No excuse for being bored in Belfast this weekend…

As you may have seen on the news, James Cameron is in town, promoting the release of ‘Titanic’ on shiny high-def Blu-Ray.  He also has donated some of the costumes and props from the movie for a new temporary exhibition at Titanic Belfast (yep I’ve been in to have a look! – pics below).  And he’s also the star guest at a reception in TB tonight, so as soon as I’ve finished writing this blog post, I’m off to change into my ‘smart casual’ duds in preparation to meet the King of the World!

There’s also lots of activity around the TQ in preparation for the Proms on Titanic’s slipway tomorrow – looks like it’s going to be a fab event.

It’s also the East Belfast Arts Festival this weekend (looking forward to seeing Van the Man tomorrow night) and one of the events is being held in Dock Cafe tonight – a Songwriter’s event at 6pm.

And there’s the air show up at the North coast…

And it’s Belfast Music Week…

And there’s a massive cruise ship berthed in Belfast, so the streets are full of visitors from all over the world…

Aren’t these great days in Belfast City?  It’s hard to reconcile this booming, thrilling city with the empty, grey, quiet streets of a few years ago…

A fantastic night at Dock Cafe last night – bunged to bursting with a gang from CFC in Belfast, who enjoyed some chilled-out tunes, coffee and snacks, and a moonlit tour of the Titanic slipways… check out the video to see what you missed!

Hmm, doesn’t Dock Cafe look great when open in the evening for laid-back nights out….?! Watch this space!

September has arrived and the Bennetts are safely home from France.  It was hard to leave the sunshine but it’s great to be back!

A quick visit into Dock Cafe today to say Hi to the gang, and it’s fantastic to see how well everything has being going for the month.  The fantastic Dock team have been doing a great job and it sounds as if loads more stories of welcome, friendship and laughter have been happening in the TQ over the past few weeks.

A new term, a new chapter in the story, and already loads to tell you about exciting things coming up over the next few weeks.  For now it’s time to unpack the toothbrush, put away the suncream for another year, and get back to normality (or whatever passes for normality in the TQ…)

Dock Walks start again tomorrow – so if you’re in the area, pop by and join us at 3:33 – I’m really looking forward to getting out on Titanic streets again!