• Output Belfast To Return in February

    December 6, 2018 - By 

    The country’s largest annual music conference, Output Belfast will return to the city for its fifth outing on Thursday, February 21st 2019. Organised by Belfast City Council, as ever, the conference will include various panel discussions, music sessions, workshops and speed networkinge events from various artists, managers and industry figures. In the evening, there will once more be various free, collaboratively-curated showcases in venues right across the heart of the city. The line-ups for each – including a bill co-promoted by yours truly – will be revealed in the coming weeks. Go here to sign up and be the first to hear about…

  • Line-Up Announced For Output Showcase

    January 9, 2018 - By 

    Returning to Belfast on February 8, the Output music conference and showcase will host a day of seminars, panels and keynote speeches at Belfast’s MAC featuring some of the national music industry’s most highly-noted speakers and practitioners. In the evening, several of the city’s venues will host another series of free showcases featuring a selection of Irish bands and solo artists, curated by the likes of The Thin Air, PRS For Music, Help Musicians NI, The Live Room, Nialler9 and more. We’ll be teaming up with Rally for a show at Babel, located at the Rooftop of Bullitt. Performing will be New…

  • Output Belfast Reveal 2017 Line-up

    January 16, 2017 - By 

    Set to return to the city for its third year in a row on Thursday, February 16, the line-up for this year’s Output Belfast – the country’s largest music conference – has been revealed. Organised by Belfast City Council in partnership with Generator NI, the conference – which takes place between the MAC and the Oh Yeah Music Centre – will include panel discussions, music sessions, workshops and speed networking events as well as keynote speeches from award-winning musicians and managers of globally-recognised talent. With specifics venues, line-ups and times to be announced, a series of free shows hosted by the…

  • Steve Albini Set For Belfast Conference

    December 18, 2015 - By 

    Following in the well-partied footsteps of  Andrew WK, legendary Chicago recording engineer and Big Black/Rapeman/Shellac frontman Steve Albini has been announced as the next Keynote speaker at music conference Output in Belfast on Thursday, February 18. Also feted for his music writing, commentary and keynote speeches throughout the U.S. and further afield, Albini – best known for his work with Nirvana and the Pixies – is a bona fide music industry veteran, as well as a famous supporter of analog recording over digital. As with last year, Output – organised by Belfast City Council in partnership Generator NI – will feature panel discussions, music sessions, networking…

  • Line-up announced for inaugural Output showcase

    September 30, 2014 - By 

    With just over a fortnight to wait, the line-up for the inaugural Output have been announced. Northern Ireland’s largest ever one-day conference and showcasing event, taking place throughout Belfast’s city centre and Cathedral Quarter on Thursday, October 16, it will see a series of free talks, workshops and pop-up gigs, attending by around 350 artists, businesses and creative students. We’re very happy to be involved, too. Teaming up with tastemaker par excellence Niall Byrne AKA Nialler9, we will host a most awesome showcase in the Black Box main room with Cork psych rock five-piece Altered Hours (pictured), Dublin electronic duo Contour, Derry…

  • Creative Belfast presents Output

    September 11, 2014 - By 

    Northern Ireland’s largest ever one-day conference and showcasing event has been announced. Set to take place on October 16, Output, presented by Creative Belfast in association with Generator NI, will see a dizzy, impressive plethora of conferences, panels and showcases held throughout the city’s Cathedral Quarter. The daytime conference – taking place in The Mac and the Oh Yeah Centre – will see speakers including BBC 6 Music’s Tom Robinson, composer and cellist Peter Gregson and – wait for it – Andrew WK present panel discussions, workshops and speed networking events as well as opening and closing keynotes. Later in the evening, there…