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QueerSpace organizes and endorses a wide range of Regular Events.  See also the Special Events lined up for this month.

*Indicates events not held by QueerSpace but fully supported by us and advertised by special request. Want your events advertised on the QueerSpace website? E-mail the details to info@queerspace.org.uk.

All events are held at the Cara-Friend Rooms, Cathedral Buildings, 64 Donegall Street, Belfast unless otherwise indicated.
March

(Click on each event for further details or just scroll down this page)

Mon

Tues

Wed

Thurs

Fri

Sat

Sun

1

CoSO

Rainbow Rooms 6.30pm

2

 

3

QueerSpace Collective Meeting

7.30 – 9pm

4

 

5

Howl

Pavilion Bar 10pm

6

InSpace Coffee Lounge

3-6 pm

7

Literary Lesbians

C-F

3-6 pm

8

Wine, Women & Words

 Community Arts Forum 8pm

9

CoSO Community Funding Consultation (Women)

Clanmil 6.30pm

10

QueerSpace Collective Meeting

7.30 – 9pm

11

12

 

13

InSpace Coffee Lounge

3-6 pm

14

 

15

16

 

17

QueerSpace Collective Meeting

7.30 – 9pm

18

QueerSpace Tinderbox Drama Workshop

7pm

19

 

Men of the North

Custom House 10pm

20

InSpace Coffee Lounge

3-6 pm

21

Sunday Scene

C-F

3-6 pm

22

 

23

QueerSpace Tinderbox Drama Workshop

7pm

24 

QueerSpace Collective Meeting

7.30 – 9pm

25

 

26

 

27

InSpace Coffee Lounge

3-6 pm

28

Out N About Walk

Dykes with Babes

29

30

 

31

QueerSpace’s 6th Birthday Party

 Clanmil  7.30pm

1

 APRIL

2

 

3

InSpace Coffee Lounge

3-6 pm

4

Literary Lesbians

   C-F     3-6 pm

 

Note: Due to lack of interest the NISL sign language classes at the Rainbow Rooms have been cancelled.

Monday, 8th March, 8 pm:  Wine, Women & Words. For more information, contact Lesbian Line on 9023 8668, Thursdays 7.30 – 10 pm

Monday, 8th & Tuesday, 9th March, 6.30 pm: CoSO Consultation on Resourcing the Voluntary Sector, Clanmil. Contact admin@coso.org.uk. NB Tuesday for women only.

Thursday, 18th & Tuesday, 23rd March, 7 pm:  QueerSpace/Tinderbox Drama Workshops.  Contact info@queerspace.org.uk for details of this exciting events programme.

Wednesday, 31st March, 7.30 pm: QueerSpace’s 6th Birthday. Join us at Clanmil for our birthday celebrations. We’ll present the Queer of the Year award and have live music and drama. Email info@queerspace.org.uk for more information.
Regular Events
The InSpace Coffee Lounge

InSpace

 

Every Saturday 3.00-6.00 p.m.

Cara-Friend Rooms, Cathedral Buildings, Donegall Street

Meet new people and old friends. Warm up with a cup of cappuccino or hot chocolate or choose from our selection of herbal teas. No charge.  Just relax and enjoy yourself.

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Collective Meetings

Every Wednesday @ 7.30p.m.

Cara-Friend Rooms, Cathedral Buildings, Donegall Street
Everyone Welcome. Come along and help make QueerSpace Your Space as we work on our events calendar etc.

If a meeting is not your 'cup of tea' - come along for coffee at 9.30p.m.

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Special Events for MARCH
CoSO Meeting*

Monday, 1st March, 6.30 p.m.

Rainbow Rooms, Union Street

  The Coalition on Sexual Orientation was established by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans (LGBT) groups in Northern Ireland to lobby for the rights of the LGBT Community.

CoSO holds regular meetings. All interested parties are welcome.

For more on CoSO, visit http://www.coso.org.uk.

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Howl* - back with a vengeance and a new venue

Fridays, 5th and 19th March, 10pm till late, entry fee

The Pavilion Bar, 296 Ormeau Road

Howl is Belfast's monthly alternative music queer club night and it's been going from strength to strength. After an extended summer break, Howl is at a new venue - The Pavilion Bar on the Upper Ormeau Road, where it'll do its thing on the first Friday of each month. Ruth from Howl has the details:

The venue may have changed but the HOWL ideology remains the same. HOWL inhabits a universe a million light years from the commercial gay scene. HOWL is a space for queer folk and their friends who get off on a different kind of beat.

The music will remain an eclectic mix of indie, rock, funk, hip hop and a bit of whatever, brought to you by people who love the tunes as much as you do. On top of that there’s the free HOWL ‘Zine, bringing you the best in avant garde nonsense with a queer bent.

Check out the Howl website or email the organisers for details of upcoming events.

The Howl monkey says it best:

The Howl monkey

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Men of the North*

Friday, 5th and 19th March, 10 p.m. till late

The Custom House, Skipper Street

Bi-monthly alternative social venue for single men and couples aged over 25.

Check www.menofthenorth.com for further details.

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Literary Lesbians*

Sunday, 7th March, 3.00 to 6.00 p.m.

Cara-Friend Rooms, Cathedral Buildings, Donegall Street

Monthly book club for women, contact Lesbian Line for further details.

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Wine, Women and Words*

Monday, 8th March, 8.00 p.m.

Community Arts Forum, opposite St. Anne's Cathedral

Contact Lesbian Line for further details of this special event.

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CoSO Consultation on Pathways for Change*

Monday, 8th March (all welcome)

Tuesday, 9th March (women only)

@ 6.30 p.m.

Clanmil Housing, Waring Street

These meetings will discuss the report Pathways for Change, the work of the Taskforce on Resourcing the Voluntary and Community Sector, which suggests new ways of securing long term funding - obviously of significant importance to the LGBT sector. Everyone encouraged to attend on the relevant evening.

The Coalition on Sexual Orientation was established by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans (LGBT) groups in Northern Ireland to lobby for the rights of the LGBT Community. CoSO holds regular meetings. All interested parties are welcome. For more on CoSO, visit www.coso.org.uk.

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QueerSpace & Tinderbox Theatre Company Drama Workshops

Thursday, 18th & Tuesday, 23rd March @ 7.00 p.m.

 

 

Tinderbox, Northern Ireland's leading independent theatre company, unveils a major new production - Revenge -  at the end of March in the former Northern Bank building on Waring Street. As part of this, Tinderbox is undertaking outreach work with community organisations. QueerSpace is delighted to be one of the groups chosen.

 

The workshops will explore the different themes involved in the production and we have been assured that no great acting talent is necessary - just a desire to really get stuck in! Each participant will receive a pack with a full programme and script, as well as a subsidised ticket to see the production itself and a chance to talk to the cast and crew.

 

Places on the programme are limited to 20, so if you're interested and prepared to attend the two workshops in addition to the show itself, email info@queerspace.org.uk.

 

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Lesbian Line Sunday Scene*

Sunday, 21st March, 3.00 to 6.00 p.m.

Cara-Friend Rooms, Cathedral Buildings, Donegall Street

  Monthly drop-in for women. Contact Lesbian Line for further details.

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Out N About Walking Event*

Sunday, 28th March

Tollymore Forest Park

The first walk of the 2004 season. Interested in coming along? Email neil@outnabout-ni.org.uk for more details or check out the group's brand-spanking-new website. Click here to see the 2004 walking calendar in full.

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Dykes With Babes*

Sunday, 28th March, 2 p.m.

Andersonstown Swimming Pool

 

Dykes with Babes is an informal social gathering group for lesbian and bisexual mothers, their partners, their children and their friends, based in Belfast and surrounding area.  The group meets last Sunday of every month in a child friendly place.  New members and new ideas welcome - dykeswithbabes@hotmail.com.

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QueerSpace's 6th Birthday Party

Wednesday, 31st March @ 7.30 p.m.

Clanmil Housing, Waring Street

 

 

The years just seem to fly by - come and help QueerSpace celebrate its 6th birthday in style. We'll be in the Atrium at Clanmil, offering our friends wine, cheese, live music and drama performances, as well as presenting the Queer of the Year award. Make a date in your diary right now!

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Last updated: 05 May 2014

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