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Sheena McStravick

Culture Night Belfast road closures in place for day and night festival

Culture Night returns to Belfast city centre this weekend and this year it's bigger than ever.

This year's festival will not only run on Friday, September 20 but also on Saturday, September 21.

Last year over 86,000 people attended Culture Night Belfast and this year, organisers are expecting a similar number spread out across two days of events.

Tens of thousands are expected to flock to this year's event (Justin Kernoghan)

With such a large volume of people attending the event, organisers are working closely with the Belfast City Council, Translink, PSNI , Fire and Ambulance Services as well as a host of other agencies to ensure that public safety is maintained and that the event is well managed.

A number of road closures will be in place to ensure crowd safety some city centre roads will be closed to traffic from 1pm onward.

Proposed Road Closure Schedule 20.09.19

1pm – 10pm

  • Hill Street
  • Gordon Street
  • Talbot Street
  • Exchange Street West
  • Academy Street
  • Donegall Street

4pm – 10pm

  • Donegall Place
  • Royal Avenue
  • North Street
  • York Street
  • Waring Street
  • Skipper Street
  • Rosemary Street
  • Lombard Street
  • High Street
  • Bridge Street
  • Castle Place

Proposed Road Closure Schedule 21.09.19

10am -5pm

  • Donegall Street
  • Academy Street
  • Exchange Street West
  • Talbot Street

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