Handmade Music
Handmade Music
Monthly experimental music night in Belfast. Short sets, time to chat, space to move. First Thursday each month!
Handmade Music
Handmade Music is a brand-new experimental music night specially curated to feature an amazing mix of well-known artists, lesser-known artists, and surprise guests! All performing music from the edges of their craft.
You’ll hear ‘never-before-heard’ music, and music that may never be heard again.
Join the Handmade Music community in-person or online on the first Thursday of each month as we create this space for experimental/improvised music to exist…and seeing what comes out the other side.
Hope to see you there!
The Line-Ups!
Thursday 6TH FEBRUARY 2025
Caskré
Approx. 25-30min set
Caskré (Jamie Hyland) is a recording, mixing & mastering engineer from Dublin. Her introduction to audio was trying to make jungle on cracked copies of Reason in her teenage bedroom. After a few years of assisting in Bow Lane and engineering sessions with Gilla Band’s Daniel Fox, Jamie worked under Marie Pieprzownik (MPZ @ Translab, Paris) from who she learned a lot about the process of mastering. She has continued to record and mix (m(h)aol, A Lethal Black Ooze, Pyschotic Monks) alongside focusing on mastering (Lambrini Girls, Rest Up, GASH collective, Glasshouse) as well as performing live (m(h)aol, A Lethal Black Ooze, Clara Tracey
QUBe
Approx. 10-15min set
QUBe members will form the house band for the Handmade Music series. QUBe is a music collective based in Belfast involving students, staff, and musicians from inside and outside Queen’s University Belfast. QUBe brings together performers from diverse artistic backgrounds and musical interests.
Bataa Jambaldorj
Approx. 25-30min set
Raised in Mongolia’s capital city Ulanbataar, Bataa Jambaldorj grew up steeped in the music of his grandparent’s generation who lived a nomadic life in the Steppe – the vast grasslands far from the urban sprawl. Entertainment came around the campfire from playing animal bone games, story-telling, singing, and the sound of the horse-head fiddle. Bataa became fascinated by the range of haunting and melodious tones that can be produced with just this simple two stringed instrument. As a teenager, Bataa took music lessons and trained in the centuries old technique of throat singing showing exceptional talent and is now a master of this skill. Bataa qualified and began working as an Electrical Engineer but the lure of music was too strong and he quit his job to focus on performing full time. He has played theatres, venues and festivals throughout Mongolia and now plans to take the ethereal sound of the Mongolia Steppe round the world, in the hope of entrancing audiences, just like at those nomadic campfires.
Presented by Moving on Music and SARC in association with Accidental Theatre, with support from Improvising Futures SSHRC partnership.
Show Info
In-Person
Venue: 12-13 Shaftesbury Square, Belfast, BT2 7DB
Access: Directly from Shaftesbury Square
Performance(s): Thursday 6th February 2025
Starts: 8:30pm GMT | Doors 8:00pm GMT (Book Bar* will not be open, BYOB)
Age Guidance: 16+
Run Time: 2 hours+
Disabled Access: Theatre (ground floor) is fully accessible. Toilets & Book Bar (1st floor) are accessible via a wheelchair platform lift. Carer tickets available: Call 028 9032 5881 to book.
Online
Access for the live stream will be emailed out on the day of the event, please check junk/spam folders.
*The Book Bar is our charity bar, run to help support Accidental & the new building.
Ticket Info
Please book a ticket per person watching to avoid viewing issues.
£5 - WATCH IN-PERSON TICKET - a standard ticket that gives you in-person access to watch the show in the theatre.
£5 - WATCH LIVE ONLINE TICKET - a standard ticket that gives you access to the live stream on the night.
£7 - WATCH LIVE & LATER TICKET - a special ticket that gives you access to watch live online & on demand at your leisure.
£10 - DONATION TICKET - a special ticket that gives a little extra to the exceptional and hardworking artists creating the show. Donation Tickets include all watch options above.
