NEXT week, Queen's Film Theatre in Belfast will bring a movie classic back to the big screen courtesy of Cinemagic Young Programmers and QFT Takeover – a collective of youngsters aged 16 to 24 who are passionate about creating unmissable events based around your favourite films.

MIDSOMMAR (18, 147 mins) Horror/Thriller/Romance.

IT WAS 1991 when Tom Hanks first went into a booth at Disney Studios to lend his voice to the character of cowboy Woody.

The Creature From The Black Lagoon HE MAY have only risen from his murky depths on three cinematic occasions, but the impact that The Creature From The Black Lagoon had on the world of classic monster movies was massive.

TOURING is definitely getting harder for the first lady of Celtic music, Moya Brennan, but the woman known simply as the voice of Clannad is not ready to give up life on the road with her harp just yet.

IT’S quite amazing how a small town festival can attract some of the biggest names in music but the Soma festival in Castlewellan is another manifestation of how music festivals have developed over the past decade or longer with a wide range of other activities going on on-site to complement the music.

Saturday July 13 Arnocorps – Voodoo, Belfast Sunday July 14 Ded Rabbit, Lassyu – Anchor Bar, Newcastle Tuesday July 16 Mono – Voodoo, Belfast Wednesday July 17 Junior Brother, Buí – The Sunflower, Belfast KT Tunstall, Tony McHugh – St Malachy's Church, Castlewellan Thursday July 18 Black Stone Cherry – The Ulster Hall, Belfast John Andrews Band, Aeons, Cloakroom Q – The Bear and The Doll, Belfast TPM, Waking Android, Steve Loc Ft ODC – Voodoo, Belfast Liam Ó Maonlaí & The Soma House Band – St Malachy's GAC, Castlewellan Friday July 19 Girlschool – The Limelight 2, Belfast Problem Patterns, Gender Chores, Neptune M – The 343, Belfast Junk Drawer – Sandinos, Derry Honeyfeet, Cormac Neeson – St Malachy's GAC, Castlewellan Saturday July 20 Pete Doherty – The Limelight, Belfast Mosmo Strange, Alpha Twin, Sugarwolf etc – Speakeasy, Belfast, 5pm Molarbear, So Much For The Sun, Axecatcher – Voodoo, Belfast Gin Palace, Paul & The Meanie, Aeons etc – The Empire, Belfast Queen Bonobo, Velvet Alibi, Comrade Hat etc – Queen Bonobo's Mid-Summer Party, Bennigans, Derry Wildheat, Red House, JustG etc – Beanstock, The Little Green Allotments, Lisburn Sunday July 21 Podracer, Recovery, Beyond Repair – Bennigans, Derry Wednesday July 24 Saving Grace, The 4 of Us – The Waterfront Hall, Belfast Octopoulpe, Gas Hands, Mymanmike, The Scuntz – Voodoo, Belfast Thursday July 25 Junk Drawer, Ghost Office, Special Guest – Ulster Sports Club, Belfast Pascalwillnotsurvivethis, Willoware Jackson, Blxxd etc – 39 Gordon Street, Belfast Friday July 26 Kerbdog, Duellists –The Limelight 2, Belfast New Valley Wolves, Petty Youth, Delusional Silence, Paper Tigers - The Cow Bay, Belfast Lonely Astronauts, Search Party, Zeroes & Ones – The Pavilion, Belfast Saturday July 27 Rival Sons – The Limelight, Belfast Lúnasa, Ulaid, Ríoghnach Connolly – The Lyric, Belfast Boss Sound Manifesto, Swall Monkey, DBM etc – The Palm House, Belfast Surf Green, Romeo Romeo Indigo, Crisis – The Music Yard, Larne.

Today Conflict – The Palm House, Belfast Ferals, Petty Youth, Twelve Step Program etc – The Pavilion, Belfast Gnarkats, Aeons, Eoin Agnew – McHugh's, Belfast Bréag, The Skatuettes, Boss Sound Manifesto etc – Live Injection Ska Festival, Oh Yeah, Belfast Belwood, Fox Colony, The Flims – Voodoo, Belfast Gross Net – Ulster Sports Club, Belfast, 12am Touts, Roe, Cherym – Young Blood, Guildhall Square, Derry Crapsons, No Collusion, Salt The Snail – Bennigans, Derry Saturday July 6 Ferals, Gas Hands, Swall Monkey etc – Bangarang, The Black Box, Belfast, 2pm Spirit Ruiner, Elder Druid, Rupturation etc ­– The Limelight 2, Belfast, 5pm Vanilla Days, Recovery, Villa in France etc – Nerve Centre, Derry Saturday July 13 Arnocorps – Voodoo, Belfast Tuesday July 16 Mono – Voodoo, Belfast Wednesday July 17 Junior Brother, Buí – The Sunflower, Belfast KT Tunstall – St Malachy's Church, Castlewellan Thursday July 18 Black Stone Cherry – The Ulster Hall, Belfast John Andrews Band, Aeons, Cloakroom Q – The Bear and The Doll, Belfast Liam Ó Maonlaí & The Soma House Band – St Malachy's GAC, Castlewellan Friday July 19 Girlschool – The Limelight 2, Belfast Problem Patterns, Gender Chores, Neptune M – The 343, Belfast Junk Drawer – Sandinos, Derry Honeyfeet, Cormac Neeson – St Malachy's GAC, Castlewellan Saturday July 20 Pete Doherty – The Limelight, Belfast Mosmo Strange, Alpha Twin, Sugarwolf etc – Speakeasy, Belfast, 5pm Molarbear, So Much For The Sun, Axecatcher – Voodoo, Belfast Queen Bonobo, Velvet Alibi, Comrade Hat etc – Queen Bonobo's Mid-Summer Party, Bennigans, Derry Gin Palace – The Empire, Belfast Sunday July 21 Podracer, Recovery, Beyond Repair – Bennigans, Derry Wednesday July 24 Saving Grace, The 4 of Us – The Waterfront Hall, Belfast Octopoulpe, Gas Hands, Mymanmike, The Scuntz – Voodoo, Belfast Thursday July 25 Junk Drawer, Ghost Office, Special Guest – Ulster Sports Club, Belfast Pascalwillnotsurvivethis, Willoware Jackson, Blxxd etc – 39 Gordon Street, Belfast Friday July 26 Kerbdog, Duellists –The Limelight 2, Belfast New Valley Wolves, Petty Youth, Delusional Silence, Paper Tigers - The Cow Bay, Belfast Lonely Astronauts, Search Party, Zeroes & Ones – The Pavilion, Belfast .

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