Due to unforeseen circumstances, our Monthly wine club is postponed until September. Come join our own Sommelier Amy and our resident cheese maker Davide for a couple of hours and talk all things wine and cheese with a couple of glasses along the way! The sixth instalment kicks off by understanding the concept of what Orange wine is, matched with award-winning Italian cheeses.
The Festival of Asia returns to Banana Block on Saturday, September 2nd. Bring the whole family for a day of revelry as we celebrate all Asian cultures in Northern Ireland! Over 25 vendors and live cultural performances. Free entry.
Join Turas for a two hour Irish Language Taster Session in Banana Block.
“Turas” meaning journey or pilgrimage in both Irish Gaelige and Scots Gàidhlig is an Irish language project which aims to connect people from Protestant communities to their own history with the Irish language. Turas is based on the belief that the language belongs to everyone and that it can be a mechanism of reconciliation.
Creative Exchange presents Works in Progress at Banana Block.
Works in Progress is an exhibition of work by studio artists from Creative Exchange for Late Night Art Belfast.
Thursday 7th September, 6-9pm.
Banana Block Bar and tenants will be open throughout.
KBS takeover the Banana Block Warehouse for a night of fast-paced techno sure to leave Belfast on edge. Joining the line up is massive headliners, VESELI & THELMA.
Join us on this immersive workshop that will introduce you to the amazing world of Medicinal Mushrooms. Your hosts for the day are Urban Mushroom Farmer Terry Vaz from Hearty Growers and Registered Nutritional Therapist and Herbalist Sarah Hawkins from Fox & Hawk’s Botanicals.
Silent Disco Sundays are back at Banana Block with a Live DJ set from Conleth Forde.
Fancy a wee boogie but don't want to have to suffer the hangover? Want to throw some serious shapes? You can have that dance battle you’ve been planning, without compromising your moves! Come down and listen to some disco, have a wee dance and be home for a nice Sunday roast!
Following the success of their Boiler Room debut at AVA festival Belfast 2023 German duo DJ Heartstring bring their contemporary blend of trance and eurodance to East Belfast’s iconic warehouse venue, Banana Block. Local heroes Inside Moves and Caoimhe on support.
Plant care 101 - Plant lover's guide to indoor plants. This interactive workshop will take you through the basics of growing and maintaining indoor plants. If you have an urban… Continue reading The Green East – Plant Care 101
SOLD OUT. Belfast's first Korean BBQ.
Gogi is back for a second pop-up supper club in Banana Block after a sold-out success in June.
Three dinner package options:
-Jjorep Package (£120 per table) bbq grilling options, veggie/vegan options, basic ban chan.
-Ban Chan Package: (£135 per table) all the jjorep options, five more authentic ban chan options, vegan/ veggie options.
-Geonbae Package: (£150 per table) all the ban chan experience options plus imported soju bottles per table, soju cocktails available.
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Come down for this special workshop-talk that brings together two of dancefloor documentarian Emma Warren’s books: Document Your Culture and Dance Your Way Home.
Bring ideas for stories you want to tell about Belfast or Northern Irish dancefloors, whether that’s club nights past or present, venues, scenes, DJs, promoters, designers, the ordinary dancers or anything else. Or just bring yourselves. All welcome.
Uncover a hidden history of east Belfast on this tour.
Travel to the woods, streams, holy grounds and fields of a lost Gaelic world on our journey through the centuries. Discover the original townland names as we cross the invisible boundaries of the old Gaelic lands of Ballyrushboy, ‘the yellow townland of the wood’, Knocknagoney, ‘the hill of the rabbits’ and Lisnasharragh, ‘fort of the foals’ and many, many more.
Hear stories, both tragic and humorous and learn about the characters who once inhabited this place. Encounter an east Belfast you never knew existed!
Tour leaves from Banana Block at 11am.