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Belfast Independent Concert Promoter since 2003

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05/06/2026

A reminder that one of modern music's greatest artists BONNIE 'PRINCE' BILLY comes to Belfast on September 8th for his first NI show in 16 years..

Tickets via strangevictorypresents.com

26/05/2026

Often imitated, never duplicated, NYC underground-rock legend returns to Belfast this coming Tuesday 2nd June.

Last remaining tickets from strangevictorypresents.com

Support from The Hand and DJ

17/05/2026

The Nightingales with special guest Ted Chippington

come to Belfast this Saturday night May 23rd. Their old mate Ted Chippington (described by Stewart Lee as "the reason I became a comedian") opens the show. Doors 7pm..

Tickets strangevictorypresents.com

30/04/2026

Beyond excited to welcome back Bonnie 'Prince' Billy for his first Belfast show in 16 years when he plays the Mandela Hall on Tuesday 8th September.

Tickets on sale Friday 1st May at 10am from strangevictorypresents.com

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy is the most enduring alias of singer-songwriter Will Oldham, under which he has released the majority of his work since I See a Darkness (1999). Drawing on vintage folk and country traditions, his songs explore the complexities of human nature with striking emotional depth and poetic clarity. A key figure in indie, folk and alt-country since the early ’90s, Oldham is known for ever-changing live performances intimate, unpredictable sets where familiar favourites and obscure cuts are delivered with equal sincerity and surprise.

07/04/2026

comes to Belfast on Tuesday 2nd June. Tickets from strangevictorypresents.com

25/03/2026

An Evening with KRISTIN HERSH

Wednesday 7th October
Belfast Black Box
Tickets from strangevictorypresents.com
* Fully Seated show

One of indie rock’s most fascinating figures’ (The Guardian) Kristin Hersh has released over 20 solo records, with Throwing Muses and 50FOOTWAVE to date. She is the author of an acclaimed memoir — based on her teenage diary — about a particularly eventful year, titled Paradoxical Un******ng, which was named #8 on Rolling Stone’s 25 Greatest Rock Memoirs Of All Time.

20/03/2026

Le Jackson Pollack de la musique - La Libre

Le Jackson Po***ck de la musique - Le Libre

MAX COOPER

Friday 1st May 2026
Belfast Mandela Hall
Tickets on sale now from cqaf.com

3D/AV Live is Max Cooper's immersive audio-visual performance system. Max Cooper is an electronic composer, multi-disciplinary artist, music label founder and former scientist who has carved out a unique space in music and visual art.

Customised to every venue, with every show a unique experience, Max works together with architecture and space to deliver his unique blend of scientific and human stories that move off the screen to wrap the audience in sculptures of light and sound.

The performance will showcase Max’s latest album Feeling Is Structure plus material spanning Cooper’s celebrated catalogue, alongside new compositions that continue his exploration of the human experience through music.

Cooper has enquired for over 15 years through music, collaborations, and his label Mesh, to explore the intersections between the arts and sciences with installations, performances, immersive experiences, online media, music videos and live events. Anchored throughout is his emotive approach, connecting how ideas and forms feel, in a manner accessible to us all.

It’s a mighty explosion of colour and sound, like the universe is fragmenting before our very eyes - the sheer mind-bending array of imagery is astonishing…: Electronic Sound

Jaw-dropping, and - the word is overused, but here it’s 100% valid - immersive: Sonar

Presented by Strange Victory Presents
and The Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival
In association with Little Big.

04/03/2026

The legendary JON SPENCER teams up with Kendall Wind and Macky Spider Bowman - the rhythm section from Woodstock NY punk rock wunderkind The Bobby Lees - to chew bubblegum and kick ass. They stop by Belfast on Tuesday 2nd June. Tickets from strangevictorypresents.com

Jon Spencer has been an innovative force in the independent music scene since the mid-80s. An acclaimed live performer, he has toured all the continents except Antarctica and has amassed a dizzying discography as the leader of P***y Galore, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Heavy Trash, and Jon Spencer & the HITmakers, as well as with Boss Hog, The Honeymoon Killers, The Gibson Brothers, and Taxi Girls.

His collaborations include (but are not limited to) working with Steve Albini, Beastie Boys, Beck, Bomb The Bass, R.L. Burnside, James Chance, Coldcut, Chuck D, Dan The Automator, DJ Shadow, Einsturzende Neubauten, Guitar Wolf, GZA, David Holmes, Dr. John, Calvin Johnson, Moby, Money Mark, The Muffs, Nancy Sinatra, Solex, Solomon Burke, UNKLE, Unloved, Andre Williams, The Bobby Lees...

Two years after “Spencer Gets It Lit” (Marc Riley’s BBC6 Music Album of the Year, “hugely entertaining”**** MOJO, “a sonic witchdoctor who’ll blow your mind” UNCUT****) there is still more work to be done saving rock'n'roll music.

26/02/2026

The irresistible story of a one-man cultural phenomenon, join JOHN ROBB in Belfast talking about his new memoir Punk Rock Ruined My Life... on Sunday 3rd May as part of the Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival. Tickets via cqaf.com

Minister for the Counterculture, Mancunian mainstay and alternative national treasure John Robb has lived a life in music. In this book he charts his adventures on the cultural frontline, chronicling the making of a DIY icon.

Robb’s quest began in his hometown of Blackpool – where punk was a battle against the odds – and went international when he toured the world with his band. The first person to interview Nirvana, he also discovered The Stone Roses for weekly newspaper Sounds and did early interviews with The Jesus and Mary Chain and The Manics, before moving on to legends such as Mark E. Smith, Nick Cave and Patti Smith. Along the way, he became an on-screen commentator and author of bestselling books.

Robb’s memoir tells of deep friendships with figures from Poly Styrene to Chris Packham. Packed with riotous stories, it provides an alternative account of British musical and cultural history and a triumphant blueprint for a punk rock life.

23/01/2026

Subject of comedian Stewart Lees highly acclaimed King Rocker documentary come to on Saturday 23rd May. Opening will be legendary 'top comedian' Ted Chippington.

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Described in John Robb’s definitive book on post punk Death To Trad Rock as ‘The misfits’ misfits’ and comprising an ever-fluctuating line up, based around lyricist/singer Robert Lloyd, the Nightingales enjoyed cult status in the early ’80’s as darlings of the credible music scene and were championed by John Peel.

The group recorded a bunch of critically acclaimed singles and three albums, plus many radio sessions for their great supporter Peel. They also regularly toured the UK and Northern Europe, as headliners and supporting acts as diverse as Bo Diddley and Nico.

In the late Eighties the Nightingales stopped working but following the occasional gig between times, they re-grouped in 2004.

Since restarting the group have been more productive than ever – releasing seven vinyl singles, a couple of EPs, two 6 song mini albums, nine full length studio albums plus a movie soundtrack and a double live LP. They have regularly toured UK, mainland Europe and the USA numerous times, playing various festivals and recording many radio sessions along the way.

2019 saw the recording of a new album plus filming of a feature length Nightingales documentary film, King Rocker – written and presented by brilliant stand-up comedian Stewart Lee, directed by Michael Cu***ng (Brass Eye, Toast Of London, etc).

Seemingly loved by all who have seen it, the movie was an Official Selection at the prestigious Sheffield Doc Fest and received its World theatrical premiere in June 2021, with more TV and cinema screenings around the globe booked for later that year and beyond.

In 2024 the group had an amicable divorce from Tiny Global Productions to record a new album for their old pals at Fire Records. The Awful Truth was the first all new album for the label responsible for King Rocker and the reissues of the early catalogue. The follow up to TAT is due in 2026.

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