Events

Linen Live After 5

Event Linen Live After 5
When? 14th March 2025 at 9:00am
Until? 31st December 2025 at 11:11pm
Where? Various Locations

Leave the car at home, and loiter about the Linen Quarter after work…

Linen Live after 5 is LQ BID’s new mid-week entertainment series, showcasing the awesome entertainment offering in the Linen Quarter.

Throughout 2025, employees at one of the 350+ organisations based within the Linen Quarter Business Improvement District can avail of funded and subsidised special experiences, including popular events like Movie Nights at Fratelli and well-kept secrets such as the Murder Mystery Dinners at the Fitzwilliam Hotel.

So leave your car at home and join us after work for a drink and some evening entertainment at the following events.

 

‘Ghost Stories’ & Special Pre-Theatre Experience

Grand Opera House, Weds 28th May, 7pm

Congratulations to our 7 pairs of winners who were drawn at random and have been contacted with further information! 

To celebrate 7 years of LQ BID, we are giving away 7 pairs of tickets to the long running hit west end show ‘Ghost Stories.’

You’ll also get to enter thirty minutes before the public, for a special pre-theatre drink hosted by LQ BID, before taking your fantastic seats in the Grand Circle.

If you’d like to enter for the chance to win, just fill in the details for you and a colleague you’d like to take along in the form before.

*Only entries using a work email address from a linen quarter based organisation will be entered into the final draw. Both participants must work for a linen quarter based org. Tickets are non transferable –  You cannot nominate a colleague(s) to take your place. If you can no longer attend your ticket will be forfeited to another person who entered the competition.* 

 

More about Ghost Stories:

‘A truly terrifying theatrical experience created by The League of Gentlemen’s Jeremy Dyson, and Andy Nyman, co-creator of Derren Brown’s television and stage shows. Ghost Stories mixes the very best of theatre with the buzz of a thrill-ride, delivering something truly unique.

 

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Mamma Mia Movie Night

Fratelli, Thur 19 June, 6pm (SOLD OUT)

New Date Added Due To Demand: Wednesday 18th June, 6pm

Join us at Fratelli on Great Victoria Street where you will enjoy a main course and drink of your choice as well as popcorn, before singing along to this feel-good classic!

Fratelli Movie Nights normally cost £35 but LQ BID are subsidising 50% of the costs, just quote the code “Movie Night LQM Offer” when enquiring to avail of the discount, meaning you get a great night out for just £17.50!

Visit fratellibelfast.com/movie-night-enquiry or call 02890310862 to book.

Mamma Mia Fratelli

A Murder Mystery At The Fitzwilliam Hotel

Thur 11 September

Join us for this intimate evening at the Fitzwilliam Hotel, exclusively for employees of LQ BID organisations. Diners will enjoy an arrival drink and 3 course meal as well as an interactive Murder Mystery performance! Tickets will be released later this year, email stephen@linenquarter.org to register your interest.

 

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Belfast Restaurant Week

6-12 October

Belfast Restaurant Week will be back with a range of offers, events and experiences across the City Centre. LQ BID will be hosting a special ‘Linen Live after 5’ event during the week. All will be revealed via our newsletter. Make sure you are signed up at linenquarter.org/newsletter

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LQ Annual Christmas Social

November 27

LQ BID’s Annual Christmas Social is always a great way to close off the year. More info will follow later in the year, make sure you are signed up to receive it at linenquarter.org/newsletter

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Photos From Our Launch Event At Brewdog

This photo shows the Managing Director, Chris McCracken, wearing a black suit and tie, holding a microphone, and speaking to a room of people.
This picture shows a blonde smiling woman sitting next to a brunette smiling man who is holding up a Linen Quarter BID ticket that gives the participants 20% off their next visit. There is a half-full beer and a lemonade on the table in front of them.
This photo depicts four people standing in front of a Linen Quarter BID sign with the Brewdog restaurant in the background. From left to right: a brunette man wearing grey plaid, a blonde woman wearing a dark dress with blue designs, a woman wearing blue jeans and a tan blazer, and a man wearing a grey crewneck with black trousers. They all have a hand on a pamphlet that reads
From left to right, a man in a grey flannel with black jeans holds a pamphlet that reads
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On the left is a man wearing a stripped white and beige collared shirt, smiling for the camera. On the right, there is a woman wearing a cheetah printed shirt holding up a pamphlet that says
On the left, a man wearing a grey quarter zip holds a full half-pint up in a 'cheers' motion, smiling at the camera. On the right of him is a man wearing a black quarter-zip who also holds up a full half-pint in a 'cheers' motion with a smile to the camera. On the table in front of the men, sits an empty half-pint glass and a try of wings.
This photo shows a hand holding up a pamphlet that reads
In this photo there is a man on the right who has the cameras focus. He is wearing a beige long sleeve shirt and holding a full half-pint in his hands. On the left, there is a woman, slightly fuzzy from the camera, who is wearing a black and white stripped shirt under a black sweater. She also holds up a full half-pint glass and is smiling at the camera. On the table between both people sits a platter of chicken wings.
This picture shows four people sitting at a table. From left to right: a man wearing a dark blue suit with a tie smiling at the camera. a man wearing a black suit and dark blue tie next to him, a woman wearing a white turtle neck and holding a full half-pint sits across the table, and next to her sits woman with a brown and white striped dress. They all smile towards the camera.
Starting on the left, there is a man wearing a grey hoodie holding a pint of beer, a man in a black button down shirt holding a beer, and next to him sits a woman wearing a tan button down shirt holding a beer and holding up a
On the left sits a woman wearing a long sleeve back shirt with dark hair and a fringe, and on the right of her stands a man with short brown hair wearing a blue vest smiling at the camera. They have two half-pints of beer on the table in front of them.
This picture shows three people all holding pints of beers in a 'cheers' motion and smiling towards the camera. Starting on the left, a girl wearing a black shirt and black jeans with a tan sweater, next to her is a ma weaking a grey shirt and blue jeans with a tan jacket, and next to him is a girl wearing a blue long sleeve shirt with a black dress overtop.
This picture shows a man wearing a dark coloured flannel, smiling and holding a
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This picture shows two men smiling at the camera. On the left is a man wearing a white buttoned up jacket, and to the right of him is a man with his arm around the first man, wearing a dark blue jacket over a blue and white buttoned up shirt.
This photo shows a man wearing a grey sweater with a black and white collar, holding a microphone and talking to a crowd that is not seen in the photo.
This photo shows a man, wearing a dark plaid buttoned up shirt, holding a microphone and speaking to a crowd not seen in the photo. The man is also holding the Linen Live After 5 pamphlet.
There are two people in this photo smiling at the camera. On the left stands a woman with blonde hair, wearing a white quarter long sleeve shirt. On the right of her stands a man with a grey sweater and collar under a brown or grey blazer, wearing black glasses, holding a half-pint glass.

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