Showcasing the best talent Belfast has to offer. Free in. Lavery’s Live – Paddy’s Day Special. 17 March 2023. A St.Patrick’s Day special in our public Belfast TradFest is delighted to partner with Belfast City Council to programme and deliver St. Patrick’s Music Festival across March 14th – 17th as part the UNESCO City of Music’s St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. The St Patrick's Day celebrations start at 5pm at Laverys with free entry to most areas and plenty of music on offer across its four separate spaces. There's a Retro Disco, Rip It Up, BMC, and Find out what’s on in Belfast and beyond for St Patrick’s Day, on Monday 17th March 2025. Here are only some of the things happening across Northern Ireland for St Patrick's Day 2025: Belfast. St Patrick's Day Parade - March 17. St Patrick's Day parade in Belfast. This year, Belfast will celebrate St Patrick’s Day with a packed programme of events and cultural activities across the city from 1-17 March. The popular annual St Patrick’s Day parade will bring a dazzling display of costume, music, dance and theatrical performances to the city’s streets on Monday 17 March. Northern Ireland is gearing up for a vibrant St Patrick’s Day celebration next week, with towns and cities set to turn green in honour of Ireland’s patron saint. From colourful floats to Happy St.Patrick's Day We do it all again tomorrow! Explosion Soundsystem - Ras Kayleb on the back terrace from early, live music in the public bar & Beat Connection This St. Patrick’s Day, Malmaison Belfast is the place to be for all the shamrock shenanigans! Face Painters | 1-6 PM – Get your Irish glow-up with face painting for all ages! Live Music – Toe-tapping tunes to keep the craic going all day long. 17th March sees Belfast come to life as Ireland’s national holiday turns the island of Ireland even more green than usual. From the lively St Patrick’s Day Parade that winds its way through the city streets to the upbeat trad music sessions held in local Irish bars around Belfast, there is something for everyone to enjoy this St Patrick’s Day in the city. The Madonna of the Lakes – Triptych Altarpiece: Sir John Lavery 1919. In addition to Sir John Lavery’s painting, the High Altar is another beautiful feature of St Patrick’s. It was carved in the late 1870s by James Pearse whose statue of St Patrick as Bishop stands over the main doors of the Church. Its treasury boasts artefacts of international significance, chief among them a relic of St Patrick’s arm, enshrined in a priceless medieval silver reliquary. It also has a triptych altarpiece entitled ‘Madonna of the Lakes’ painted by Sir John Lavery, himself a celebrated son of the parish. Find tickets & information for 2025 Cheltenham Festival Preview Night. happening at Laverys Belfast, Belfast, NI on Fri, 28 Feb, 2025 at 07:30 pm. Register or Buy Tickets, Price information. 51 views, 7 likes, 0 loves, 2 comments, 1 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Lavery's Belfast: St. Patrick's Day round ours - free entertainment all day, live sport and not to mention the aul CRAIC! Lavery, however, never lost touch with his North Belfast roots. On Easter day in 1919 Lavery presented St Patrick’s Church with a gift of an ornate triptych; ‘Madonna of the Lakes’. The Madonna was modelled on his wife Hazel, St Patrick was modelled on his daughter Eileen and St Brigid on his step-daughter Alice. Meet Sir John Lavery Sir John Lavery (1856-1941) was a painter from Northern Ireland best known for his portraits of Michael Collins, Churchhill and Queen Victoria. Yet despite being the most famous painter of his day, the Belfast-born boy came from humble-beginnings. Baptised in St. Patricks Chu 0 views, 0 likes, 0 loves, 3 comments, 0 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Lavery's Belfast: Its not even 6pm Sir John Lavery Triptych – ‘Madonna of the Lakes’ Summary. Sir John Lavery was once the most famous portrait artist in the world and later an official Great War artist in 1914. Returning home to North Belfast, Lavery painted the ‘Madonna of the Lakes’ triptych and gifted it in 1918 to the church in which he was baptised- St Patrick’s. The 2025 St Patrick's Day celebrations feature over two weeks of events. The biggest Irish language family fun day of its kind will take place on Saturday 8 March from 1pm-4pm at Custom House Lavery’s triptych: Madonna of the Lakes (drop-in viewing) – St Patrick's Church Belfast, Fri 23 Feb 2024 - Sun 25 Feb 2024 - The models for the triptych were the three women in John Lavery’s life, his wife Hazel, his daughter, Eileen and his step-daughter Alice. St.
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