I had the pleasure of getting along to three events at his year's CQAF festival. The Cathedral Quarter festival has always had a habit of bringing over emerging and established artists and offering a very broad range of events, concerts and exhibitions. The Festival of Fools seemed to have become incorporated into CQAF in some shape or form, and it's regrettable to hear that this particular piece of street performance has had it's funding axed. The Festival of Fools is multi-cultural, cross-community. family-friendly and attracts really respectable crowds, many of whom are tourists. I think it is a little gem in the crown of Belfast's city centre. In the same week, our minister for finacne decided he was going to spend £10,000 on erecting five union flags over government buildings, a divisive and pointless act if ever there was one. I did suggest to anyone who would listen that he could use that £10,000 to fund the Festival of Fools which appears to already have been named in his honour.
Anyway, here's a selection of shots from the Festival of Fools, the Fawlty Towers Dining Experience, Amadou and Mariam and Mary Gauthier/Ben Glover.
Mary Gauthier and Ben Glover, St George's Church
Festival of Fools
Amadou and Mariam
The Fawlty Towers Dinner Experience
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