From the archive
Brian Coney
For more than a decade, Brian has documented and championed Ireland's music scene through interviews, reviews and features, while also writing for Pitchfork, The Guardian, Rolling Stone, The Wire, The Quietus, Dazed and VICE. He's also a musician with Northern Ireland Music Prize-winning band Junk Drawer, giving him a unique perspective on the artists, venues and communities that make Belfast's music scene thrive.
“I built the week the way I listen: start at the session and end up somewhere I didn't plan.”
“A week built around the tradition at close range, from open sessions and hillside walks to the odd detour into the strange.”
The itinerary: Brian's top picks
A selection from Brian Coney’s 63 picks; the full week runs online.
Wednesday 24 June
Something to Say - Seamus Heaney Centre Public Exhibition
The Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's University · 10am–4pm
Friday 24 July
Stevie Corr's Walking Tour of Milltown Cemetery
Milltown Cemetery · 1pm
Saturday 25 July
Irish Language Intensive Course
Coláiste Feirste · 10am–2pm
Féile Rocks Pride at City Hall
Belfast City Hall - Gig Rig · 2pm