Imagine! is Belfast’s annual festival of ideas & politics featuring discussions, workshops, exhibitions, film, humour, lectures, talks, music and theatre.

NIEL would like to highlight a number of nature, heritage and climate-themed events taking place during Imagine! Belfast this year – see below for more information:

Be prepared – civil food resilience in the face of change – 25th March 2026

Discover Belfast’s Welcoming Past – and Imagine Its Future … walking tour – 26th March 2026

Ecologies of Care: A Life Studio in the Making – 26th March 2026

Fuelling Injustice – 26th March 2026

Precarity, Process, Place: Resilience Tools for Climate Change – 26th March 2026

Listening to the Lough: A day of democracy, care and imagination – 27th March 2026

Listening to the Lough: stories, struggle & democratic futures – 27th March 2026

From Fairy Forts to Doughnuts – 28th March 2026

Springwatch with Aidan Crean – 28th March 2026

Guided Tour of Riddel’s Warehouse – 28th March 2026

Under-the-radar: finding and recording the hidden biodiversity around us – 28th March 2026

Power Station – 28th March 2026

The Weight of Carbon Dioxide and Chihuahuas – 28th March 2026

Creating a Different Story: kindness, curiosity and cooperation – 29th March 2026

Community Maintenance Day and Currach Tour – Connecting Through Craft – 29th March 2026

A History of Belfast in 10 Streets – 29th March 2026

Visit the Imagine! Belfast website to view the full programme of events:

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