About Us

Shindig Arts is an event management company and promoter of Arts and Cultural events based in County Down, N. Ireland. Offering a diverse mix of live shows, experiences and immersive events showcasing the very best established artists with an emphasis on championing emerging talent.

With over 15 years of working in the Arts, Shindig have been at forefront of curating amazingly fun, innovative and unique events with the aim of bringing people together for meaningful shared experiences that are truly open and accessible for all. We also have a strong ethos in supporting the professional development of artists, creating opportunities and given people the platform to showcase their talents, championing collaboration and creating spaces for artists, musicians, comedians, performers, filmmakers, educators to express themselves.

The History of Shindig

Experience

Throughout the last decade Shindig have been involved in creating and establishing the multi award winning Newcastle Community Cinema (British Film Society of the Year 2013 & 2014), renowned for its exceptional programming, immersive cinematic experiences as well as its dedication to servicing the local community. 

Since its inception in 2009 the volunteer led charity has gone from strength to strength and 2014 moved into its very own venue at the heart of Newcastle and is now thriving despite the adverse effects of the pandemic. 

The Shindig team are also behind the hugely successful LOL Comedy Club, an initiative which began as a open mic comedy night in the back of a pub and grew into a thriving comedy club boasting international comedians such as Patrick Kielty, Reginald D Hunter and Rich Hall to name a few, as well as giving debuts to a wealth of Northern Irish talent including Colin Geddis. 

Food & Drink

Shindig have also diversified outside of the arts with forays into Food & Drink, creating N. Ireland’s first ever Gin Festival (Belfast Gin Festival) and working on the hugely successful ABV Beer Festival as well as running Food & Beverage Villages at NMDDC Festival of Flight showcasing the finest breweries and distillers N.Ireland has to offer. 

We also regularly collaborate with local producers sampling their produce at Craft Beers Clubs and experiential food & drinks tastings. 

We also have long and established relationships with so many cultural and arts institutions, production houses, artists, agents and community groups, Shindig have developed firm and trusted relationships backed up with a thorough reputation of running exciting and successful events across the sector. Such connections allow us to create bespoke events and experiences tailored to specific briefs or demographics.

You’re In Safe Hands 

As well as working with individual artists, Shindig Arts has worked with some of Ireland’s biggest festivals and institutions programming events at Belfast Culture Night, Wake the Giant, Soma Festival, Sunflower Festival and Belfast Film Festival. Throughout the years we have collaborated with Edinburgh Film Festival, Galway Film Fleadh, This Way Up and Cinema for All and currently sit on the Film Hub N.I steering group. 

More recently we have commisioned to programme over 40 Musicians/Artists for the NMDDC Eats & Beats Food and Music Festival in Newcastle County Down. Offering the best in local and world food and demonstrating the wonderful and diverse musical talent we have on offer on our wee isle.