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Northern Ireland's LGBTQ+ community
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ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR - 2024

Quire celebrated our 20th birthday

@ The MAC on Saturday 21 June 2025

Check out our performance videos over the next few days
(there was so much good singing it's gonna take a while!!)

Quire were delighted to perform at
2 Royal Avenue on
The Lord Mayors Day
"I know it rains, but it's always pretty..."

Latest News - Quire are registered for Various Voices  in Brussels for 2026!

Quire were delighted to help celebrate the A&O Shearman LGBTQ+ Affinity Group in their 10th birthday on Thirsty Thursday!

Larne Musical Festival - 4 for 4!!

Rounding off our Festival run for 2025 Quire proudly won the James Spence Cup for the top choir and came 2nd in the Mixed Voice Choir section.  It was the 100th anniversary of Larne Musical Festival and we were delighted to celebrate it with them.

Newry Feis

Listen All You Who Love

An amazing evening with the Ulster Orchestra & Dumbworld recording an original composition by Brian Irvine & John McIlduff

Well done Quire on winning the Warrenpoint Feis, Class 19 section, 2025
The Basses got a special mention from the Adjudicator

Quire's Alive in '25!

Thanks Deborah and the Crew for organising and Terry's Telephotos for the pics

Well done Quire on winning the Holywood Arts Festival, Adult Community Choirs, section, 2024

"A very strong choir. Well done" - David Beer, Adjudicator

Quire entertained the delegates and staff at the NICVA Future Thinking Summit 2024 at W5 on 22 October

Quire were delighted to support QUB, Macular Society and Belfast Health & Social Care Trust at their Patient Engagement Conference for World Sight Day in The Assembly Buildings, Belfast on 19 October 2024 when we entertained them at lunch

Photo courtesy of Niall & thanks to Sara for the 'sticker tips'!

Quire Social October 2024
An opportunity for our new er and existing Members to  socialise and mingle  with no singing involved!!
Photos Courtesy of Terry's Telephotos!

Hand-in-Hand Bristol 16-18 August 2024

Quire had an amazing Hand-in-Hand Festival on the weekend of 16-18 August in Bristol
Supported with friends and family we delighted the audience in a packed Lantern Hall at the Bristol Beacon with an amazing performance including "Down by the Salley Cardens", "Euphoria", "Small Town Boy" and an arrangement of "Belfast City"
arranged by our very own Niall O'Flaherty-Lynch
LGBTQ+ Choirs from all over Ireland and UK gathered for the weekend to celebrate music together
On Saturday evening Quire got a shout out from the host of the Gala performance who said that our singing had brought her to tears (in a good way!)
As part of the Festival 5 Members were given the Brian Kennedy Bronze Medal for 10 years singing;
Alexis Dickson
Carolyn Cousins
Paul Teer
Peter Williams
Stephen Greenlees
Well done to everyone for making an amazing weekend so special - watch out for Hand-in-Hand Belfast!
Thanks to all those who contributed to these photos of Quire having a ball

Visit by The Lord Mayor

Quire were honoured by a visit at our final rehearsal, from The Lord Mayor of Belfast,
The Right Honorable Councillor Micky Murray
who wished us well as we head to the Hand in Hand Festival Bristol 2024, this coming weekend 17-19 August.

Belfast Pride 2024

The Maverick, Belfast, Wednesday 31 July 2024 with Friends
Courtesy of Terry
QUIRE on Pride Saturday, Belfast 2024 with our Family & Friends
Photos & videos below courtesy of Terry & Dee
Quire were delighted to support All Souls Church at the annual Pride Service
Videos courtesy of  Gareth  Lee
"Quire won Best Entertainer on Friday night at the Belfast Pride Official Launch & Awards
Thank you to all those who voted and for all those who continue to support us"

OMAGH PRIDE JUNE 2024

 All photographs & video courtesy of Jonny Clyde
QUIRE Belfast's 2021/22 season ...

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06/06/21

'Close To You' ... Virtually Again !

Another collaboration with Louise Riberio in Brazil and, with her amazing skills and guidance, we come as 'Close To You' as is possible at this time!  Enjoy!

10/12/20

Quire sings in Portuguese!

A Brazilian song with a Brazilian conductor and sung in Portuguese! Check out our first virtual singing video. We are indebted to Louise Ribeiro for directing us so patiently from her home in Brazil and expertly producing this video. 

01/08/20

Quire@Belfast Pride Virtually!

No Belfast Pride parade in our Belfast City centre this year 😥 ... so look out for our appearance virtually!

27/02/20

Quire Fundraising Quiz

Come and enjoy a fabulous fun night of quizzing at our annual fundraiser for Quire 
7:30pm

18/12/19

LGBT Carol Service

Join us for a warm and joyful celebration of the festive season at All Soul's Church, Belfast
7:30pm

14/11/19

Celebration Event

Quire have been invited to perform at Parliament Buildings to celebrate NI legislative changes
6:00pm

About Us

Quire is Northern Ireland's only lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans singing group - we formed in April 2005 and we're going from strength to strength!

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Quire's mission is to ...


Excite
Empower
Educate
Encourage
Entertain and
Enrich ...

the members of Quire,
the LGBT community,
and the wider community
through the celebration of music making, diversity and friendship.