OUTBURST YOUTH TAKEOVER 2018

BLACK BOX

SATU RDAY 10th November in partnership with

The YOUTH TAKEOVER is a day of events for Outburst Queer Arts Festival 2018, designed and run by LGBTQI+ young people aged 16-25 from YouthAction Out and About, Cara Friend and Belfast Trans Resource Centre. It’s an all-ages day, so anyone from 14+ can come along. You can come with a parent or someone 18+ if you are younger than 14, just check age suitability on some events.

All daytime events are free and the gig is £5, but if you can’t afford that just pay what you can at the door, even if that’s £1.

All events take place at BLACK BOX, Hill Street, Belfast BT1 2LA Project funded by Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland

N O S ’ T A H W

11am - 1pm MERIAN: SINGING FOR RESISTANCE

Merian is a young non-binary singer from Lima, Peru. In this collaborative workshop we’ll write a song of resistance and strength together and sing it later at the gig, though you don’t have to perform to be in the workshop. This is open to everyone of all ages and it doesn’t matter whether or not you are a “good” singer, or what your gender is, or your sexuality. This is about using our voices to sing about the things that need to be changed. Come and make queer noise with us!

1pm - 4pm ALL-GENDER ALL-SIZE CLOTHES SWAP

Freshen up your wardrobe with a new look for ZERO PENCE. Bring whatever clothes you want to get rid of (washed and clean) and take whatever clothes you like in return, simple as that! There will be space to try things on and some queer fashion experts on hand to help you find what you need. If you have nothing to swap, you can make a donation for any clothes you want. Bring t-shirts, shirts, hats, dresses, jeans, skirts, whatever! Pass on what you don’t want anymore, take what you need.

DIY CRAFT STALLS

Are you under 25? LGBTQ? Make really great stuff you’d like to sell?

We’d love to hear from you and add you to our sellers stalls which will be open 1pm-4pm Email us at youth@outburstarts.com with an image and details about what you make and sell.

2pm-3pm FILM: OUT Suitable for 14+ (Denis Parrot, 2018)

Most of us have told or want to tell friends and family that we are gay, lesbian, bi, trans, non binary, queer. But would you film yourself doing it?!

In this brilliant new documentary film, young LGBTQI+ people from all over the world come out to family members on camera. Some reactions are touching, some infuriating, some hilarious but all very moving .

You’ll be on the edge of your seat. Popcorn and tissues provided.

3pm- 4pm ZINE MAKING

Help make a queerzine in an afternoon by contributing a page. We’ll print it and share copies during the rest of the Outburst festival. Materials provided.

4pm - 5.30pm FIND YOUR DRAG PERSONA WORKSHOP with Electra We know loads of you want to give it a try, so we’ve invited local drag performer and queer activist Electra la Cnt to help you to find the right character, look and attitude for you, whatever your gender. We’ll have some clothes, accessories and make up but please bring whatever extra you would like too. Trans friendly, all shapes and sizes welcome, leave your assumptions at the door and WORK IT!

6pm- 8pm All Ages Gig

£5 if you have it, or whatever you can afford

PILLOW QUEENS STRANGE NEW PLACES MERIAN +Queer? a performance Some of the best queer music you’ll hear this year, for all ages.

Pillow Queens are hook-heavy pop-punks from Dublin, with glorious songwriting, sunny harmonies, infectious sing-a-long choruses. And they have dogs in their videos.

Belfast’s Strange New Places are a band of right-on radicals, nestled between folk punk and power pop,. They’re often found singing about politics, mental health, and queerness (when they’re not quoting 90s TV and getting in peoples way). Merian is our special guest from Peru.

They will performing a full gig of queered-up traditional Peruvian music in the Black Box on Sunday night but will play a special taster as part of the showcase.

The gig will start with a short performance, “Queer?”: young people on queer identity and what it means for them, in their own words.

Check out the music at https://pillowqueens.bandcamp.com/ https://strangenewplaces.bandcamp.com/ http://www.merian.pe/

YOUNG WRITERS

REVIEW EVENTS, GET FREE TICKETS!

At Outburst we love to get people thinking and talking about art , film and performance and what it means to us as LGBTQ+ people.

If you are under 25, we are offering a limited number of free tickets to events in the Outburst programme, All yiu have to do is write a short review (between 100-200 words) for us afterwards about what you thought and felt about that event. We’ll share it on our social media pages. You can also do a video review if you prefer. Check out the programme at outburstarts.com and get in touch at youth@outburstarts.com with your details and what event you would like to review.