What’s on this week
It’s the last week before the Easter holidays! Let our What’s On guide make sure you have a good one.
Sophie StandenWe’re back for another edition of our weekly ‘What’s on’, helping you suss out your week effortlessly on a Sunday night!
Are you bored of uni work already? Or are you looking for something new and exciting to do in Belfast? Well, fear not. Here at The Tab, we have planned your week for you, so there’s no need look further!
Monday 31st March
Rather than downing a pint, why don’t you donate a pint? Save a life in 45 minutes today and drop into The Space in the Union and donate your blood! You can drop into The Space today from 10.30am-1pm and 2.15pm until 5pm. If you can’t make it today, then GiveBloodNI will be there at exactly the same times tomorrow.
Tuesday 1st April
It’s international Batman day today! Expensive drinks are the ‘Bane’ of our lives aren’t they? Head on down to the Speakeasy then, for a cheeky pint after your lectures. The word on the street is that there are FREE pints being offered to anyone who is wearing a cape between 3 and 4pm. Yes, it really is true. It could be called daylight Robin’.
Wednesday 2nd April
Queen’s PEC hosts its 5k race around the river tonight. If you’re feeling fit and competitive then why not join up?! Starting at 7pm, you’ll run around the ‘fast route’ of the River Lagan. You can sign up online, or go down to the PEC on the day before 6.30pm.
If you’re not really feeling a run tonight (I mean,you could run 5k if you wanted to, right?), then there’s always the Midweek music quiz in the Speakeasy… It starts at 9.30pm, it’s free, and you can test your knowledge of all things music!
I’ll do the 5k tomorrow, definitely…
Thursday 3rd April
RAG is running a Marie Curie Cancer Care Challenge on the Lisburn Road today! If you want to help out then drop in any time between 10am and 5pm. This is part of a campaign to raise awareness and to increase profit, so even if you can’t help out today, donate your unwanted clothes in the RAG office in the union! (It definitely beats taking a no-make up selfie…)
My, my, you’ve been such a charitable person this week! Why not continue with that good Karma and go to the HOMED/RAG sleepout tonight outside of the McClay library. Here’s the Facebook page, even if you don’t want to sleep out in the cold tonight, you can always donate to a much needed cause!
Friday 4th April
End your last day before the Easter holidays in style – Tonight there’s live music in the house bar from 10pm! Music + alcohol = a good night out.
Saturday 5th April
In the Oh Yeah centre on Gordon Street tonight, there is a ‘Music for Change’ event, which hosts loads of great local bands and all proceeds go towards a charitable cause!
Also, the Belfast Film Festival ends tonight with the screening of the Hitchcock film, ‘Dial M for Murder’. Check out the website, for more details! There’s hundreds of fantastic films being screened all over the city, so settle back, relax and grab the popcorn.
Sunday 6th April
In celebration of the recent news that gay marriage is now legal in England and Wales, but not here apparently… why not go down to The Sunday Bingo Show in the Union Street bar! Be prepared for men in drag, filthy jokes and a chance to win up to £500. Good luck.
Queen’s University Belfast to implement 11pm curfew on all Holylands student house parties
Phoebe KowhaiA leaked email has revealed students could face a £200 fine if they don’t adhere to the curfew
Jewish student at Russell Group university has been sent Swastikas amid situation in Gaza
Emily SmithThe university has asked police to launch an investigation into the incident
Russell Group university becomes first in the UK to end marking boycott dispute
Izzy Schifano‘Students affected will receive their classification as a matter of urgency’
Kim Kardashian is opening a Belfast pub and its speciality is Baby Guinness
Pieter SnepvangersShe loved her last pint of Guinness so much, she’s decided to open a pub
Students and staff at Queen’s University visited ChatGPT 28,000 times in just two months
The uni said it’s currently reviewing the capabilities of ChatGPT
Queen’s increases patrols around library after student says she was followed home by stranger
However the police have called the incident a ‘misunderstanding’
No uni on St Patrick’s Day: All 18 days Queen’s lecturers are striking announced
UCU members will be striking across February and March
Queen’s lecturers will strike for 18 days in next two months in largest ever uni strikes
The strike action makes up 40 per cent of teaching time in February and March
More than 70 per cent of Belfast students have been robbed in the past two years
Lock your bedroom windows!!
Queen’s Belfast giving out free breakfast to support students in cost of living crisis
The free food includes fruit and cereal bars
Thousands of Queen’s students to get £400 from uni to help with cost of living crisis
However, the payments won’t be made until January
Queen’s Belfast is the best uni in Northern Ireland, according to World University Ranking
And QUB has risen up the ranking since last year!!
New ‘world class’ SPAR opens on campus ready to serve Queen’s students
It features Northern Ireland’s first non-dairy self-service coffee machine
The Belfast Tab is looking for new writers and we want you!
Our open meeting is next week and you don’t need any experience
PSA: All over-18s in Northern Ireland can now get the coronavirus vaccine
Kyle Russell FrazerHot girl summer, coming to a Limelight near you
Arlene Foster is to stand down as First Minister of Northern Ireland
75% of DUP MLAs signed a vote of no confidence
Northern Ireland Assembly votes to ban LGBTQ+ conversion therapy
It has become the first place in the UK to do so
Northern Ireland students to get £500 from NI Executive for Covid disruption
40,000 students will receive the payment by the end of March
NUS-USI sign letter to NI Executive demanding assurances for NI students
“Students have received almost no support from the Executive in last ten months”
A former DUP minister has been accused of advocating for LGBTQ+ conversion therapy
Tara Grace ConnollyConversion therapy is still legal in NI
Here’s where else to watch the Outer Banks cast while you wait patiently for season four
Filling the major Pogue shaped hole in my life rn
Everything Natalie and Collins have been up to since their disastrous time on MAFS Australia
Harrison BrocklehurstIf I had to hear about Collins discussing OnlyFans, you do too
Everything Richard Gadd has said about Jessica Gunning’s captivating Baby Reindeer performance
Francesca Eke‘It lived and died on Martha and we couldn’t have been luckier’
Okay, so what happens next in the Ellie and Jono cheating saga on MAFS Australia 2024?
Ellie RingJono becomes public enemy number one
The 10 best songs on Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department, according to streams
Justice for So High School!!!
Jess reveals she and Callum ‘no longer speak’ after he did something ‘unforgiveable’ to her
‘I wouldn’t say he’s a friend’
Hi Barbie! Meet the student who has written her entire dissertation on the Barbie movie
Not her supervisor’s name being Ken!
Holidays and moving in together: Inside Tom and Molly’s adorable post Love Island life
They’re actually too wholesome
Baby Reindeer’s Jessica Gunning has spoken out about people trying to find the real Martha
‘I think it’s a real, real shame, because it shows that they haven’t watched the show properly’
‘Taylor Swift pub’ The Black Dog staff have spoken out about chaotic week mobbed by Swifties
‘We’ve got a Swift half pint on the menu, which people can get for free if they sing a Taylor lyric’
Kim Kardashian is ‘over’ Taylor Swift feud and ‘thinks Taylor should move on’ after new song
Taylor’s new album features a song called ‘thanK you aIMee’ which is believed to be a massive dig at Kim
From tattoos to moving in together: What are Tori and Jack up to after MAFS Australia 2024?
They’re in their own little bubble
More lies Jack from MAFS Australia has been telling his ex have surfaced and it’s chaos
‘He’s only staying with Tori because he’s backed into a corner’
Ben slams Ellie for being ‘vindictive’ on MAFS and claims she’s with Jono for ‘publicity’
‘She always played the victim’
Cast member Ben claims MAFS Australia 2024 producers mocked and ‘criticised’ his ADHD
‘I didn’t sign up to be taken advantage of through my mental health’
A look inside the wholesome life of Jessica Gunning who carried Baby Reindeer as Martha
I can’t believe she’s not actually Scottish
No ifs, no buts: These are the absolute WORST episodes of Black Mirror ever
Black Mirror episode idea: Me being forced to watch these on loop