24/10/2025
"A night when the visible and the invisible, the tangible and intangible came together as North Star shone over Belfast. " The Irish News
A year ago today, to the minute, we celebrated all that Frederick Douglass stood for, through North Star. Freedom, Equity, Community and Love, shone across two very special nights.
Reflecting upon the theme of ‘home’, Grammy Award winner Kaidi Tatham, award-winning poet Nandi Jola, rising stars Leo Miyagee and Winnie Ama and special guests Ivor Novello nominee Hannah Peel and Colin Salmon worked together, inspired by almost 100 young people to produce an immersive live spectacle of music, art and literature, rooted in the city’s Black cultures. The showcase, inspired by the historic speech given by orator, writer, and abolitionist, Frederick Douglass in Belfast in 1845, premiered over two nights in one of Belfast’s most iconic venues’ Belfast Telegraph Building.
A year on, it feels like North Star has very much stood the test of time and remains extremely relevant.
Thank you to everyone that made this happen, showed up and showed love. Watch this space for more pictures as there's too many people that need to receive their flowers but not enough slides. Stay tuned for potentially exciting updates as well.....
