and the NI Science Festival to help us run the event.
The Climate+ Co-Centre will be on site during the weekend to discuss how they’re approaching research, innovation, and policy development across the interlinked challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss, and water degradation on the islands of Ireland and Britain.
Members of the Brink! project A Growing Story will be on site to explain what we’re doing with the growing on site.
Wild Belfast are supporting a biodiversity corner on the Brink! site, and will be hosting urban safari walks across the city centre throughout the Saturday afternoon.
Hope to see you down to kick off the summer with us & talk about what this city should do.
Follow site progress and event info via the Brink! social channels by searching for @playthinkbrink.
Brink! Stories CIC is a social enterprise set up to deliver community workshops and events around themes attached to climate change. The Brink! site will be a storytelling space to discuss, educate and act on climate change, social justice and how we adapt to a net zero society. https://www.playthinkbrink.com/